Just my 2 pence.. (Gaming)

by Cody Miller , Music of the Spheres - Never Forgot, Sunday, May 29, 2016, 16:44 (2891 days ago) @ Raflection

Many time, the games DO NOT function the same now as the did when they were released. In fact, this is a major area of concern now in the form of digital preservation. As the original experience becomes harder and harder to have, used games get less and less valuable. Hence the need to buy new.

If I bought a N64 and Mario kart now, it would function EXACTLY the same as release.

Do you still have an old CRT television lying around? If not, then no it would would not function the same. Someday nobody will. A lot of people NOW don't.

Just a side note, the game industry is so different to both music and film as the game industry is an interactive experience. You listen to a song or watch a film until they are finished, you have no influence on the song or film. If you listened to a song or watched a film for the 500th time, it would be 100% the same as the first time as no change can be made to it. You can't listen or watch in a different way.

You can play a game a different time multiple times after the first time.

You can watch a movie with the commentaries, the special features, etc. How is that even relevant to the point? Games can be different the second time, yeah? So how does that make used sales invalid?