Ashmaele
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WTF? Ridiculous no? Kills the method of beating a game and e-baying that copy for 60-80% of purchase price. It was better than only getting 5-15% from GameStop/other stores.
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/121/1218051p1.html
Most Game Developers will agree that the Used Games market is significantly impacting the revenue we receive. I think what most consumers don’t realize is that every time they buy a used game, there is ZERO money making it back to the Game Developers. All of those profits are going directly to the re-seller and making it more and more difficult for us to continue making higher quality products.
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Welcome to last month. 
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it would be nice if game devs sold boxes for like $40 and tried to release awesome DLC on down the line
with used games, they would have 2+ people potentially interested in the DLC
but no, they need to release a new Madden every single goddamn year
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It likely matters little as digital formats are going to become the norm for games anyhow. But yeah, this is just a step on the way there.
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Koneg posted:
Welcome to last month.
lol as if the search function ever worked on this bored
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Microsoft should strive to be the conduit for buyers and sellers of used X-Box games, rather than a road block. Then they can get a cut of the money as well as giving some to the developer.
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so would this mean no renting? no loaning games to friends? Pretty horrible imo
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It's ridiculous. I had to activate a code for Assassins Creed Revelations to play online. I won't be buying games from that company again, uPlay, which sucks because I was a pretty loyal customer. I bought every single title of Assassins Creed. And highly recommended the stores to every gamer I've talked to. I refuse to be charged twice though (yeah yeah, it was free if the game was new, but I already pay microsoft for online play).
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They are eliminating one of the remaining reasons to play a console vs the PC.
Next thing you know, they will be requiring you to pay for a separate license for every additional player on Madden on your console.
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I have a horrible confession. I bought a ladder from Home Depot because I needed to paint a room in my house. After I finished painting I really didn't have a need for the ladder anymore. Turns out my neighbor also needed to paint a room in his house and offered me $20 for the ladder I bought and no longer needed.
The temptation to sin was just too much, I sold him the ladder.... I'm racked with guilt by this, I stole revenue from the poor ladder manufacturers and I hope to redeem myself. 
So tomorrow I'm going to drive around town and personally shut down black market used good sales. Little old ladies call them "garage sales" but we know the truth, they are just fronts for their criminal enterprises.
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STOP STEALING BREAD FROM THE DEVELOPERS MOUTHS AND PAY 60-70$ FOR SAME GAMES THAT PC GAMERS GET FOR 40 LIKE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO!
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Activision and EA posted:
Muahahaha!  
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if playstation doesn;t follow suit, kiss the xbox goodbye
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Glorious PC gaming Master Race posted:
Maybe I'll install full throttle on my new gaming rig old game from the 90's that I used to play on my old 100mhz rig , hey console fags GL playing your old games on your new shitty console, and have fun with your limited content and your shitty graphics.
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Manegarm posted:
Glorious PC gaming Master Race posted:
Maybe I'll install full throttle on my new gaming rig old game from the 90's that I used to play on my old 100mhz rig , hey console fags GL playing your old games on your new shitty console, and have fun with your limited content and your shitty graphics.
All of the above is God's truth.
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Hmmm. Bummer for console folks and welcome to the club.
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The idiot publishers are the ones who create an environment where used games flourish and then they cry about it and instead of changing their business model to naturally eliminate them they come up with increasingly draconian and awful methods to combat it which accomplish nothing but increasing the appeal of both used games and more importantly piracy.
Further more, it isn't the developers who suffer the most from used games, it is the worthless middle men publishers who contribute nothing to anyone but themselves.
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Manegarm posted:
Glorious PC gaming Master Race posted:
Maybe I'll install full throttle on my new gaming rig old game from the 90's that I used to play on my old 100mhz rig , hey console fags GL playing your old games on your new shitty console, and have fun with your limited content and your shitty graphics.
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Way to make sure the Xbox 720 flops. Maybe that Sony guy is now working for them
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That companies like EA and Activision are ruining gaming is nothing new, they strong arm the developers to push out a unfinished shitty product hastily done so that they can maximize profits.
I mean modern warfare is a example of your generic shitty shootan game, developers get less budget then marketing..
Mythic did not ruin Warhammer that was all EA, they had their profits so they started to cut into the budget for upholding the game, thus it failed.
It's the same shite with Hollywood they are not interested in making good movies, only profits.
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Ashmaele posted:
WTF? Ridiculous no? Kills the method of beating a game and e-baying that copy for 60-80% of purchase price. It was better than only getting 5-15% from GameStop/other stores.
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/121/1218051p1.html
Most Game Developers will agree that the Used Games market is significantly impacting the revenue we receive. I think what most consumers don’t realize is that every time they buy a used game, there is ZERO money making it back to the Game Developers. All of those profits are going directly to the re-seller and making it more and more difficult for us to continue making higher quality products.
reselling used games is piracy
stop stealing
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Who cares. I dont sell my games anyway.
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sweeny_comodore posted:
Ashmaele posted:
WTF? Ridiculous no? Kills the method of beating a game and e-baying that copy for 60-80% of purchase price. It was better than only getting 5-15% from GameStop/other stores.
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/121/1218051p1.html
Most Game Developers will agree that the Used Games market is significantly impacting the revenue we receive. I think what most consumers don’t realize is that every time they buy a used game, there is ZERO money making it back to the Game Developers. All of those profits are going directly to the re-seller and making it more and more difficult for us to continue making higher quality products.
reselling used games is piracy
stop stealing
I can't say Ive ever seen a game case that states your license to use the game is not transferable. And since you can;t return the game after its been opened, the license would indeed be transferable.
my 2 cents
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I can't say Ive ever seen a game case that states your license to use the game is not transferable. And since you can;t return the game after its been opened, the license would indeed be transferable.
my 2 cents
ever seen a music cd or hollywood DVD that said that either?
does it matter if you pay someone 5 bucks for their copy or download it off the internet?
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yep, it does
you are purchasing their license to own the movie or game.
they are giving up their right to the movie or game
they only have 1 license
if they let 1 person download their copy, then delete their own, I would consider that legal.
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Yes. In one case your transferring ownership and in the other you're copying and both parties get "ownership."
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Well, if they would stop overcharging for games that only last maybe 6-8 hours or so, then maybe I wouldn't be tempted to buy used games from Gamestop and the like.
Lately I've been buying games off Steam when they have sales on them, and have spent maybe $600 or so in the last year on it. I still have yet to play over half of the game I bought (hard to say no when a game is on sale for $20 when it's $50 normally). And I like that Steam keeps track of my games so if I need to download them again I can do it without hassle.
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