{"id":737702,"date":"2013-02-08T16:24:11","date_gmt":"2013-02-08T21:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bgr.com\/?p=322732"},"modified":"2013-02-08T16:24:11","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T21:24:11","slug":"gamestop-warns-that-microsoft-could-significantly-diminish-appeal-for-new-xbox-if-it-bans-used-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/737702","title":{"rendered":"GameStop warns that Microsoft could \u2018significantly diminish\u2019 appeal for new Xbox if it bans used games"},"content":{"rendered":"<center><a href=\"http:\/\/bgr.com\/2013\/02\/08\/xbox-720-gamestop-used-games-322732\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" width=\"650\" height=\"489\" src=\"http:\/\/boygeniusreport.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/03\/microsoft-xbox-360-close.jpg?w=650&#038;h=489&#038;crop=1&#038;resize=650%2C489\" class=\"attachment-feed_normal wp-post-image\" alt=\"Xbox 720 Gamestop\" title=\"Xbox\" \/><\/a><\/center>Information surrounding <a href=\"http:\/\/bgr.com\/tag\/microsoft\">Microsoft's<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/q?s=msft\">MSFT<\/a>) next-generation <a href=\"http:\/\/bgr.com\/tag\/xbox-720\">Xbox<\/a> leaked earlier this week and suggested that the system <a href=\"http:\/\/bgr.com\/2013\/02\/06\/xbox-720-used-games-blocked-320393\/\">will require an always-on Internet connection<\/a>. The report also reinforced earlier rumors that claimed Microsoft's new console would be unable to play used games. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2013-02-07\/gamestop-members-may-snub-next-gen-console-restrictions.html\">Speaking to <em>Bloomberg<\/em> <\/a>on Friday, <a href=\"http:\/\/bgr.com\/tag\/gamestop\">GameStop<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/q?s=GME&amp;ql=0\">GME<\/a>) spokesman Matt Hodges cited a company survey that found consumers would be less likely to buy a console that limits trading in pre-owned games. <br \/><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/bgr.com\/2013\/02\/08\/xbox-720-gamestop-used-games-322732\/?utm_source=more-link&utm_medium=feed\" class=\"more-link\"><em>Continue reading...<\/em><\/a><img src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/TheBoyGeniusReport\/~4\/p2fZFWXS4pk\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Information surrounding Microsoft&#8217;s (MSFT) next-generation Xbox leaked earlier this week and suggested that the system will require an always-on Internet connection. The report also reinforced earlier rumors that claimed Microsoft&#8217;s new console would be unable to play used games. Speaking to Bloomberg on Friday, GameStop (GME) spokesman Matt Hodges cited a company survey that found [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4810,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-737702","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-35Uq","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737702","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4810"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=737702"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737702\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=737702"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=737702"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=737702"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}