Consoles that don't play used games and require every game t : Othor Games

» Wed Jul 11, 2012 7:09 pm

Ready for the future? It's coming.

I will never buy a console that does that. Ever. Are companies in the gaming industry trying to commit suicide?

» Wed Jul 11, 2012 8:14 am

You just know that there'll be plenty of sheeple that will bend over for it though.

We can at least maintain our principles. :yes:

» Wed Jul 11, 2012 11:43 am

Shh, shh. Let it happen. The sooner the video game industry has another catastrophic crash, the sooner it can recover into a second golden age and return to its roots.

» Wed Jul 11, 2012 8:14 am

Who needs them fancy games when we can create our own games right here, at BGSF? Instead of getting promoted to a new rank after some service, you gain respect around here instead! Power to text based games!

It's also statistically proven that forum games can be millions times cheaper as well

This industry is kind of messed up. Good studios are always being taken out, creativity can be often stifled and it's hard to get a good return on a AAA game since so much goes into cutscenes and marketing.

» Wed Jul 11, 2012 11:37 am

Don't worry it is what the gamers want... or what the companies tell you what you want.

» Wed Jul 11, 2012 5:58 pm

Don't worry it is what the gamers want.

I didn't know that I wasn't a gamer.

» Wed Jul 11, 2012 10:49 am

I will never buy a console that does that. Ever. Are companies in the gaming industry trying to commit suicide?

neither will I, of course i probably will not be buying a console from next gen any ways since ive moved on to PC

» Wed Jul 11, 2012 8:07 pm

Where have you heard this from?

» Wed Jul 11, 2012 2:44 pm

Where have you heard this from?

there have been reports and rumors that both sony and microsoft are looking into technology that would allow them to kill the used game market, by preventing used games being used on their consoles, and essentially get paid 2 times or more for each "physical" unit sold.

» Wed Jul 11, 2012 5:50 pm

I'm personally excited about such a change. Make consoles more like PC's so there's no reason not to play PC's. Increase the PC gaming community. Produce games focused more on PC hardware. Seems like everyone wins to me.

» Wed Jul 11, 2012 9:25 pm

As a side note Used games aren't legally able to be sold in Japan. Government enforced anti-used games.

» Wed Jul 11, 2012 3:02 pm

i imagine that it will happen eventually, its what the computer games market basically is, where every game has to be verified with steam (or whatever) even if you buy it in a pretty disk format. Maybe not the next system but the one after that will probably be

» Wed Jul 11, 2012 1:28 pm

there have been reports and rumors that both sony and microsoft are looking into technology that would allow them to kill the used game market, by preventing used games being used on their consoles, and essentially get paid 2 times or more for each "physical" unit sold.

If those rumors are true then I will gladly get rid of my xbox and go straight to PC gaming. If Sony and Microsoft are smart they wouldn't do that.

» Wed Jul 11, 2012 8:56 am

You just know that there'll be plenty of sheeple that will bend over for it though.

We can at least maintain our principles. :yes:

...or just people that don't know why it's a bad thing or don't care. I guess those are the ones you're looking down your nose at, though... :tongue:

Don't worry. If you don't struggle they'll take you gently.

» Wed Jul 11, 2012 5:57 pm

If those rumors are true then I will gladly get rid of my xbox and go straight to PC gaming. If Sony and Microsoft are smart they wouldn't do that.

To the PC, where the used game market has already been crushed! Yeah!

» Wed Jul 11, 2012 11:10 am

Shh, shh. Let it happen. The sooner the video game industry has another catastrophic crash, the sooner it can recover into a second golden age and return to its roots.

I was thinking of that, too. And it will happen. Almost everyone I've talked to feels the same way. Spurning economic demand is very, very stupid, and i will have zero sympathy during the natural cleansing purge.

» Wed Jul 11, 2012 9:27 am

...or just people that don't know why it's a bad thing or don't care. I guess those are the ones you're looking down your nose at, though... :tongue:

Don't worry. If you don't struggle they'll take you gently.

Ignorance has never been an excuse for bad business practices.

» Wed Jul 11, 2012 10:53 pm

To the PC, where the used game market has already been crushed! Yeah!

Why exactly are they against used games? Don't they still get profits off them?

» Wed Jul 11, 2012 6:50 pm

If those rumors are true then I will gladly get rid of my xbox and go straight to PC gaming. If Sony and Microsoft are smart they wouldn't do that.

both companies stand to majorly profit from such an action because the majority of people will still buy their consoles, they willingly drag their own credability through the mud and depend upon the ultra hype of modern games like skyrim. Not only that but you are going to see even more exclusive titles, fully or limited time. Simply because the majority of gamers are like that futurama meme, they will throw their money at you.

» Wed Jul 11, 2012 12:25 pm

Why exactly are they against used games? Don't they still get profits off them?

Who? The developers and/or publishers? They don't get a single cent out of used game sales. Retailers? They don't sell used games due to said developers/publishers making used PC games half worthless by including often single-use online/registration codes, which is what they're trying to do to consoles now.

» Wed Jul 11, 2012 9:02 pm

Ignorance has never been an excuse for bad business practices.

Oh, I'm not excusing anything. I was just poking fun at the superiority complex people sometimes puff up with when talking about people that don't see the world the way they do.

» Wed Jul 11, 2012 7:03 pm

Shh, shh. Let it happen. The sooner the video game industry has another catastrophic crash, the sooner it can recover into a second golden age and return to its roots.

As bad as things are now, I don't know if I wanna see who's gonna pick up the pieces this time around.

» Wed Jul 11, 2012 10:42 pm

When was the last crash?

» Wed Jul 11, 2012 7:28 pm

Well if that's the future of console gaming, then count me out. Every game digitally downloaded? That's just taking the piss.

» Wed Jul 11, 2012 8:21 pm

When was the last crash?

1983. Some blame the horrible Atari port of Pac Man, others blame E.T., most blame both and the horrible practices that the industry had at the time. Might have stayed dead if Nintendo hadn't revived it with the NES.