"Gamers are being played, played like a ****ing piano, every time you see the word SALE. This is a big psychology trick that is being used to siphon money from gamers, and it’s a bad thing, and if we can (and I think we probably can’t) we should stop it."
On the other hand, this guy is a developer that wants you to pay full price for anything and everything. He wants to do the same thing to gamers only on the other end of the spectrum. If someone wants to buy a game and not play it, that is their choice.
Although I agree with you, I think the real point of criticism here is that he has absolutely no idea what he's talking about.
"Gamers are being played, played like a ****ing piano, every time you see the word SALE. This is a big psychology trick that is being used to siphon money from gamers, and it’s a bad thing, and if we can (and I think we probably can’t) we should stop it."
On the other hand, this guy is a developer that wants you to pay full price for anything and everything. He wants to do the same thing to gamers only on the other end of the spectrum. If someone wants to buy a game and not play it, that is their choice.
Although I agree with you, I think the real point of criticism here is that he has absolutely no idea what he's talking about.
I agree with both of you. The guy is a complete douchebag. Trying to get people to pay $50.00 again by using the mentality that if people had to pay $50 a game they would invest more time in it and as result they would enjoy the game more is crazy. I have a theory that the days of getting $50+ dollars for a new video game are "over, snap back to reality". Except for a niche group of people, I.e. hardcore gamers, people who lack discipline, and people with more money than brains.The number of available quality games today keeps growing, and growing. There is no shortage of choice and no shortage of quality. This is the information age and that's only gonna get worse. No Mr. Cliffski, sales aren't to be interpreted as "tricks". Otherwise, when you looked the word sale up in the dictionary it would say, "Beware, sales are tricks". Gamers have it better now than at any time in history. Download what they want, when they want, almost instantly. I have PC games I haven't even opened. GTA 3:San Andreas comes to mind. Witcher 1 also. I could go on about the stupidty of the authors argument but its pretty plain to see. Gamers aren't being played like a pinao. They are simply taking advantage of all the world has to offer at this moment in time.
If blame is to be placed on anybody, it's gamers for a lack of self-control.Not Valve software or anybody else offering a discount after a certain time. Who is going to pay $50 for a 10 year old game anyway? Who is going to pay $50 for a 5-year old game? Not gonna happen.
If there is a sale on twinkies at the grocery store does is that somebody playing me like a piano also?
Edit: Btw, I forgot to mention this to "CliffordB". I paid $35 for San Andreas when it came out relatively early after it's release but not day 1. I got Witcher 1 for free, thats "free" with a videocard purchase. Both games are unopened, unplayed to this day. So my investment of $35 didn't make me think of it any differently. It doesn't make me want to play the one I paid big bucks for any more than the one I got for free. Game Over Clifford. "YOU LOSE"! I am sorry Clifford but all the Unreal 4 engine games that are released will not be purchased by me for anymore than $10.00. Who am I kidding. I probably won't even pay $5. I'll wait for a Steam sale when they are $2.49 like I did for Bioware's Star Wars games. Why? Because when on day 1 of any new release there are 100 other triple AAA games that I can get for $10.00 or less. And that's exactly what I am going do if I want. While I sit patiently in the shadows waiting for the value of your new game to plummet to the bottom of the ocean like a heavy anchor. Sorry, but this is one of those laws of supply and demand and it is irrefutable. There are hundreds of games competing for my money. It's a buyers market. And in a digital world. The leverage will only constantly shift in a positive direction towards the gamer. In other words, the gamer becomes more powerful as the developers become less powerful.
But think of this in a positive manner Cliffy. It's nice writing a single game and getting paid a million times for it years after you stopped working on it. Even if it is $2.49.
