I don't see where either of the bottom two are changed in any way.Sam Posten said:
I am surprised. But I'll stick with the PS4 as well.Russell G said:
They announced that family sharing is dead too:mattCR said:
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/06/rumor-microsoft-set-to-reverse-controversial-game-licensing-policies/
I don't know much (nothing) about video games but how do used games hurt the industry? Or more specifically, I would think that the good of the used market would outweigh the bad since anything that allows people to play a game seems like it would be a boost to the industry in the end.Sam Posten said:
WORD.
I'm a huge fan of steam. These features were actually better than what Steam allows.
Not a single penny spent on used games ever goes to a developer's pockets.TravisR said:
Sam Posten said:
I understand that but like I said, I think that someone playing a game- whoever is getting the money- keeps up interest in the industry as a whole and that's worth the trade off. I have little to no interest in video games (the only reason I'm in this thread is to get an idea of what is happening with the new systems) but the prices that they go for would stop me from buying anything but what I was absolutely positive that was going to like. Drop the price $10 or $20 or $30, I'd be more inclined to buy more games and that would benefit the industry.Sam Posten said:
You can't look at it as one big sum. You have to look at it from all sides. Gamers have been conditioned to expect that they can get used games almost immediately from a game's launch. They can wait as little as 3 days and buy a AAA title and none of that money goes to the dev. They can then trade that game in any time and the used title can be sold to another buyer, none of that money goes to a dev. You have a shadow market where only initial sales go to the makers and then the vast long tail they never get a cent from it.Type A said:
The flip side to this though is it's money the developers weren't going to see anyway. The developers got there money when it was purchased the first time. People buying the used game are the people who might not of been as committed to the game as to want to drop the $59. I'd also argue that there a lot of people buying used games are also the collector types buying lots of new games, similar to the torrenting movie/music stuff that the industry doesn't want people to know about.Sam Posten said:
Absolute nonsense. Quite a lot of the money spent on new games comes from the sale proceeds and/ or trade credit from used games. Granted, it's an indirect chain -- credit from game A funds the purchase of game B, but that works both ways.Sam Posten said:
