Volition Dev Vs. Pre-Owned Games

[MoNKeyYy]

I was going to buy Saints Row 3 but I keep hearing about it as being short, and charging for multiple dlc's.

So I didn't buy it... even with the promise of Saints Row 2 included for PS3 version.

I mostly buy my games new (although I don't consider used game markets to be evil). and its funny how I always end up not buying games from game developers who are severely against used games.

Something to think about, Volition...

And this makes you a better person. The problem is that not very many people really give a shit. I can't remember who's column it was here, but they weer pointing out how small the number of people who actually care is. They basically said "Okay. Take the population. Now take the people who have ever played a video game. Now take the people who play regularly. Now take the people who play more complex games than Angry Birds. Now take those who can name a video game publisher. Now take those who can name a developer. Now take those who play more than just lots of COD. Now take those who read a website like this." There's who gives a shit. And as long as there's so few of us who give a shit, developers and publishers will never give a shit about us.

 

[ablac]

To ban used games from a console is blatant DRM. To all the PC gamers out there who dont see a problem with this then this is exactly the same as DRM. The publishers are telling us what we can and cant do with what we have bought. Everyone should be up in arms about this the same way all gamers should be against DRM. If they hurt us on one platform then they are ready to do the same to all others.

do the same to all the others?

its been this way on the pc for ages, and if you would take ten seconds to look its ended up with cheaper prices for us

That could be the result of numerous other factors. Piracy means they must lower the price to encourage people to buy, digital distribution is much cheaper than physical distribution and this can reflect in the pricing, Maybe due to increased competition with other companies who dont produce for the pc publishers put things out cheaper. These are a few of the reasons that could reflect that price difference. Also im looking right now at the price of games only just released such as kingdoms of amalur and the darkness 2 and they are £35 only £5 cheaper than they are on console. Its a similar story on steam for many games though ill admit pricing is very different for quite a number of games which would cost the same on console. To claim reduced prices are a direct result of not being able to trade games in and buy used without good evidence presented isnt really a very convincing argument though i see where you are coming from if you could give some evidence id be more obliged to agree with you. I wonder why pc games cant be traded anyway. Is it due to the nature of pc games or is it a different standard set by the publishers. I would like someone to tell me why this is the case if they can.

However what i was saying wasnt specifically about used games it was more about the fact that there is now DRM on consoles if this rumour is true and what i was saying was that console gamers should have a problem with DRM even if it doesnt affect them because if we dont move against it quickly then it will eventually happen to all of us. Im also interested in how used game sales not existing resuled in cheaper prices since id think a competitor such as used game sales would quickly drive down the price of a game rather than keep it high.