Pre-owned market is "defrauding the industry"

[Groucho]

Garcian Smith said:

Groucho said:

Good games aren't made if the publisher doesn't have the money to pay for them. Publishers aren't willing to branch out if they are scrambling to put themselves in the black each quarter. Oh the vicious cycle.

Besides, many genres -- RPGs are probably the best example -- aren't keepers even if they ARE great, due to their resale value. Making a great story replayable is... a bit of a conundrum.

 

If the publishers are struggling so much, then maybe they should start blaming, oh, you know, themselves.

 

Maybe you should write a book on how to make good business decisions, as a video game publisher.  I'm sure it'll sell zillions.