CommonMan on 22 January 2010
| Mr Khan said: Vlad is right to a certain extent. To the developers, a used copy is the same as a pirated one, a copy of their game that someone gets to play for which they get zero compensation
I'm not saying used=piracy from a moral standpoint certainly, but ultimately it's the same to devs and publishers alike |
Sort of. A used copy is still a physical disk, and can only be distributed to so many people. It's very similar to borrowing from a friend, which also takes away a sale. Whereas one pirated copy can be copied ad nauseum, and depending on the diligence of the pirate, distributed basically infinitely. This CAN lead to catastrophic losses for the developer/publisher, just ask the PSP's software numbers.
