PSN Pass Program: Sony's Answer to Used Game Sales?!

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Zkuq said:

Doobie_wop said:
Gaming isn't a cheap hobby, if you don't have the money then don't play games or get a damn job, otherwise just suck it up and accept that these businesses are trying to take the least harmful approach to make money on games they've developed and continue to support online.

Pisses me off sometimes, I live in Australia, the average price for a new game here is like $100, but despite being a student and only working part time I still have the money to buy games new. Even with the PS2 and Gamecube I would work and save up money to spend on my hobby, it isn't as hard as you think. Gaming is only expensive to the people that have no money, for everyone else it's fine.

You know, kids and students aren't exactly rich people but they want to play games. I'm pretty sure that if kids and students didn't play games, the industry would be in a much worse situation right now. And when people grow up, they'll usually have more money to spend on games.

I'm a student myself and I don't have enough money. I'd get a job if not for two things: 1) it'd either delay or hurt my studies (my schedule is quite full) and 2) I couldn't get a summer job despite trying.

That would make sense if we're talking about the difference between a $60 and $30 game, but we're talking a difference of $5.  If you're a student who can afford to 1) have a game console and 2) have the time to play the game console then $5 shouldn't break you.

If $5 would break you, you should probably have more concerns than playing a game.