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Digital Downloads Have No Value
Cordova, TN; July 18, in the year of our Lord 2016--Family
Friendly Gaming, the industry leader in covering the family
friendly video games is revealing a shocking fact that came from
the PR representatives of video game companies. A PR contact
recently admitted that digital downloads have no value
whatsoever. To make this even more shocking is they have an
entitlement mentality of a review expectation. Meaning they
provide no value, and expect gaming websites to return to them a
massive amount of value. It is like giving someone no resources
and expecting a building to be erected in their honor. What are
we slave labor to them? What makes this even worse is this PR
member represents one of the millionaire to billionaire
companies.
I have spent days analyzing this from a variety of angles. These
millionaire and billionaire companies expect high dollar prices
for digital downloads, even though they see them as having no
real world value. Even worse the FCC demands video game websites
reveal we are given free copies of the games. Note they are not
technically free since they cost us money to download them, and
it costs us money to house them. Then we have to pay money to
have someone play them. We also pay someone to write the review.
Finally it costs us money to upload the reviews to the Internet,
and it costs us money to house the reviews. Don’t get me started
on the costs of promoting our published works. Think about the
FCC requiring we disclose we were given a game. That digital
download has no value according to the people in PR. So we
report we received no value, and we produce so much more value
to the public and the video game industry. The companies do not
even have to report on their taxes we spent all kinds of money
making them money.
We have written in the past about the dangers of digital
downloads. Now we find out that the people representing digital
downloads see no value in them. Which means anyone who purchases
a digital download is giving these millionaire and billionaire
companies money for in essence nothing. Sure you get a game
digitally. You can’t do anything with it but play it. No
bartering, trading, or selling. No property rights, meaning no
real world value. Is that what you want? Do you want to make
them wealthier and wind up losing your own rights? Can you think
of a better path than digital downloads? Is there way to keep
your property rights on video game purchases?
God bless,
Paul Bury
Family Friendly Gaming