Recent content by sophiebelle

@DigitalDreamer7 Interesting. Thanks for that

That's only the case if there was a satisfaction guarantee made. Many consumer products, including most games, do not come with a satisfaction guarantee.

Quite right. You are only licensing most software. Have you never clicked through a "license agreement," or read on the back of most game cases where it says that you're only licensed to play the game, and leads you to a place where you can read such a license agreement (for instance, on the...

If it's unauthorized distribution, then yes. Unauthorized distribution is a lot like going to an all-you-can-eat buffet and ordering only one meal for your whole party. Just because you purchased something for yourself to use does not give you permission to share it any way you please...

Especially at 2:10 and on. Turned it into my ringtone and everything.

I agree with you, but that's not what I said initially. I meant that if the only people who stopped buying the console were those who just buy used games, Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo are probably going to celebrate. They'll end up making a larger net and a larger percentage. It's probably...

I thought you could wreck a computer by turning a computer back on after shutting it off if you hadn't waited at least a half minute or so. To this day, I have no idea where that notion came from.

They usually lose money on hardware. They aren't right now, but it took five years to get to this place. When I was more naive, I'd walk into a GameStop store with every intention to buy a game new. Then they'd show me a virtually identical "used" copy that would save me five bucks, so I'd...

I'm doubting they care much, if at all, if the people who only buy used don't buy their console. They make their money off of new releases, so they aren't losing anything.