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Why Game Developers Should Shut Up About Used Games

Posted by Soulskill on from the not-that-they-will dept.

Ssquared22 writes "It may feel like a rip-off to some, but you've got to admit that paying $30 for Gears of War 2 sure beats paying $60! Game publishers and developers may not like it, but people are going to trade in used games for new games and those old games will be sold back to other people. There's nothing game developers can do to stop them, and companies like Gamestop continue to laugh all the way to the bank. In an article at Crispy Gamer, David Thomas dissects one of the most critical issues in gaming today: used games and merchants (online and brick-and-mortar) who specialize in this 'sleight of hand.'"

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  1. Re:Great advertising for new versions! by ground.zero.612 · · Score: 0, Troll

    Oh for fucks sake learn how to use the $ symbol you bloody red coat!

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    "Be prepared, son. That's my motto. Be prepared." --Joe Hallenbeck
  2. Re:Great advertising for new versions! by professorguy · · Score: 0, Troll

    Private, non commercial copying and sharing of culture and information will soon be perfectly legal again.

    Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, ha ha. Wow, thanks. I needed a good laugh today.

    Anyway, good luck with that. I'll be down here with the other Earthlings.

  3. Re:Great advertising for new versions! by gbarules2999 · · Score: 0, Troll

    My point exactly, F/OSS gaming is so pathetic you actually put TuxRacer on the list.

    Ha, your lame skewering of FOSS gaming is so terrible that you actually ignored the rest of the list.