| ironmanDX said: You are. More money for the devs and less second hand sales going to gamestop and others? |
Less second hand games isn't exactly a good thing, not everyone can afford subscription services and full retail games.
I find it somewhat hypocritical of you to say people must be blind to not see the value, then in the very next post, shrug off an observation of the services drawbacks for the industry as a whole, as "spin", way to be impartial.
You attacked his point as if he was trolling/flaming, yet he states both eaa and ps+ are good ideas, just because he choses to look outside of the box and consider the impact the success of this service will have on the industry as a whole, does not make it spin, it makes him not blind to cause and effect.
This industry isnt just as new sales, second hand sales are an integral part of the industry, too, they dont get money for the second hand game being sold, but they do get the potential for each and every new owner of that game to buy any of the addon packs or DLC, a game thats sold back to a store may change hands once, or even several times, moving to cut out the used game market will directly impact sales performance of digital content, and when that happens, corners will be cut, and belts tightened to counter the effect.
