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UncleScrooge on 22 February 2010
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axumblade said:
UncleScrooge said:
axumblade said:

You're right. I just hope that the gaming industry crashes as hard as the auto industry here in the U.S. :) Thank you for that tidbit into reality.

I'm sure none of us hopes for that to happen. But if the industry isn't able to survive on its own it has to deal with that by itself. Imagine book lovers supporting some step like that for the book market. And car lovers for the car market. And movie lovers would suport the movie industry taking a step like that. Would you want to pay for these industries because they are unable to survive on their own? Protectionism shouldn't be supported.

The book industry is adapting since the eReaders (I believe that's the name) have started to become really popular. Used books are possible for those who still buy them in stores but apparently the readers have been rather popular. I don't really read (except for text books) and the comics i buy on my psp. As for a car, if I do buy a Used Car, I'd likely buy it from the same company that made the car. Generally, they'll offer decent plans to replace certain peices of the car if anything goes wrong. Also, I've heard horror stories about used car lots putting stuff in cars that essentially makes it so that if they break down, then they are done.

Another reason that games are different from vehicles is because technically, the games are considered an accessory. You don't really NEED specific games to make the system run. A car is filled with annoying little peices that can easily go wrong and sometimes due to the fact that some car companies are proprietary, the person still has to pay to get the parts from whichever car company it is.

Well great then the book industry is doing exactly what I said in the whole thread: adapting to new business models and selling to new markets instead of torturing its costumers So the book industry just proved my point, how cool is that? Why can't the gaming industry adapt to new markets too instead of trying to squeeze as much money out of its customers as possible? One of the biggest gaming companies already proved that it can work.

Oh and back to the cars. Again: "If you force customers to buy your products new this will increase the sales of your product." That's all I tried to say with my example but somehow everyone is jumping on the "cars are no videogames" thing even though that wasn't really my point. So... why is everyone focusing on that? People are buying new cars. They are also buying new cars from other private persons or private investors so my point stands.

And why are we talking about "annoying little pieces" in cars now that you have to buy from the manufacturer if they stop working? If the game DVD you bought used brakes you'll have to buy a new one, too. If you liked the game you can even buy an original copy but... that is really only remotely related to what we are talking about (squeezing money out of your customer instead of adapting to new markets)