Sloth9230 wrote:If I sell a car, I still need to buy another car. Unless I no longer need a car; in which case, I no longer need any car companies service anyway. Once I play a game, I don't need to play it ever a again. Unless the game is really good; in which case, I probably wouldn't sell it.
The owner of the disc is irrelevant. Fact of the matter is, you still got to experience the contents of the disc. Thats what you're paying for, an experience. The disc itself is just a licence. Got to a theater and watch twilight. Once it's over, ask for your money back. That's what your doing when a you sell a game.
This is a real bad excuse for an argument, Sloth. If you own a Ford but sell it and buy a Merceds it will be like second/hand games. Your car metaphor is not valid, even if you need to buy a new car you can chose another manufacturer. Also, companies do profit from their products even if you buy it used since they already sold one. You cant compare that with piracy, because the problem with piracy is that the companies lose profit due to the fact that no one buys their product.
Also, you shouldn't be forced to pay full retail price for something that ain't "mint-condition". The game companies count how many ex they sell of a game, not how many time it changes owner. I really dont get your obsession in this matter.
The original car metaphor made all your argumets invalid due to true facts btw. And online passes are typical greedy EA kinda thing.