The next game controversy? Metro: Last Light

[Syt]

I don't think so.  MP is an easy and somewhat legit way to require online DRM and kill the second hand market (in consoles).

Oh, EA has promised to get rid of their "online pass" thing, btw.

[Valmy]

Gabriel Knight II

Man that was a good game...except for that F'ing impossible walkie talkie puzzle.

[Caliga]

I don't remember that.  But I do remember that Grace was way hotter than I thought she would be based on GK I.

[DontSayBanana]

Oh, EA has promised to get rid of their "online pass" thing, btw.

Thank God.  Now if we could only get Ubisoft to get rid of Uplay- those are some bad, bad cases of unabashed double-dipping.

[Josquius]

I'd definitely agree that MP makes people buy games rather than pirate them. A big reason half life sold so well was counterstrike et al meaning you had to have a valid version of the game.
But...I don't think that will really work for every single game. For a game which is all about the single player experience and just has multiplayer tacked on you won't get people who would otherwise pirate suddenly buying the game.