[quote name='AugustAPC'] Shit sickens me. Used products are available in every other market. Why does the gaming industry feel they're entitled to privileges the rest of the world doesn't get?
They've already exploited DLC to make it the worst thing to ever happen to gaming. Now they're gonna try this? If this happens, I won't be buying a Playstation 4. This coming from a person who owns a PSP, PS1, PS2, PS3 and buys AT LEAST 10 new games a year.
There are plenty benefits that the used gaming market provides to developers. If it weren't for used gaming, I wouldn't be able to afford as many brand new games as I can now. [/QUOTE]
I agree with you on the used physical market, I hope the market punishes any company that goes this route. Although games drop in price so quickly, I don't have any reason to buy used.
I disagree on DLC, it has definitely been abused, but it has also been used with great success to add to or modify great games that are worth going back to.
[quote name='AugustAPC'] Will never happen. There's far too much to lose.[/QUOTE]
Never happen? As in there will always be some physical format even if it is a tiny niche market? Sure I'll go with that, but there will come a time in the not too distant future when physical media for consoles is akin to the vinyl of the music industry.
It will be similar to cd sales, pysical cd sales have been on the decline for years, downloadable music now accounts for 57% of all music sold. Will cd's still be around, sure, but they won't be the dominant format anymore.
http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/05/ni...ar-this-year-on-pace-to-set-new-sales-record/
PC games have already gone this way, and they are now cheaper than ever. I don't care if I get to resell my $5 steam game.
[quote name='htz']I would buy it, if Sony offers crazy sales like steam and continue with PS+.[/QUOTE]
There is a problem with that assumption. Once you buy a playstation system you are in a closed market unlike the PC. Steam has a lot of competition for your money, and there are a lot of big players getting in to compete in that space. Amazon has been beating Steam at their own game lately in terms of sales. Sony and Microsoft don't have the same incentive to push price like the online PC stores.
There are other closed platforms like iOS that see cheap prices, but there is such a small barrier to entry for developers and such a large amount of content, and with such an open and flexible market that prices don't have the rigidity that they do on traditional consoles.