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Should people pirate games that they already own?

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  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    INUH: Where the fuck else am I going to buy Super Robot Wars OG for the GBA but used?

    I just bought it today, and I plan on buying DBZ: Budōkai 3 for me and my friend. You pretty much have to get old games used.

    Also, fuck Amazon. I want my game NOW
  • RedEyedAbyssRedEyedAbyss
    edited 2011-10-25 21:02:28

    And yet you could wait until years after launch date to decide to purchase them.

  • CrimsonCrimson
    edited 2011-10-25 21:59:26
    Give us fire! Give us ruin! Give us our glory!
    Plus, you can pay with cash at a Gamestop. That way it's easier to sneak a purchase by your parents. >_>
  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    edited 2011-10-25 21:01:40
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    ^^^I'm mostly talking about buying games that can still be bought new with that particular comparison.

    And I guess if you're willing to pay extra money because having the game a day and a half sooner is just that important to you, you can.

    ^Heh, fair enough :P
  • ChagenChagen
    [tɕagɛn]
    "And yet you could wait until years after launch date to decide to purchase them."

    SRW: Never got into it until a few days ago

    DBZ: Played it years ago, decided to rebuy it for old times's sake
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
    Crimson, if the main advantage Gamestop has over online sources is giving teenagers the ability to go past their parents' authority, that's not exactly the best point in its favor. =P
  • All NinesAll Nines
    Has friends besides tanks now
    "I had a case with about $500 worth of CDs when I was 19.

    My sister threw it out the window of a moving car."

    Eugh.
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    > Plus, you can pay with cash at a Gamestop. That way it's easier to sneak a purchase by your parents.

    This.

    I had to jump through hoops to stealth-buy a game on Steam.  It involved Paypal, IanExMachina, and 60 extra cents spent.

    I got away with about $13 worth of purchases from local GameStops.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
     It involved Paypal, IanExMachina, and 60 extra cents spent.

    I'd like to think you sold your soul to Ian for sixty cents and made the transaction via PayPal.
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human
    Okay, let's see who can beat Juan_Carlos in the "totally outlandish fleshing out of the noodle incident" category.
  • IcalasariIcalasari
    edited 2011-10-26 12:04:08
    No rainbow star
    Amazon doesn't seem to want to ship Professor Layton here to Airdrie so I may have to hit an EBGames

    ^ GMH had to use the 60 cents to buy an ancient artifact, then contacted Ian and went on an adventure to get the three mystic jewels (located with the artifact) from an evil man trying to destroy the world with the jewels mystic wishing power, thus saving the world and getting to wish for the ability to use Steam once without his parents finding out
  • LouieWLouieW
    edited 2011-10-26 20:36:50
    Loser
    Glennmagusharvey,
    Then again, one could argue that the popularity of fansubbed animé is frequently something the localization industry pays attention to, to judge whether a series might be financially successful, so watching fansubbed animé might be good for the industry, in at least some cases.  ROMs don't have a similar function--at least, none that I know of.  I haven't read or heard any stories of companies localizing games because the ROM downloads indicated they had an untapped audience.

    I think you definitely point to one of the weaknesses in applying the argument I mentioned earlier to fansubbed anime. Still, I guess the question is whether the fansub distribution of a series stops after it has been licensed or if people just watch and download fansubs of those series regardless of if they are licensed or unlicensed.

    I feel like you could ask the same kind of question about fan translated manga as well. Does reading a scanlated unlicensed manga support scanlations of licensed manga in a certain sense? I am not sure, but I think it certainly brings up an interesting ethical question.

    I agree with you about ROMs though. From what I can tell, people mostly play them either in lieu of the game in order to save money, because the game is not available in their region, or as another way of playing the game despite having already purchased it. I guess I think the second justification is the most reasonable to me, but I feel like the third one encourages the first cheaping out reason so I would not support it.

    INUH,
    I've seen a new game on Amazon for less than the same thing used from Gamestop at least once.

    Yep, from what I can tell new games (and DVD boxsets) can be had for fairly cheap on Amazon these days, especially when they have sales. Still, even if you might be able to get a game in new condition at a reduced price, you might have to wait a bit to do so.
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