| happydolphin said: I called it a slippery slope, much like allowing people to buy guns is. Let's not get into the glaringly obvious. True that the auction system gives gamers the ability to monetize their virtual assets and redeem them at a later date, but it also empowers Sony to monetize things that normally have reasonably no value if they so wish to (which they will). The fact that people will continue to support that though is what makes this worse, but I guess there is a market for everything. |
Yeah let's avoid that whole gun thing because I disagree off the bat lol.
You agree that both gamers and Sony are empowered. Good.
DRM empowers MS, and undermines gamer assets.
Not to mention that one is optional and another is not, I'm sure you can begin to see pretty comprehensive differences between the two ideas.
Furthermore, Skins, dlc, and games are already traded on ebay. This is no different, and actually, from a business angle it makes more sense for Sony to run this type of auction than ebay, who collects 10% along with paypal who collects 2% in fees. In the end, this will help lots of gamers get to experience more games, and will "incentivize" people to buy games through pre-order with bonuses, than to buy used. Think about it, if you buy day one, and get a dlc or skin that could give you 5-6 dollars in points, why wait for a game price to drop even 10$, when at that point you're making the difference almost negligible.
Yes, this idea is designed to increase sales. Yes, this idea is designed to make money.
But the way in which DRM makes money is much much different.
