street heat
merchant of death
54$ used games ? lol ive never bought one for more than 20. im just not seeing the problem with used games.
Lets be honest used games are gonna be phased out next gen
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I can't co-sign copping all games new like some people in here.
Quite frankly, it's a waste of money unless you're really getting the most out of that game and putting tons of hours into it. I used to buy all my stuff brand new, but when I sat back and realized how much bread I spent, I just shake my head.
If games jump up to 69.99 I know I won't be buying that many of them that's for sure. I'll prioritize what I know I'm going to play the most and get those titles. The ones I'm on the fence about, won't be getting copped, and since there potentially won't be a used game market... who's to say that we'll see price drops as soon as we do now?
Quite frankly, it's a waste of money unless you're really getting the most out of that game and putting tons of hours into it. I used to buy all my stuff brand new, but when I sat back and realized how much bread I spent, I just shake my head.
If games jump up to 69.99 I know I won't be buying that many of them that's for sure. I'll prioritize what I know I'm going to play the most and get those titles. The ones I'm on the fence about, won't be getting copped, and since there potentially won't be a used game market... who's to say that we'll see price drops as soon as we do now?
Used games just aren't that big of a bargain anymore. Game sales are rampant.
Mr. Somebody
Friend Of A Friend
Since EA is giving microsoft timed DLC sony should sell their games for less money.
That's what I'm thinking. When you monopolize the market you don't have to worry about price competition. Jack the price up or keep it the same as long as you want whenever you want.
And gamers ain't going to do shyt about it but buy the games anyway. See how this gen was buttfukked by DLC? shyt is highly unpopular with gamers if that shyt ain't free. Yet with all the bytchin' and cryin' about paid DLC, it's still being down out the ass.
you guys are way too pessimistic about all of this shyt lolThat's what I'm thinking. When you monopolize the market you don't have to worry about price competition. Jack the price up or keep it the same as long as you want whenever you want.
And gamers ain't going to do shyt about it but buy the games anyway. See how this gen was buttfukked by DLC? shyt is highly unpopular with gamers if that shyt ain't free. Yet with all the bytchin' and cryin' about paid DLC, it's still being down out the ass.
If not enough people are paying full price a flash sale followed by a price drop is inevitable.
The majority of games I've bought this gen have been on sale. I don't even buy most games at launch anymore because I know a sale on it is likely to come a few weeks later
But yeah I don't think I've bought a used game this gen. What I have done is sell games to help get a new one. And that's why banning used games would affect me.
KevCo
Bond's gun spoke once....
thats where used games comeinto play for me....alot of games arnt worth the 60 bucks but they are worth the 35-45 range......
Patience my friends...they have nobody else to compete with but themselves. Its going to be a fukking blood bath for your money 
You guys have no idea what is about to go down if used games are out of the picture
You guys have no idea what is about to go down if used games are out of the picture
JohnnyGold
Rookie
this this this times a milli
because the companies control the hardware, they can effectively block pirating 100%. which means that the games will sell for their TRUE worth, and developers like naughty dog will be rewarded for putting out a great game.
this is the best thing to happen to gaming in a long time, i can only hope it happens.
it is economics 101, in a vaccuum.
people saying, "never ever in a million years would i pay x amount of dollars for that game
" now no longer have to, and developers WONT be able to charge that if they want to recoup their losses. (although, more than likely it will be sony that sets the price point, but lets just assume its the devs, for the sake of keeping this brief.)people say: "the market is too homogenous, i hope there are more good GAMES next gen, no more call of duty."
well, people buy call of duty new, every year, to play with their friends. that model is incredibly successful, because stand-alone, single player experiences have been relegated to "ill wait until thats 15$ and get it used" status. (see: me with rayman origins, el shaddai, la noire, skyrim, etc.)
as it stands, companies are leery of putting out those stand-alone, single player experiences, because they know that the only people making money out of that is the f*cking middle-man, mom and pop record shop, that sells it 5-6 times over.
so its either:
pay 20$ instead of 15$ for a single player experience game that you buy online, but cant resell... however you will have hundreds and hundreds more games to choose from (like the return of jak and daxter, ratchet, sly, etc.)
OR
pay 15$ instead of 20$ for a single player experience game that you buy at a used game store, and have 3 games to choose from next gen, while call of duty 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20 are released in 6 month windows.
come on man, stop fearing this process--heres hoping sony and microsoft just say "for the sake of your gaming experience, im sorry, but were going to have to charge you for that game
"JohnnyGold
Rookie
That's what I'm thinking. When you monopolize the market you don't have to worry about price competition. Jack the price up or keep it the same as long as you want whenever you want.
And gamers ain't going to do shyt about it but buy the games anyway. See how this gen was buttfukked by DLC? shyt is highly unpopular with gamers if that shyt ain't free. Yet with all the bytchin' and cryin' about paid DLC, it's still being down out the ass.
lol.
no man, thats not how it works.
its NOT a monopoly, because nintendo and microsoft exist.
can they collude? possibly. but this isn't exactly mass-consumer extortion were talking about here.
a video game is like, 50$ online, i wouldnt say youre on the wrong end of a bernie maddoff scheme.
lets say a company spends 3 million to make a game, they price it on the store at 60$, and they make 1.5 million back.
the market has spoken... no one else is going to buy the game at 60$. so they can either sit on their 1.5 MILLION dollar loss, or they could drop the price 10$ and see who bites. then drop it 10 more. then drop it 10 more. and on and on.
if YOURE buying games used, YOU have established a price point in your head that YOU think a game is worth. YOU can now wait until the game costs that much ONLINE, and buy it. and you know what, that's going to be on the developers terms now, yes thats true, but f*ck it, thats fair. i mean, they ARE the one selling the product you want to buy. if you want it sooner, pay more money.
