To accommodate for the publishershardly lucrative business with used games seem to be many new titlesso-called "line passes" at. It is redeemable once a code tounlock the online features of a game. Who buys used the correspondinggame has such a code directly from the publisher for sale, if hewould also use the online features. As it turned out this weekend,can run such code, at least for the games publisher Electronic Arts.A NeoGAF forum users complained about the fact that he's online passa brand new version of the game Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit for thePS3 could not redeem.


The English-language website Shacknewstook up the issue and noted that EA's already in the forum sinceOctober , some customers complained about non-functional code fornewly purchased titles. A Sony representative confirmed to Shacknewsthat the platform manufacturer had no effect on running code, andthis requirement must come from the publisher. were compared with theEnglish-language website Joystiq Electronic Arts will also admit thatthe codes of certain titles may actually work. It argues that theline passes from Dragon Age 2 to 31 only Valid in March 2012.


According to EA, affected buyersdirectly at the publishers request a new code - free of charge. Thismove away but little comforted by the fact that honest New buyersneed to undergo an additional procedure is over, just because theyhave not bought a track close to the respective publication dates.