Just my 2 pence.. (Gaming)

by Raflection, Sunday, May 29, 2016, 17:04 (3104 days ago) @ Cody Miller

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.

Yes I do and if I didn't, I could buy one.
This still doesn't change the fact the game would still play exactly the same as release.
I couldn't play an Xbox game without an Xbox, right?

Again your point is ignorant and useless.

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?

Please point out where I said my point made used sales invalid? Or did you just make this up along with the other bullshit you spout round these forums?

I was merely saying that the game industry is VERY DIFFERENT from music and film as such, must be treated separately.

You wouldn't compare a magazine to watching TV, would you?