Aquamarine
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Turn this into Kaz + Reggie, and you sir will have a perfect GIF.
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Reggie : "Worried about used games sales? Make better games!"
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Turn this into Kaz + Reggie, and you sir will have a perfect GIF.
Really? I always keep the good ones and assumed most people did the same.
DXB-KNIGHT
Member
LOL
Gintoki313
Banned
That's amazing. Also Reggie da man.
I didn't know Reggie made games.
Monty Mole
Member
It's a different demographic though. Nintendo games are generally bought for young children for birthdays, Christmas etc, and they get put on a shelf and kept forever. PS/Xbox gamers tend to be older and like to plough through as many games as possible within a year, thus either trading in or buying used.
This is a bad comparison and you should feel bad for posting it.
yeah people here will go fast and dismiss what he says because the wii U is on a drought but he is absolutely right.
after I finished my first playthrough of Metroid Prime, not once did it cross my mind to sell it, such a master piece deserves a place in my library forever, same with resident evil 4, I bought the Wii edition and no fucking way I'll sell my used gamecube version, RE4 is worth every single cent I paid for it twice.
but give me god of war rip-offs and 4 hour long FPSs and you can bet I'll sell back your miserable attempts at doing a video game.
after I finished my first playthrough of Metroid Prime, not once did it cross my mind to sell it, such a master piece deserves a place in my library forever, same with resident evil 4, I bought the Wii edition and no fucking way I'll sell my used gamecube version, RE4 is worth every single cent I paid for it twice.
but give me god of war rip-offs and 4 hour long FPSs and you can bet I'll sell back your miserable attempts at doing a video game.
Haha.
What are the total software numbers for each system?
it seems I am in the minority here but I prefer to stop buying new games for a while than selling the ones I have, unless the game is bad, then I have no trouble selling it, I still have a nice collection of older games and I plan to keep them as the years pass by
edit: I guess it also makes me more selective about picking games
Calamari41
41 > 38
The Wii has an attach ratio of something like one fewer game per console than the 360.
Choke on the Magic
Banned
Hear that Cliffy B?!
tycoonheart
Member
No, the better analogy is: Make better ways for consumers to watch the show (streams, etc).
Psychoward
Banned
Bless you, Reggie.
Uno Venova
Banned
I love that other companies are throwing Microsoft's policies under the bus.
Needs Mr. tretton.
Needs Mr. tretton.
4/10
Forceatowulf
G***n S**n*bi
Church.
Piracy and used games are different things
DidntKnowJack
Member
Reggie: PLAY THE GAME!
Beautiful. Just beautiful.
Edit: Oh, shit I just noticed the Villager in the background.
I feel like this is a DIFFERENT problem.
And there is a comic that sums it up well.
Inaccessibility is a different notion altogether.
http://theoatmeal.com/comics/game_of_thrones
LordOcidax
Member
Reggie being Reggie
demosthenes
Member
I hate the man, but I agree with him on this point.
Zen_Arcade
Banned
Piracy and used games are not the same thing. People pirate movies because they don't want to pay for them in the first place. People trade games (And every other type of media) in because the amount of money they'll get back outweighs the entertainment
value they get out of the product.
Altered Juice
Member
how about games with a decent replay value?
Reggie is fundamentally right. If you make good games it helps you "fight used games" in two ways.
a) It makes customers want to play the game closer to its release date. Then they don't have so much choice between new and used copy. Used copies closer to release date are typically more expensive
b) Makes customers keep the game longer. With quality something like free DLC can help.
a) It makes customers want to play the game closer to its release date. Then they don't have so much choice between new and used copy. Used copies closer to release date are typically more expensive
b) Makes customers keep the game longer. With quality something like free DLC can help.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
And that has been a problem with nintendo titles since when?
Nintendo never have problems selling games. Its third parties selling on Nintendo hardware.
i have very strong memories of me struggling to trade in games that i enjoyed when i was a little kid. have memories of me crying as a kid after i realized the mistake i made of trading in my gameboy copy of dragon warrior 3 and pokemon for a psx skateboarding game. it was not easy to part with those.
all reggie means is the 5 year cycle anyways. that's how long they have to last. most good games get sold eventually, although their value still gets held up by people holding on for nostalgic purposes.
speak for yourself, I still own a ton of SNES carts that I'll never sell:
Star Fox, Super Metroid, Super Mario World, Final Fantasy VI... Even though I only play them when I'm at home for the holidays, I will never get rid of them.
SolarPowered
Member
Dude is abusing the car more than xbox. He's got problems lol.
I like the animal crossing dude swinging the sword in the background, nice touch.
VeryGooster
Banned
HBO isn't upset about the piracy rate of GOT, though, so they claim.
There is no relationship between the quality of a product (Bioshock, GoT) and consumer's desire to extract maximum value for minimum cost. None.
Who told you that. I keep good games.
TV is different. You consume an episode once and that's it. I assume people who want to re-watch the episodes later will more often than not buy them on blu-ray, but for the people who want to watch once, that makes sense.
Movies are a bit more comparable, since really good ones are watched repeatedly, and often warrant a dvd/blu-ray purchase, but most of them can be watched once and forgotten. I'd buy Jurassic park because i know i'd want to watch it again, but i'll rent something like a michael bay film, because it's not really worth watching again. Rough analogy, Nintendo is speilberg, activision/ea are michael bay.
Reggie is saying games need to have a reason to keep them, such as being good enough that you'll want to play them in the future.
The idea isn't that a great game will prevent people from selling their games.
Nothing will curb the behavior altogether
But more the idea that people are more likely to want to hold onto something they cherish
Have you ever rented a game or movie or book that you adored so much that you bought your own copy or kept the one you had and paid a price for ownership?
Nintendo is sort of an exception. They never really entered the AAA craze, partially due to their consoles design not really making it a feasible venture. It's easy to say this when you're games are releasing at the same price as something like Grand Theft Auto, despite costing a fraction of the cost to develop. Consumers purchase Nintendo's products with an expectation that does not include high budget AAA titles. Most people have an expectation for that type of development structure bEing the norm when they purchase Sony or Microsoft's consoles.
bobbychalkers
Member
Its those eyes.......full of pure disregard....malice and hatred.