We chat about videogames and videogame accessories.

Ugh yeah looks like my console war alignment is back to Nintendo.

In fact, I might have to declare this the end of the line for new consoles

Both of these seem really presumptuous to declare at this point. I really don't think the fee is going to kill the used game market, and even if it does, console gaming did well before the rise of Gamestop and eBay, and back then the new game price was considerably higher when factoring in inflation.

And some of the details make me think it's not even as bad as people hear. If I'm reading right, games can be installed somewhere else for free if they've been uninstalled from the first profile, meaning you can give them to your friends or trade them in without needing anyone to pay the fee, which was put in more to account for installation of games than to murder the used market.