Someone saying that second hand games are killing the market. I would love to hear opinions on this as I think they are just greedy, but there must be something to there argument. I would hate for the pre owned games to stop being sold...
Second-hand game sales are killing single player titles, according to Elite and Kinectimals creator David Braben.
The Frontier Developments founder said that "core" games and single player titles are becoming too risky for studios and developments.
"The real problem when you think about it brutally, if you look at just core gamer games, pre-owned has really killed core games," he said. "In some cases, it's killed them dead. I know publishers who have stopped games in development because most shops won't reorder stock after initial release, because they rely on the churn from the re-sales."
Braben believes that single player games are more likely to be bought pre-owned, meaning only day one sales really matter, making such titles high risk.
"I mean, the idea of a game selling out used to be a good thing, but nowadays, those people who buy it on day one may well finish it and return it," said Braben.
Braben also believes that prices across the industry would have dropped long ago if publishers received a share of pre-owned sales profits.
"Developers and publishers need that revenue to be able to keep doing high production value games, and so we keep seeing fewer and fewer of them."
Source: Gamasutra
By Gaetano Prestia - Tweet @Gaetano_Prestia
Link to us http://wii.mmgn.com/News/Second-hand-market-killin
Second-hand game sales are killing single player titles, according to Elite and Kinectimals creator David Braben.
The Frontier Developments founder said that "core" games and single player titles are becoming too risky for studios and developments.
"The real problem when you think about it brutally, if you look at just core gamer games, pre-owned has really killed core games," he said. "In some cases, it's killed them dead. I know publishers who have stopped games in development because most shops won't reorder stock after initial release, because they rely on the churn from the re-sales."
Braben believes that single player games are more likely to be bought pre-owned, meaning only day one sales really matter, making such titles high risk.
"I mean, the idea of a game selling out used to be a good thing, but nowadays, those people who buy it on day one may well finish it and return it," said Braben.
Braben also believes that prices across the industry would have dropped long ago if publishers received a share of pre-owned sales profits.
"Developers and publishers need that revenue to be able to keep doing high production value games, and so we keep seeing fewer and fewer of them."
Source: Gamasutra
By Gaetano Prestia - Tweet @Gaetano_Prestia
Link to us http://wii.mmgn.com/News/Second-hand-market-killin
