UK games market being 'strangled'

[The News Bot]

The UK games market is being strangled by big name retailers, says German Developer Koch Media.
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[gandley]

The pre-owned market is a serious problem, because there is no benefit to developers or publishers," said Mr Livingstone.

While retailers have to pay a percentage to the publishers for a sale of a new game, there is no such requirement when selling a second hand game, with the shop pocketing all the profit.

This is plain stupid. Where anywhere do companies get a cut of the secondhand sale. if i sold my car, should the manufacturer take a % of the sale??
greedy gits

[Michael_L]

Originally Posted by gandley

This is plain stupid. Where anywhere do companies get a cut of the secondhand sale. if i sold my car, should the manufacturer take a % of the sale??
greedy gits

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[mwmolloy]

Originally Posted by Michael_L

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Totally agree...

I think in France now they have implemented a law that allows original artists to profit from future sales of their works. So if a painter sells a painting for £100 today and you sell it for £1000 a year later, the artist is entitled to something like 20% of the £900 (cant remember the real numbers).

As a result, just about all of the big galleries have to sell their stuff via London. Its great for Christies and Southerbys!

The effect of this law is that you cant actually sell art in France. You can only sell 80% of the art. In effect, the artists retains that 20% share (again, I dont know the exact numebrs, just the principal).

Interestingly, if you sell the art work at a loss after a few years, the originating artists does not cover your loss!! surprise.

[Mark_a]

Originally Posted by Michael_L

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Just to be a pedant, but the phrase is 'Hear, hear' and is a shortened version of the Parliamentary phrase 'Hear him, hear him', shouted out when promoting a fellow politician's speech.

Oh, and I agree about the companies being unrealistic to expect any sort of cut of 2nd hand sales. If they want a part of that pie they should set up their own buy-back schemes. Pretty sure they won't do that though.

Regards

Mark