Comments on: Musings of a ‘Newbie’ http://thegamershub.net/2010/01/musings-of-a-newbie/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:59:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Hasney http://thegamershub.net/2010/01/musings-of-a-newbie/comment-page-1/#comment-148 Hasney Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:08:46 +0000 http://thegamershub.co.uk/?p=1422#comment-148 The issues are attempting to be fixed, but I don't know if the fixes go far enough. Someone (I think it was the head of Stardock but don't quote me) was saying how on their digital store, they want to make it so you can re-sell your license to games, with a cut going to the store, the publisher and the rest to the seller. Good idea in theory, but surprise surprise, the labels are against it. OnLive is an attempt to get around the download problem and if it works as well as it has in test circumstances, it may take off. Prices though, that's another story. On consoles it's worse because you have no competition, you have to get your game from one service and one service alone. I bet owners of the PSPGo are steaming when they see the prices of older UMDs in shops. Even on the PC with competition, it's not much better. Games on Steam are often more expensive than in the shops. If it wasn't for their crazy sales, I don't think I would have ever bought anything through it. Still, at least EA had a "great" idea for people buying second hand. Lock the last part of the game with a DLC code on the manual so people have to pay the piper to finish it... The issues are attempting to be fixed, but I don’t know if the fixes go far enough.

Someone (I think it was the head of Stardock but don’t quote me) was saying how on their digital store, they want to make it so you can re-sell your license to games, with a cut going to the store, the publisher and the rest to the seller. Good idea in theory, but surprise surprise, the labels are against it.

OnLive is an attempt to get around the download problem and if it works as well as it has in test circumstances, it may take off.

Prices though, that’s another story. On consoles it’s worse because you have no competition, you have to get your game from one service and one service alone. I bet owners of the PSPGo are steaming when they see the prices of older UMDs in shops.

Even on the PC with competition, it’s not much better. Games on Steam are often more expensive than in the shops. If it wasn’t for their crazy sales, I don’t think I would have ever bought anything through it.

Still, at least EA had a “great” idea for people buying second hand. Lock the last part of the game with a DLC code on the manual so people have to pay the piper to finish it…

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]]> By: HennyFarthing http://thegamershub.net/2010/01/musings-of-a-newbie/comment-page-1/#comment-146 HennyFarthing Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:55:39 +0000 http://thegamershub.co.uk/?p=1422#comment-146 Great post! Brings up some really interesting issues. Great post! Brings up some really interesting issues.

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