the irony is, they never lose money either... except for some games that depends heavily on online capability... there is some maintaining cost to that, hence the online pass..


the only problem is with single player focused games.. its either to buy new, to support the developer? or to buy used one to save money? all depends on the user perspective, some care some dont... just like story books..


no matter how this thing is debated, is just a matter of how you view it...

I think the right word here is "Reduced Profit". And this is more apparent in video games as developers is finding ways to encourage first hand sales via DLC. Technically selling whatever item that you own is not illegal, selling copyrighted material that you own like books, DVDs and Blu-ray is not clearly defined as illegal by law.

And video games license agreement was never challenged in court, part of the reason is that it's probably not worth it for publisher to sue, and another reason is that they are not even sure that can win in a lawsuit. thats why used games were still tolerated by the industry. And one thing for sure is, if a game is good enough, they will have sales on the DLC even for used games buyers.

Their idea is: "If I can't make you pay 100 bucks new, I can still let you buy it 50 bucks used, and earn another 30 bucks from you via DLC".

Same thing with PSN sharing, if they can't make you pay the full price for the game, they will make do with 20% of the price, the money still eventually went to the developers in a more controlled manner.

This post has been edited by sjneow: Oct 16 2011, 01:35 AM

US/Europe release confirmed - February 22, 2012.



Source: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,23949...bid=h9Qv_VFTyIr

Yeay~~ me no need to rush for this.. will wait for Malaysia Official Release n God knows when

22nd feb... Plenty of time to save moneh

Hong Kong release date confirmed! 23rd December 2011, just a week after Japanese release. Lets hope Malaysia will get the same release date as well.



This post has been edited by Ninja: Oct 21 2011, 06:19 PM

RM2000++.. biar betul!!...

Its the pricing i'm more interested at.

Oii~ thats HKD not RM~ Phail!

ko kan bangsawan.. apa ada hal...

xbox360 rosak hari ni..esok bole beli xbox360 slim...

kalau setakat RM2000.. apa ada hal...

HKD2280 is around RM930, but I think Sony Malaysia will have their range of prices as usual

meaning will get ours earlier than EU? worth waiting for

Most probably this is only for Hong Kong market only, not Malaysia/Singapore. But usually we will follow HK release.

Getting a vita is like getting a ps3. Same price.

i received an email from Sony Malaysia about PSV on Tuesday. They have no idea when PSV will be launched in Malaysia. They requested me to contact HK Sony PS Department. So, i don't think that we can get it here by end of this year.

hoping for the price to be less than RM1000, then i will sell my PSP and get a vita

hmmm... price is very nice... abe ninja let's do bulk order....

its the same as getting a ps2 n psp when its first launched

Noob question here, since this new PSV has 3G capable, meaning it can work like a mobile phone?

my money is ready!