Developer says Used Games Sales worse then Piracy

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scottie said:

KylieDog said:

scottie said:
I love how the only developers who bitch about used game sales are those who lack the talent to make a game that is enjoyable for long periods of time. Of course, if you make a short, shitty game, people will sell it.

 

Sorry but that is just absolute crap.  All devs suffer from used games sales.   Name any game from any developer and I can find a bunch of used games for sale.   A link you might enjoy especially too.  http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1049457/nintendo-begins-wii-war-on-used-games

 

When you buy a phone, you generally pay nothing, or some very small amount for the phone. The catch is that it is locked to the carrier

 

It is the same for Wii Speak - Nintendo are giving you this peripheral for less money than it costs them to make it. Turning around and selling it on the 2nd hand market is as immoral as getting a free phone, then hacking it to break the lock and selling it. Unfortunately, it is not as illegal and thus Nintendo needs to go to other lengths to stop this. It is not the same as 2nd hand sales of an object that a company sells for a profit. and thus I am unsure why you brought it up.

There are no free phones. Your payment for phone is hidden into monthly fee. There's nothing immoral in selling phone you got this way.

And no used game sales are not affecting developers. They are in fact only reason why crap titles like Prince of Persia sell so well as they do now. Most people I know won't be paying 60$/euro for a 6 hours long game which isn't even all that good.