Do Games Industry Folks Buy Games New or Used?

Gamasutra has another of its usually-interesting Question of the Week features up, and this one deals with the issue of used games. The question : Do Games Industry Professionals Buy Their Games New or Used? A lot of anonymouse answers this week. From one mouse: "I buy both used and new games, depending upon what the price differential is, and availability (old games are hard to find 'new'). I think the used games market is good for the industry for two reason: * it increases the value of game--people buy games knowing that they can get money when they sell it back, and * the game gets greater exposure--the purchaser of the used game might not otherwise have played it. This does not mean that people have the right to steal our products by copying them, reselling the originals, and playing the copy. But we made a product and sold it to them. It is theirs. They are free to resell it, the same way you're free to resell your car, house, or furniture. - Anonymous, Microsoft"

Huh?

[ShadowsHawk]

I thought I purchased a license, not a product.

They left one out.

[Rob T Firefly]

Buy games? I never buy games. It's much easier to hide in the shadows and wait for a passing gamer. Then I sneak up behind him, slit his throat, and shake his lifeless corpse until games and food fall out of his pockets. Afterwards, I sometimes eat the corpse.

Hideo Kojima

Re:They left one out.

[shani]

So you're a Nethack developer then?

Re:They left one out.

[__aaclcg7560]

Only a troll would steal a game and eat the gamer!

Re:They left one out.

[Alzheimers]

Buy games? I never buy games. It's much easier to hide in the shadows and wait for a passing gamer. Then I sneak up behind him, jump on his head, and collect the coins and stuff that bounce away from his flat corpse. Afterwards, I sometimes use their shell to knock over other gamers.

Mario Mario