SCEA Trademarks Online Bidding/Auction System, Incentive Reward Program For Games, “Bid For Greatness”

[theprof00]

happydolphin said:

theprof00 said:

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.

Okay, you win. When Sony start fabricating virtual assets out of nowhere and having people trading things they paid money for them and setting the prices, you'll know what I mean. People will thing they are getting value when they are not. It's a question of business and economy, but in the end that's how this kind of thing works. I understand that I could be very mistaken, but at least I see a risk which others don't and I do find it funny.

and I find it funny that you leap at the chance to call someone a hypocrite because of a conspiracy theory.