Retailers threaten to ban Steam games!

[vlad321]

nordlead said:

vlad321 said:

You gain having your games being consistently up to date.

A car is a physical object whose value is itself. When you relinquish your car you lose that value. A game is an idea, and its value is the ability to experience it. You don't suddenly lose the experience of the game when you sell it. Not only do you give someone else the value of the idea, but you make money off of it. It's in fact worse than piracy. You made money off the developer's idea, and in the same swift stroke prevented them from getting any money. Your ability, or lack thereof, to understand this is astounding.

Ok, this is sorta dumb.

A car gives me an ability to experience it's value as I enjoy my trip through the mountains. I use it for no other purpose (many rich people do this). Selling the car I don't suddenly lose the experience of the ride when I sell it. Not only do I give someone else the value of the experience, but I make money off of it. I made money off of the manufacturers idea (enjoyable sports car) and in the same swift stroke prevented them from getting any money.

Anyone who sells anything they did not make with their own hands is preventing the original creators from making money. Just remember to stop buying products from retailers (or any middle man), and stop using dumb analogies to justify piracy or argue that they must support piracy if they support selling the rights to something they bought.

I don't think you understand me, and furthermore I didn't start the dumbass analogy of relating a physical object with an IP object, so I don't know who you are trying to arue with there.

The car's purpose is to get you places, end of story. When you sell your car can you still use it to go places? Can you hop in your sold car and go to work with it? Cause if you can then you are some amazing businessman and the guy you sold it to is an fucking idiot. You can't use the car anymore to get places and make new experiences, which is the entire value of the car itself.

Developers themselves only sell the few/several hours of enjoyment you get out of the game, their idea. You will have that vlue with you no matter what happens. In the case of the car you are transfering the value from yourself to the buyer. In the case with the game you are making a copy of the value since you don't forfeit ownership of your enjoyment/experience, or the value, unless you somehow lost your memory of the game when you sell it. Basically you are doing the exact same thing as piracy, you are making a copy of the value of the IP. Except you also profit from it.

Edit: You would be much much more successful in arguing your case if you used books instead of physical objects.

Edit2: You seem to think that a developer's idea is somehow YOUR property for you to resell. It is not. The developer's idea is his own only and you are only stealing it when you sell it for your own profit.