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Author of Ctrl+Alt+Del, says "Amen..." to Sony's rumored licensing system
cad-comic.com — "I believe the pre-owned game industry hurts gamers. Retail outlets buy these used games really low, and sell them really high. I've seen pre-owned games on sale for like $3 less than a brand new copy. $50 for a used game they probably paid $20 for. $30 profit, and the video game companies don't see a cent of it."
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- Lumiras, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Now if the companies would only pass some of the savings they would make on the lack of a re-sell market, we could be talking.
But, seeing that Sony might implement it, it may just make them have the ability to charge more for their games - Vouksh, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2This is from like last week. I read CAD all the time. I don't know all that much about Sony and their licensing crap, but it seems like they're going to put a few people out of business..?
- raindog469, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Funny, I don't see anyone gouging me or the sellers on half.com, for example.
Also, "Video games nowadays cost nearly as much to make as blockbuster movies," but the used movie market is HUGE and Hollywood gave up on trying to stamp it out not long after they gave up on stamping out the rental industry.
I think this was a knee-jerk response on the C-A-D guy's part, and he just doesn't realize that every other entertainment medium has a thriving used market (except PC games, if you're in the US.) What will be a bigger deal is trying to convince all their big distribution channels, like Wal-Mart and Best Buy, to change their marketing from "Own it today!" and "You can buy it here!" to "License it through us!"
How exactly they'll get each buyer of each game to waive his right of first sale (if that's even possible for a console game) is another question. But maybe Nintendo has softened us up a little by putting up that little "Warning: We Give Kids Seizures!" notice on some of their games and making us press the A button to affirm that we really like seizures.
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