Gaming I'm buying pre-owned games...

[Dylan]

would advise for cartridges but not for CDs cause they can so easily be damaged.

 

[Lumstar]

I don't care about the cosmetic side. If it plays exactly as intended, good enough.

Besides... By that stupid "not supporting developers" logic, you shouldn't shop at thrift stores, get food from food banks, pay property tax, etc. None of those things support the item's original creator either.

 

[cupajoe]

I think you misunderstand.

Buy the games and use the flashcart. That way you're still supporting the developers, but don't risk a getting a bum unit or damaging the original (in addition to the other benefits that come with using a flashcart).

Are you still supporting the developers if you buy the game pre-owned? Doesn't all of the money go straight to the game store's wallet?

 

[Lumstar]

How many of you live in a used home, or are renting your place? That doesn't support the construction workers themselves.

 

[azotyp]

If you're an anti-piracy person and you want to save even more, you could always borrow from your friends as well.

Borrowing from a friends is piracy too, because license is always on person who buy that (one person). If you think otherwise, than thing what is piracy, you can think that all net and torrent sites are your friends, so that gives you right to play for free ? - not

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[The Teej]

I think you misunderstand.

Buy the games and use the flashcart. That way you're still supporting the developers, but don't risk a getting a bum unit or damaging the original (in addition to the other benefits that come with using a flashcart).

The person that made the game gets zip. That's life. If it helps a store survive, it makes it possible for the store to sell games. That's life.

Buying used, and then using a rom download, means you have done "the right thing" as far as downloading is concerned, and the right thing as far as your wallet is concerned.

I think a lot of used DS games are probably safe purchases in that the game is likely not damaged. I have a friend that buys agressively, plays aggressively and then turfs the cart for the next one. Chances are this is common with DS carts. A cart that was rapidly played for a couple of weeks will likely be in a great deal better shape than an optical disc. People NEVER treat their optical discs well (don't say you do, I have yet to meet one that does).

My Wii games are in 100% brand new condition, despite a lot of them being over a year and a half old. The cases, the manuals and even the little leaflets are also 100%. My friend's games are also all 100% brand new condition (provided they were that way when bought).

Not everyone treats discs like crap.

 

[nephdj]

yeah buying pre-owned doesnt support the developers directly.
on the other side of the cookie, it kind of does, places like GAME and Gamestop wouldn't be a viable business if it werent for pre-owned. The mark up on brand new games just isn't high enough.

well your more likely to buy the sequal, would help devs in the long run.

 

[Sendoh]

I don't care about the cosmetic side. If it plays exactly as intended, good enough.

Besides... By that stupid "not supporting developers" logic, you shouldn't shop at thrift stores, get food from food banks, pay property tax, etc. None of those things support the item's original creator either.

What do those analogies have to do with the topic? Games are intellectual property and companies mostly rely on customer's buying those products for support, but unauthorised reselling of those products do not give the developers a single cent. Shopping at thrift stores has nothing to do with buying them second-hand; neither is getting food from food banks, nor paying taxes.

 

[Rice923]

Buy used if:
1) you want to save a bit of money
2) you don't mind other people thinking you are cheap occasionally
3) somewhat imperfect condition property

Do not buy used if:
1) you are a strong supporter of the company
2) you don't like the thought of sloppy seconds (or whatnot)

 

[Urza]

My Wii games are in 100% brand new condition, despite a lot of them being over a year and a half old. The cases, the manuals and even the little leaflets are also 100%. My friend's games are also all 100% brand new condition (provided they were that way when bought).

Not everyone treats discs like crap.

They're less likely to take care of them if they plan on trading them in.

 

[zannyuk]

I just want to say some companies care about their pre owned media, and the store where i work actually sends their pre owned discs that are deemed scratched to get resurfaced, they then look 99% perfect.

 

[Psyfira]

They're less likely to take care of them if they plan on trading them in.

Even so it's shocking how badly some people treat their stuff, it's so easy to keep a disc in perfect condition with no effort whatsoever that it amazes me how beat up some of them get. Hold it from the edges, don't touch the underside and keep it in a box, it's not rocket science. Hell, CD's I brought when I was 11 are still perfect. What can I say, we were raised to appreciate them

 

[xaxis]

buying used games is fine. just make sure that the store you buy it from will let you return it if ti don't work

 

[thebobevil]

yes it's fine, sometimes second hand is the only way to buy some rare games, there is nothing wrong with buying second hand.

ditto

 

[Lumstar]

Some games don't even exist in new "sealed box" form. Like prototypes and such.

 

[Ruri]

Pre-owned games are cheaper than brand new ones. I bought a pre-owned Sims 2 and when I borrowed my cousin's disc (original), I hardly saw a difference. Should I buy a game that's pre-owned than a brand spanking new one? Well the only advantage I know about it is that you can save money (obviously...).

It wasn't so bad when games were cartridges because they weren't damaged as easily...

This is wrong. Cartridges were actually very easily damaged, as anyone who used them heavily or purchased used ones back during that period can attest (by the N64 era they'd worked out more of the kinks, but NES games were infamous.) Simple humidity and corrosion could destroy them quite easily, and they were far more vulnerable to temperatures than modern disks. And even if treated perfectly, the battery would eventually die, killing all your saved games.