Used Games Defrauding the Industry?

[NightNinja]

Buying used games from a consumer's point of view is generally a positive experience: You get a game you want for cheaper than the standard retail price. What's not to like? And while people frequently complain (and rightfully so) about the amount you get back when trading games in at a store like GameStop, it's the developers and publishers who are truly being ripped off. We've heard complaints about the used game market from people in the industry before, but the founder of Lost Winds developer Frontier Developments, David Braben, has sounded off with some extremely harsh criticisms of the practice of buying and selling used games.

Without some sort of change happening, Braben thinks the industry will be forced to go completely online, thereby killing off single-player games. That assessment seems pretty far-fetched, but given that game development isn't getting any cheaper, you can't blame developers and publishers for expressing their disappointment with not being properly compensated.

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[disati]

i agree... yes, everyone of us (on this forum) has used illegal/downloaded software, sometimes we're not even aware of the consequences for the developers, but they did a hell of a job to get us interested into those great games we've always liked...

on the other side; games from the store are too expensive, long live illegal software! xD