EA's 'Project $10' to Squeeze Used Game Buyers

[Guest]

Try iPlayiTrade, you can trade your used games with other players directly.

 

[jamesedgeuk2000]

well...... Thank god that's illegal in Europe 😀

 

[Guest]

Everyone is talking about the used game market and when you buy the game u don't get everything but just think about the rental market. Just think of this you have an account with Gamefly or something and you get one of EAs new games like Dead Space 2. Within that rental time you won't even able to see the whole game and that's just crap.

 

[Guest]

you want the truth? Game producers get maybe 27 dollars for each NEW game sold... this is a low number, and when a game (maybe... say mass effect 2) can cost in the 10's of millions of dollar range. Mass effect 2 SHIPPED 2 million copies in the first month, that doesnt mean SOLD 2 million, that means 2,000,000x$60 = 120,000,000 total sales, which also means Bioware got maybe 55,000,000 for it (thats excluding the fact that Bioware makes NOTHING until the original 10-20 MILLION dollar production cost is made up) leaving them with a grand total of 45-35 million AT BEST to pay EVERY employee their salary...

I'm not 100% on this, but i'm hoping to learn more since this is the field im going into, you ungrateful swine.