Does buying used hurt developers?

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Khuutra said:

Firstly I dual-boot - like me some Ubuntu.

Secondly Windows is actually a bad example of what you're trying to say, becaus Microsoft tried to move ovr to Vista, consumers rejected it, and now Microsoft has to try again. Consumers dictated that Vista would not succeed, so it didn't.

It's not that simple, because if consumers reject those initiatives (again, like with Vista) then companies lose a lot of money. If consumers reject an all-DD model, companies will go out of business. It does not make financial sense to not serve as wide a market as possible.

That last is part of what I like about DD, but we're not really talking about the merits of DD vs. physical media, simply that the consumer will be the one to dictate the direction of the industry. This has happened time and again for every major media shift.

I simply disagree. Gamers won't stop gaming if all provided platforms go DD only. They won't be able to easily hack and pirate, so they'd either have to stop gaming or conform to the new standards. Plus, not all people are resistant to the concept, granted that there is either a location at a store they can get their downloads from (like a kiosk) or internet connectivity service improves in speed.