his stats are heavily inflated.
first there are borrowings, renting, and multiple accounts shared by the same PS3s, which are all to be expected, people practically share everything (cars, books, electronics), and it effects every type of manufacturers.
then there are people who would not have bought the game to begin with if not for used copies. for games I want I always buy them new, but I do pick up games that were not on my list if I saw the used copies were dirt cheap, I wouldn't have bought these games otherwise and the publishers won't make money off me anyway.
also there are used markets for everything, if he thinks used games are bad, how about used books, especially text books, almost every single student in my class buy used text books and sell them when they're done with their study. all other industries had to grow with used market, what makes gaming industry any different?
so deal with it.
