Recent content by LeenaV

You're acting like once you sell them, you'll never be able to get them again. Most retro video games like NES, SNES, Genesis, etc. aren't falling out of trees, but they are at least decently available. If you're thinking of them like a commodity, then look at it like a commodity trader: buy...

From a corporate board perspective, the video game market is stagnant and saturated. Everyone either has a video game system, knows what it is and plans on getting one when they have the money, or doesn't want one. Even in developing countries, people know what the Xbox or Playstation is, and...

A friend of mine manages a Friendly Local Gaming Store that is gradually expanding out into new things, but there is a Wal-Mart in town, so there are a few truths that need to be recognized: The FLGS can co-exist with Wal-Mart, but it cannot compete. If it tries to actually take sales away...

The problem is, you guys are all looking at it from the gamer's standpoint. While most of this will be conjecture, I think you'll find that it's plausible and becoming increasingly likely. What Nintendo is doing makes sense from a business standpoint, and this is why: 1. Sony and Microsoft...

I must be turning dyslexic, I could have sworn it said "Games and Piracy" when I clicked on it.

You know, Erin gets portrayed as a tough-as-nails cynic with perhaps some self-destructive tendencies, but certain comics and even one-panels (such as that "too hot" one a month or two back) shows a side of her that can be very attractive. It's not just that she's got a cute hairdo and sparkling...

So, let me try to get this straight. EA has a very profitable game series (or an idea for a potentially profitable game series) using the likenesses and names of college athletes, without paying them anything for using such things. The lawyers for the players sue, and say "If you're going...

I thought that Metal Gear Solid 2 seemed to hold up remarkably well the last time that I played it, considering that it came out in 2001. Supposedly, Kojima only released it on the PS2 (initially, at least) in order to fully optimize the console's abilities.

This may be a bit off in left field, but what I think we're witnessing is the natural result of a company hitting a glass ceiling. What I mean by that is that to some extent, there are limits on the profit potential of video games, limits on the size of the market, and limits as to what people...

Are they reduced to doing reruns, now?

Sorry, it's all about cutting out the middleman. In order for Microsoft to sell a game at $60, it actually has to sell it to a distributor for *pulls numbers from the air* $30, who then sells it to a retail store for $45, who then sells it to the customer for $60. Microsoft then looks at...

"I don't think owning a physical copy of a game automatically means that you own the actual game... unless it states so on the end-user license agreement." I understand that this site has a lot of worldwide users, so what I say may not be applicable for everyone, but in the United States at...