Why Game Developers Should Shut Up About Used Games 590
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from the not-that-they-will dept.
Ssquared22 writes "It may feel like a rip-off to some, but you've got to admit that paying $30 for Gears of War 2 sure beats paying $60! Game publishers and developers may not like it, but people are going to trade in used games for new games and those old games will be sold back to other people. There's nothing game developers can do to stop them, and companies like Gamestop continue to laugh all the way to the bank. In an article at Crispy Gamer, David Thomas dissects one of the most critical issues in gaming today: used games and merchants (online and brick-and-mortar) who specialize in this 'sleight of hand.'"
Re:Lower your price! (Score:5, Funny)
Why IKEA Should Shut Up About Used Couches (Score:2, Funny)
"It may feel like a rip-off to some, but you've got to admit that paying $30 for a used IKEA couch sure beats paying $60! Couch manufactures and craftsmnet may not like it, but people are going to buy new couches and those old couches will be sold back to other people. There's nothing couch manufactures can do to stop them, and people who hold garage sales or use craig's list continue to laugh all the way to the bank. In an article at Cheap Buys, Dave Thomas, eating Wendy's burgers from the grave, dissects one of the most critical issues in furniture today: used furniture merchants (online and brick-and-mortar) who specialize in this 'age old practice of selling used items.'"
Re:They can stop it: Installs locked to hardware. (Score:1, Funny)
Sony was going to have each game be locked to a single PS3 thus preventing the resale of the game.
Sony decided against it when the fans made a stink.
Bull. Shit. What you're saying is that Sony actually listened to their fans. I demand citations.
Hey! It's fun to make points up out of thin air! (Score:2, Funny)
Let's say Santa Claus is real and brings me the game that he had his elves construct in his workshop. Then no one gets any money at all, but are you really against Santa Claus?
Re:Great advertising for new versions! (Score:5, Funny)
Game developers need to respect the rights of their customers and shut up.
Woah, calm down! Next you'll be suggesting that they should stop implementing DRM because the only people it stops from using their software are the legitimate customers!
Re:Great advertising for new versions! (Score:2, Funny)
Yeah, you show those low-wage earning retail employees! If they have pimples they must suck!
Re:Great advertising for new versions! (Score:5, Funny)
No no no, you've got it all wrong. That's not capitalism, that's intelligent thought. The Capitalist way would be to try to enforce harsher DRM, outsource to an anti-cheat scheme that also lets you keep banning a steady number of people who will hopefully rebuy the game, and then blame piracy when the game doesnt sell well.
After all those damn pirates are funding drugs AND terrorism AND undermining our rights and freedoms by helping terrorists who sell drugs and commit acts of terrorism. While on drugs.
Re:Great advertising for new versions! (Score:2, Funny)
He mentioned terrorism and the war on drugs in a positive manner.
That would make his post rightist, not leftist.
Just sayin'.
Re:Great advertising for new versions! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Great advertising for new versions! (Score:3, Funny)
I'm not sure if this is an attempt at humor or not, but I'm tending towards "or not" because of the Insightful mod.
Wait... you're putting faith in the moderation system? You must be new here! Really, I've been a moderator fairly regularly and I'm a complete loon. Partly because once you see a post get 4 insightful/interesting mods, 3 troll/flamebaits, one each of overrated, underrated, and funny, you go nuts. It's like the Necronomicon in web format.