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ninjarabbit

Member Since 29 May 2004
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In Topic: Regarding killing the used games market...

Yesterday, 7:14 PM

View Postraskar42, on Thu Feb 9, 2012 6:46 PM, said:

I wonder how eliminating the used car market would affect car sales.

Given how most people trade in their old cars to bring down the cost of their new cars it's safe to say it would significantly drop new car sales. People would hold on to their old cars even longer.

At the end of the day trying to get rid of the used game market is the game industry is being shortsighted and basically cutting off the hand to spite the thumb.

In Topic: Is gaming today a repeat of 1982?

Yesterday, 5:55 PM

Maybe not a crash but there will be a shake-up in the industry sooner rather than later. Development costs are getting higher and higher, especially with the next gen looming in a couple of years, and we're already at the point where a game has to be a superblockbuster just to break even. It's getting to the point where middle-tier developers will have to make a choice: go all in with the superblockbusters or develop cheap casual games and stick with the handhelds. Meanwhile the big companies will take fewer and fewer chances and just take the safe route because of the high costs.

In Topic: Regarding killing the used games market...

Yesterday, 5:48 PM

Not to mention that the sale of used games often goes to fund the purchase of new games. A 13 year old kid without a job is going to have a hard time keeping up without the ability to trade in games.

In Topic: Sony: You Won’t Be Able To Bring PSP Discs To Vita, unless you're in Japan.

Tue Feb 7, 2012 8:28 PM

That's okay, I still have my PSP and games for it are dirt cheap right now. And chances are that it'll be hacked by the time I might consider buying a Vita.

In Topic: I feel used

Tue Feb 7, 2012 6:17 PM

View PostBilnick, on Tue Feb 7, 2012 4:54 PM, said:

I would argue gaming is more affordable this generation compared to previous generations.

The price of current AAA titles is $60, the same or less than I paid for similiar titles during the SNES and Genesis days (Star Fox, SF2 or Virtua Racing anyone??).

If I want I can visit the PSN store or Xbox Live marketplace and buy 100s (maybe thousands) of games that cost $5 - $20 on the day they were released. No waiting for the game to get older and drop in price, or wait for a greatest hits version to be released.

A gamer on a budget has more choices than ever this generation.

The difference is that in the 70s, 80s, and 90s the costs were mostly due to cart costs and packaging costs, nowadays costs are due to marketing, insanely high development costs, celebrity voiceovers, CEO salaries, etc. We gamers shouldn't be punished because game companies don't know how to keep a reasonable budget.

Not to sound overdramatic but I really do see another crash or at least mini-crash happening soon. Game development budgets are getting unsubstainable and gaming companies are becoming increasing anti-consumer in an era of increasingly cheaper entertainment.

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