Sarcastic Gamer smacks video game companies around with economics as they explain three reasons why used game sales are good for them.
"The title says it all. Where else in, well, in life, have there ever been people who sell you stuff, who will do everything in their power to keep you from selling it to someone else. You own it. You’ve purchased it. The thing you paid money for? It’s yours. To keep, to destroy, to sell.
Video game developers can’t stand it. Recently a rep from THQ went out of their way to spit on gamers that buy used games. To paraphrase, he said “(THQ) doesn’t care about gamers that buy used.” This is not healthy. It’s not healthy for developers to fixate on this and it’s not healthy to use their considerable power to attempt to stop us from doing whatever we want with the things we own."
There are no thoughtful ads in Video Games, EA. Leave them be.
I think the only type of games that can gets away with it would be sport games, having those sponsors ads on the side like on real life.
But don't put freaking Doritos ads in Star Wars or something, it breaks the immersion. If it is a pop-up ads, then big no.
One of my favorite series is the THPS franchise, and it was packed with ads, but it didn't bother me. Posters for skateboard companies, JEEP, and Nokia phones. It did sort of fit in with the game world, but that was the past, these days ad would be intentionally intrusive or unskippable loading screen type of imagery. Ugh, I know EA would do it in a horrible fashion. Screw them.
EA senior staff has been investigated for sexual misconduct involving female coworkers, and these said people have been named publicly.
Aye just call Phil, i mean he somehow made Bobby Kotick's scandal disappear and gave him a few million dollar high five on the way out.
EA about to go down like Activision and then Phil saves the day saying.this is good for the industry and consolidation will help create competition. /s.
What's up with all these horny creeps. You gon be horny, fine. Just not at work take care of that shit before you go in. Rub one out if you have to. Don't be a creep at all. ESPECIALLY at work. But don't be one AT ALL.
"it seems that according to EA, given the events transpired outside of work between two adults, and the fact that once investigation has started that the alleged perpetrators didn’t do it again, the investigation is considered closed. [...] The victim still has to work with the people that harassed her."
Yep, EA is disgusting.
EA has announced it will engage in a shareholder-pleasing share buyback program just a couple of months after mass layoffs at the studio.
lol'd at ducktales pic..
i rarely buy used.. but when i do is mostly when devs/publishers are a-holes and dont deserve my money.
Just make an excellent game and you dont have to worry about sales, they will speak for themselves for the most part.
I usually buy my games used.
I have been buying nearly all my games used this gen.
Should I feel bad about that? I don’t think so. I have a mortgage to pay and a wife and two children to support, so cash is tight in my household.
I have been buying games brand new since the 16 bit (SNES / Mega drive) era. So I feel I have done my part for the industry as a consumer.
I will buy new games again when I can justify doing so, but right now my money is better spent elsewhere.
At least I’m not pirating games. I cannot see how anyone can justify doing that.
Nice to see a well thought out argument on the other side but of course this glosses over the whole "intellectual rights" thing devs often throw around at this point.
Course I rent games now so everybody hates me.
I think the majority of people who trade in games use the money/credit towards the purchase of another game,sometimes one they may not have bought outright,so it also helps the game industry but this goes unnoticed