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Purchasing Used Games is Cheating, Says THQ
A statement by THQ employee Cory Ledesma says that buying used games is cheating publishers out of money.
The popular used gaming market was called out by a THQ employee who claims that buying used games is cheating. Understandably, developers and publishers don't gain any revenue from used games, but it is an inevitable part of any market. Developers have begun taking away incentives to buy games used (such as giving 1-time codes for online play, which go to whoever purchases the game new) in response to this problem. Cory Ledesma says;
"[I]f used game buyers are upset they don't get the online feature set I don't really have much sympathy for them"
While Ledesma (among others) is understandably upset, it is a bit arrogant to assume that the video game market is safe from used games. It is interesting to see how far publishers and developers will go before fans begin to boycott games.
Source: Kokatu
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Posted by Spiner202 on 08/24 at 08:03 PM
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