I don't get why people hate the idea of copying an idea from someone else and making it better. I mean, yeah, the other person got it first. If the newer person improves on it, then it's a good thing.
Not like Terraria did this, but yeah.
In fact, it's a bad thing when everyone's afraid of "copying" other people. This is one of the reasons why I hate patents; people are prevented from making good products because other people "got there first." Why do you think that Blu-ray players are $300 when DVD players are only $50? Because one company got there first, and they're making a shit ton of money off of something that is only different because it uses a different colour. Red light is about 10 times wider in wavelength than blue light. By changing the colour of the laser in the reader and slightly modifying the disc, they're able to shove 10 times more stuff on the disc. I don't see that being worth hundreds of dollars more.
Now, comparing that to games, it's the same thing. Companies copy off of their own games and make them better, which is fine. But everyone's afraid to just take someone else's idea of a game, improve on it by a lot, and sell it, simply because they're afraid that they're going to "copy" them.
Call of duty adds new weapons and a few gameplay tweaks each game. They're making $60 per player each time.
Terraria takes Minecraft and takes things out while adding more. You can't down the guy simply because he "copied" Notch. Down the guy because he did a shitty job at it.
Not like Terraria did this, but yeah.
In fact, it's a bad thing when everyone's afraid of "copying" other people. This is one of the reasons why I hate patents; people are prevented from making good products because other people "got there first." Why do you think that Blu-ray players are $300 when DVD players are only $50? Because one company got there first, and they're making a shit ton of money off of something that is only different because it uses a different colour. Red light is about 10 times wider in wavelength than blue light. By changing the colour of the laser in the reader and slightly modifying the disc, they're able to shove 10 times more stuff on the disc. I don't see that being worth hundreds of dollars more.
Now, comparing that to games, it's the same thing. Companies copy off of their own games and make them better, which is fine. But everyone's afraid to just take someone else's idea of a game, improve on it by a lot, and sell it, simply because they're afraid that they're going to "copy" them.
Call of duty adds new weapons and a few gameplay tweaks each game. They're making $60 per player each time.
Terraria takes Minecraft and takes things out while adding more. You can't down the guy simply because he "copied" Notch. Down the guy because he did a shitty job at it.