Frontier Developments Founder: Used Games Are Killing Core Games
Some really harsh words were spewed from founder and industry veteran of Frontier Developments, David Braben, a company known for games like Kinectimals for the Xbox Kinect, regarding the state of used game sales and how the pre-owned market is killing core games.
Beefjack picked up the quotes from Braben talking in an interview with GamaSutra about industry related topics, with Braben saying....
Dang, I didn't know the industry was in that bad a shape. I'm curious who these publishers were who just stopped development on a game dead after retailers said "Nope, we're not ordering more copies because we're just gonna resell what we already got...go suck a pickle."
Moreover, Braben had a few more comments to share about the pre-owned market, saying...
Ugh, really? This guy really think prices would drop if companies were getting a share of the billions from the used market trade, on top of the billions they already make annually? That's a frivolous pipe dream.
Anyways, this guy confirms a lot of what was brought up in the Top Misconceptions about The Gaming Industry.
Namely he makes it like the industry isn't making enough money to sustain the core market and core games are dying because of used game sales (no. 3 in the linked article). He goes on to say that if publishers made more money gamers would get cut a break in retail prices, which is not true at all, publishers make more than enough as it is and we still haven't caught a break (no. 2 in the linked article). Next he mentions how used game sales hurt devs to the point where development is halted (no. 4 on the list). His talking points coincide with further trying to protect sales by spreading misinformation (no. 1 on the list). That's not to mention all the AAA titles coming out this year and next year (despite the popularity in used game sales), but that's another article for another day.
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You can check out more of what David Braben had to say in the full interview over at GamaSutra.
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