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Originally Posted by Kapitanleutnant
a developer doesn't see a single penny from the game until the publishers have got back all of the advance they paid to fund development. If the game doesn't sell enough units then the developer may not get anything.
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Not if the developers are Ubisoft employees, then they are salaried employees of the publisher and they get paid... Hmmm... every month I guess. I think in this case it would be more accurate to say that the devs get paid before the game is finished and will cease to be paid if SH5 add-ons or SH6 are cancelled.
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Originally Posted by Randomizer
If I cannot re-sell an item, I do not really own it and so will not go through the fiction of "buying" it. If this DRM represents progress it can move ahead without me.
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Interesting point. As you are no buying the game, you are merely purchasing a license to play it, then the code on the game is not property being bought and if that's true, then can you actually steal it?
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And to the point about no value going back to the publisher for a resale, then that's not true either. Some people rely on getting that cash back when they purchase the game, to offset the large cost of buying the latest game as soon as it comes out. Others want to keep their copy, so they pay full whack. I'd say that the money gained from selling old games will go to new games in a lot of cases.