Talal on 08 June 2013
| JWeinCom said: We accept the fact that digital content is not eligible for resale because of the way the technology works. The ease of distribution makes it so that it would be too easy to distribute games far and wide to thousands of people without losing access to the content yourself. With physical discs, their is no reason to have this restriction. The lack of such restriction is the reason that I buy games on consoles and not on a PC. As for entertainment experience ummmm, so? Books are an entertainment experience and I could sell those. CDs are an entertainment experience. Movies are an entertainment experience. When I gave my friend a copy of 1984 I didn't have to write a check to George Orwell. As for game companies needing a way to make a profit, I have an idea. Make good games. Take a look at the weekly sales charts. Just Dance 4 is still up there after 34 weeks. Arkham City is up there after well over a year. Red Dead Redemption is selling well over 3 years after its release. Mario Kart Wii is the 26th best selling game this week, and it's been available for over 5 years and it still retailing for $40! Why are these games still selling? Because people enjoy them. People enjoy them enough that they tell their friends about them, they enjoy them enough that they'll buy them years after original release (in the case of Mario Kart at near full price), and they enjoy them enough that they keep them so that the demand for new games outstrips the supply for old games. |
Great post.
