Comments on: Can I Return this Piece o’ Crap, Please? http://www.gamelemon.com/glblog/2009/06/04/can-i-return-this-piece-o-crap-please/ GameLemon: Video Games Gone Funny! Sun, 01 Aug 2010 03:53:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Cait http://www.gamelemon.com/glblog/2009/06/04/can-i-return-this-piece-o-crap-please/#comment-6331 Cait Mon, 08 Jun 2009 15:21:38 +0000 http://www.gamelemon.com/glblog/2009/06/04/can-i-return-this-piece-o-crap-please/#comment-6331 Seriously...What would we be without Craigslist? ;] This whole argument vaguely reminds me of when movie production companies whined in the 80's over how no one would pay money to go to the movies if they could just buy it them on a VHS tape. Just like movie moguls, game companies will still get buttloads of cash regardless of how many people buy games used. The people who usually buy used games are ones who A) can't afford the game sold as new and therefore wouldn't buy them new in the first place or B) aren't interested in it enough to buy it at the full new price. Seriously…What would we be without Craigslist? ;]

This whole argument vaguely reminds me of when movie production companies whined in the 80’s over how no one would pay money to go to the movies if they could just buy it them on a VHS tape. Just like movie moguls, game companies will still get buttloads of cash regardless of how many people buy games used. The people who usually buy used games are ones who A) can’t afford the game sold as new and therefore wouldn’t buy them new in the first place or B) aren’t interested in it enough to buy it at the full new price.

]]> By: Max http://www.gamelemon.com/glblog/2009/06/04/can-i-return-this-piece-o-crap-please/#comment-6274 Max Fri, 05 Jun 2009 16:43:25 +0000 http://www.gamelemon.com/glblog/2009/06/04/can-i-return-this-piece-o-crap-please/#comment-6274 Yes, and while we are at it, why don't we outlaw selling used cars, movies, books, houses, underwear... (ok, one in that list doesn't belong, but I trust you can figure that out for yourself). Complete and utter ignorance of the basics of economics and utter common sense. Oh, and if it's this famed "support" you are trying to hang this on, please, for the love of god, keep it. We'll be better off without it. p.s. you meant GameSTOP, not GameSPOT, right? Yes, and while we are at it, why don’t we outlaw selling used cars, movies, books, houses, underwear… (ok, one in that list doesn’t belong, but I trust you can figure that out for yourself). Complete and utter ignorance of the basics of economics and utter common sense.

Oh, and if it’s this famed “support” you are trying to hang this on, please, for the love of god, keep it. We’ll be better off without it.

p.s. you meant GameSTOP, not GameSPOT, right?

]]> By: Karen S http://www.gamelemon.com/glblog/2009/06/04/can-i-return-this-piece-o-crap-please/#comment-6263 Karen S Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:57:43 +0000 http://www.gamelemon.com/glblog/2009/06/04/can-i-return-this-piece-o-crap-please/#comment-6263 "we have to continue to provide support for all these new customers without creating any new revenue from it at all" -- Oh please. What support? Regardless, it is not hard to require registration before you provide support; Microsoft does it. Frickin' whiners. You already got $60 from one sucker for one crappy game; why should you get any more from another person? “we have to continue to provide support for all these new customers without creating any new revenue from it at all” — Oh please. What support? Regardless, it is not hard to require registration before you provide support; Microsoft does it. Frickin’ whiners. You already got $60 from one sucker for one crappy game; why should you get any more from another person?

]]>