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Rainbird on 21 February 2010
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vaio said:

Yes I would buy more games but that would be the games I had to return because I didnt like them or they gave no value and I would loose a ton of money selling them back wich in turn would cause me to not afford the games I can afford to buy now because I know allready know before I buy them if I will keep them or not. So downloadin is the best consumer tool you could have if it is used properly as you save money on not buying crap you would have to sell back and spend the same money on games you know you will keep and thus afford more games that you want and keep.

Honestly, I never pirate games, and I almost never return games. Just doing a some research can easily get you the right games, as the only games I have ever regretted buying were ones where I either a) didn't do my research or b) didn't follow my the results my research came up with.

I imagine someone who has been gaming for so much longer than me should be able to see whether a game is worth the asking price fairly easily.

Yes that is what is happening to some extent but I am very confident that those same users will someday start supporting the industry, not all people are greedy bastards and most of us grow up from the phase i fell entitled.

Possibly. Feels a bit like saying that everyone who borrows or rents games, will also start buying more games, something I don't think correlate.

Also if there werent downloading/renting/lending alot of consumers that would never buy or try the same games would never know if they liked the franchise and thus never become fans of the same franchises.

And what would stop them from downloading/renting/lending other games that the first game might have made them fans of? I agree that some people will go out and spend money on them, but what makes you think that it's anything that makes a difference? What stops them from doing the exact same thing again? And couldn't it be exactly the same people who might buy that type of game on a whim anyway?

I don't know the answer to any of that, I'm just questioning whether you know the answers.

I think the later point is more important to try and preserve for the industry then trying to alienate the long time gaming fans like us that support the industry tons more then the average gamer.

So how do you feel about Steam and PSN/XBLA/WW then?