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bardicverse on 22 May 2009
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Stefan.De.Machtige said:
Hephaestos said:
I think you got my point wrong :p

I'm not implying that the client is doing anything bad, nor do I say you should not rent RPG (I myself wait till prices drop and import from the UK to get cheaper prices).

I'm just saying I don't understand the logic for the game companies to let this activity be.

It's not about the client, it's about game companies and the intermediary, the store.

They are not amused with it, at all. Hate could be the right word. They don't get any money from it. Although i'm not a 100% sure. It can't be much, if it is. Anyway they hate it because it loses them quite some money. It's the same problem with second hand games. This 'rental' and 'second hand' issue will lead them to go to digital download as soon as possible. Digital download will be pushed very hard for that reason alone, if not for others.

Well put, good points. What would be interesting is with cloud computing like OnLive wants to do, that gaming might become like an "on demand" service. You won't own the game, but can rent them, play them, and be done with them. If you want to play again, you order them on the "on demand" service, which in effect is like a digital rental service no different than Pay per View.