Recent content by spekkio9

kDon't confuse developers with publishers. Developers make the games and are paid an hourly salary by publishers. They actually often work 16 hr days meeting unrealistic deadlines, too, but thats another topic. Publishers incur the risk of the project and are the guys who will take the hit...

All this doom and gloom about Nintendo is premature. Remember that they are the only company that profits from console sales themselves. Sony and MS take a loss for each console sold and make up the difference from games. I suppose that's also why Nintendo is less willing to accomodate 3rd...

Piracy only hurts everyone. Many pirates use the price to justify their actions, but it sends the wrong message. It tells game companies that their product is so in demand that people are willing to steal it. It simultaneously reinforces the current business model and galvanizes companies to...

Prices to SOME games don't drop because the market value for them is still high. Gamestop isn't trying to exploit you, they're providing you a good at a price they think will earn them the highest profit. If you don't like their pricing, purchase the game elsewhete or not at all. I don't know...

Retailers make very low profits on games, movies, and music. They make the largest profits off peripherals like those gold-plated monster cables. That is why retailers like used games, too. Unlike new games which have a price set by the publisher and yield low profits, used games can be set...

Publishers have realised that consumers don't buy new games -- at least not as often as they'd like. Their solution is demonizing the practice of buying and selling used games in addition to pursuing legal action. They don't "get it" and never will. In the information age you don't even need...

Wrong. It is only economical when compared to movies, and only if you purchase movies at $25 per copy. Many movies sell for 5-15 a pop in the US, even big blockbusters via retail sales. If you consider other forms of entertainment (deck of cards for $2, for example, or a paperback book for...

Sooo you guys still fail to acknowledge that developers consider the sale and purchase of used games in the same light as piracy. It's great that you can bargain hunt now, but what happens if the game industry wins a court battle and used games suddenly go away? What about the more likely...

OP, you are missing the point of most of the articles which say video games are too expensive. Many video game publishers view selling and purchasing pre-owned games as piracy. They think you are breaking the law no differently than someone who downloads the game off the internet for free...