Random Thoughts.....What Are You Thinking?

Your opinion doesn't drive the market though...

I steal your car while you're asleep. In the morning, you go outside and the car isn't there.

I break into your house(very carefully to avoid damage!) with a flash drive and copy a game off of your computer. In the morning, you still have your game.

Are you a Christmas present?

there is a difference between a collector item (in this case, a game) and an used re-used version. in many cases, opened items and worn out things, drop in value severely, and I assume this store just resells games, $20 is a high price.
also, Developers, companies, get no dime in re-sold items, you are not supporting these companies, but only supporting the store's pocket, or in some cases, bad companies like gamestop etc. who end up overpricing used games, and giving you crap money (almost typed Gil... wtf) when you trade it in :/

Some people would rather have a collectible than digital media...

It's also disrespectful for the developers to release halfass products to start patching them months later with overpriced DLC.

I pirate games. If I like the game, I'll buy it to support the company.

And you still have something you shouldn't have...

Well places like gamestop are essentially pawn shops, lol. They need to make a profit or they wouldn't bother dealing in used games.

^ What Dread said.

Oh stop being such a tool Flavin -_-

yeah, still doesn't stop being a shitty business model tho.

I get that, but paying nearly 17x the price is just silly to me.

Stamp and coin collectors must totally blow your mind.

If you don't like the stuff why bother buying it? Don't like an inferior product then don't partake... It's like your saying it's a shitty product not worth buying so I'm going to steal it instead... This is the market... They aren't in it to make you happy they're in it to sell a product and maximize profits... if you want them to make a better product then boycott the material and force them to change their business practices...

right now you're just a thief... explain it away any way you want but that's the truth...

What does that make the publishers who distribute the product at a price several times higher than the cost to make? That means if we pay full price they are stealing our money right? So it's okay for them to do that?

The expensive copies are almost always new... the only used copies that sell high are really pretty rare...

Used copies are like that... you definitely aren't supporting the companies that make the game... but this is also a market... Liek many people you may have sold something that you once used to someone else... all of a sudden though when a company does it and makes big bucks there is something wrong with it now lol...

People collect stamps!? When the *** did this start happening!? Why has no one told me!?

That's called market value lol...

Do you think companies go out and put millions into a product and then expect to make no money? Businesses make products to turn a profit...

Someone bought a signed jersey of kareem abdul jabar(sp?) for over $3,000... people spend a lot of money on a lot of different things... for some people it's important to have and can spend a little extra to get it... perceived (or personal) value can even take something above market value...

How am I supposed to know if a game is going to be worth a 60$ pricetag without buying it?

I'm sure the hundreds of thousands of people that bought Skyrim on PS3 were just full of joy to find the save bug that made them lose 50+ hours of gameplay just an AWESOME feature.

Mirrors Edge on PC would crash NONSTOP due to an NVIDIA driver conflict and that went on for OVER A YEAR making it unplayable for hundreds of thousands of people.

Dark Souls is a pure console port with shitty keyboard adaption and capped framerate.

SWTOR was abandoned by its lead dev team months after launch. (I'm still pissed on that because I bought the 180$ collector edition)

Witcher 2 was a pure console port to PC with terrible PC controls and glitches.

These are just a handful of games. EA and Activision keep taking shortcuts and release piles of ***in the name of companies that USED to have good products.

Thanks for the business 101.

How much is enough though? You are saying we are thieves for not paying for games, but the companies are not thieves for grossly overcharging consumers?

I collect stamps! I used to at least... My dad collects coins and other forms of currency... My favorite is his original dollar bill...

Yeah, I'm not completely oblivious to this lol. And I think you got Kareem's name right. Anyways, I was just saying I think it's crazy, as I'd never pay that kind of money, and I think that particular price tag on that item (seeing is how you can buy the SAME game for 5-10 dollars) was silly. A jersey signed by somebody is way different as it's not as easy to obtain. Just sayin'

That actually sounds pretty rad lol

I don't see it as grossly overcharging... I don't even see it as overcharging... you lead me to assume you at least understand business 101 yet you pretty much want something for free or grossly under market value... Should grocery stores charge you what they paid for the apple you just bought? The way you want them to run their businesses would put them under and then no games would be made lol...

Then you have absolutely no idea what you are even talking about, so don't lecture others about it.

I understand what you're getting at... There are definitely some things that I've seen people spend gross amounts of money on and I just ask myself why but its just the value they place on it...

Right back at ya lol...