zombie84 said:
xhonzi said:
zombie84 said:
There is nothing wrong about not paying companies when you buy used shit. That's like giving Ikea a dollar everytime you turn on the lamp you bought at Fred's garage sale 6 years ago. Or giving Honda a dollar every time you bought that used Civic off your friend in 2004. Does any of that make sense? Of course not. If I go to Goodwill and get a Hungry Hungry Hippos board game I don't owe Parker Brothers anything.
It's an odd obsession that VG publishers have developed. I mostly agree with you. But there are a few major differences:
A well kept game disc is sold as 'used' but is virtually indistinguishable from a new product, unlike cars, homes, or food. A closer comparison would be to books, movies, music, and other media, etc... Which, of course, have endured the 2nd hand market for decades.
Yes, but that applies to anything.
I would agree that it applies to lots of things, had hardly anything and everything.
But still there are two major differences... cost for games is signficantly higher than those other ones, and the rate at which the medium develops.
Not any more than something like a couch.
My comment reflected the difference in sales price betwixt other media (specifically music CDs, video discs, and books) and games. I said that was what they were most similar to, but yet there were these differences.
At any rate- I agree with you. It is in no way dishonest to buy used games. However, it is not dishonest for a company to incentivize new game purchases/disincentivize used game purchases through one time use codes. However, there may be some (myself included) who find that practice distasteful and won't participate.
AS C3PX said, gaming is a great hobby, but it's one I can find myself living without if the market place changes significantly.