Mass Effect used?

[mangobreeder]

How exactly do you think buying second hand is better than downloading?

the developer still doesn't get paid.

Oh my god, i sold a old university text of mine for £30.

Im scum, coz the author does not get paid according to your outlook

 

[FrenchTart]

Oh my god, i sold a old university text of mine for £30.

Im scum, coz the author does not get paid according to your outlook

Yeah. And don't even get me started on those evil barstewards that run Oxfam.

It sickens me.

 

[Tefal]

By that logic it doesn't matter if you pay any money for the game or not. Unless you're buying about a thousand copies at once...

what

No it means that I don't consider the £5 i could get on a second hand sale when i buy a game, but if i spent several k on a car that costs money to get rid of then yes i would consider the second-hand sale price. I think you;ve gotten the wrong end of the stick.

 

[Tefal]

Oh my god, i sold a old university text of mine for £30.

Im scum, coz the author does not get paid according to your outlook

From the author point of view it;s the same. and no i did not call anyone scum, that's your implication (whatever that says about your self image I'll leave to the team of therapists who wont be able to help).

But try it, ask any publisher what they think of second hand sales.

 

[deuse]

I have not bought a game in years I won't pay there silly prices
Second hand only for me, off friends or shop.

Then I sell them on to other mates.

 

[mangobreeder]

But try it, ask any publisher what they think of second hand sales.

of course they are going to be against it, as it has the potential to remove money from their pocket.

Once an item is put on the sale in the EU, you're deemed to have exhausted your intellectual property rights in it, which will prevent a publisher from retricting the resale.

If publishers really had a problem with, they could put pressure on "the purple shop" not to sell preowned titles.

However tell a retailer 'I will not sell you any more copies if you sell them secondhand' runs into the dangerous territory of anti-competitive conduct by artificially maintaining the price of a product."

Fact, is, secondhand games is a huge market. Its not going anywhere, and if developers dont like it, well boo hoo for them. They have brought it on them self by shortening games where they do not represent value for money, and if you wait a week or so you get a huge discount. Fallout 3 is a superb example, £35 on release, £19 now (if you bought retail)

I dont hear Penguin trying to restict second hand book sales.

 

[Bubo]

Has anyone used the standard car analogy yet? This is one instance where it actually is relevant. I.E. you don't see Honda picketing Brighouse car auctions shouting "scab" at anyone going in to buy a second had car. A game is a commodity same as anything else.

 

[DampCat]

But if Bin laden goes out and buys Mass Effect new, then surely the terrorism is good because the money raised goes to the game developers

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[redballoon]

You can buy Mass Effect PC online for around £9 or £10 delivered. You'll save £2.50 at best on ebay for a used copy. Great.

 

[Tefal]

Once an item is put on the sale in the EU, you're deemed to have exhausted your intellectual property rights in it, which will prevent a publisher from retricting the resale.

yeah but software is different they can change it so you are not buying the game you are buying a license for your personal use. As far as i know you cannot resell a license.

 

[rubberduck]

If the logic of this thread is followed then libraries must be the most evil place in the world, full of the scum o' the earth!

 

[jas72]

Buying a game second hand when you can download it is pretty stupid.

It's pointless really, either way the important people who made the game aren't getting a profit from your purchase, which is the main justification people use when saying they don't download games.

p.s. I know it's not EXACTLY the same as download because the game was bought first hand to begin with in order to make it available as second hand, but your purchase still doesn't mean diddly squat.

same goes for cars, furniture and all second hand products.

Get off your high horse.

 

[jas72]

I can hear the marketing executives working on their new advert now...

You wouldn't buy a second hand house!
You wouldn't buy a second hand car!

Second hand computer games... a crime against humanity!

lol

 

[titaniumx3]

In an ideal world, buying second hand means the person selling the item will no longer be in possesion of that item (and therefore no longer be able to use it). As a result the person buying, will in effect have bought that item totally legitmately.

Of course, buying new means more monies for the artist, publisher, etc. Oh well.

 

[Tefal]

If the logic of this thread is followed then libraries must be the most evil place in the world, full of the scum o' the earth!

except they pay very expensive license fees.