Dear Game Publishers, what are you thinking? For years, loyal supporters of your games have dealt with ridiculous price increases, overpriced downloadable content, and silly DRM schemes. Yet now, in these most critical times for the game industry, your idea of repaying them is to make us pay even more? Really?

Furthermore - stooping to an all-time low - EA has stepped up for your industry and decided that users should be pushed (if not forced) to purchase new games only, punishing gamers who legitimately purchase used games. The idea behind this is essentially to make them pay extra money for… nothing (or as they put it, “bonus features”, which come with the game when you purchase it anyways).

The fact is that the industry is going through one of its worst downturns in years, proving that the game industry is not recession proof. This should enlighten you guys as to what is obvious to most: people want more value than ever before. But instead of looking for ways to provide that value to gamers, you look for ways to punish them instead.

So I have a simple question: have you guys lost your freaking minds?