Velocity Gamer: With held back content, online passes, and constant verbal abuse by game companies, I'll stand up for why used game gamers are not parasites.
A new Skyrim Switch 2 update delivers major visual upgrades, surpassing some console settings, but locks the game to 30fps and introduces noticeable input lag.
That's ridiculous, lol. I'm waiting for the guy that says its too cpu-intensive for the Switch 2. This game is old af and has been released like 17 times.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim lead designer Bruce Nesmith explains that the game's bucket stealth was an unintended feature of the game.
Lordbound is finally here.
NO!! screw used games. The developers make no money off used games so why in gods name would they condone such a thing. Grow up, get a job and buy the games new.
The thing I resent is when a developer equates used game sales with piracy. Every single dev that has done that I refuse to purchase or play their games at all.
The reasoning behind this opinion piece could easily be substituted into the reasoning for someone who chooses to pirate games.
"Game developers have not lost a sale, they have their initial sale from whoever bought it new."
Yep, exactly, just like how game developers haven't "lost" a sale from the initial host uploader who bought it new.
"After seeing the trailer for Far Cry 3 I got interested, bought Far Cry 2 used, and am now excited to get Far Cry 3. See how that works out? "
Well yeah, you could have also pirated Far Cry 2 and checked it out, either way the developer ain't getting your money.
The whole used game issue is simple for the consumer: Games are expensive and you don't care about the ramifications of your actions, you just want your games to be as cheap as possible, after all why should you care. And as a product of that publishers have reacted accordingly by enforcing DRM, passes and licences.
I’m somewhere in the middle on this.
I think all single player content should be available on the disk and I also think multiplayer content should have an online pass type system, perhaps with some kind of trial period so people can try it before buying the pass (if using a second hand copy).
I pretty much agree with the articles view on how used game sales can convert into brand new game sales - I bought Infamous second hand and loved it and as a result bought Infamous 2 on day one brand new.
Yep, its a low blow & has devaluated our used trade in games greatly. I will have to start selling my games on Ebay again now, to try recoup decent money to put towards my next purchase.
It's really a shite thing for these developers & publishers to do, especially considering the stupid online pass prices they are trying to extract from people that are trying to save a buck in hard times.
These games when are truly great like the Skyrims, UC3's, Gears 3's, etc, etc, will sell great enough new to reward these developers more than enough, so for these sure hits to scum money saving gamers for more money for having the tanacity to either HAVE to try save a buck or ten everywhere possible, or others that just can't justify the new release, new price of a game & buy it 2nd hand 3,4,6 or so months down the road is just wrong. I mean, I'm sure many of these guys (like myself), simply cannot afford all games new, I mean I have to buy from playasia, bargain bins, & pre-owned, or trade my finished, sick of, or older games in on many occasions, as my gaming tastes & needs are so vast I simply buy masses of titles for my PS3, as well as the occasional 360 game, as well as Wii games for my kids......now I have over 100 games on my PS3 alone, with many, many of the latest big releases included, in which only 1 has been actually bought as a new full price, new release in recent months, due to financial constraints....the rest have come from either cheapee bargain basement (like Metro 2033 & 007:Bloodstone), or trades, where I literally am trading 5-6 games to get 1.5 new games.
Give us a break you bloodsucking Activision-esque, greedy bastards.....If you make a truly worthy, killer game, the money will come & you will reap the rewards without having to milk the poor bastards that need it least.