EA has dropped a few remarks about its plans for used game support in future, with EA Games Label boss Patrick Söderlund telling Eurogamer that the publisher will heed fan feedback, but declining to outright commit to no trade-in deterrents or fees on next generation hardware. "We announced that we have abandoned Online Pass," Söderlund remarked. "We're not doing that any more. And we're not doing that because we talked to people, our fans and our players, and they said, 'listen, we don't want to play our games like this.' We have to listen to them and we removed it. It's that simple.



"We don't have a problem with second-hand sales as they are today. We clearly articulated our stance when we abandoned Online Pass."

Pushed as to whether EA would adopt any anti-used practises, Söderlund was elusive. "We obviously have to look at what the first-parties are doing and follow any rules, but we have to scramble after these conferences and come back to what we think is right. But again, our general thesis is what the fans tell us they want, we'll give them."

Fans want to be able to trade in their games, the site suggested. "Then we'll look at that," Söderlund rejoined. "And if they want that then we will probably allow that."

There's been heightened concern about industry attitudes to trade-in following Microsoft's disclosure that third parties will be able to block or charge for Xbox One games resale. We'd be very surprised if EA hadn't considered taking advantage of this. Here's a round-up of news from the publisher's E3 conference.

Source: Rheena.com