Arguably, not many people care about vintage copies of Photoshop (though if you do, here is an article for you).dsheinem wrote: What's the difference? Aren't both of them software?
Exactly. Everyone at this site needs to acknowledge the fact that we are in the minority in terms of our interests. The majority of the customers won't care, assuming the consoles have sufficient space so that they don't have to be constantly redownloading games they want to play.isiolia wrote:Arguably, not many people care about vintage copies of Photoshop (though if you do, here is an article for you).dsheinem wrote: What's the difference? Aren't both of them software?
I still see it as something that people would get over, just like PC gamers largely did with Steam.
The big difference between the 2, though, is that it's a lot harder to sell used PC games. Most used shops, GameStop, and Play-N-Trade won't accept them. But console video games, they do. And a LOT of gamers out there are constantly selling their games to buy new games so they can actually afford them. Take that equation out, and you lose practically the entire lower-class of gamers, and many other casual gamers that may simply not want to put that kind of money into something they see as nothing more than an time-waster.MrPopo wrote:Exactly. Everyone at this site needs to acknowledge the fact that we are in the minority in terms of our interests. The majority of the customers won't care, assuming the consoles have sufficient space so that they don't have to be constantly redownloading games they want to play.isiolia wrote:Arguably, not many people care about vintage copies of Photoshop (though if you do, here is an article for you).dsheinem wrote: What's the difference? Aren't both of them software?
I still see it as something that people would get over, just like PC gamers largely did with Steam.
GoG is even cheaper, and this is exactly why I use it.RyaNtheSlayA wrote:I wont say it will happen like this, but on PC (largely in thanks to Valve) sales bring even newly released games down more than 50% very, very often. Which is part of the reason I think PC gamers are relatively happy despite no used games and heavy DRM.
On what legal grounds?TheRev wrote:Gamefly will sue over this.
I'm not saying people like the idea. I'm saying the majority are indifferent.Gamestop will refuse to carry the consoles and more people will be outraged than you think NOBODY likes the idea.
That's because used PC games usually involve a CD-Key that has already been registered. Even if it's just "only one person can be online at a time with the key", they can't guarantee that the person who sold them the game haven't made a copy of the CD and are also using the same key. So this would be turning console games into PC games. And PC games seems to still be a healthy market.The big difference between the 2, though, is that it's a lot harder to sell used PC games. Most used shops, GameStop, and Play-N-Trade won't accept them.
Since we're working off of speculation, it's not hard to imagine that there could be a special "rental" version, or even a "rental" key. So you get your disc and a newly generated key from the rental place and the key automatially becomes invalid after the rental period is up.It also takes the rental business out of the equation. What about RedBox and Gamefly?
Yeah. But that still doesn't change the fact that the move for consoles will alienate a lot of poorer gamers and other gamers that trade-in for new games.MrPopo wrote:That's because used PC games usually involve a CD-Key that has already been registered. Even if it's just "only one person can be online at a time with the key", they can't guarantee that the person who sold them the game haven't made a copy of the CD and are also using the same key. So this would be turning console games into PC games. And PC games seems to still be a healthy market.The big difference between the 2, though, is that it's a lot harder to sell used PC games. Most used shops, GameStop, and Play-N-Trade won't accept them.
