CS 4730 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Unreal Engine, Pawnbroker, Gamestop
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Gaming industry doesn"t like gamestop since they act more like a pawn shop, gaining much profit at the expense of shelf space e. i. One way is for digital downloads, some online services trade keys for software. Authenticate service, blizzard, is an incentive for people to protect their game information but not from returning. e. ii. Rfid chip in discs that recognize the serial number for a specific game console and can not be used on any other system. e. iii. Do not buy a copy for games but rather, purchase a license to play the game. e. iv. For ios to give the credit for playing a game on the mac, iphone, and ipad and sync the data has been very good for them e. v. Dlc, demo level content, such as a season pass to assassins creed 3 and you have an incentive to hang on to that game for the other demos to be released: 05/17, game engines a. i.