Portugeezer
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DD games should be 15% cheaper confirmed.
No, you're right, ignore that whole reselling / good asset management thing.
I'm sorry for wanting to maintain ownership of products that I buy.
What's interesting is that it's 55% at full price.
That obviously means that the publisher share will be continuously smaller (below 55%) the more the price is lowered.
Unlike digital, where it's always 70% (or probably closer to 100% for e.g. Uplay sales for Ubisoft).
Steam isn't going to revoke your games and Obama isn't going to take away your guns.
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Yeah, no. It's not some imaginary hypothetical boogieman. It's real and it's gonna get worse as we go more and more towards digital being the primary sales method. Stop flexing your ideology to make people who actually care about ownership and preservation look like luddites.
Yeah, no. It's not some imaginary hypothetical boogieman. It's real and it's gonna get worse as we go more and more towards digital being the primary sales method. Stop flexing your ideology to make people who actually care about ownership and preservation look like luddites.
Yeah, no. It's not some imaginary hypothetical boogieman. It's real and it's gonna get worse as we go more and more towards digital being the primary sales method. Stop flexing your ideology to make people who actually care about ownership and preservation look like luddites.
With a few exceptions, this isn't actually a thing. If you think a sealed Xenoblade ($70) or Chrono Trigger ($105) is an investment, then I have some bad news.
I mean, if you do happen to have a copy of Stadium Events, then go ahead and showcase it. But the whole wall of video games thing always comes down to either disorganization, obsession, or delusion.
Steam isn't going to revoke your games and Obama isn't going to take away your guns.
Wouldn't the margin remain the same, even if the total revenue per transaction changed?
And wouldn't digital still have to pay licencins on consoles, meaning that it would be below 70%?
It's fantastic that publishers see at least 15% increased revenue share from selling digital, up to a massive 35% for EA on Origin.
That must mean consumers can be charged a lower price, having both publisher and consumer benefit together... oh, no wait sorry, nevermind.
It is amazing that they are still charging the ridiculous prices in Europe for digital in this case (on psn /XBL).
Why don't they want to push us towards digital?
I mean that's obvious, but are you serious with that first post? For console folks the digital storefronts just charge way too much compared to the deals you get on physical stuff that you can sell or give away when you're done with it.
Digital's way more convenient, but it's not $12-22 more convenient on a $60 product. Shit's real bad in other countries too. I'm sure you've seen the SFV pricing in australia pic that's been floating around the past couple of weeks.
Even a couple PC titles I managed to get cheaper physically recently. I just used the key and threw out the junk.
With a few exceptions, this isn't actually a thing. If you think a sealed Xenoblade ($70) or Chrono Trigger ($105) is an investment, then I have some bad news
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Physical media is for adults who are bad at interior design and for children who naturally want to hoard their toys.
I'm sorry for wanting to maintain ownership of products that I buy.
When did we get to the point of defending shitty publisher practices? Convenience is the only plus side I see to buying digitally. Retail is better is almost every way.
They do, but they don't want to lose shelf space in Gamestop et al. Cutting digital prices may bring them in a little bit more profit by pushing some gamers over to digital, but it would probably lose a lot more when Gamestop shoves it in a corner at the back of the store rather than giving it a big front-of-store PoS display. Digital may be gaining traction, but most people still buy physical, so Gamestop/Game/etc. still have a lot of sway.
Are you sure? Plenty of retailers discount games' at their share. For example Amazon's Prime discount on pre-orders. I would assume that it goes completely out of Amazon's pocket, no way they are getting lower prices compared to other retailers.
You can get 48$ (20% disount) pre-orders on Amazon with Prime. Amazon would still keep the 5% (out of 25%). GAME is also throwing a month old releases for $40-45 equivalent and there is no way that they are getting a special price 1 month into the game's life.
With a few exceptions, this isn't actually a thing. If you think a sealed Xenoblade ($70) or Chrono Trigger ($105) is an investment, then I have some bad news.
I mean, if you do happen to have a copy of Stadium Events, then go ahead and showcase it. But the whole wall of video games thing always comes down to either disorganization, obsession, or delusion.
Steam isn't going to revoke your games and Obama isn't going to take away your guns.
It sucks for those who like collecting or having more management over their libraries, but you have to acknowledge that more and more, people are willing to give up "rights" for the sake of convenience.
Not sure what full tilt will look like or if it'll ever happen, but the trend TOWARDS that is there.
On the bright side, you'll die one day, so you won't have to deal with it forever.
For all intents and purposes it will end up being the same thing. So many games are inherently dependent on patches, all they have to do is remove the available patches for the game and it is effectively revoked, regardless of whether it is digital or physical.
Happily all digital now days and love it. Would much rather Sony/MS get that retailer cut than Amazon, Walmart, GameStop, or Best Buy.
It doesn't always end there. Some collectors collect with the intention of forcing their children to play all of their awesome classic 20-years-old games. Just think of all the memories you'll make with your daughter when you force her to play through the Twisted Tales of Spike McFang.
With a few exceptions, this isn't actually a thing. If you think a sealed Xenoblade ($70) or Chrono Trigger ($105) is an investment, then I have some bad news.
I mean, if you do happen to have a copy of Stadium Events, then go ahead and showcase it. But the whole wall of video games thing always comes down to either disorganization, obsession, or delusion.
Steam isn't going to revoke your games and Obama isn't going to take away your guns.
It is amazing that they are still charging the ridiculous prices in Europe for digital in this case (on psn /XBL).
Why don't they want to push us towards digital?
If the industry is serious about digital taking over, it can't have the same pricing as physical retail disks. It makes no sense.
With a few exceptions, this isn't actually a thing. If you think a sealed Xenoblade ($70) or Chrono Trigger ($105) is an investment, then I have some bad news.
I mean, if you do happen to have a copy of Stadium Events, then go ahead and showcase it. But the whole wall of video games thing always comes down to either disorganization, obsession, or delusion.
Steam isn't going to revoke your games and Obama isn't going to take away your guns.
Yeah, fuck those retail workers. They either should be unemployed or slaving in Amazon warehouses with bio-metric monitoring to make sure they aren't too slow or too old.
That's pretty judgemental/insecure kind of thing to say. Put what makes you happy in the space where you pay to live.
Does my dad have obsession and delusion with antique snowmobiles that he restores and displays in the garage but doesn't actually ride, because it reminds him of his teenage years? A lot of people have hobbies and a lot of people display them.
I'm more about storage and accessibility than display but I admit I love looking at my ps1 longbox collection and Japanese Saturn games on the bookshelf.
Oh, did you pay for P.T.?
P.T was still pulled from peoples hands, paid or not.