I'm not bashing you.
When you return a game, you support the store buying it back.
You take away from the creators.
I wasn't talking about getting good deals. I'm all for getting good deals.
I just think that EB and Gamestop are rip off artists.
Yeah, it IS intelligent to buy a $5 game, and turn it in for $10.
Its also better to burn a copy off of the internet, than to pay at all.........see??
A developer, and a publisher want similar things. To have the game disbursed, and enjoyed, and, to make a profit.
The dev's probably don't mind the whole loss of sales, the publisher takes, as the game gets redisbursed, through trade-ins.
The developer doesn't mind the INITIAL, slow sales, of a title, because the guys over at EB, report back to them. They report the traffic of the games, and this goes toward their ultimate decision, whether or not a certain game/genre, sees a sequel, or similar title.
Everyone takes a hit, except EB and GS. Although they are taxed for this, it is nothing that is to be worried about. They double as a surveyor, and make all of that money back.
This is why your games still cost, a 3rd the price of a system.
Do you really want to play a load of poorly produced games??? NO! They only serve a purpose to you.,.,...to trade in, for a better game.
Thats fine. I'm not trying to be a prick. It makes a lot of sense.
I'm just looking at it in MACRO. You think you make no difference.
You think that your opinions don't count. You think that they'll keep making crap games, even if you don't buy them.
I think you're wrong.
I KNOW that your opinions matter. Thats why people pay CheapyD, to advertise, and promote here. You think Overstock.com is really hooking you up??? They get those overproduced titles, for pennies on the dollar.
They mark them up, to where they make at least a proposed percentage, over what they paid. The company can comfortably conduct business, based on their founding scheme. Like; "we can run with a 20% profit margin, so we'll base our operation on 35%."
They then offer "DEALS", in place of currency, to advertise on websites, and other media venues, which pan out to, FREE. They shave a small percentage off the total price, but gain thousands of new customers, which compensates, 10 fold.
The thing is,..these places don't truly damage a publisher. The titles were probably purchased in bulk, for close to MSRP. Sat in a warehouse, waiting for a major surge, from the consumer, and when it didn't happen, a company, like Overstock, picks them up, for a greatly reduced price.
Usually, they are just dropshipped. Bypassing the expensive overseas, freight shipping.
So, when you don't buy Mary Kate and Ashley, and only the 5% of 10 yo girls who own a console, do,..... publishers produce fewer copies. There are focus groups, that claim that a certain genre, appeals to a certain consumer, so the developers whip up a crap game, just to please this group.
If it works, they continue making a certain type of game.
This is where we all play a big part.
By buying a game, we are basically testing out a future franchise.
By trading it in, we give EB a percentage, which in return, they report to the publisher. Who then makes the call, that, hey," initial sales sucked, and a large percentage were traded in". This leads to a decision.
Should they cancel another title, or, decrease the developers budget, to lower the price of the game??
If its an in house publisher, they won't lose as much money. If its outside, they will lose more, and probably opt for another, more poorly produced title. As an outside publisher has to have product to publish, delivered, or they're SOL.
Magazines and now, more popular, websites, are wined and dined with money, and exclusives, to sway consumers into skipping their sense of logic. They are taught to ignore reasoning, and follow the beliefs of the reviewer.
This doesn't stop the rebels, though. Just because a game got bad reviews, they will buy it anyway. Then....trade it in.
Most reviews are acurate. I mean how hard is it to say this; "If you liked Onimusha, then you'll love Onimusha 2, or how about 3?? Oh, and if you loved the Onimusha series, then you'll love Devil May Cry, and DMC 2! How's Castlevania LOI?,...well, it suc....I mean, its similar to DMC, check it out!!" What about Rygar?? Wan't that a good game? It was similar to all of the above.
Oh, thats right, no one has ever heard of Rygar. Plus, the magazine wasn't "given enough time with the game, before its release..?"
HHHMMMM.
Whatever. If you can't see all of the money you are losing...
If you can't tell what games are going to be good, before you buy them...
If you don't see how you are fueling the fire, of poorly produced, clones,...then,....Whatever.
Making money, off of someone elses' junk, has been the road to millionaire-dom, since the concept of recycling aluminum cans.
Trade away.
I can't wait for DMC 3. Or, Viewtiful Joe, starring Dante. These will be sure fire hits. How do I know??? HHHMMM.
