Secondhand Games Stifle Innovation?

Posted by Zonk on Friday January 20, 2006 @11:31AM from the trying-not-to-roll-my-eyes dept.

Via GameSetWatch, an article at the Guardian relaying a message from publishers. They say that, though you may be enjoying those second-hand games, they may be forcing you to choke down the sequels that plague the industry. From the article: "'We recognise the secondhand games market is part of the revenue mix, for retailers at least,' said a spokesman. 'However, if it continues to grow, it could potentially starve us of the funds necessary for research and development, and therefore, developers will be less willing to take a risk on new and genre-diversifying titles. It's this creative diversity that makes the games industry so popular, and without sustained funding from new software sales, this could be at risk.'"

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FIRST POST by TechieHermit · 2006-01-20 11:33 · Score: -1, Offtopic

WOOt!
1. Re:FIRST POST by Anonymous Coward · 2006-01-20 12:20 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Loser
2. Re:FIRST POST by Anonymous Coward · 2006-01-20 12:28 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Came in first, though, dinn't I?
  
  And, here you are chatting with me. My loser compadre!
  
  Let us fry beans around a campfire, and yell drunken incomprehensible things at barely-glimpsed chicks in the distance!
  
  W00T!
3. Re:FIRST POST by Anonymous Coward · 2006-01-21 08:04 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  FAILGET
4. Re:FIRST POST by Anonymous Coward · 2006-01-22 06:57 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Not according to timestamps you didn't, pwn3d-boy.