Recently sites like Joystiq and Penny Arcade have posted articles about how used game sales by companies like GameStop are harming the developers and the gaming business in general.
Ethan Torretta from Infinite Bits has another take though, suggesting that the used game market has in fact vastly helped the developers. There's no double talk or econ-magic happening, just basic economic theory put into practice.
Read on for a fantastic explanation of how and why GameStop is helping out developers through their support of the used game market.
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Microsoft is pushing for no "red line" for what games could come to PlayStation, and it all revolves around Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood's plans to increase every department's margins.
"The plan to move Xbox games to other platforms is codenamed "Latitude" internally, and I know there's debate and unease at Microsoft about whether or not this is a good idea. More upcoming Microsoft-owned games slated for PlayStation are already being developed. At least for now, they're potentially obvious games you'd most likely expect. And yes, while it's true Microsoft is a prolific publisher on PlayStation already, it has typically revolved around specific franchises like Minecraft. From what I've heard, Microsoft is pushing for no "red line" for what games could come to PlayStation, and it all revolves around Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood's mandate to increase every department's margins. "
Yeah, they are going to kill Xbox hardware.
i think it will kill off the xbox brand. windows will be fine.
but there is and would be a chance that xbox might be killed off in the future. if they fail to make the money they put in. imo.
"Microsoft is pushing for no "red line" for what games could come to PlayStation"
Forza and Starfield next?
In the words of Phil Spencer when he was talking about Nintendo last year
“It's just taking a long time for Microsoft to see that their future exists off of their own hardware"
Xbox 360 launched 18 years ago and was a generation-defining console that invited many people to jump into gaming for the first time and connect with friends around the world. We’re thrilled people continue playing their favorite Xbox 360 games on Xbox 360, or on newer consoles via Backward Compatibility for supported titles.
"we believe in game preservation"
Remember the media reaction when PlayStation wanted to shut down the PS3 store (but then kept it open)... where is that reaction here?
RIP Xbox 360 digital store and all its games.
It really grinds my gears that they are waiting till 10 days before closing to give the best discounts and the list as of now is 100 or less titles from the massive 360 library
I should have enough points by the weekend to get £25 credit off MS, (hardly ever spend money on xb1), might look at a few of these.
The Xbox 360 store was one of the only advantages the Xbox Series consoles had over the PS5. When I got my series X, I spent more playing Xbox 360 games vs current-gen Xbox games since that was the golden era for Xbox and several titles had enhancements such as 4k resolution and fps boost.
Closing this store will now only benefit the competition.
That people aren't commenting on this, since it is so much easier to hate but something else to think about: Have you ever bought a game that for some reason after you played it a little, it totally was not what you thought and you were mad you paid full price for it? In a world with no used games, you are stuck with that piece of cr@p you paid full price for. Sometimes, publishers put embargoes on reviews because they KNOW their game is cr@p, but are hoping enough people buy the game before word that it sucks hits the streets for them to break even or maybe make a little money. Thing is, with a new game, you CANT take it back just because YOU DONT LIKE IT. But if you can trade it in and get SOME money back, then use that towards something you do like, then everyone wins-- developer/publisher sold a full-price retail copy, customer bought game and didn't like it, but was able to trade for something they did like, and Gamestop makes some money. It seems that people who sell used games on Craigslist or Ebay are hurting the system just as much or more, but no one seems to be going after them.