| mchaza said: Yep and if everyone was like you you will see less and less inotive games and will be tuck with the same old games that will start getting big numbers on the end. because Used games ups the risks and developers and publishers dont want that risk
lets say they need 1 million copies of the game to break even 250,000 people buy the game new: the devoloper gets the money but needs another 750,000 new copies sold to break even or else they go bust and close down and wont be heard of again or will stop making that game. out of those 250,000 sales majority are sold back used, new gamers buy the used games instead of new since its cheaper, they then re sell the game and its re bought again in an endless cycle. in the end only 250,000 are sold. but 1 million gamers have played the game. if there was no used games then the developer would make an another game for.
another issue with Used games is that the difference between an used game and an new one is absolutely zero, while if you buy an used car they have an higher chance of breaking down, may be wore out. but an game can last years and years and still be in prefect condition and offer the same as the new product. Used games are crippling the industry. If there was no used game sales, the sales of games would be much higher, more innovative games would be released and much bigger and bolder games would hit the stores with publishers investing more money due to the risk and with that the gamer Wins all the time. So here is something for you: would you pay less and see the industry and your favourite past time crumble or pay the little bit more and help the industry grow and produce you more and more games. |
Another future scenario would be the industry ceasing to fool around and actually begin to make more games worth keeping.
Used games have never crippled the industry, it's the industry that is crippling itself.
The numbers in your description are severely off. In your scenario, the game sold well initially, then the people who bought it became borde with it and sold it, then the ones who bought it used sold it, and then the used used buyers sold it again. Must have been a terrible game.
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