Get Too Human and Xmen Destiny before prices skyrocket

Gaming on the Playstation and Xbox Platforms
User avatar
BoringSupreez
Next-Gen
Posts: 9738
Joined: Wed Feb 11, 2009 10:09 pm
Location: Tokyo

Re: Get Too Human and Xmen Destiny before prices skyrocket

Post by BoringSupreez »

If this is the end for Silicon Knights, that's too bad... I really enjoyed Eternal Darkness and MGS: TTS.
prfsnl_gmr wrote:There is nothing feigned about it. What I wrote is a display of actual moral superiority.
User avatar
OldSchool_Boy
Next-Gen
Posts: 1784
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 3:09 pm

Re: Get Too Human and Xmen Destiny before prices skyrocket

Post by OldSchool_Boy »

BoringSupreez wrote:If this is the end for Silicon Knights, that's too bad... I really enjoyed Eternal Darkness and MGS: TTS.
You should read the article that isiolia posted on the previous page. It has some history detailing why those games were great compared to what else they released so far.
final fight cd wrote: moral of story: when in a shady part of town, don't ask random thugs where the sega is at.
User avatar
Hobie-wan
Next-Gen
Posts: 21705
Joined: Sat Aug 15, 2009 8:28 pm
Location: Under a pile of retro stuff in H-town
Contact:

Re: Get Too Human and Xmen Destiny before prices skyrocket

Post by Hobie-wan »

isiolia wrote:Definitely seems like the end for them. I mean more that seeing it hit the gaming news circuit might help alleviate their costs a little. If people go buy up remaining copies, they don't need to pay to ship them back, and instead they get a little cash to put towards the rest of the settlement costs, if not other bills/paychecks/whatever.
That isn't how retail works. Copies that have already been sent out to distributors and stores mean that Silicon knights already has money for them. So if people buy copies, there is no change. Any that are available would need to be sent back and credited. At best if everyone bought every copy everywhere they'd have a 0 change to their balances. Any that are returned for credit to be destroyed counts against them. There will be no extra money, just a potential lessening of the hole they're being thrown into.
User avatar
isiolia
Next-Gen
Posts: 5785
Joined: Mon May 16, 2011 1:52 pm
Location: Virginia

Re: Get Too Human and Xmen Destiny before prices skyrocket

Post by isiolia »

Hobie-wan wrote:
isiolia wrote:Definitely seems like the end for them. I mean more that seeing it hit the gaming news circuit might help alleviate their costs a little. If people go buy up remaining copies, they don't need to pay to ship them back, and instead they get a little cash to put towards the rest of the settlement costs, if not other bills/paychecks/whatever.
That isn't how retail works. Copies that have already been sent out to distributors and stores mean that Silicon knights already has money for them. So if people buy copies, there is no change. Any that are available would need to be sent back and credited. At best if everyone bought every copy everywhere they'd have a 0 change to their balances. Any that are returned for credit to be destroyed counts against them. There will be no extra money, just a potential lessening of the hole they're being thrown into.
Ah, yeah, you're right. Just serves to reduce buy back, if anything. Even so, still probably preferable to see them sold versus not.
User avatar
BoringSupreez
Next-Gen
Posts: 9738
Joined: Wed Feb 11, 2009 10:09 pm
Location: Tokyo

Re: Get Too Human and Xmen Destiny before prices skyrocket

Post by BoringSupreez »

And this only applies to sealed copies, correct? So Gamestop and the like will be keeping their used copies?
prfsnl_gmr wrote:There is nothing feigned about it. What I wrote is a display of actual moral superiority.
User avatar
isiolia
Next-Gen
Posts: 5785
Joined: Mon May 16, 2011 1:52 pm
Location: Virginia

Re: Get Too Human and Xmen Destiny before prices skyrocket

Post by isiolia »

BoringSupreez wrote:And this only applies to sealed copies, correct? So Gamestop and the like will be keeping their used copies?
That's what the announcements said. Just unsold new copies.
User avatar
Hobie-wan
Next-Gen
Posts: 21705
Joined: Sat Aug 15, 2009 8:28 pm
Location: Under a pile of retro stuff in H-town
Contact:

Re: Get Too Human and Xmen Destiny before prices skyrocket

Post by Hobie-wan »

BoringSupreez wrote:And this only applies to sealed copies, correct? So Gamestop and the like will be keeping their used copies?
Bwahahahahahahahaha
User avatar
pankakes123
64-bit
Posts: 381
Joined: Tue Feb 08, 2011 4:55 pm
Location: New Jersey
Contact:

Re: Get Too Human and Xmen Destiny before prices skyrocket

Post by pankakes123 »

I really doubt the price will go up. There are already tons of copies of each game circulating on the gray market and each game has already had at least one reprint.
User avatar
BoringSupreez
Next-Gen
Posts: 9738
Joined: Wed Feb 11, 2009 10:09 pm
Location: Tokyo

Re: Get Too Human and Xmen Destiny before prices skyrocket

Post by BoringSupreez »

pankakes123 wrote:I really doubt the price will go up. There are already tons of copies of each game circulating on the gray market and each game has already had at least one reprint.
Especially Too Human. Most stores don't even sell that game anymore. Only a tiny fraction will be called back and destroyed.
prfsnl_gmr wrote:There is nothing feigned about it. What I wrote is a display of actual moral superiority.
User avatar
Retrogamer0001
Next-Gen
Posts: 1665
Joined: Tue Mar 01, 2011 8:56 pm
Location: Canada

Re: Get Too Human and Xmen Destiny before prices skyrocket

Post by Retrogamer0001 »

So, Too Human is this gen's version of E.T...
Image

The game room - > http://racketboy.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=45478

"We're on an express elevator to hell - goin' down!"
Post Reply