I'm sorry. I really can't justify the argument about used game sales. Does it hurt the company financially, yes. But removing it from game consoles the way MS was gonna do it. Was just a jackass move. And hypocritical. Since everything else in this world can be/is sold used all the freaking time. But for some reason, games are always whined on. Just because things will move digital. Doesn't mean Johnny will buy the game new. Eventually, the digital store for the console will have to allow sales like stores do.
Why did sales start in stores? There's a cerntain amount of people that won't buy things at full price. No matter what. Sales cater to those people. And you're back to what we do now. Just no middle man. But profits will still be complained about. Now, the digital system has to be fair to the consumer, rather than the company. How many damn rules did MS DRM have? They themselves didn't know what the limitations where. All a confusing mess. They caused the confusion.
Back to your question. Yes, MS did some damage to the uninformed. Same goes to the Wii U and people thinking its a add-on to Wii. But MS wouldn't care. All game companies know that there will be people in this world. Weather young or old. That want to own their stuff. I am one of them. And will lose that percentage if everything becomes 100% digital. I use steam. But I still buy the disc to install them. And have a box to show what game I have. Now another option that could happen is if physical still has its market, that keeps making money. CD's are still produced. And they're 32 years old. They outlasted VHS. Companies will keep making those things. Its two sources of income.
And who knows. If phsyical sticks around long enough. Solid media could replace discs. And we remove load times. Consoles physical sizes would be smaller. No drive noises. HDD partial or full installations wouldn't be needed for people that use solid media. No need to log into your account to get your save from cloud. Hope over with your card and pop it in your friends system.
Digital Comic sales have started to slow. And print is still here. This is a perfect example where both sides work fine together. But MS was stupid to not have everything lined out in the meeting. My god, it was like they threw that together 1 week before they announced. And they where building this thing years in advance.
