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yo_john117 on 21 May 2013
chapset said:
yo_john117 said:
chapset said:

non-sense games will be more expensive, they will need higher sells at full price to make a profit and by killing the used game market outside of their console they won't have an incentive to drop their prices faster

What you mean like PC games which drop in price incredibly fast (and are especially cheap if you buy them on demand)?

releasing games on pc is cheaper than on console, you don't have to pay a fee to one of the big three, and most of the times when you see a price cut it's just during a sale they go back full price when the sale is done. They also have incentive to cut the prices on Pc because of piracy, the xbox one and ps4 will probably stay locked for a while because of the way they are set up ( almost always online and stuff)

What about on demand sales. The Xbox One will be very on demand centric.



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Cypher1980 on 21 May 2013

Christ how long have Sony been pumping stupid juice into the Redmond water supply ?



ShadowSoldier on 21 May 2013

So......Sony wins next gen if they just approached used games the same way they did with the PS3



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chapset on 21 May 2013
yo_john117 said:
chapset said:
yo_john117 said:
chapset said:

non-sense games will be more expensive, they will need higher sells at full price to make a profit and by killing the used game market outside of their console they won't have an incentive to drop their prices faster

What you mean like PC games which drop in price incredibly fast (and are especially cheap if you buy them on demand)?

releasing games on pc is cheaper than on console, you don't have to pay a fee to one of the big three, and most of the times when you see a price cut it's just during a sale they go back full price when the sale is done. They also have incentive to cut the prices on Pc because of piracy, the xbox one and ps4 will probably stay locked for a while because of the way they are set up ( almost always online and stuff)

What about on demand sales. The Xbox One will be very on demand centric.

Dunno about that, Didn't catch that during the unveiling, anyway i hope you are right but I am very pessimistic about it



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Playstationfan12 on 21 May 2013

um, is sony trying to kill the xbox?



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noname2200 on 21 May 2013
zumnupy10 said:

About Nintendo:  By the way things are going with videogames right now, Maybe they don't think there will be an industry in the upcoming years,


Eight years ago they were trumpeting the fiscal dangers of spending way more to appeal to a shriking base of consumers, complete with their proposed solution to that problem. Three years ago they said "fuck it, fixing shit is way too hard" and took half-ass steps to rejoin everyone else. So yeah, maybe.



BenVTrigger on 21 May 2013
brendude13 said:
BenVTrigger said:
JGarret said:
Where´s BenV?...I´d like to read his opinion on that.


My opinion.

Screw MS if this is true. 100% Sony PS4 fanboy now if they dont block.

And not to trust certain people who obviously were feeding me false information about this console

 

Please note my opinions are my own and not that of my employer. 

Sudden change of heart.

I have zero brand loyalty.

That should be clear, Ive always said that. 



noname2200 on 21 May 2013
BenVTrigger said:

I have zero brand loyalty.

That should be clear, Ive always said that. 

And we've always been at war with Eastasia.



S.T.A.G.E. on 21 May 2013
ShadowSoldier said:
So......Sony wins next gen if they just approached used games the same way they did with the PS3


I think that juice came form EA and Activison.

I've always said MS EA and Activision were the axis of evil in gaming. 

You all believe me now?



foodfather on 21 May 2013

This makes sense actually. It makes the physical copy of the game worthless (not money for gamestop) but instead the individual owner can sell his ''code'' online.