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sheep2001:
They don't seem to realise that people who buy used games generally will not, or cannot afford to buy new. And a lot of people who do buy new, buy it with the option of reselling it. People will be way more hesitant to drop 40-60 on something that has little to no resale value the moment they leave the store. Game sales will fall through the floor.
I truly believe they are going to launch a digital distribution channel that gives you a temporary licence for a cheaper fee. The connecting once a day thing just seems too odd. Trying to finally give people the push away from physical media, and take out a massive amount of jobs, businesses and enjoyment from the gaming industry, for a larger slice of the pie! No physical media, no used sales for people to cry about. Play the game cheaper on Xbox than ps4, fanboys praise them. If this is their intention I hope it falls on its ass. However I am reserving judgment (and as said above, I will probably end up with one), it's a powerful bit of hardware, and I am sure they will have the option of changing most of these things with firmware updates if they see sense. And if they don't, I'm sure someone will hack it - although I am guessing once that happens it will lose all the tv bullshit that nobody really wants anyway.
FritzWhite:
--- Quote from: sheep2001 on May 23, 2013, 01:26:10 AM ---They don't seem to realise that people who buy used games generally will not, or cannot afford to buy new. And a lot of people who do buy new, buy it with the option of reselling it. People will be way more hesitant to drop 40-60 on something that has little to no resale value the moment they leave the store. Game sales will fall through the floor.
I truly believe they are going to launch a digital distribution channel that gives you a temporary licence for a cheaper fee. The connecting once a day thing just seems too odd. Trying to finally give people the push away from physical media, and take out a massive amount of jobs, businesses and enjoyment from the gaming industry, for a larger slice of the pie! No physical media, no used sales for people to cry about. Play the game cheaper on Xbox than ps4, fanboys praise them. If this is their intention I hope it falls on its ass. However I am reserving judgment (and as said above, I will probably end up with one), it's a powerful bit of hardware, and I am sure they will have the option of changing most of these things with firmware updates if they see sense. And if they don't, I'm sure someone will hack it - although I am guessing once that happens it will lose all the tv bullshit that nobody really wants anyway.
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Yeah, that makes sense that there's going to be some angle behind it. They'll find some way to spin it to make it sound like it's really a better deal all around. I don't like what I'm seeing so far one bit, but I'm curious to see what kind of spin they put on this to make it sound like the future of gaming and acceptable.
Arseen:
--- Quote from: sheep2001 on May 23, 2013, 01:26:10 AM ---People will be way more hesitant to drop 40-60 on something that has little to no resale value the moment they leave the store.
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Don't underestimate the stupidy of people.
Many already buy retail games from Live at full price.
Same price for DL copy and hard copy.
Can't resell the DL copy. ;D
sheep2001:
--- Quote from: Arseen on May 23, 2013, 04:07:35 AM ---
--- Quote from: sheep2001 on May 23, 2013, 01:26:10 AM ---People will be way more hesitant to drop 40-60 on something that has little to no resale value the moment they leave the store.
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Don't underestimate the stupidy of people.
Many already buy retail games from Live at full price.
Same price for DL copy and hard copy.
Can't resell the DL copy. ;D
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Yup, same on PSN and Wii store - but i really cant imagine that it's a big slice of the market. I imagine its more kids who get vouchers for their birthday, and just cant wait for the latest COD/FIFA/whatever.
I think it's a shame that future generations of kids might not have the excitement of saving up for a game, and going into a store with wall to wall games, and getting to browse them in person. Hearing what other people are buying, and saying about the games, talking to the staff, seeing the posters, and even playing some. That was part of the fun - looking at the manual and box while waiting to get home and play it. What they are aiming for seems to be see video, click buy, wait 2 hours while it downloads, wait half an hour for install, wait another hour for updates, play game. Oh....it's not as good as the video looked......
Dravenae:
--- Quote from: Arseen on May 23, 2013, 04:07:35 AM ---
--- Quote from: sheep2001 on May 23, 2013, 01:26:10 AM ---People will be way more hesitant to drop 40-60 on something that has little to no resale value the moment they leave the store.
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Don't underestimate the stupidy of people.
Many already buy retail games from Live at full price.
Same price for DL copy and hard copy.
Can't resell the DL copy. ;D
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To be honest, I've bought a total of three games on the PSN, those being Journey, The Walking Dead, and Dissidia 012. I have bought about 10 games on the Wii's Virtual Console, the vast majority of which I already own the physical game. I think it's a convenient service, but saying that, bar a quick way to buy expansions and having a chance to play some rare games, its a novelty. The one thing that I'm really happy about is the chance to play Hammerin' Hero and Hexyz Force now.