No, it's not. The average movie costs $40-80 million to make. Takes home those costs at the worldwide box office at the least and typically quadruples that in DVD/BD sales. Your big blockbuster movies that costs $120-400 million to make do even better at both the box office and in DVD/BD sales.

The average disc-released game costs $10-40 million to produce. The average game sells less than 1 million copies, tending closer to 500-750k, having profits upward of $9 million. Many games are not that profitable if at all.

(((And that's solely the fault of people buying used? As in every single frigging time one comes out, everyone runs out and scoops up all the used copies first? Let's think about one thing here. Any sales of used copies usually come about probably because someone went in, bought it new, and realized they paid too much for something that ultimately wasn't worth the money. This can also be applied to games, obviously. I believe I stated this. And if the average game turns out to be exactly that, AVERAGE, then maybe it doesn't DESERVE to make that much money. I buy games because I enjoy them and think they're worth it. I rarely, but I'm not saying I've never done it, bought a game just to support the people who made it. The most recent exception to this was Bionic Commando: Rearmed, which STILL managed to be worth what I paid for it.

And if movies are costing them THAT much, maybe they should cut back on all the damn explosions.)))

You see, misinformation is one of the reasons people use to try and give credence to saving a buck and complaining when someone tries to make them pay for something.

(((That's why I don't ope my mouth about something I know nothing about. But the reasons I've given are pretty valid if you ask me. And if you don't think so, then I have two questions for you...

... who are you working for, and how much are they paying you?)))

***Game publishers/developers have no right to complain. By the token of their low development cost/profit they should cost LESS than a blu ray does.***

Your ignorance of the business really doesn't speak well towards your understanding of the situation.

((( And your blind loyalty to them doesn't speak well to your acceptance of ours.)))

***((( And your blind loyalty to them doesn't speak well to your acceptance of ours.))) ***

Get off your horse that you've jumped upon because you can't argue facts. I don't blindly support game developers. I only buy games I think worthwhile, and most of them I buy 6 months after they've been released.

What I'm supporting is the idea that game developers are losing more and more money each year by maintaining servers and additional features at an elevated cost due to used game sales. It's a business decision and one I support since A) It doesn't affect those who buy new or who buy used single-player games and B) People who buy used tend to pay at least $20 less than new, if not half of it.

I see no reason why a company who pays tens of thousands of dollars a month to keep up one games infrastructure should get compensation from players who continue to use the service.

People say, hey, but there was one person out there who already gave them money! Yeah, but that person has also already fulfilled their statistical length of time on the servers and are only inflating the costs. These fees for online use help to pay for these extended costs.

The stupid thing is that people are complaining about about paying an extra $15 for a $30 game they buy 6 months after it's been released when you can get those same games for about $30 new at the same time with the free pass included in the case. So, really, the idiots here are those that don't know they can buy a new game for the same price.

Get off your horse that you've jumped upon because you can't argue facts. I don't blindly support game developers. I only buy games I think worthwhile, and most of them I buy 6 months after they've been released.

((Am I on a high horse here? Neigh, NEIGH, I say!!! And your facts are about as valid as mine, which isn't saying a lot considering I'm giving OPINIONS.))

What I'm supporting is the idea that game developers are losing more and more money each year by maintaining servers and additional features at an elevated cost due to used game sales. It's a business decision and one I support since A) It doesn't affect those who buy new or who buy used single-player games and B) People who buy used tend to pay at least $20 less than new, if not half of it.

((You got me here. They want to charge for online play, that's their prerogative. They want to charge for DLC they can... waitaminute, they already DO nickle and dime for DLC, so what's the point here?))

I see no reason why a company who pays tens of thousands of dollars a month to keep up one games infrastructure should get compensation from players who continue to use the service.

((If it's costing them THAT much, tell 'em to just shut down the server.))

People say, hey, but there was one person out there who already gave them money! Yeah, but that person has also already fulfilled their statistical length of time on the servers and are only inflating the costs. These fees for online use help to pay for these extended costs.

((See above.))

The stupid thing is that people are complaining about about paying an extra $15 for a $30 game they buy 6 months after it's been released when you can get those same games for about $30 new at the same time with the free pass included in the case. So, really, the idiots here are those that don't know they can buy a new game for the same price.

((Who the hell's gonna complain about a $30 game?!?! We're complaining about the $60+ ones!!! Did you miss this part?

"One, why do you think people buy used games? Well, obviously because we think the price of new games is kinda high. Maybe you should look into this. Now don't let this get out, but I have it on good faith that if there's not much difference in price between "new" and "used", guess what... I bet that new copy gets bought first!"

But if you can get them to pull a unanimous price drop across the board to $30 max, and even I'LL back you up on that one! The only way I'll complain about a $30 game is if it just sucks!

And if there's one thing I've learned from this site, it's that it doesn't matter if you have a valid point or not, which you kinda have, if you're gonna insult people to make yours, no one's gonna give a d*** about it. Food for thought.))