I’m just saying guys. Those of you that are complaining about the gaming industry saying all they can do is complain themselves and point fingers, you all are basically being the same way.

But yes! Including a “special gift” that most likely won’t be sold as with the game would be a great reason to buy them full price! For example, more companies should do more Pre-Order exclusive content like DLC that usually is an extra $10 value. Or for games bought at full price, yet not pre-ordered, maybe throw in a shirt (ppl are less likely to sell this) er something else. No soundtracks, no keychains, posters, etc. Those ppl will easily part with along with the game. But whoever it was that suggested that has the right idea!

- Availability of cheaper used games encourages more casual gamers to purchase consoles. These individuals INCREASE the potential market size for new games because they previously did not even have a console.

- Over time, greater percentages of these “casual gamers” convert into becoming “hardcore” gamers who purchase more titles new on release date and are less price sensitive.

- Previously, developers had to retail price new games at $40-$50 to maximize profits because they had to appeal to the more price sensitive consumers as well as people who would readily pay $70 to get a hot new game. Now, if only “hardcore” gamers who do not care much about price purchase new releases then developers can charge $60+ to hardcore gamers. They don’t get any profits from casual gamers and sales may be down but overall profit can be greater as long as the margins from the “hardcore” market are sufficiently high.

- Because of used games, other channels may be pressed to adjust their mark-ups. For instance, retailers may require less mark-up profit on new games because they use these as a way to entice buyers of more profitable used games. This allows the developer to charge more to the retailer and ultimately increase price. Licensing fees to consoles may also adjust somewhat. If SONY/ Microsoft are realizing benefits from increased adoption of their consoles due to used games, they may be willing to drop fixed licensing fees in order to encourage software development — which ultimately drives the success of their products over a longer 10 year horizon.

EXACTLY! I understand what David Jaffe is saying and really like him, but does he complain about used car sales as well? I don’t know of any company that gets a part of the sales when someone sells a product they bought. If I have a garage sale, should apple get some money from me for selling my iPod?

I even think DD is going to get a fistful of knuckle-based reality when it becomes popular – if you can prove that the intent of DD is to remove a right from the people, the courts aren’t going to like that a lot. At least courts in countries that aren’t run by corporations, anyhow…

And I’m simply not going to buy games via download – My 80GB hard drive is half full already and I’ve only had my PS3 for a couple of months. And this stuff with developing a game, then selling two-thirds of it for full price and trying to get more money for the rest of it through DLC – forget about it. It just makes me mad. I’m sure they get some sales from people who are really interested in that particular game, but they lose a lot more sales from people like me.

What they need to focus on is making their games stand head-and-shoulders above the rest, not blaming everyone else – except themselves – when they don’t make enough money.

And of course they’re making money off the consumer! How else would they survive with all the money they spend on staff/R&D/etc? How else could they afford to bring us the most up to date (er even beyond that) technology so that we enjoy the games we play. Anyone who complains that video game companies are greedy for making money off the consumer has got to actually stop and think about that one.

As for disk-based er downloadable games… technology fails. I will always choose disk over DL if possible because I will always want a hard copy. My backup disk so to speak

Like I heard someone say before as long as devs make DLC that is worth a damb it does not matter how many hands the game reaches everyone of them will want the DLC and the devs get payed continually. I buy new more often then I should.

With less ppl in the development field, then, there is less competition for the bigger companies to compete against. Also, with some devs being smaller, they play a big role in innovation for the gaming scene. They are forced to be recognized somehow so they try do do what it takes to stand out. We need these companies around (even if a lot of the time they mostly don’t produce quality stuff). On top of that… how do you think big name devs started out as? If they all quit as devs when they were small then where would we be now?

Ppl will always sell lower if they absolutely don’t want a game anymore. I propose that to combat this problem, games should have a point in reaching a certain amount of sales that the price drops automatically (ie: greatest hits). A lot of games don’t reach this point anymore. Sometimes even “blockbuster” hits fall short as well. But even if most games start at 59.99, if they dropped to 49.99 after “x” amount of sales, and then 39.99 after “y” amount of sales, I’m sure devs will be happier overall. Granted it might hurt a little for those games that do sell well at 59.99 for what seems like forever, this would benefit the industry as a whole.

This should also lower the re-sell value of games. Thus, places like gamestop will be forced to buy for less and sell for less. This might even prevent some ppl from selling back to places like gamestop. I, personally, don’t like the risk of scratched up games, missing manuals er even warped games (not even if it was like $20 off. Not worth it for me).

I understand that this won’t stop places llike ebay, craigslist er rental places like netflix (that honestly is a great deal). But I do feel this would greatly help devs getting the support they need financially and for the sake of the numbers game to keep track of how well the game is doing.