J Tyran said:
Missed the part where you "educated" me, all I see its lots of white knighting a parasitic and dying business.
I like how you misuse the term "white knighting."
I'm sorry my explanation flew over your head, but as I've explained it as simple as humanly possible, the fault appears to be yours.
Once again we have the "others do it so it must be OK" thing, most people learn that excuse doesn't wash after primary school. As for what the hell the orange juice and bleach thing is supposed to be about...
Oh dear, how on earth can you come up with something like that despite being corrected in plain English?
EDIT: You know, there's a chance people might read this and actually think I said what J Tyran is claiming. That would be unfortunate, so allow me to explain:
The argument is not "other people do it, so it's okay." The argument is "blaming Gamestop is spurious because this exact same practice exists in other industries with no Gamestop analogue." Gamestop is not responsible for the way business chooses to do business. Businesses did this before and without Gamestop and similar retailers, so blaming Gamestop is utterly ridiculous. Nowhere did I say "other people did it, so the practice is okay."
I do think that the practice is a logical extension of the shitty way game companies treat retail, but that's a different story, and it's still not saying it's okay. It's similar to saying that it's logical that a dog will bite people who abuse it routinely.
I'm sure that, despite this information, J will continue to reassert the same talking point that anyone who's actually read my explanations will know to be false, but if even one person is actually spared misinformation, then good.
