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| View Poll Results: Well? | |||
| I'm a Saint! I get everything new and I've never even heard of pirating! |
  
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0 | 0% |
| Buying used is definitely worse, you cheap bastard. |
  
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2 | 1.08% |
| Yargh! Pirating is worse because it's illegal and nobody gets any money! |
  
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4 | 2.15% |
| They're both equally bad, why is there even a poll? |
  
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5 | 2.69% |
| Fuck consumerism. |
  
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7 | 3.76% |
| This poll represents a broad misunderstanding of everything. |
  
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157 | 84.41% |
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11 | 5.91% |
| Voters: 186. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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 Member 11262 Level 15.40 Aug 2006 
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The number of used copies available is finite at any given time. If everyone who pirated a game tried to buy a used copy, you'd probably run out of used copies to spread around. If piracy truly isn't an option, someone's going to end up buying more new ones.
The used game market also encourages purchases of new copies (particularly "day one" purchases), because the buyers know they can recoup the cost by selling the game later. Jam it back in, in the dark. |
Member 11262 Level 15.40 Aug 2006
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I heard a rumor that you're allowed to sell things to other people directly. Can anyone confirm this.
It makes no sense to look at it at an individual level, because as a rational, self-interested human being, you should realize that your single purchase has a negligible effect on anything. The creator's failure/success is independent of your action, so you have no reason to think you're hurting or helping anyone. Just look for the lowest price and enjoy the free ride~ The only way to make it a moral issue to say something about being "part of the problem" (i.e. contributing to the larger, collective effect of used purchases or piracy), in which case the point stands. There's nowhere I can't reach. |
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