I totally agree. Why video games should have some different classification from other property is beyond me. When I buy any other product (from a car to a house to a toaster), I can resell it because it belongs to me. Next thing they'll tell us is that we can't sell our PS4 or Xbox 720 hardware because we only have limited license to use the consoles. I am sure that there will be litigation if this was attempted and the Courts will have to sort it out.
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Ummm... why buy used games if not for the price? Lord knows that you don't save much money on a newer used game (at least not at Game Stop), but people still like the $5 (give or take) savings. Personally, that is the reason I shop on Amazon -- new games are often times less expensive than used games on Amazon!
But, if not the price, then why wouldn't gamers want to support the developers?? They don't create games for free, you know.
To say tha...
Jar Jar... lol...
He is not way off in what he said, if you read the article. The comments about Zynga are true and are not disputable. Just look at the stock price. In regard to Call of Duty, he was comparing it to an online subscription model (e.g., WoW) and was pointing out that CoD players predominantly play online only and many of them do not buy other games. So, for only $60, Activision does not make as much money as it could. He did not say that CoD was a failure in general (hell, it brought in ove...
Gotta love what gets posted on N4G... yesterday was an article about the poor performance of ME on the PS3:
http://n4g.com/news/1132927...
"How are they going to lockout Wii U and 720? Wait 3DS has a browser too!"
The same way that you can't use Netflix, Amazon Prime or Hulu plus, or any one of the other dozens of companies streaming services without having a subscription...
Book of Spells has been sold out on Amazon for over a week (if you are purchasing directly from Amazon and not one of their resellers). It was on sale for 19.99 and I ordered it. No word on when they will be getting more stock and it is back up to 39.99
LOL... it really is for my kid. I had fun with the beta, but I don't think I would have bought it for myself. I am not really into racing games, but it will be fun playing with my son.
Yeah... Reggie is popping off again... but, why does Sony get accused of "arrogance" when they make comments and Nintendo gets a pass -- 'Oh, it's just Reggie'...
From Amazon for my PS3 I got:
Dishonored - $25
AC3 - $35
XCom - $25
GoW Collection - $15
For my 9-year old:
LBP Karting - $25
Lego Batman 2 - $15
The deals are awesome!
My 9-year old wanted it and I got it on Amazon for $19.99 (50% off list price)! I love Amazon!
I agree that many times reviews tend to not consider the target audience. I also am not a fan of Eurogamer's often unfairly harsh reviews. However, in this review, the reviewer does state the following:
"It makes it difficult to gauge who, exactly, Wonderbook's target audience is. Harry Potter fans tend to skew older, around 8 and up, yet the slightly condescending tone of the text feels more suited to a much younger audience. For the sake of a little anecdotal...
I think that Greg Miller is just butt hurt that Sony replaced ModNation Racers with LBP Karting.
Too bad about some of the reviews (it sits at 75% on Metacritic)... I really liked the beta and my 9-year old wants it. Plus, on Black Friday, Target is selling it for only $25!
"Bethesda doesn't owe you sh1t"
There is where you are incorrect. You see, Bethesda does owe PS3 owners something. They made a game for the PS3 and it has been broken from the beginning. It is not "sour grapes" from PS3 owners. As I said in my other post, Bethesda sold a broken product. If they couldn't develop for the PS3, unlike the majority of developers nowadays, they shouldn't have released the game. By doing so, they warranted a wor...
I wonder how far along the class action is... they advertised a working game to PS3 owners with the promise of DLC in the future and people bought the game based upon those representations... They put out a broken game from the beginning, knowing that it was broken. It is a shame and Bethesda should be embarrassed.
"However, if the game sells well, we might see it ported to the other systems later. Much like NG with the Sigma games."
Most likely not... Apparently, Nintendo is the publisher, so we will not be seeing it on other systems. Sega chose not to publish the sequel, Nintendo stepped in. Although I suppose it is possible that we could see it come out as "Bayonetta Sigma" type of thing (as you pointed out in regard to Ninja Gaiden), it is probably not going to ...
The Oculus Rift VR headset, which just ended its funding on Kickstarter was giving developer kits out for $300 (with Doom 3 BFG). The consumer version will probably be in the $199 range, which IMO is a very consumer-friendly price. So, I disagree as to your estimation of costs. For a company like Sony, they could "eat" some of the manufacturing costs to sell something similar at the $125 to $150 range, which is the same as Kinect when it launched. If the hype is to be believed, th...
Anyone ever read Ray Bradbury's "The Veldt"?
Great... a Disagree... Still no answer as to what factors other than price influence used game purchases.