PC gaming needs different alternatives of getting games

Hello

I was just thinking about what feature you would like Steam/DD outlet to have in the future ?

Mine are definietly Trade-ins or rentals. I hate the thought that once I spend 50$ on a game it's gone forever.

It's problary the only upside I see to console gaming, you would think that with digital distribution someone would have made some kind of a rental service or trade-ins. And giving the customers more option on how to get their game would decrease piracy.

I mean I had a LAN weekend once about the time when L4D2 came out and the four of us were excited about playing it. But it's insane that combined we had to spend 200$!, just to play it together.

I'm a student so I don't really have alot of money for games, i've even thought that I should maybe buy a Xbox 360 so that gaming would be cheaper, wich is sad becuase I really love my PC ):

Rental and Trade ins are stupid, this it what kills smaller devs.

I mean I had a LAN weekend once about the time when L4D2 came out and the four of us were excited about playing it. But it's insane that combined we had to spend 200$!, just to play it together. ic4ruz

How would it have been any cheaper on the Xbox?

First, each game would have cost you $10 more (so you actually saved $40) and on top of that, you would have all needed to pony up $50 each for the "privilege" of playing the game online together. I really don't see how that's saving money. Even assuming that you trade in the game after you play it, at best you'll get, what, $20 for your $60 game? That's hardly a savings.

Furthermore, (and this is more specific to LFD2) Valve doesn't charge its PC customers for DLC so, if you and your friends had all wanted to play the DLC, it would have cost even more. Maybe I'm missing something but I just don't see the value.

[QUOTE="ic4ruz"] I mean I had a LAN weekend once about the time when L4D2 came out and the four of us were excited about playing it. But it's insane that combined we had to spend 200$!, just to play it together. -wildflower-

How would it have been any cheaper on the Xbox?

First, each game would have cost you $10 more (so you actually saved $40) and on top of that, you would have all needed to pony up $50 each for the "privilege" of playing the game online together. I really don't see how that's saving money. Even assuming that you trade in the game after you play it, at best you'll get, what, $20 for your $60 game? That's hardly a savings.

Furthermore, (and this is more specific to LFD2) Valve doesn't charge its PC customers for DLC so, if you and your friends had all wanted to play the DLC, it would have cost even more. Maybe I'm missing something but I just don't see the value.

[QUOTE="-wildflower-"]

[QUOTE="ic4ruz"] I mean I had a LAN weekend once about the time when L4D2 came out and the four of us were excited about playing it. But it's insane that combined we had to spend 200$!, just to play it together. _Pedro_

How would it have been any cheaper on the Xbox?

First, each game would have cost you $10 more (so you actually saved $40) and on top of that, you would have all needed to pony up $50 each for the "privilege" of playing the game online together. I really don't see how that's saving money. Even assuming that you trade in the game after you play it, at best you'll get, what, $20 for your $60 game? That's hardly a savings.

Furthermore, (and this is more specific to LFD2) Valve doesn't charge its PC customers for DLC so, if you and your friends had all wanted to play the DLC, it would have cost even more. Maybe I'm missing something but I just don't see the value.

Rental and Trade ins are stupid, this it what kills smaller devs.

ventnor

Not if they get a share of the profit.

Trade-ins could be tricky on Steam, maybe do coupons do reward customers that pre-order (or buy it full price) ? Like 10$ of steam in game credit towards the next game, it would encourage more sales.

But renting could be much easier for steam to do. All the technology is there (free weekends) and once the timer is up you could either buy it or continue renting.

It would be a nice and fair thing for consumers if it were possible to resell game licenses. It used to be that when you purchased a game you owned a transferable asset, now it's just a privelage to play a game.

Game companies know this and it's one of the main reasons they are pushing downloadable games attached to central accounts. This is one of the reasons that intellectual property rights are such a sham today. Companies go after pirates while abusing the crap out of the new paradigm themselves.

PC gaming offers more alternatives for buying games than any other platform.

[QUOTE="-wildflower-"]

[QUOTE="ic4ruz"] I mean I had a LAN weekend once about the time when L4D2 came out and the four of us were excited about playing it. But it's insane that combined we had to spend 200$!, just to play it together. _Pedro_

How would it have been any cheaper on the Xbox?

First, each game would have cost you $10 more (so you actually saved $40) and on top of that, you would have all needed to pony up $50 each for the "privilege" of playing the game online together. I really don't see how that's saving money. Even assuming that you trade in the game after you play it, at best you'll get, what, $20 for your $60 game? That's hardly a savings.

Furthermore, (and this is more specific to LFD2) Valve doesn't charge its PC customers for DLC so, if you and your friends had all wanted to play the DLC, it would have cost even more. Maybe I'm missing something but I just don't see the value.