ewhac said:
My apologies in advance for trotting out a wet blanket
Now, I completely agree with you that once the product is on the market, lending/renting/used sales will (and
should) happen. I buy many, many things second-hand, games included.
It
isn't new, and I
don't think it's an industry threatening problem. So we are nearly in total agreement.
However, to say that buying a used game over a new one doesn't affect the publisher is foolhardy.
Essentially, my issue is with companies like GameStop
pushing used games over new because it makes
them more money. Like when they run the promotions wherein you can buy a game at launch, and return it within that week for a full refund's worth of store credit. That money is their's now. GameStop then sells that game at nearly new price, as used.
They basically sell the same game to two people, brand new, within the launch window.
That's not a problem?
(BTW, I consider GameStop (et al) to be the ones 100% at fault in all of this. EA introduces Project $10 to encourage people to buy new over used, so GameStop raises their prices for new games. Like... fuck you, GameStop. Seriously.)
Unrelated, you must admit that it's weird for places like Best Buy and Wal*Mart to be selling used goods of any kind. Yet, somehow, games are ok. It's really odd.
