Anti-used gaming policy is good for gamers.

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20happyballs said:

sc94597 said:

20happyballs said:

sc94597 said:
All it does is make the purchase of a video-game console less appealing to the poor and lower-middle class. In consequence somebody who would buy 1 or 2 new games a year on that console, will buy none as they would decide it's too expensive to own such a console at all if they must buy ALL their games new. Game sales will either remain the same, or in my prediction, DECREASE.

Anyway, fortunately we have competition and the free market where consumers can choose other platforms that do not restrict used gaming to game on.

This may be true, but then again used games sale are bound to end when games are exclusively sold in digital markets. It's gonna happen. We'll just have to wait and see what happens. 

Game prices will have to adjust to accomodate that demographic. I don't see that happening with this though. Games will still be expensive as ever and people will be forced to purchase them new. 

However, with used game sales, developers will find it very difficult to find the right price. 

Publishers will price games for the maximum profit. Right now they have more leniency in game pricing BECAUSE of the used game market. Every used game bought required a new game to be bought, and the money received from that used game purchase is more likely to go into another new game. Consequently, publishers can price their games at a higher price because they know the low-waged demographics are able to get games used and those who can afford it will get the game new. Now if the used market isn't there. Publishers would have to decrease the cost of their games, because they are not only missing out on an entire demographic, but those who do purchase games new will not have anywhere to sell them in order to buy even more new games. So not only does demand decrease, but so does the ability for those whom do demand new games to purchase them decrease. If a publisher doesn't decrease the cost of the game, then sales will be affected detrimentally. Overall, the market would shrink because there would be less supply and less demand. In digital downloads, as evidenced by Steam, pricing is far more competitive. There are often discounted deals on older games, and packages to purchase. Overall, PC gaming is much less costly. This is how the transition to only downloadable software will work without destroying an entire demographic and shrinking the market.