Neodegenerate said:
The Fury said:
daredevil.shark said:
Companies like gamestop are ripping customers and game makers. It is because of gamestop we have to face DRM type issues. I hope gamestop goes out of business. |
So, it's not people stealing? But a company legitimately selling games and buying games to sell again to customers?
Who knew.
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Gamestop and other stores that do the used game thing are the main culprits in driving console DRM. If the devs were getting their cut of every single console sale then there wouldn't be things like online passes.
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DRM is not because of Gamestop. If anything, you could argue it's partially because of the used game market which includes ebay and craigslist (which give the seller better return anyways). And if none of those avenues existed, we'd be facing DRM issues anyways!
Devs would be smart to push MS and Sony to implement an online digital game marketplace, where you can buy and sell your digital licenses. People don't usually take well to an abrupt, ALL OR NOTHING approach (meaning either buy new or don't play).
