High street game shops coming to an end?

[runequester]

What is defo going to spell then end of high street stores and also some online models is the move towards the big game producers to stop games being sold on.
 
A lot of them now come with a code you can only use once.  If you sell the game on you either cant play online or you have to ask for new code and pay some money.
 
Now i know this been the way with PC games for long time, but this will kill the second hand market on the consoles and this is where Game, gamestation and a few smaller outlets make their money

Correct. From the developers perspective there's no difference whether you buy it used or pirate it.

"Software as rental, not as property" is coming to the consoles very rapidly.

[runequester]

The only commercial games I play nowadays are small indie games. I'd rather pay 5 bucks to a developer who actually get's my money than 40 bucks to some corporate behemoth.

[runequester]

In the US at least, you rarely have more than 1 or at most 2 options in a given region for high speed internet. Say hello to your friendly neighbourhood monopoly pricing and restrictions