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Used Game Market Affecting Price, Quality of New Titles
Gamasutra is running a feature discussing the used game market with various developers and analysts. The point has been raised by many members of the industry that used game sales are hurting developers and publishers even more lately, when they're already beleaguered by rising piracy rates and a struggling economy. Atari executives recently commented that used game sales are "extremely painful," while GameStop's CEO unsurprisingly came out in support of resales. We've recently discussed a few of the ways game designers are considering to limit used game sales. David Braben, chairman of UK-based developer Frontier Development had this to say: "Five years ago, a great game would have sold for a longer period of time than for a bad game — which was essentially our incentive to make great games. But no longer. Now publishers and developers just see revenue the initial few weeks regardless of the game's quality and then gamers start buying used copies which generates money that goes into GameStop's pocket, nobody else's."
Oh... My... God... you've solved the next to last step! YOU ARE A GENIUS!
Stupid sexy Flanders.
Gamers buy cars?
If playing games ever taught you anything, it should be that cars are something you steal.
Or are we specially gifted around here?
Around here I think we're just special ;)
The new meme is simply exactly this:
1. Do something that's normally profitable when you're not a complete tool. (has to be filled in to match the agenda at hand)
2. Do something that's absolutely moronic and makes people go "duh". (see above)
3. Ask for tax money to compensate for your own stupidity. (stays like this, that's the new meme actually)
4. Profit! (obvious).
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.