| Neodegenerate said: Steam isn't a physical platform. |

Would the industry be better off without used games? | |||
| Yes | 27 | 20.61% | |
| No | 104 | 79.39% | |
| Total: | 131 | ||
| Neodegenerate said: Steam isn't a physical platform. |

I will get games used depending on what company they are from and etc.
Like, I will get a 3rd party game on my Wii U for new. I want to show my support.
However, I would most likely get (like I just recently did) a used game on the Xbox 360.
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spemanig said:
I don't care that they exist, but let's not act like the industry wouldn't be better off if they didn't, because it would, especially once everything goes digital. |
Developers would have to drastically lower the prices of new games. Is that feasible for what we would consider AAA releases such as the new batman, new uncharted, halo games, etc.? I am not much of a steam gamer (at all!) but I am pretty sure that the budget for those kinds of games are not the same as those that are getting released for PS4/Wii U/ and X1. If there were no physical option for games on these systems, would they still retain their $60 price tag? Im interested to hear your thoughts on this.
| BraLoD said: I love it. Thanks for keeping it alive PS4. |
lol wow. good one
| Zkuq said: It's a consumer right as it should be. It's the companies' responsibility to manage with that. Thus, it's needless to even discuss its effect on the market. Just for the record, Steam has pretty much killed used games on PC. How? Sales. Consoles still have a long way to come in that regard. I also think it shows it's a pricing issue. |
I think that's exactly the issue Nintendo will tackle with the NX. They're gonna turn the membership steam-like with the amounts of sales and discounts as well as an all digital market place.
Do consoles have a long way to go? Absolutely. Doesn't that mean it has to happen gradually and slowly? Lmao, of course not.
I have no real opinion.
All I can say is that I always like to get my games new if possible.
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I hope the used sales market will transition into the digital marketplace. It would be great to resell my old games digitally :).
I like the used game market. I buy a lot of my games used, and also sell all the games that I complete. It is a very cost effective way to play games.
I love it and hope it stays alive and next gen and b3yond have disc games
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| RubberWhistleHistle said: Developers would have to drastically lower the prices of new games. Is that feasible for what we would consider AAA releases such as the new batman, new uncharted, halo games, etc.? I am not much of a steam gamer (at all!) but I am pretty sure that the budget for those kinds of games are not the same as those that are getting released for PS4/Wii U/ and X1. If there were no physical option for games on these systems, would they still retain their $60 price tag? Im interested to hear your thoughts on this. |
No, they wouldn't. They don't do it on Steam, and no one cares. Used games are like $5 off when they are new. The used game market only really matters when games are old, in which case steam sales and developer discounts already happen there, and they are often as cheap, if not cheaper than any physical used game.
...Not the same? Is that a joke? What makes you think a PC port would be so much less expensive than a console port, if at all?
Yeah, they would retain their $60 price tag. At launch. Like most AAA games on Steam do and like all launch new used games are. Then they'd go down in price as the games get older, like all AAA Steam games do, and like all used games do. Then they'd also have the sales, which frankly happen much more often on Steam than in Gamestop or Target, with the benefit of profits actually still going to the developers.
This isn't some uncharted, innovative idea. Steam has been doing this for years. They've already killed the used game market on PC, and we all know how pompus PC gamers are about how cheap PC is compared to consoles after the initial hardware purchases. And Valve isn't exaclty hemeraging money because of it.