Poll: Piracy or Used Games - Which is worse?

[timmytom1]

Though i do beleive that piracy is theft , some of the measures used on modern PC games in the name of "piracy prevention" are fucking ridiculous

 

[Sixties Spidey]

Piracy. At least used games are legal.

And this is coming from someone who condones piracy (in certain cases, obviously.)

 

[Draxis]

...Publishers deserve sod all...

Wait...the people who pay all the money for the games development, who take all the financial risk, who take care of all the marketing, distribution, localisation, and often testing...these people deserve nothing?

 

[almaster88]

So I was reading about Zenoclash and their struggle against piracy. We all know its pretty rampant, and it really does hit the pockets of the smaller developers. However, used games and piracy both result in no sales for the developer. So which is worse, piracy or used game sales?

Personally, I'm guilty of both. I dont like pirating games - I love holding a game box, the smell of freshly printed manual and the guarantee of online play and patches. However, used games unfortunately make up a percentage of my games collection. Personally, I believe that piracy is worse than used game sales.

Whats your opinion escapist?

P.S. Please dont discuss anything concerning piracy that is likely to result in a ban.

Hey, I agree with you man, Nothing like the smell of a new game, and unwrapping it and loading it for the 1st time, and then you realize you just blew $75 on a game that sucks. I actually had my ps1 ( long time ago) and ps2 "modified", I bought my ps2 in asia, and I used to buy games like everyday for it, I could aford to play every game that came out, and if they sucked, it didnt matter, cause it cost PEANUTS!

Used games, can be good. Cheap alternatives to buying a brand new hole in your wallet, as long as they arnt scrathed to hell.

I didnt vote, because I feel you are too narrow minded to see that the average person cant afford to buy every block-buster game that comes out. If they werent so expensive, there wouldnt be so much piracy, same goes for movies.

P.S, I dont think I'll be reported, as if noone has every watched, bought or sold a fake something.