Poll: What if PS4/Xbox 720 banned used games but had an exclusive on your favorite franchise?
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Even if the number of people who are in it solely for the mods and would stop buying the games entirely is in the hundreds of thousands (which seems like a rather hugely generous over-estimation), they sell millions of copies on the consoles. They do quite well on the PC too, but the mod community is a relatively small subset. And I'm a PC-only guy at this point who plays those games for the mods and no other reason (and would go so far as to say that I don't even find the Elder Scrolls games fun at all without mods). It's easy to overestimate how important a group of people you belong to is if you spend a lot of time participating in it and associating with other people from it; it gives you a distorted perspective.Rawne1980 said:
I really don't see a ban on used games happening realistically, but if it hypothetically did, that would just be another thing making it harder to convince me to buy another console. It's not that I have anything against consoles (I've had several over the years, and I kept almost getting a 360 at one point), but I already have so many games I need to catch up on that I can't really justify spending that much money just on another piece of hardware, especially if they did something like that to be a dick to me. Even if it had games I wanted to play, that wouldn't really make a difference. I already skip PC games that have particularly crappy DRM and go play something else instead. There are way more than enough good games out there than I have time to play (and I don't have a job right now, so I have a lot of free time...), so missing a few here and there is not a big deal.
I wouldn't get a new console unless they were giving them away... which is exactly how I got the only console I've ever owned (a PS2)... I already need a high end PC for my 3D artwork and getting it gaming ready cost me all of $0.00, so why the fuck would I fork out cash for something else? Especially as I get driven to distraction by spotting most of the tricks the devs used to make the lower quality graphics look better. You can't unsee that shit.
I'm going to stay on PC, there is no collection of franchises that I would care enough about to buy a console for. I stopped buying games from EA because of Origin, and that experience taught me how great it feels to put my foot down against this corporate crap, and how I don't miss the games because there are so many other great ones to play.
I never said either one of those things... then again, console gaming just doesn't interest me.MelasZepheos said:
I buy the majority of my games new, either at launch or a couple of months down the line. I only really buy used if I want to pick something up that I missed and fancied a shot of or rebuying a game I traded in. Either way, I'd still want to option to. =/
Developers and publishers really need to stop demonising people for buying used games. Books, clothes, CDs etc all have thriving used markets and there's little if any complaining from those camps. Knocking the RRP of games down, even by ten to fifteen quid, would help a lot (especially considering most shops take ten off the RRP anyway, making them £30 rather than £40). Fair enough you'd lose money per unit but you'd more than make up for it in the volume of extra sales.
Developers and publishers really need to stop demonising people for buying used games. Books, clothes, CDs etc all have thriving used markets and there's little if any complaining from those camps. Knocking the RRP of games down, even by ten to fifteen quid, would help a lot (especially considering most shops take ten off the RRP anyway, making them £30 rather than £40). Fair enough you'd lose money per unit but you'd more than make up for it in the volume of extra sales.
going exclusive is just a dumb idea in general and I don't get why people do it. You're essentially sacrifing more profit and a larger fan-base.
As part of the master race, I find this conversation petty and uninteresting.
/elitistdouche
Seriously though, I honestly can't say at this point. I really could do with more concrete details before a purchasing decision like that is made.
/elitistdouche
Seriously though, I honestly can't say at this point. I really could do with more concrete details before a purchasing decision like that is made.
Any franchise that goes console exclusive would no longer be a franchise on my radar at release... so even if what is described happens, it's never going to happen to me. Bargain bin games are what consoles are for, as far as I'm concerned. I rarely buy used though, just overstock past its prime.
>.> um ... no .... Frostbite is right, the console version of anything is generally worse then the PC version, why pay the same and get less?Das Boot said:
OT: THIS console generation has been a huge, HUGE disappointment, why should i waste money on a console that's not going to do anything but make things 'prettier'. I'll be sticking with my PC/PS2 thank you very much
Kinect and Move are possible upgrades, plus the 3D factor for a PS3 requiring a spendy or special tv (these are optional but still). Also add in an HDMI cable in order to play games in HD, store price is +50, factor in the fact that most PC games tend to be cheaper by around 10 dollars on launch day and go on major sales more often (thank you steam!)MelasZepheos said:
so you are against Gears of War, and pretty much anything Nintendo or pokemon? okayStrazdas said:
Owning both PC and a PS3 I find this argument.. pointless?
Has nobody else realised yet that a console is basically a PC you cant upgrade? Same types of components, same types of software. Essentially a Fisher Price "My First IBM".
OT: No wouldn't refuse a Next-Gen if they banned used games, but wouldn't buy one either until something came out I wanted. I prefer a console for driving/beat em up/action games, prefer the PC for FPS/RTS/RPG games. Though likely the same as the PS3, I'd just buy the console as a refurb, bought the 60GB PS3 2.5 years ago, and it has served well enough since.
Has nobody else realised yet that a console is basically a PC you cant upgrade? Same types of components, same types of software. Essentially a Fisher Price "My First IBM".
OT: No wouldn't refuse a Next-Gen if they banned used games, but wouldn't buy one either until something came out I wanted. I prefer a console for driving/beat em up/action games, prefer the PC for FPS/RTS/RPG games. Though likely the same as the PS3, I'd just buy the console as a refurb, bought the 60GB PS3 2.5 years ago, and it has served well enough since.