What I'm doing with my PC games now is trying to get them both physically, because I like owning them, and if they're on sale getting them digitally because Steam/GOG try to make the games more compatible so I don't have to do the work! However, I can't get Tomb Raider 1 or Hitman: Codename 47 to work for some reason.

I only buy used games if they have the original case, I never buy loose discs or cartridges, unless they are retro.

My kids go to grade school, I have super immunity now. A few germs from a disc case is nothing compared to grade school.

If the game uses Steam from the disc version, I'm talking about games from the 80s, 90s, early 2000s, etc. that were pre-Steam or that didn't come with a Steam version.

I buy used games most of the time. and i dont care if people dont like it. its my choice. and when im done, trade them in for more used games.

I have nothing against used games, but personally I don't buy used games because most of the time they're almost the same price as new, so I rather pay the bit extra to ensure that my copy is in the best condition possible.

Well, I got a copy of that game for a dollar

Exactly this. And ontop of that, it blows my mind that people will buy used instead of new to save a couple bucks. Just saw that the used version of GoW at Gamestop is far ahead of the closest new version. And the kicker is that the used version costs $58.

I buy a lot of used games for between 50 cents and $5, so I'm saving a substantial amount of money. In any case, the developer doesn't directly make money off of sales anyway to my knowledge, the publisher pays the developer.

Yes, being a clean freak, I always cleaned them with wet wipes, but then I moved to digital.