Take-Two CEO on used games: focus on creating compelling experiences, don't punish the consumer.

[tres]

BuckStud said:

tres said:
only problem with that logic all gamers arent the same. some gamers keep all their games. some gamers play just to finish no acheivments etc.. i think the retail outlets should have been giving the developers a cut of every sell. what about the people that only buy used games then trade them in for used games?

i dont like the idea of these restriction but we should all agree something has to give.

So if you buy a used car at a dealership and trade in your used car towards it, you should get less money for your trade in so that the dealer can send BMW/Chrysler/Ford/GM/Toyota etc... a cut?  The developers and publishers have made their money off the initial sale.  You don't see any other industry out there (movies/music etc...) getting a cut of the sale of their products sold used.  I will not support any company that thinks that they should get a cut of the sales from their products sold after the initial sale.  If MS want's to make money off used game, then they should be willing to purchase the rights to the games back and resell them online, but should still allow used physical media to be sold without penalty.  This is going to bite them in the butt.

the publisher no... developers yes.  difference between games and music music and movies pays out royalties.  unless a game becomes popular and they sell toys what else do they have.  for what i know use car salesmen have to pay a dealer fee right?