Console makers do not set prices. If publishers knew they would be making profit off of EVERY game sold then they would be able to pursue other pricing models.
Just what was Microsoft thinking?
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Console makers do not set prices. If publishers knew they would be making profit off of EVERY game sold then they would be able to pursue other pricing models.
publishers are making profit off every game sold, they just want to cut into the used game market -- something that's been around for the last 30 yrs of gaming.
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There isn't a 20 dollar markup at retail for games though it is sizable. I can understand wanting to keep some of it, but $49.99 is the sweet spot. However, if Microsoft had a system like Steam where you can buy Steam codes from other places, it would work. However, they wanted to keep everything to themselves and horde the money.
50 is not the sweet spot if they want to move units. i think about all the shytty games i bought during the first 2-3 yrs of this console cycle, such a waste of money. these publishers want to do away with selling used games because they put out a lot of crap. 39.99 for digital downloads is the sweet spot to me.
You really have a misinformed view of how the industry works. No publishers don't make profit off of every game sold. They have to sale thousands, sometimes millions of games before a game turns a profit. If a lot of the money from those games goes to GameStop then there is no profit. Everything gamers complain about in regards to the games industry, stems from devs trying to recoup some of that money.
Its already happening on the vita
Devs have been trying different methods for year. And EVERYTHING they try gamers just rage about it.
Microsoft's Xbox One Eighty
A good read if you missed it
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Figure out a better way to do business to not annoy them. This is business...it's not supposed to be easy
Do you have any suggestions?
Start with communicating your message better and take examples from the leader in the market you are trying to enter instead of disrespecting customers. Microsoft failed with their initial vision already. The only do over is in the next console generation...which might not even happen. Years of work on a platform were all undone because of stupidity at the top.
Professors at universities should start incorporating this lesson into classes...its one of the most disastrous product announcements in recent history.
Damn your stanning never quits. Once again do you want to have a conversation or do you just want to continue bashing Microsoft?This is about the industry as a whole. Used game sales don't hurt Microsoft and the drm wouldn't have directly made them any profit. We are talking about devs/publishers here.
I bash everyone that deserves to get shyt on. Microsoft and Publishers are using cop-outs just like the music industry did in the napster/kazaa days.
This is about the industry as a whole. Used game sales don't hurt Microsoft and the drm wouldn't have directly made them any profit. We are talking about devs/publishers here.
Learn a better way to do business. Don't blame the fukking consumer especially when something has been going on for DECADES already and they have been able to get FAT making money.
