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Khuutra on 24 May 2010
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Jordahn said:
Khuutra said:

You know why Nintendo doesn't whine about the second-hand market?

And don't turn this into some "us vs. them" horse shit, either - the vast majority of my games are bought new because I prefer them as a consumer, but I do not stand in judgement of people who might not buy a game at all save where it's used. The second hand market has been important for as long as media has been consumable. Gaming is no different from any other industry in this.

And no, your consumer rights is the primary issue. Like I said:

If companies tried to discourage these rights through underhanded means, I hope their games bomb.

That's the end of my sentiment.

Now they aren't, but they will when it gets bad enough for them.  In fact, hardly any developer complained until it got bad enough.  You fight the battles as they became important enough for your given situation.  One reason Nintendo is on top of the world right now becuase they are PROFITABLE!  And they are profitable because more than enough people are buying their stuff NEW, not used.  Why do some of you throw out common sense in exchange for personal opinion?  Go figure.  NO one can disagree that when a company cannot support its product because it is not profitable, they have to either stop supporting that product or find some other means in promotoing that product.  So yes in the bigger picture, the more we buy and sell used games the more detrimental it is to the companies.  So it makes it harder and harder to supply us with the good we enjoy.

Hardly any developer complained when they were using smart business practices that allowed them to make money even with the second-hand market. Now that they lose money, they scramble in the dirt for any scrap to hold onto, any person to cast blame on, any regulation that might increase profit margins without the pain and effort of actually changing their business model.

All games are initially bought new, that's a useless point.

You are full of it. Used games do not harm the industry, lack of caring does. They only support copies that are bought new - never do they have to support tat copy more than once, they just support it for the life of that single copy.

In the bigger picture, you are letting your misplaced loyalty toward companies who would turn your wallet inside out and spank you with it come before your more sensible loyalty to your own finances and your own rights as a consumer.

ALL games are initially bought new. If the used market beats a game to death, it's the games' fault. Consumers cannot be blamed for not supporting a product that they do not deem worth supporting, so sorry. That's on the companies, not on me.