TheKasp said:
jamez525 said:
To be honest, before we go this way we have to finally resolve how the ownership of software licenses is actually handled. Since the publisher and developer have now a way to enforce it they go ballistic against it. I am actually quite sure it will be resolved if one company wants to go this way. Like you see, the backlash is big enough so that some will file a lawsuit against it.
And like you maybe deduced from my post: My actual gripe is with people actually supporting chains like GameStop and GAME. I have my reasons for that from a personal expirience.
RJ 17 said:
Yup, the damage used sales do is blatantly overhyped from developer / publisher side. How can someone even doubt that? There are better ways of "fighting" used sales and every old gamer can point that out. My problem with used sales goes to a personal level where I see old stores die out because of sleezy GameStop tactics and marketing. From a storechain that lied to me and treated me like shit several times by now.
Making a video game doesn't have to cost anything. Some of the best video games ever made were made by gamers in their own homes.
EverQuest, which would spark a revolution in Personal Computer gaming was developed in a garage. MineCraft, was made by one man. I imagine he went through quite a many cups of coffee making the game, but that was his only investment really. Now he's a millionaire.
Used games don't hurt video games at all. It doesn't harm a rich man if you take away a percentage of his profits (and give him in return the use of his product, and in a way the promotion of said product) when he can still afford to buy whatever he wants.
Video games only cost an assload of money to make because people refuse to work for anything less than a LOT of money.
In fact, one of the largest leaps in the costs of making a video game has been from the need to hire a bunch of artists to make sure your game is pretty. Something video games of the past didn't need to focus heavily on. Some people like to think that they still don't need to focus heavily on...
In short, I want to point out simply and clearly that when you give a bloated corporation more money, they DON'T use it to make a better product. They use it to buy themselves a better car or a bigger house.
Don't be so naive. Open your eyes and look at the games that are out, and who they are made by.
"By gamers, for gamers" used to be a company's motto. Said company was trying to cheat another popular company out of their sold rights to a game they abandoned willfully... just so they could make a load of money off of it underhandedly.
Used games do so much good for gaming that its ridiculous that you don't see it. The best thing you can do with a movie/game/book/song is make it accessible, to not JUST the wealthy but everyone.
Oh and, just because you had a bad time at a shop doesn't justify acting like such a baby. 3rd parties are necessary mediums, publishers alone can't provide the entire world with their games, even if they only sold New ones.
Gamestop and GAME are here to stay, and they benefit gamers who's wallets are often empty. Don't get inside expecting a red carpet to be rolled out, expect to purchase a game and go home and play.
