Telltale is one of the few companies that release quality software time after time. I have a few of their previous series and I have not purchased one that I did not enjoy. On another board I stated that publishers who make super-hero games follow Rocksteady's Batman...well companies that create games should follow Telltale - quality games, affordable prices and just damn enjoyable.
Case in point: I have never played the Max Payne series. Recently, I was looking to get the first game for my xBox 360. I saw online that Gamestop has it listed for $4.99 and Amazon has it available for $9.99. Should the publishers get a piece of this in some way? Either by charging the reseller or by making the purchaser pay a licensing fee? Since they could not realistically keep track of what store has what used game, the fee would make more sense.
A few times buying a car has been compared to this item. If you buy a car you can do what you want with it. But we really do not buy the game as in the case of the car, just the license to use the software. The same way we buy the license when we purchase an operating system. Legally, we cannot use the operating system and then sell the media (Windows anyway, I do not know about the others). We also buy the license for movies on DVD's and music CD's and MP3's. I do not see the movie industry saying I cannot sell my store purchased DVD of Gone With The Wind for $0.50 at my garage sale or on eBay. But the music industry sure does have a problem if I allow someone to copy my CD's or MP3's.
If they go the fee amount and we have to pay the reseller for the media and then pay the publisher a fee (probably when we first load the game and go online) what is stop me from borrowing my friends disc, load it on my machine, pay the fee and use it? If my friend wants it back, they just take it and play on their machine until I want to borrow it again.
There will never be a right or wrong way for this. Every way has its drawbacks. The sober fact will probably be the publishers making sure they scrounge up what ever they can, then the reseller scheming to make sure they still get their revenue with the result in us paying probably a little to much for a used game and jumping through hoops in the process.
I think I can see what she is trying to say. I do get tired of the save the world/universe/eternity bit in every game. And the latest trend is dragons, dragons everywhere. L.A. Noir and Red Dead Redemption where, to me, a welcome and much needed relief. Even Alan Wake was a nice change (ok..the zombie thing has been done to death as well).
If history is to be believed, then this game is going to be hyped and horrible.
On another board they are talking about the publishers banning used games on the next-gen consoles.....games like this should be banned on current consoles.
In one of these previous posts, there was mention of the games have a purchasable code to be used when resold. That way the companies get their share of the pie.
I do on occasion buy a used game, but it has always been 3-4 years after the game was originally sold. I never saw the use of paying $60+ for a new game...rushing through it to sell it for a few dollars and then paying $50 for a used game. I suppose if someone feels they need to play a particular game immediately then they have no problem doing that.....but just on the pricing alone, I have not had any interest.
The other rumor was to be forced to have a constant internet connection. This, to me, is just idiotic. If I purchase a game I want to be able to play it where ever and whenever I want...that is what I pay for. That is the main reason I do not use Steam or any other similar service. And, for those of us with cable tv and in my case Comcast, the internet will go out. Just because there is an interruption of internet access should in no way effect what I am playing.
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