| goddog said:
why are used sales not as much a problem for movie industry or music? of you say other streams of revenue then perhaps video games should expand their revenue streams with paraphernalia. games companies seem to be using used game sales to brush off poor management practices in the industry which have lead to losses on ventures.
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It's not as much a problem for the movie industry because they have several advantages that the videogame industry doesn't. The first being the ability of big budget movies to launch at theaters and have several months of no "used sales". Maybe if AAA videogames has a period of 3 months where you could only buy it digitally without the ability to resell the game then that would be the equivalent but you'd probably get a lot of angry gamers as a result.
Another is the cost of entry which is still an issue for consoles at the moment. I mean as of right now what do you think would happen to 3D movies if you had to buy a pair of special 3D glasses for $200 and bring them with you whenever you wanted to watch a 3D movie at the theater? Of course one could argue you need to buy a TV to watch content at home but the TV is also made to watch tv shows as well as movies which is one thing people are complaining about with Xbox One, that it's being made to do more than one thing yet they have no issue with a TV being able to do more than just play movies.
As for the music industry they have concerts and get residuals on top of digital and cd sales. If they had none of that and had to rely solely on cd sales you'd see a price increase and them trying to do something to clamp down on used sales.
As for expanding their sales with paraphernalia that's basically what they're doing with special editions, DLC, season passes, etc, yet you get a lot of complaining from some vocal gamers for even those and it's obvious from the amount of studios that have closed this generation that it isn't enough. Until we don't need to buy consoles upfront and are able to get everything digitally there will be a need for what is now happening especially since the cost of games is likely to go up and there's even more competition for gamers than last generation.
