c0rd said:
Hold up. In your Pirating example, 1 guy pays $50. Everyone else gets it free, and everyone still has access to play the game. In your second hand example, 1 guy pays $50. Once he sells it, he cannot play it again, and must either buy or rent the game if he desires to play it. This includes each person who owns the game - once they sell it, they cannot play the game again (this is important). Also, each person who owns the game is not making money - overall, they break even. How can they be making money amongst themselves? I imagine you're thinking of a place like Gamestop. In that case, each customer that buys the game loses money, while Gamestop makes money off each sale. I suppose you can consider that immoral, but I think it's fair game - they're simply making money doing people a service, which is making it easy to find cheaper (used) games. It's an alternative to places like Ebay or half.com. |
Gamestop makes money for doing their job and its immoral? They probably use the money to pay for expenses, not for killing puppies.
