That's right. ShackNews brings word of a new game digital distribution company on the horizon. Green Man Gaming, the digital retailer behind this idea, intends to allow customers to 'trade-in' digital content much like gamers have been doing with physical media.
With Green Man Gaming expected to launch by the end of first quarter, it will be interesting to see if this idea of 'reselling' digital titles pans out.
"Previously the minute you had paid and downloaded your game it had no resale value," said Green Man Gaming COO Gian Luzio. "This is extremely expensive for the gamer and does not encourage the consumer to try new genres or franchises." The new distribution platform will reportedly assign a monetary value to each digitally purchased game, which gamers will be able to trade-in whenever they wish.
Despite what one would might assume, Green Man Gaming seems committed to making sure that the publishing community will get a significant chunk of profit from the digitally traded games. "We will pay significant royalties to the publisher each time the game is traded in perpetuity," confirmed Luzio. Of course, with digitally distributed media, traditional problems with trade-ins like physical wear-and-tear are nonexistent, allowing all digital trade-ins to be resold as new.
Despite what one would might assume, Green Man Gaming seems committed to making sure that the publishing community will get a significant chunk of profit from the digitally traded games. "We will pay significant royalties to the publisher each time the game is traded in perpetuity," confirmed Luzio. Of course, with digitally distributed media, traditional problems with trade-ins like physical wear-and-tear are nonexistent, allowing all digital trade-ins to be resold as new.
With Green Man Gaming expected to launch by the end of first quarter, it will be interesting to see if this idea of 'reselling' digital titles pans out.
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