| DM235 said: 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. Yeah, I was thinking that you couldn't download DLC to a pirated copy, then came to my senses and realised it'd be the same as renting a game and downloading DLC.
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. But a lot of people can't afford to keep buying games without selling (some of) them on, getting some money back, and then putting that money toward buying a new one. If everyone waited until games were in the bargain bin, dev studios/publishers would be screwed (well, their revenue would drop).
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). Does anyone know how much the rental licenses cost per copy? As it seems to me that this is worse than the used market as more people are likely to rent that one rental copy, and ergo reduce the number of people likely to buy the game, than will buy/use that second hand copy. |
