The Upcoming War on Used Games

Unenforcable.

:newtech:



It'll be a sad day when greasy nerds take away the ability to go to he store and buy a used game for cheap...

But what can one man do?

My NES and SNES still works to this day. My 360... died twice on me. Fuck those game companies. Games are not what they used to be. Keep making shitty games, but expect the public to pay more for it. Fuck em.

How are they going to enforce this? What if I don't plug my console into the internet? How can they tell the game is used?

sad,greedy mofo's

[link to www.forbes.com]


On the upcoming Xbox and Playstation systems, there will likely be an extra charge to be able to play a used game. That's right...developers are getting upset that kids pay for their game, beat it or get tired of it in a few weeks, and sell it to GameStop.
Gamestop, then, turns around and re-sells it for a profit to someone who hasn't had the opportunity to play it.
Game developers are pissy because they see none of this profit.

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They want to be paid each time their game is sold...whether it's new or not. The real catch is that you can buy the game used at a dicounted price no problem. You just have to pay extra if you actually want full access to the game. It's the same as you going out to buy a 99 Ford Focus and only being allowed to drive it if you pay royalties to Ford.

Why is this a problem?

You aren't going to be able to get games at a reasonable discount for buying used. Even though you paid lessr the game, you'll be paying more just to play it, so you might as well just get a new one.
Instead of whining about diminishing profits because of kids returning their games back to GameStop, perhaps they should just make a game that you want to keep. I have no problem playing games like Skyrim and Forza for month after month because they update with new content to keep you interested. Perhaps if developers don't want people returning their products, they should get with the program and do the same.

I won't be buying any new gaming system that supports charging you extra for recycling a used game. I suggest you all do the same.

:newtech:



It'll be a sad day when greasy nerds take away the ability to go to he store and buy a used game for cheap...

But what can one man do?

NO SHIT that says it all right there... I was just talking to a buddy about that exact same thing today LOL wierd.

I like used games, since I don't need to buy titles on day one, however:

The future is 100% online distribution like Steam. No DVD that can get scratched (or ripped and pirated), new games cost what they do now, then the price goes down over time as the game gets "old". (and really, if the game is still good who cares?)

I either just troll through the back catalog and buy stuff at the $10-$20 or wait for the big sales where you can get say, ALL of the GTA series for $20 or whatever. Brilliant.

Time to short-sell some GameStop stock...Used games is where they get all their revenue

NO SHIT that says it all right there... I was just talking to a buddy about that exact same thing today LOL wierd.

[link to www.forbes.com]


On the upcoming Xbox and Playstation systems, there will likely be an extra charge to be able to play a used game. That's right...developers are getting upset that kids pay for their game, beat it or get tired of it in a few weeks, and sell it to GameStop.
Gamestop, then, turns around and re-sells it for a profit to someone who hasn't had the opportunity to play it.
Game developers are pissy because they see none of this profit.

...

They want to be paid each time their game is sold...whether it's new or not. The real catch is that you can buy the game used at a dicounted price no problem. You just have to pay extra if you actually want full access to the game. It's the same as you going out to buy a 99 Ford Focus and only being allowed to drive it if you pay royalties to Ford.

Why is this a problem?

You aren't going to be able to get games at a reasonable discount for buying used. Even though you paid lessr the game, you'll be paying more just to play it, so you might as well just get a new one.
Instead of whining about diminishing profits because of kids returning their games back to GameStop, perhaps they should just make a game that you want to keep. I have no problem playing games like Skyrim and Forza for month after month because they update with new content to keep you interested. Perhaps if developers don't want people returning their products, they should get with the program and do the same.

I won't be buying any new gaming system that supports charging you extra for recycling a used game. I suggest you all do the same.

It's not so much an issue of pirated material. The problem the developers have is not making money off of sales of their used games...which makes no sense considering they already received money for selling that game.