Xbox 360

JTC87 posted...

I came to the board to see if anyone had posted about this. I buy all my games new, I never buy used games. I like to support developers and not companies (Gamestop) that rip off the consumer. It baffles me that so many people say they wouldn't buy the console, it is people like them that hold back the development of future technologies. If a game is bad enough that you are going to want to sell it, why buy it in the first place? I only buy good games, games that I will never sell. If everyone did this, developers would think twice before rushing out a half assed games because they know people will think twice before buying a crappy game that they cannot sell. A non used game system also pushes digital distribution, if you can never buy a game used and you have to buy new, why not buy it digitally? No waiting in line at the store and dealing with incompetent employees. No, wasted shelf space, switch between games quickly. I feel that no used games consoles would be a good thing and a step in the right direction into the future of video gaming. Plus, if all the console makers did it, it would be a pretty standard thing, either endure it, or don't play video games.

Agreed. There's a small company called Apple, not many have heard of doing it already.. But hush, hush.
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Arucard05 posted...

From: memphis12 | #019

I guess people are going to have to be more careful with their money.

Pointless buying a cereal bowl if you can't afford the cereal to go in it.

Or you could just buy a cereal bowl that lets you trade in oatmeal for Cinnamon Toast Crunch.



And yes, I'm aware that analogy makes no sense.

:p
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wtf I just noticed...

*dips my Grape Nuts in Arucard's Cinnamon Toast Crunch
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JTC87 posted...

I came to the board to see if anyone had posted about this. I buy all my games new, I never buy used games. I like to support developers and not companies (Gamestop) that rip off the consumer. It baffles me that so many people say they wouldn't buy the console, it is people like them that hold back the development of future technologies. If a game is bad enough that you are going to want to sell it, why buy it in the first place? I only buy good games, games that I will never sell. If everyone did this, developers would think twice before rushing out a half assed games because they know people will think twice before buying a crappy game that they cannot sell. A non used game system also pushes digital distribution, if you can never buy a game used and you have to buy new, why not buy it digitally? No waiting in line at the store and dealing with incompetent employees. No, wasted shelf space, switch between games quickly. I feel that no used games consoles would be a good thing and a step in the right direction into the future of video gaming. Plus, if all the console makers did it, it would be a pretty standard thing, either endure it, or don't play video games.

I couldn't agree more with just about everything you said. You missed out that all retailers, not just gamestop, won't get their little cut of the profit now, which would be good.
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CaPwnD posted...

Gamefaqs Poll

stopped reading there.

Take with a grain of salt.

If this poll was one of the many sample proportions used to get the true proportion and we ended up with just 3% voting that they wouldn't mind, then those numbers are so statistically unlikely that people are in fact weary about new consoles blocking used games.

Of course I know all about response bias, non-response bias, and people who don't answer polls correctly, but even with all that said the results are so overwhelmingly tipped in favor of used games you can at least weakly conclude that there is some truth to the gamefaqs poll.
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