vlad321 said:
So say 10k people rent/circulate a game which someone paid for with 50 bucks. Definitely someone is getting the money and it's so much. How much does each person pay the developer? Thousandths of a cent? |
So much fail....sooo very much fail. The used game market is good for devs in the same way the used car market is good for auto makers. Since you probably won't understand, let me explain. Say you bought a brand new car last year. This year, the new model is a "must have" for you. But you don't need/want a second car, and you have no money for one since you just bought a new car last year. You got all the enjoyment out of your old one, and are want to try a new one. What do you do? You sell the car. Now you have cash in hand, and can afford to go buy that new car. See where I am going with this? If you have three games that you beat, a new game just came out that looks amazing, but you have no cash. What do you do? You sell those games you will probably never play again, and use the money to buy the new game. Now, if you had never sold the used game, chances are, you would not have bought the new one. Also, this is good for the consoles. See, if fewer people can afford the games, fewer consoles will be sold, if fewer consoles are sold, fewer new games will be sold because less people will be interested in playing that game their friend doesn't have.
Back on topic....
PCs are better for some game types, but as a whole, consoles offer a more uniform, cheaper, user friendly, comfortable gaming experiance.
Consoles don't have the same degree of cheating as PCs do, it is much harder to truely manipulate your network without having to go through complex proceedures on a console. It is also much harder to mod your games or hardware to give you an unfair advantage.
Console controls are more user friendly, less buttons to keep track of, no getting destroyed by the guy with the $300.00 lazer precision, fully customizeable, extra precise, wireless mouse and keyboard set.
Consoles are cheaper, no need to upgrade anything just so you can play the latest game, it's a one time purchase baby!
Nobody has an unfair advantage when it comes to graphics. You aren't going to get raped by the guy who has the $500.00 crossfired Graphics card running full bore, while you are running your pos $120 graphics card barely limping along.
Console win on almost every level....I really don't know why anybody is bothering to try and argue that.
