BuckStud said:
You didn't get my point at all.... I DO buy new games, and a lot of them. If I am unable to sell my used games, I would be buying far fewer new games. Also, myself and I'm sure many others would no longer take as many chances on games as we wouldn't want to get stuck with a $60 game that we're not going to play. So, by having people buy used games, it does help MS and Sony etc out as I'm able to purchase more new games from them that I wouldn't be able to otherwise. Anyone who thinks otherwise really doesn't know the buying public very well. It's really very simply, you just need to open your mind for a minute. Mark my words, if a new system comes out with $60 new games that does not allow used game to be played, less systems and less games will be sold. Why would anyone want to pay $60 for a physical copy of a game that isn't theirs to sell. Show me anything else similar where you buy a physical copy that you can't sell...books, movies, music cd's, records, toys, board games etc... It would be completely stupid. I've bought every video game system released at launch, but the first one that blocks used games will be the first that I don't buy ever. The only exception would be for a system that is download only for the games and the games are priced from $0-$15....like the iPad.....I don't care how good the game is, I would never spend $60 for an iPad game, so why would I for any other system? |
I do understand your point but the problem lays with the retailers like gamestop selling used beside of new. Many customers buy a game and sell the game 24 hours later. That means used copies are being sold within the 1st week and the developer gets no money from that. That is not fair to the developers that put hard work into it. While i get what you are saying it does not justify used game sells when a game is brand new in the first place. The only other industry that i know that does this is the car industry but they dont sell brand new cars used either. people dont buy a car and then take it back 24 hours later