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| nightsurge said: It is far better than the alternative of not being able to sell games at all. Like on PC. Yet you dont hear people on PC bitching and complaining about the littlest things. Console gamers have been so spoiled and haven't realized how great they had it. They are just now catching up with what PC gamers have dealt with for quite a while now. I'm not saying it is good, but it is better than nothing. In fact, on PC, the games prices are lower, they have sales much more often to get games at much lower prices, so in the end the PC spectrum has done away with the need for selling used games because you can still afford the same amount of new ones. PC gamers gave up the "take the game to my friends house to play it" a long time ago unless they wanted to install steam, download the game, etc (Which by the way, you can always copy your Xbox Live gamertag to someone else's console and they would then have access to your games that way). Perhaps console games will get price reductions and better sales should the used market start to go this way or eventually disappear altogether. |
Never heard pc gamers complain about Diablo 3, Sim city, From dust, other online drm? Why does CDProjeckt get applauded so much for removing DRM. Why is Kickstarter so succesful for games with no drm. What is the average price nowadays of pc games sold? I haven't paid full price for a pc game since The Witcher 2. $10 less Steam sales or no sale.
If the big money is in the pc game model, then why are the big software houses focussing on console games and the pc games are more of an after thought.
At least some people in the EU are still thinking about consumer rights
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2012/jul/05/eu-used-digital-games-market
I wonder what they'll think of this anti consumer protectionism, monopoly or cartel forming strategy. I don't think having the entire after market controlled by 1 corporation is what they had in mind when they passed that ruling.
