ZenfoldorVGI said:
vlad321 said:
We've discussed this before.
Used games = piracy.
If you wanna go that way, I can get my games for free, saving far more money. |
Completely insulting bullshit, imo.
A. Piracy is illegal, used game trading isn't.
B. With rentals, publishers are paid for rights, like with rental movies.
C. Selling a phsical item you bought isn't theft.
D. Downloading a piece of illegal software you don't own, is.
E. Gaming companies form and do business with game trading companies, encouraging the trading. If they didn't want it, they could simply not support Gamestop with their business.
F. The game industry has taken vast incredible steps to try and reduce piracy on all consoles.
G. You can pirate games on a console too. It does not involve buying used games.
H. With ANY used game, the game manufacturer got paid for that copy of the game. Full price. The outlet paid that price when they purchased it from the publisher.
I. Even Jaffe doesn't want to stop game selling and trading, he just thinks publisher should get a cut of GAMESTOPs profits.
JJJ!!! Money changes hands when selling. It promotes the industry and stimulates interest in the game, and the gaming economy. NO MONEY changes hands with piracy. It's out and out stealing. You pay for NOTHING.
Just because in your mind, you want to justify piracy, or try to marginalize the pro console arguments, doesn't make renting a game piracy.
I'm not sure if we've "discussed" it before, but I do remember a handful of PC fans trying to claim this and then getting flamed to hell and back by every self respecting anti-piracy member of this forum.
It's an ignorant argument, and it amounts to calling anyone whose ever traded in a game, a pirate, and putting us on the same level as pirates, and it's bullshit, insulting, and SHOULD constitute a BAN.
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