"EA holds about 25 percent of the "traditional packaged goods PC game market," but sales in that segment have either remained flat or declined. Hilleman blamed much of that on piracy and used game sales; most videogame sales take place within the first three to six weeks of a game's release, after which sales of used copies, from which publishers make no money, become dominant. That lack of a long tail ultimately ends up hurting the industry."
this guy is an idiot most stores do not rebuy pc games so him saying used games are hurting the industry is him talking out his ass. maybe if the games didnt suck ea would have better sells. although used games apply to everyone. if the game doesnt suck then it doesnt get resold. i have games that basicly have no replay value becuz i loved the game n if i ever want to go back i have that option since i loved the story and/or the gameplay. EA is a big disappointment. i started disliking them when the instruction manuals had only like 6 pages. i liked reading the manuals. also piracy is not going to cause them to lose a significant portion of sales. thats being done by ppl giving EA the finger n not buying there games.
this guy is an idiot most stores do not rebuy pc games so him saying used games are hurting the industry is him talking out his ass. maybe if the games didnt suck ea would have better sells. although used games apply to everyone. if the game doesnt suck then it doesnt get resold. i have games that basicly have no replay value becuz i loved the game n if i ever want to go back i have that option since i loved the story and/or the gameplay. EA is a big disappointment. i started disliking them when the instruction manuals had only like 6 pages. i liked reading the manuals. also piracy is not going to cause them to lose a significant portion of sales. thats being done by ppl giving EA the finger n not buying there games.
