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Gears 2 Flashback Pack on sale for all Comments by Tom Bramwell

8 January, 2009

Presumably for second-hand buyers.

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bad09
08/01/09 @ 08:35
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Or you could just play gears 1 online. It actually works......
DFawkes
08/01/09 @ 08:47
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If you got yourself a pre-owned copy after Christmas, and don't want to have to buy Gears 1, at least they're available. Not that I'm a big Gears online fan, but I do like Mansion.
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08/01/09 @ 10:21
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why don't they make it a free download if they handed a code with the game.....
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08/01/09 @ 10:23
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I think that's a good plan. Give a code for all the goodies to the original purchaser and then you can buy it second hand if you want but you have to pay for the extras. That way the devs get a little cash from preowned stuff.

I'm surprised noone thought of it before.
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08/01/09 @ 10:48
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Unfortunately not everyone received the DLC map pack. Microsoft South Africa decided we shouldn't get the codes because we aren't an official Xbox Live country (which is solely because Microsoft can't get their act together - even so they've been promising it for years now). They removed all the codes from the GOW2, including the the DLC from the limited edition. Oh, and we paid exactly the same price as everyone else did, even though we didn't get the full product...

And now we have to pay even more for something which should've been included in the first place.
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Skooch
08/01/09 @ 10:49
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Makes great sense - its not like you HAVE to buy the maps but if you buy it second hand and want them then you have to pay.
Farzlepot
08/01/09 @ 11:14
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"why don't they make it a free download if they handed a code with the game..... "

I think the idea is that if you bought the game new and used the code, and then trade it in for something else, whoever buys that game second-hand will have to pay to get the download pack. As the article suggested, it's probably so that they can get some money out of second-hand sales. It's actually an ingenious solution to the whole second-hand 'problem', certainly a better idea than trying to lock games to the first console they are played on.
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08/01/09 @ 11:43
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Denouncer,

Sorry to hear that especially since I know how much games cost in South Africa
subtlesnake
08/01/09 @ 13:28
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I imagine this also helps Microsoft to quantify the scale of the second hand 'problem'.
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08/01/09 @ 14:46
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I feel for you Denouncer, although my situation is slightly different as I have the limited edition codes but they don't work for me. I've contacted Microsoft and they've been unable to resolve the issue so far. And I know of at least 2 more people who have the same problem regarding the map pack codes...
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08/01/09 @ 15:49
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It shouldnt be a free download

Pre-owned doesn't give Epic any money, the only people who profit from it are the shops. I'm with the studio on this one they have no reason to do a favour for people who didnt buy their game.

Gears 2 probably cost 50 million to develop. Recouping that money is made a lot harder by the fact every retailer does pre-owned now

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