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Re: Livingstone: Used Games "No Benefit" |
Aug 20, 2009, 13:13 |
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"The pre-owned market is a serious problem, because there is no benefit to developers or publishers."
Without used games sales there is no way in hell a $49.99+ price point for games would work. At best I think the biggest titles could be $29.99. Like CoD4, MW2, etc. Most would have to be $20 or less. When you look at what people pay out of pocket for new games by trading in used games I think it's around $20? That is the real price of what playing these games is worth. (IMO)
I purchased plenty of games for $50 or so and resold them for $30-$40. In the end after fees and such I think it was around $20 out of pocket.
I think movies are a good example of a business that sells an experience rather than a product in this way. You can buy a ticket, watch the movie, but you don't get to own it. You think consumers would pay $20 for that? $30? That is insane. I already avoid movies more often than not because paying $20 for two seems like a big ripoff for at least 50% of the movies out there. Plus I'd rather watch them at home... The best movies I've seen lately aren't the big titles either, they are the movies my GF drags me to see in limited release and it's becoming the norm for those to be a lot better than the big block buster movies. |
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