Nomad Blue said:
That's possibly because piracy is illegal, and sees no money going to the developer/publisher, and the buying or selling of used games, which does see money going to the developer/publisher isn't. They are better than a pirate, and i'm really really struggling to see how you can justify lumping sellers/purchasers of second hand goods with people who illegally download software for free. Someone purchases a game, and money goes to the publisher, they then sell that game at a lower price than they bought it to someone who wouldn't otherwise have bought that game, who possibly buys DLC also. The original purchaser then has extra money to spend on another game, another publisher gets money. Plus, if there's no second hand market, you'd see far smaller game (and console) sales than we currently see. It's high horse by the way. Highchairs are what babies sit in.
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Not that piracy is a good thing, but your argument has many flaws.
Because there would be many more copies of the pirated game, there are many more people who could possibly buy DLC.
The pirate has even more extra money then the person who sold their used game since they never spent any money to begin with.
If there was no second hand market, people who couldn't afford the full price of games would just buy "Greatest Hits" versions or just visit the bargain bins.
If you want to support the developers, buy the game at full price. If you want to support the developers but cannot afford the full price, either wait for the price to drop, rent the game, or buy some DLC (whether you pirated the game or bought it used).
If you don't care about supporting the developers, buy the game used.
If you don't care about supporting the developers and you don't care about doing the ethically right thing to do, then go pirate the game.
Finally, if you don't care about supporting the developers and you really don't want to do the ethically right thing, then go and buy the game from a pirate.
