Computerandvideogames' Tom Pakinkis writes: The used game market isn't beneficial for anyone, Crystal Dynamics' global brand director Karl Stewart has said.
Stewart told CVG that the industry has to look at ways to encourage people to buy first hand copies of games.
"Retail, I don't see it going away for a long time yet but I do see us having to be more creative in the way we blend the two together," he said.
"I think the model as we see it right now is a frail one. Having the used market is not beneficial to any of us.
"Some of the plays that have been made more recently about having DLC available when you buy the game and then adding a charge to the consumer who buys it second hand, I think that's just naturally the way it's going to have to go to deal with those kind of situations."
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What's gonna suck?
This is an opinion piece that has zero bearing on production of the hypothetical 12th installment of Tomb Raider.
The animated Netflix series is a sequel to Shadow of the Tomb Raider. Also, Netflix distributed this show, the company uses external production companies for most of its content. The show doesn’t provide a template for Crystal Dynamics [who was credited in production of the show], the Lara in the show is the one from the 2013 reboot series, and wasn’t reimagined for the show.
A perfect buleprint to be considered for awards you mean. Yeah, this will pander perfectly.
lol how ironic considering there hasn't been a tomb raider game worth buying new in over a decade.