Pre-owned market had "big" effect on Halo, says Bungie dev

Iria · Sep 27, 2008, 05:24 AM

Marty O'Donnell, Bungie's audio director, has warned that smaller studios face a difficult future if they can't get a return on their investment due to the sale of pre-owned games.
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Source: GamesIndustry.biz

OmegaRED · Sep 27, 2008, 04:01 PM

This makes me wonder if consoles will eventually switch to some sort of DRM, that way games will have limited activations and the resales will be reduced. I feel for the developers as it's obvious the resale market is insanely huge for games but at the same time what other product exists in the marketplace where the customer is punished for buying used? Should us consumers actually be quite pissed off at game developers for even questioning our right to trade games in?

Judas · Sep 27, 2008, 04:14 PM

If they didn't make alot of shiity games.. more people would be inclined to buy the games for themselves instead of returning it or trading it.

If it was really a problem Gears of War wouldn't have sold what they had

SFOSOK · Sep 27, 2008, 04:17 PM

If I buy a 17th century painting I don't want to have to pay the artist or publisher for it.

I think their overall sales will go down if they force anything. Really if you think about it, this would only make great games with good replay value look better and horrible shitty games (EA) look worse.

Sep 27, 2008, 05:24 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Pre-owned market had "big" effect on Halo, says Bungie dev Marty O'Donnell, Bungie's audio director, has warned that smaller studios face a difficult future if they can't get a return on their investment due to the sale of pre-owned games. ______________ Source: GamesIndustry.biz

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OmegaRED Relapsed Gamer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ottawa , Canada Posts: 5,688 Rep Power: 173 System Specs	This makes me wonder if consoles will eventually switch to some sort of DRM, that way games will have limited activations and the resales will be reduced. I feel for the developers as it's obvious the resale market is insanely huge for games but at the same time what other product exists in the marketplace where the customer is punished for buying used? Should us consumers actually be quite pissed off at game developers for even questioning our right to trade games in? __________________ E Penis Specs: <------------- See System Specs

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SFOSOK 939 Goin Strong Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Ontario Posts: 7,033 Rep Power: 90 System Specs	If I buy a 17th century painting I don't want to have to pay the artist or publisher for it. I think their overall sales will go down if they force anything. Really if you think about it, this would only make great games with good replay value look better and horrible shitty games (EA) look worse. __________________ Warning - Explicit Content Preceeding METAL!!