Poll: Trading in your used games

[Tayh]

No way.
I like keeping my game boxes on a shelf.
<PC user.

 

[xvbones]

There has been a lot of debate about used games lately along with rumours that the next gen Xbox wont play them, its easy to get the impression that publishers hate used games almost as much as piracy.

More than piracy. More than. The totally legal used games market has impacted the gaming industry far worse than piracy, and it has done so because of its legality.

Every time you buy a used game, that developer gets nothing. Gamestop keeps every penny.

In this manner, Gamestop can sell and resell a single copy as much as a dozen times or more and the developers of that game get not a fucking dime.

I fully support any measure that puts the brakes on the used market.

(And any measure that damages gamestop.)

 

[esperandote]

Never. I only buy games that I like and enjoy, so I don't trade them away because I, you know, like them.

How do you enjoy games before buying them? knowing there aren't demos for every game.

 

[BathorysGraveland]

How do you enjoy games before buying them? knowing there aren't demos for every game.

If I can't get a demo to play, then I'll just extensively watch gameplay/let's play videos. They're generally enough to tell me if I'm going to like a game or not.