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12-03-2008, 04:10 PM
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You bastards.* Over the years you have sold your used game property at the expense of the video game industry.* Finished with Fable 2?* If you were a DECENT human being you would put that game on the shelf and look at it for years to come.* But no.* Not you.* Your greedy ass took that 60 dollar investment and traded it or sold it away to someone else, thus defrauding the video game companies of another well-deserved 60 dollars.
Seriously, where do you get the nerve?* What gives you the right to sell your game?
Phil Harrison and David Garnder weighed in on the issue recently (see original post at gameindustry.biz (http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/second-hand-sales-have-been-extremely-painful-for-the-industry-atari_8)), as they justifiably lamented the game publisher’s disdain for the loathsome practice of trading in games.
My favorite line was Dave’s.* He’s really in tune with what real and honest gamers think.
Second hand game sales represent consumer choice and desire. Obviously, it has economically been extremely painful for the industry… the publishers don’t benefit.”
Hear that gang?* I hope that’s a lesson for you thieving jerks.* Stop trading in your games.* It’s too painful for the publishers.
And don’t come screaming to me that it’s painful for you to fork over 60 dollars apiece for video games.* That’s YOUR JOB.
If you respect yourself in any way, I implore you to regain some of your self respect and STOP trading away your games.* Put them in a box and hide them away, and go to the store and pay FULL RETAIL likeyou’re supposed to.
Never mind that most people trade in used games to get money to buy the newer titles, thus actually selling more games than would otherwise occur.* That’s beside the point.
SOURCE:* Atari’s Phil Harrison Weighs in on Used Game Trade Debate (http://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/12/03/atari039s-phil-harrison-weighs-used-game-trade-debate) [GAMEPOLITICS]
(http://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/12/03/atari039s-phil-harrison-weighs-used-game-trade-debate)
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You bastards.* Over the years you have sold your used game property at the expense of the video game industry.* Finished with Fable 2?* If you were a DECENT human being you would put that game on the shelf and look at it for years to come.* But no.* Not you.* Your greedy ass took that 60 dollar investment and traded it or sold it away to someone else, thus defrauding the video game companies of another well-deserved 60 dollars.
Seriously, where do you get the nerve?* What gives you the right to sell your game?
Phil Harrison and David Garnder weighed in on the issue recently (see original post at gameindustry.biz (http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/second-hand-sales-have-been-extremely-painful-for-the-industry-atari_8)), as they justifiably lamented the game publisher’s disdain for the loathsome practice of trading in games.
My favorite line was Dave’s.* He’s really in tune with what real and honest gamers think.
Second hand game sales represent consumer choice and desire. Obviously, it has economically been extremely painful for the industry… the publishers don’t benefit.”
Hear that gang?* I hope that’s a lesson for you thieving jerks.* Stop trading in your games.* It’s too painful for the publishers.
And don’t come screaming to me that it’s painful for you to fork over 60 dollars apiece for video games.* That’s YOUR JOB.
If you respect yourself in any way, I implore you to regain some of your self respect and STOP trading away your games.* Put them in a box and hide them away, and go to the store and pay FULL RETAIL likeyou’re supposed to.
Never mind that most people trade in used games to get money to buy the newer titles, thus actually selling more games than would otherwise occur.* That’s beside the point.
SOURCE:* Atari’s Phil Harrison Weighs in on Used Game Trade Debate (http://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/12/03/atari039s-phil-harrison-weighs-used-game-trade-debate) [GAMEPOLITICS]
(http://www.gamepolitics.com/2008/12/03/atari039s-phil-harrison-weighs-used-game-trade-debate)
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