jammy2211 on 10 August 2009
| sc94597 said: There is one point for the other side of the argument that I want to bring up. I've been thinking of an answer if it ever came up. "How is buying used games better than pirating?" If this ever came up I would have responded with something like " you have the justification of knowing you earned the game rather than taking it", but then I realized that pirates don't have those type of morals. They don't seem to care how they get the game, but rather what is the easiest(not always true, because pirating can get hard), and / or cheapest way to get it. Now I'm feeling blank with an answer. In both you are not supporting the developer. One just is free, or cheaper while the other isn't. One is also illegal, while the other isn't, but in terms of game piracy there isn't much law enforcement in place with the exception of the people who are dumb enough to sell modded consoles and games. |
Two responses I can think of are:
1) Buying a pre-owned copy means theres one less in the store, so the next customer who comes in looking for the game may buy a first hand copy.
2) Buying a pre-owned copy still supports the retail industry's profits, and the better their figures look the more money they'll invest in buying games from publishers. If they can't shift their pre-owned games they wouldn't dare buy the games in the first place.
The Pre-Owned market is the only reason why retailers buy games from publishers at the relatively high price they do - if for whatever reason they couldn't resell games then they simply wouldn't be paying as much for new games as they do. Kind of Ironic, heh.
