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Posted by: x Foman123 x
Posted by: Android Spartan
Posted by: x Foman123 x
More money going to publishers and developers = more money to develop bigger, better games in the future.
I never noticed how good EA games, Activision games and ubisoft games get better....Oh hang on 90% of their games are annual release of the same crap from the year before.
And last I checked they are the companies trying to get used games gone from the market.
Sorry Foman but its like the music industry and the film industry they cry about needing money but they actually don't.
The gaming industry is bigger than any other in the entertainment business and getting bigger every year, there is no shortage of income.
The problem is publishers and developers don't innovate and want to play it safe, that isn't to do with little money only instead they innovate as little as possible, spend as little as possible and get max profit.You're approaching this from the wrong angle. First, nearly every publisher and developer would like to eradicate used game sales. Not just the big guys, either. If anything, it's more important for the smaller guys who see lower overall sales numbers.
Second, all your statement does is support my point -- used game sales are currently popular, and there is not as much innovation in the market as you'd like.
Third, if you think these big publishers are rolling in cash, I invite you to check out the annual statements of the publicly held companies such as EA and Activision-Blizzard. This is not a high-margin, high-profit business.
Fourth, the goal of any company is to make money and increase value for its owners/shareholders. Saying that a corporation is spending as little as possible and getting max profit is a compliment, because that is exactly what it is supposed to do. If you value innovation and new IPs over anything else, vote with your wallet and stop buying sequels and remakes.
1. 2nd hand gaming market is like pirating if your not going to buy the game then the dev gets no money either way but the consumer/downloader gets the game anyway.
Indie developers while they are not happy with pirated versions of their games are content that people are interested in it and consider it good advertisement.
Like I said I bought a game 2nd hand and I enjoyed it, that made me buy the next game full price....Consider it a demo.
2. They are currently popular because maybe lots of gamers cannot afford the new games? Within a week you can get new games 2nd hand for around £20 cheaper than new.
Why not get a system where the profits of 2nd hand games gets split to the publishers/devs just like new releases??
Also they don't innovate because they have a game that rakes in money without so why change what works?
Look at RAGE for example iD software innovated and it didn't sell well, 2nd hand gaming markets did not have a hand in that the game just sucked which is what every body is scared of.
3. Yea they run the games into the ground by releasing millions of crappy games and when nobody buys then they blame the consumer.
Guitar hero for example had 2-3 releases a year, activision made so many copies they can't get rid of and thats several million dollars thrown away.
Every publisher does it.
Also like I said not a single developer has been closed down because of the 2nd hand market, it's always because nobody buys the game.
4. I understand they need to make money but they lock content from games to be sold as DLC, have day 1 DLC or DLC a week after release.
They create games like FIFA and call it new every year and change it every 2-3 years to give that illusion since the games are massive DLC packs.
Maybe if they didn't pump out the same rubbish every year they won't have to worry about spending a lot of money, and if they did innovate (Money has nothing to do with it) maybe they could find a new franchise people will like.