noname2200 on 08 June 2013
| pokoko said: I agree with him about used games supporting new games and serving to grow the industry. However, I really wish people would stop comparing other industries which use different models to generate revenue. It's kind of silly and it bugs me. The film industry, for example, gets a huge share of its revenue from the box office, which is something the gaming industry does not have. Just stop the bad comparisons already if you want people to take your reasoning seriously |
We're not going to stop the comparisons because the comparisons are apt for the points everyone's discussing. Of course you can distinguish gaming from other industries. You can distinguish anything from everything else if you want to: that's part of being unique. But it's mere sophistry to say selling a used game shouldn't be compared to selling a used movie because the movie's producer already got some money from a theatrical release, and you should be smart enough to see why.
