tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4321534012888636142.post4655869785951750302..comments2023-03-25T05:29:07.819-07:00Comments on Scribbler's Scrawls: Buying usedThe Scribblerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13759199694035145628noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4321534012888636142.post-54954270537392663152012-05-16T12:53:07.557-07:002012-05-16T12:53:07.557-07:00I do think that games manufacturers are unintentio...I do think that games manufacturers are unintentionally bolstering the used game market by the particularly high prices. I too buy a lot of used games because I can't afford to pay full price very often. If games cost less right off the bat, I would buy many more new.<br />I don't think there's any legal issue in this at all. It's a purely consumer question.The Scribblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13759199694035145628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4321534012888636142.post-83691710097046778412012-05-15T05:43:33.258-07:002012-05-15T05:43:33.258-07:00Husband and I buy a large majority of our games us...Husband and I buy a large majority of our games used. The budget wouldn't be there to do it otherwise.<br /><br />I will say that I don't think the new system will have a specific restriction on used games, not unless they can get all the other console manufactuors to sign onto the same scheme. Otherwise all they'll do is kill their customer base. <br /><br />I do think that game people ought to do is 1: lower the price of new games to no more than $30 and put only basic content on the disc 2: require internet access and an online account to get the "rest" of the game for say an additional $15 or so. That way people can still sell the disks when they get tired of the game and the companies can still make something off the used game market. Now whether or not any of them have that much common sense....even if they impliment the plan they'll probly price it way out of reason.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11924993310937754220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4321534012888636142.post-74199072104632586322012-05-14T08:10:21.849-07:002012-05-14T08:10:21.849-07:00"There is argument to buying used in anything..."There is argument to buying used in anything being if not immoral at least not particularly fair."<br />Disagree. (as clearly you do as well) Look at the used car market. Not only do car makers tout the residual value as a positive on initial purchase, most makers certify and resell their own product. Buying a less expensive used product can build brand loyalty, and is a great entry point from the corporate standpoint. This argument also would kill the stock market, the whole point of which is to buy low and resell high. In the "moral" world we'd buy a piece of a corporation and hold on to it forever, dividends or not.<br />The software issue is different now simply because so many programs require constant internet connection, thus easy verification of "ownership." This can only be company policy, never State or Federal policy. Imagine the backlash to a law prohibiting selling used! There goes the yard sale. It cannot be law, so it is enforced by the maker of the software. Don't like it? Don't complain, just don't buy their products.Ferdinand Freudnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4321534012888636142.post-3119471575953591722012-05-13T18:01:35.109-07:002012-05-13T18:01:35.109-07:00Where Microsoft is concerned, that wouldn't su...Where Microsoft is concerned, that wouldn't surprise me at al.<br />If the games are a good product, they will sell well enough at full boat price for a return on investment. 50 or 60 bucks for a video game that's pretty much like the last one released, with slightly better graphics is a steep price IMHO.<br />I used to be an avid player of first person shooters. When it got to the point where I could beat the campaign in a single Saturday afternoon, I quit buying them.<br />Some I bought at retail, many I waited for the new to wear off.<br />It's supply and demand. The games are a product, sold new or used. Now that I think about it, my chinese manufactured drill is more entertaining than some of them.kx59https://www.blogger.com/profile/04145047517803465867noreply@blogger.com