The difference is, that the loop holes the companies use don't break any TOS.

The loophole the gamers use did.

kind of like the sixaxis.. and look how well that turned out (I'm looking at you "lair", over there in the corner!)

ONe thing to take into consideration with the calculations is that games are usually cheaper on the PC than a console.

Just in regards to GTA and it;s over exaggeration of characters. Its been a long while since I've played it, but in GTA4 what all the females OTT ?

Or, maybe they've only just into power girl, identify and like the chareacter but havn;t read up on every bit of her history.

Big budget? It was only made for 20 Million

For Red Dead, I think everyone rembers the ride into Mexico

Just to mention.. the cosplayers are fine with the photos being shown. In fact they signed to say the photos could be used.

Your right.. it does have a chance of competing with the PS4

however , to answer the question "who really cares why they did it?"... well.. the consumer should.

When you're about to invest $600 dollars in a gaming eco system, you should be asking yourself how you are going to be treated by the owners of that system.

True.. but it wasn;t just the fans complaining. it was media outlets, the kind of guys invited to these events. I mean, a guy left his job at Microsoft due to the comments in his twitter feed which hit the headlines on all gaming media outlets and prometted a PR interjection by Microsoft.

You are right that low pre-orders is the customer speaking.

I know I;m a bit late to this party, just catching up on unread feeds.

All fair points.

With all due respect, what makes you think games will become cheaper if they kill of the used games markets?

Games "could" become cheaper, but do you really think the publishers will reduce the cost now that they know the public is willing to buy at a particular price point?

I understand your frustration at things like the spiderman musical. But to have an issue with adaptions for adaptions sakeI personally believe is a bit mistaken.

There have been some truly awesome adaptions in the past (and some god awful ones as well),

As a gaming dad ... subtitles are a must.

I think "never" is a bit harsh. I freely admit I cheated on Final Fantasy X.

Have they finally allowed us to have the option of text just appearing rather than scrolling slowly onto screen?

I only just played this game a couple of months ago... and I didn't think this level that profound.

That's interesting. I'm only a single player gamer... never really been into the online thing.