Jadedx said:
LOL if you think used game sales is not killing gaming, there have been multiple articles saying this for years. I know you are going to compare it stuff like used movies, music, and cars so let me poke holes in that before you even bring it up. These are the ways creators make money off of their products.
Movies = 4 streams of revenue: Theater, digital rentals, dvd sales, tv syndication. Music = 3 streams of revenue: Radio, concerts, music streaming sites. Cars = different model, much higher profit margin much longer length of ownership. Games = 2 streams of revenue first sale (dd or disc), dlc, and not everyone who gets the disc buys dlc. Another thing of note is that movies and music don't have stores like gamestop pushing used sales. |
So its your assertion that because developers can't find ways to continue to squeeze profits out of cunsumers they should strip us of our right to resell the things we buy?
Car manufacturers profit margins are around 6%. Game developers costs etc. cover about 45-50% of a games price. So they get anywhere from $25 - $30 dollars from every $60 game sold. Thats quite a cut. How much they profit off that I don't know (can't find any real hard data) but thats a significant cut of the cost and if they can't stay profitable then perhaps they should be taking a look at their business model.
And if we really cared about developers we should ALL be preordering PS4s to rewrd Sony for dropping publisher requirements for developers and not requiring extra costs associated with game patches.
But we don't really. We care about getting more games for cheaper prices. ANd restricting used game purchases/resales won't accomplish that. In fact all the while we have had used games on consoles and yet the prices have remained very stable at 49.99 and 59.99 for over 15 years! Anyone else remember when new console games could retail for hundreds in some cases? I remember buying Streets of Rage 3 for $80 bucks.
