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Yet another rumour has pointed to the next PlayStation launching alongside the Xbox 360 successor in 2013. But Kotaku claims to have word from what it calls a reliable source” of some quite detailed specs for the new machine, way beyond anything published to date. Firstly, it claims the new …
Read More »Pre-owned "increases the cost of games"
Echoing the thoughts an arguments that have many times been the centre of near-furious debate at the Intent Media office, Silicon Knights boss Denis Dyack has argued that pre-owned is damaging the games industry. I would argue that used games actually increase the cost of games," he told GamesIndustry. "There …
Read More »NPD: $1.29bn for Q4 used, digital and social games in Europe
Consumers across UK, Germany and France spent over a billion dollars on non-new physical games in the last three months of 2011. According to new data from NPD looking at ‘all monetization methods outside of new physical retail sales’, used games, game rentals, subscriptions, digital full-game downloads, social network games, …
Read More »Pre-owned Vita players will still get Trophies
Vita owners have found a workaround that will enable them to earn Trophies from second hand games. Fears first arose when it emerged each pre-owned Vita title locks Trophies to the first owner, perhaps as a deterrent to the used games market. The message reads: "You cannot earn trophies in …
Read More »Next Xbox pre-owned block "would be fantastic"
A design director at developer Volition has claimed that any next-gen move to block the use of pre-owned software would be fantastic”. I think this would be a fantastic change for our business and even though the consumers would be up in arms about it at first they will grow …
Read More »I feel used
[#AltDevBlogADay] Volition design director Jameson Durall explores the pre-owned issue from a developer's perspective
Read More »OPINION: The end of pre-owned would be a disaster for games
Reports this morning – which it must be said remain totally unsubstantiated – claim that the Next Xbox could incorporate a new technology that blocks the use of pre-owned games on the console. The gravity of this news, if true, would have industry-wide ramifications. The fallout for retail would be …
Read More »New Xbox to block pre-owned, incorporate Blu-ray
Barely a day passes now without some sort of fresh claim about the Next Xbox, but today’s are arguably some of the juiciest so far. Kotaku has word of two claims. One, that the new machine will include Blu-ray disc technology. And two – it will implement some sort of …
Read More »"Pre-owned is pushing devs into digital"
Game publishing and development firms are finding sanctuary in digital distribution platforms because boxed retail is dependent on pre-owned sales schemes, industry veteran David Perry has said. Speaking today at the Cloud Gaming Europe event in London, Perry said companies like Gamestop are getting so good at selling used games, …
Read More »‘Pre-owned sales tactics are pushing devs to digital’
CLOUD GAMING EUROPE: Gaikai CEO says high street schemes make download business even more attractive
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