Second-hand game sales trouble Braben
Singleplayer titles being 'hurt'
Veteran game designer David Braben has noted with concern that second-hand game sales could be seriously hurting traditional singleplayer games.
He mooted titles like BioShock and Assassin's Creed, that are likely to end up in retail pre-owned sections after completion; and believes this market could be damaging for game makers.
"I think it’s really damaging to the single-player experience. Games like BioShock and Assassin’s Creed, where they’re perfectly valid games, but once you’ve played them they go into the pre-owned section," he offered.
"The sales don’t reflect the actual sales of people playing them because someone has gone out and bought, at almost the same price, a pre-owned copy because they couldn’t get an original. It’s very frustrating that they don’t carry that stock any more."
More on Braben's musings soon.
