Now I'm sure this is going to get a lot of replies as it is a matter of opinion and emotion, but what are your thoughts on the deleterious effects on the game developers of the world by buying used products instead of new ones?
A lot of people see no problem in buying used things days, weeks, months, or even years after their initial release. A lot of folks see it just fine to wait until digital games go on mega discounts before buying them, like during Steam's holiday and seasonal sales.
But some game developers see buying used games tantamount to pirating or stealing the things outright. They claim that a used sale is a lost sale, and that buying used products is harming their bottom lines and causing cancellations, layoffs, bankruptcies, and spurring them into selling games only as digital goods instead of physical copies, of including levels and characters as paid DLC, having in-app advertisements, micro-transactions for cosmetic items, and other in-app purchases of various sorts. Other devs are cool with things how things are, and they are happy to give huge holiday discounts on their digital goods to encourage bulk sales which make up for the heavy discounts, i.e. lower price per product times higher volume equals better revenue than higher price per product times lower volume.
What are your thoughts?