My love for PC gaming is growing everyday

[Andrespetmonkey]

KeptoKnight said:

Andrespetmonkey said:

KeptoKnight said:

Hmmmm...how about buy a used game from gamestop for $49.99 -$54.99 then return it within 7 days for full refund. So there, you finished a single player game. Rinse and repeat for a multiplayer game. Think of it as a 7 day free rental with no late fees. You are not stealing now.

Not technically stealing no, but you're experiencing and enjoying something they've created and giving them no credit whatsover, which is detrimental to the industry and just plain wrong from a moral standpoint.

So then rent games, thanks to the "direct purchases from the video game publisher." If its on the shelve, then that is all there is to it.

Ofcourse you aren't directly giving them money. But by getting the non-used copy you're showing stores that there is demand for the game, and the higher the demand, the more stores will buy, and if the store buys more the devs and publishers make more money.

Buying used just tells the store they don't need to buy more of the game as they'll make their money on it with used sales. And rentals don't require many games either as obviously they'll use the same games over and over.