"I am on record as being a proponent of used games."

my father was a teacher and he is a great man. it was never easy for him either. he didn't get paid for summers off until he reached 10 years of tenure. my father COULD it's why he taught in the first place. it's a noble and underrated profession by stupid cocksuckers like you...spouting bullshit statements like…

They aren't superfluous. There is no other branch of the armed services capable of fufilling their mission. Only by cobbling together pieces of the three other branches can you duplicate their capabilities. Why is it do you suppose that the marines are the first in at any hot spot on the globe?

People need to stop comparing this shift to digital sales on console to Steam.

The problem is that first sale clause on physical goods, of which the majority of console games are, states:

"....WORKS FOR ME."

Remember, only the federal government can tape conversations between unknowing parties without permission.

The developer doesn't see a dime of that transaction even when it's new - the publisher does. And the publisher got their cut when that copy was sold.

This should be the official way of dealing with Internet grumpiness....

Gonna settle this argument.

okay

I apologize for my language and my bitterness, everyone. But, I'm a GAMER. I've been a carpenter, writer, father and husband, but through it all I was a gamer, by God, and the duplicity and gall of Micro$oft has crawled right up my ass these past few days with everyone defending them and shouting me down when I said,…

Really? It's challenging to watch TV now? Seriously? It really makes me sad that there will be people buying this shit, proving Microsoft they're as stupid as they were thought out to be.

Except God is not an absurd idea, except in the most cartoonish forms of the concept espoused by fundamentalists and angry atheists. God is actually a very adaptive idea, and it comes out of the fact that no matter how rational we are, our rational minds can't grasp the full complexity of the world around us. "God"…

Its cute when people have to resort to calling others names because they DARE to disagree with you...

Fickle? What... as in NOT having undying loyalty? As in changing their purchases to what suits their interests?

As a parent I can assure you my kid will not get an Xbox1 for x-mas, I refuse to have a piece of shit like that in my house

You sound awfully pessimistic. Most parents of young kids these days grew up with video games in something of a golden era you know. We generally know what's what.

I can assure you, my daughter isn't getting an inferior product.