This is exactly what they are purposing to do, but why should we pay extra for what should already be on the disc. Silent Hill is a prime example of a great way to get replayablity out of your game by making it so when you did different things in the game it gave you a different ending. The only problem there was which was the true ending? Speaking of that for those of us concened about story it would suck if they charged for multiple endings because which would be the true ending?

Plus I pay for enough things I’m tired of paying for all this stuff. They already raised the price of games $10 from $50 to $60 and the games have only gotten shorter and bugger as we have now become the Q&A for the games. Blu-ray was supposed give the PS3 an advantage but with the 360 out there developers aren’t going to work any harder for the PS3 if they don’t get extra money. I personally want to see developers try and use the PS3 to it’s fullest by adding more content to the PS3 games.

They’re COMPANIES. Not charities. They only should care about their bottom line — otherwise, why are they in business? Certainly not for their health. If you don’t like their business practices, then shop elsewhere. Wouldn’t be the first time that someone went under for trying to manhandle their customers.

I also agree with you. Some of the best games were coffee-shop affairs with a budget of less than a good new car. Innovative FUN gameplay is something truly lacking. But people don’t buy for innovative, they buy the PS3s and the xBox360s because of the whizz-bang-gee-wilikers BETTER GRAPHICS bullshit. Let’s make the game more like real life….why again? Plus, all the titles I’ve seen are just rehashes of the same half dozen genres/game styles with just a little twist.

The Wii is pushing the limit, but it still is rather terrible due to most developers trying to port their old worn out ideas to an interaction method not designed for it.

Used games, you can do the math. Buy the game for 10-15 and sell it for 55. It’s a $5 discount for the buyer and a massive profit for the store. Do the math on a $30 game… No matter what the price is, they’re always going to buy from the consumer very low and sell very high, but just low enough to make it attractive to the consumer. If the going price is $30, they’ll probably buy it from the consumer at $5, the same as taking in used copies of older games now. They’ll still resell it for $25.

The only way to curb this is some preventative measure making used games unattractive. Lowering the price of the game is a completely different subject.

1.-If you are really that worried about people buying USED games, why dont you make the price more attractive for people who prefer used games? Per example $30-$40 seems a completely reasonable price for a new game. And for those $20 less you get millions of extra sales instead. Is basic economics!

If that is too expensive for you, What about economic versions? with just the original DVD in a basic plastic case. No manual, no fancy box print, nothing, just the game in black and white print. To be honest I wouldnt mind.

Also, you are probably forgetting a small detail you can sell those as Downloadable games! theres no way to sell those used, no distribution or packaking. And Although theres a size limit now. Is not actually written on stone you know. Specially for PC’s.

Also theres a problem, DLC is NOT trade proof I was a sucker and bought Darth Vader for SC IV, (which I KNOW was in the game disc when I bought it, since I could fight online against vader before getting the dlc). Will that stop me from trading the game? absolutely NOT, I got tired of SCIV two weeks after I bought it, you bet I want something else instead. I dont even care if they release the Jedi Pack if I have the chance to trade it for a used Gears 2 or Fable 2 I will. No questions asked. No regrets either. You developers wont get your bucks? well thats just too bad. Maybe If I could afford those games NEW I wouldnt need to trade anything.

If epic wants to go with this strategy, then I say they should go for it, because once they go bankrupt another developer will surface who wants to make games based on the joy of creating. Then we’ll start seeing some truly inspiring games.

P.S. Epic, you haven’t made any decent since unreal tournament .