sorry dude, but "buying used games = piracy"
devs get not a single $ from that.
That is so wrong. Publisher propaganda to push the DD policy forward. Most devs are payed while being contracted. Rest of the product cycle is for the publisher ONLY.
sorry dude, but "buying used games = piracy"
devs get not a single $ from that.
sorry dude, but "buying used games = piracy"
devs get not a single $ from that.
So, we get to the heart of the matter. It's not really about destroying the medium, it's about price. I can't see why this upsets you; if you don't like the Steam system in the first place, why would you care about the price?
So, we get to the heart of the matter. It's not really about destroying the medium, it's about price. I can't see why this upsets you; if you don't like the Steam system in the first place, why would you care about the price?
And you think we can save the platform by selling something which is less than its counterpart for (roughly) the same price?
What is always true is, that you get less for your money.
I also think you are getting less for the same money when games are still sold at full price as DD. This will be the case for at least as long as the retailers have enough power to force retail prices <= DD prices.
A printed manual, a box and a DVD I can take into my hands are worth something for me. If the publisher can't offer the same experience digitally he should compensate the missed part of my experience with a lower price point. If the DD version is cheaper I'm willing to think about it. If the price is equal I buy retail.
I don't speak about the fall of civilization, but about a wrong direction the industry is heading towards - not for the benefit of the customer but in quest for even more money. But it is a failed quest.
But there is a silver lining! The PSPgo and the Nintendo DSi are without doubt the flop innovations of 2009 - both platforms only created to circumvent the retail and preowned market, but the customers didn't sheepishly follow the all too clear scheme and avoided both systems.
With that said I had the same experience as Sammy. I bought a ton of games from Steam, Impulse, GoG and GG. However, I didn't buy one from D2D. I'll never support D2D until they make more of their games worldwide. Right now D2D is pretty much only for NA customers.