[QUOTE="RavenLoud"][QUOTE="StormyJoe"]

No, YOU don't understand: http://www.gamefly.com/answers/questions/view/10193-do-video-game-developers-and-publishers-make-much-money-off-of-the-individual-rentals-on-services-li

StormyJoe

Link?

Hell, publishers would like it if you to rent games instead of buying them used.

[QUOTE="RavenLoud"][QUOTE="StormyJoe"]

I don't have a problem with a software company renting out their software. That's their (your) option. But, if Jimbo's Software Hut bought some licenses of your company's software, and started renting it out themselves, I highly doubt your company would say "Oh, well. That's cool." instead of suing ol' Jimbo.

StormyJoe

No, YOU don't understand: http://www.gamefly.com/answers/questions/view/10193-do-video-game-developers-and-publishers-make-much-money-off-of-the-individual-rentals-on-services-li

[QUOTE="Heil68"][QUOTE="StormyJoe"]

I approach this from being in the IT industry - on the software development side. If someone bought a license of my software, then sold it to someone else, I would be pretty miffed. If someone started "renting out" software that I wrote - I would be furious.

No other software development market has to put up with what the gaming industry does.

You think I am being "blinded by brand loyalty". That is not true. I see how development studios and publishers get ripped off by the rental and 2nd hand market, and I sympathise with them as a fellow programmer.

If I chose to by a PS4 over the XB1, it will be based on the software and features of that platform. Personally, I hope Sony takes a similar path to what MS is doing.

StormyJoe

I don't have a problem with a software company renting out their software. That's their (your) option. But, if Jimbo's Software Hut bought some licenses of your company's software, and started renting it out themselves, I highly doubt your company would say "Oh, well. That's cool." instead of suing ol' Jimbo.

Misery loves company.

[QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"]Some of the crap MS are doing I hate. Smashing the used game industry isn't one of them *shrug*StormyJoe

I agree with that. I was all about the DOJ prosecuting them for being a defacto monopoly. They have done a lot of shaddy things in the past (Killing DR DOS, embedding IE in to Windows, adding fake error messages into Windows DLLs to make 3rd party software appear to not work well, etc.)

This used/renting game industry thing - I'd be happy to see it go away.

[QUOTE="sts106mat"][QUOTE="NathanDrakeSwag"]

The length some of these shills are going to defend M$ is pathetic.

NathanDrakeSwag

For you maybe nothing would change. For millions of other people alot would change. You realize how many people rent, borrow, sell and buy used games? Without secondhand games the industry will die.

Unless this is all to make most people prefer DLC and online passes once what is being proposed now is scrapped. "Damn thank god they let us have used games, I don't care about online passes that much in comparison".

God McShea delivers again.

I've always kind of expected this score when I saw the game tbh, never bought into the hype.

I'm sure that's of no concern for privacy at all.

Honestly it reminds of the cellphone radar from the Dark Knight.

Germany is PC land anyway.

Great news, day 1 for me.

If only they can localize Vesperia now.