July 18, 2009 11:19:25 AM
So after reading this and many other articles like it where does renting games come into play? Why buy a game new or used when I can rent it beat it take it back all for around 10 bucks. Now maybe I'm wrong but doesn't blockbuster go and buy the game at 60 bucks and rents it to me at 6 bucks a week after 10 customers its paid. Sure game company "A" made 60 bucks off one sale but 10 people go rent instead of buy they just lost 600 in sales. As far as buying used I cant imagine that gamestop makes a huge profit off of new games by selling used it allows them to make enough money to be viable. Walmart Bestbuy can afford to make a small profit they sell just about anything. I would rather go to a small store where I know everybody and they know the games. Go to walmart and ask the 65 year old guy at the electronics counter whats better halo or killzone. He'll look at you like your a nut.As far as this whole digital distribution I have bought a few games off psn live and even steam. Now what happens when they go out of business or you want to go play with a friend? Your out of luck. If the NES used that model I couldn't play duck hunt right now. When my grandkids pull my old ps3 out will they be able to play it? if they have a disc based game yeah or if my hard drive still works. And I didn't delete my downloaded games.In short I will support used games and gamestop. If I have a ch
July 18, 2009 11:19:24 AM
So after reading this and many other articles like it where does renting games come into play? Why buy a game new or used when I can rent it beat it take it back all for around 10 bucks. Now maybe I'm wrong but doesn't blockbuster go and buy the game at 60 bucks and rents it to me at 6 bucks a week after 10 customers its paid. Sure game company "A" made 60 bucks off one sale but 10 people go rent instead of buy they just lost 600 in sales. As far as buying used I cant imagine that gamestop makes a huge profit off of new games by selling used it allows them to make enough money to be viable. Walmart Bestbuy can afford to make a small profit they sell just about anything. I would rather go to a small store where I know everybody and they know the games. Go to walmart and ask the 65 year old guy at the electronics counter whats better halo or killzone. He'll look at you like your a nut.As far as this whole digital distribution I have bought a few games off psn live and even steam. Now what happens when they go out of business or you want to go play with a friend? Your out of luck. If the NES used that model I couldn't play duck hunt right now. When my grandkids pull my old ps3 out will they be able to play it? if they have a disc based game yeah or if my hard drive still works. And I didn't delete my downloaded games.In short I will support used games and gamestop. If I have a choice I'll buy a physical copy of my game. So I can play it 20 years from now or sell it tomorrow.
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