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Originally Posted by PKFFW
Now you are sounding like the big bad publishing industry. How dare you try to tell someone they can't sell their game second hand whilst still keeping a copy on their hard drive?!?!!?(tongue firmly in cheek there btw)
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Quite. I'm very much about doing what you can while respecting user's rights, and allowing returns would make a nice inroad on the second hand market's supply of games, without infringing on anyone's rights.
"Let the industry die" is all very well when the industry isn't actively trying to work in new ways of thinking. An awful lot of people in the games industry
are, unlike music and books.
Under 1% of consumers, per surveys and data I've seen which backs them up,
never buy legitimate content. The main reasons for not buying legitimate content relate to being treated like thieves by the content producers,
even when they sometimes are. Being pragmatic...well, treating them like thieves remains a bad idea. This dosn't mean doing nothing, it means being cautious with the stick and looking at carrots.
More, a lot of the hardcore pirates still serve the industry in that they're hardcore gamers and word of mouth and trickle down sales are important. Same as other media.