| Squilliam said: So why should I take this OMG gamer rage outburst any more seriously than OMG Final Fantasy was teh ruined or similar outbursts? What reason is there for a reasonable person to take part in this outrage? From a reasonable standpoint, this is a free market where you have the option to take/leave their offer. Why do people have to get angry about everyfuckingthing and blow up like a drama queen? If you don't like it, don't buy their game. If enough people do the same then they will withdraw it and thats buyer power. If they don't withdraw it because it works for them *gasp* then you're obviously in the minority and you can step down off your soap box. |
Your arguement is "If not enough people are willing to boycott it, it's clearly not wrong."
That's a really silly arguement.
Based on that logic... people are in the minority about being pissed about the BP Spill in the gulf. People are in the minority at wanting gas companies in general to not gouge people... people who are against child labor are in the minority...I can go on and on about shit the majority of people think was wrong but didn't successfully boycott.
People will swallow a lot of crap... and be unhappy about it, because they want what they want. The fact that you think people shouldn't be upset that consumer rights keep getting more and more erroded by Videogame companies si just... well stupid.
Video Game companies already hold a lot of special priveldeges most manufacturers don't get. They want even more... I mean name one other field where this would be an acceptbale practice to force people to pay you on the used market.
Sales will be lower though... every major branch of economics tells us that about the reaction hurting the used market when it comes to durable goods... and this is the second part of why your thesis is flawed. They don't really know. I mean any economist could tell you it's a bad idea. They claim they're losing tons to piracy, even though the research doesn't show this... even in very anti-pirating countries like the US... run by the government.
They point to these, ignoring the real culprits are rising dev costs and poor decisions. No doubt when sales go down they'll keep their online plan... and instead blame piracy for the further decline, and try and put in more draconian members. With most people following off the cliff.
I mean, once again i'll direct people to this...
http://www.springerlink.com/content/f13956304x885554/fulltext.pdf
