Used games sales - good or bad for the industry, and do we care?

[invetedlotus123]

The_vagabond7 said:

invetedlotus123 said:
I really don't care about buying used games at all. Used games was purchased once and made money to the developers, and they are very important to retailers and for us when we want to buy an older game. You can find Uncharted 1 for 20 bucks at eBay, while the game brand new sealed cost 40 bucks, half of the price, great deal for me and the seller that don't have why stay with the game. Piracy is really a completely different thing,though.

From a publisher's standpoint it's not. Both result in them not getting any money, both result in someone getting to play the game without paying them a penny. Just because the pirate doesn't lose any money in the transaction and you do, doesn't make the publisher feel anybetter, only the guy on e-bay is happy that you're not a pirate.

Many people already bpuy a game thinking on selling it, and get different things just because they know if they don't like they can sell. If used games are so bad developers should invest in other ways of playing a short game that isn't worth full price for many, investing on rental market would be good solution.