[QUOTE="SF_KiLLaMaN"]Blocking used games will be good for two reasons. 1. Developers will make more money to make better games (assuming of course) 2. It will bring down Gamestop's evil empire of buying used games for very cheap and then selling them for only $5 less than new. They make a ton of profits off people who are too cheap to pay $5 more to actually support the developer. Although technically, they are just cashing in on the stupidity of the average consumer. Shinobi120
LOL, no, it won't.
1.) The money goes to Gamestop regardless of what condition you buy the game in. Devs get paid by the Publisher, Publisher gets paid when they sell the games (among other things) to the Retailers, the Retailers get paid when we buy the game from them.
In either case, the publishers are all in bed with the retailers anyway: Retailer sells used game, retailer uses money from used game sales to pay for exclusive pre-order DLC bonus. The Publisher gets the money regardless.
2.) Do you realize that by having used games banned, that they'll be coming up with more restrictions (even more worse than On-disc DLC & Online passes), as well as never lowering prices of their games even when they're years old, due to no competition from the used game market? You need to think about that.
1. You have it all wrong.The money does go to gamestop if you buy it new, that's true, but they will no longer be able to buy back your games for next to nothing to sell than $5 cheaper than retail price. Not to mention they can't keep selling used games they got for cheap anymore, they would have to buy new ones from the publisher. Their huge money maker will be gone. Also, no, the devs don't get the money back from used game sales. The devs make a percentage of the sales too, not just the publisher. If people aren't buying their games new, there is no reason for places like gamestop to buy more copies, therefore the publisher and the devs suffer.2. Now you're just making up stuff, claiming BS things without any facts to back it up. There is no such thing as competition from the used game market, whatever the developers price their games at, used copies will ALWAYS be lower. There is no competition to be had.
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