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Ars Technica - Buying used games: Developers, publishers don't care about you. Thanks Mark.
That's a bold statement, as gamers hate to be called pirates—and they will pirate your game in retaliation for being called pirates—but in both cases, the people behind the game aren't making any money from the sale. If you take the game online you're using their time and money. So where's the argument that developers need to keep these people happy?
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This formula is responsible for movies of varying degrees of commercial success, though from a critic's perspective, they’re typically considered awful-to-middling films. For every Resident Evil -- arguably the only video game movie that stands on its own without much need to know the subject material -- we get several Uwe Boll movies and countless other generally bad adaptations. Most video game movies either go for broke on the game’s subject matter (Mortal Kombat, Prince of Persia) or try to adapt that same subject matter into something more filmlike (Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li, almost every Uwe Boll movie). But few of them are able to strike a balance that will resonate with fans and interest the general movie-going audience alike.
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This is one of the very few occasions where I actually agree with Beamer. Used games cannot be compared to used vehicles and used houses, for obvious reasons. And yes, you can buy used movies and books and other products. However, you can rest assured that the creators of said products would much rather you buy new copies instead of used ones.
I've made it pretty clear that I don't see an inherent value in laws. I only care about results. When you buy a used game, the publisher and developer make no money from that sale. This is the same end result as piracy. You can talk about the First Sale Doctrine and all the rights you're supposed to have but in the end, you are still playing games without paying the creators. |
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