It's not an argument as such, more of an opinion.Renegade_Turner wrote:I'm sorry, that's the weakest and most self-centred argument I've ever heard from you.Endoperez wrote:I'm not a car maker, an architect or a builder. I am, however, studying 3D graphics with a focus on games.
Renegade_Turner wrote:I'm not buying this. Are automobile manufacturers and housing developers less entitled to proceeds from further sales of the cars and houses they make if game developers should be entitled to proceeds from further sales of their games?Endoperez wrote:Cars and houses aren't really a good comparison, because they're in a whole different price category and stay good for much longer.
Actually, automobile manufacturers do get further proceeds from cars they sell. Spare parts, repairs, etc.
"Traditionally margins on spare parts are high. With margins on new vehicles being under severe competitive pressure, the after sales revenue is vital for the financial health of all of the major OEM's."
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m ... n16071222/
I don't understand your logic. Please explain this. Houses and cars stay in good condition for longer than games? I don't see how. Have you ever bought a second-hand car? There's always problems occurring, different niggly faults with the cars cropping up.
Houses and cars stay comparable to new houses and cars for a longer time. Games don't degrade over time, but new games look, sound and sometimes play much better than games released just a year or two earlier.
I'm not a cars person though. New cars might well have computers and auto-driving modes and automatic breaks and robot chaffeurs and so on. If new cars improve over old cars as much as games do, I was wrong.
What if someone buys the game second-hand and there's no notification that they'll have to pay more money to use the good they've purchased? I'm pretty sure there's laws against similar things, at least in Ireland.
They can demand money for online play, and I won't have a problem with that AS LONG as they do mention it in the packaging etc. If there's no mention, that's a dickish move. However, that's a fault in communication, not in the content. It'd be just as bad if they didn't mention that only the original buyer gets VIP content or free DLCs. It'd be just as bad if they didn't mention you need an internet connection to play.