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VGPolyglot said:
Cerebralbore101 said:

Well, the developer already got paid for the game when it was originally bought. Used car, and book sales don't get criticized, but used game sales deserve it? 

No, they don't, but I'm saying that they get as much money from a used copy as they do from a pirated copy, it's not creating an extra sold copy. I'm saying that you should be able to understand why people pirate.

When you pirate games, it becomes more than just being about whether the dev/pub gets revenue from the game. When you buy a used copy of a game, you are at least operating within the confines of the law and promoting economy in some manner. The games industry can still benefit from the sale, this time solely via the store instead of storefront + dev. When you (illegally) pirate a game, no one benefits but you.