I'm kind of new to this site but I feel I must throw in at least 2 cents into this issue.

First, on the question of "Is it immoral to buy used games?" Like it's been said in posts above mine morality is subjective. One person's "moral" is another persons "immoral". You can argue about reasoning and justifications, but morality is a bit more personal.

Second, there is that matter of fairness. Is it fair for game shops to sell used games without compensating the developers? Let's flip that question around. When 'Bobby Gamer' buys a game, that money is divided up and is given to everyone involved getting the game into Bobby's hand, ie, the developer, the publisher, marketing, shipping, retailer... Say Bobby finishes the game and decides to sell it. Who gives Bobby the money for the used game? Does the developer give their cut back? Does the publisher? Who is giving back the portion of the money from the initial sale? It seems like the retailers are paying back some, not all, of the money from the initial sale. Is that fair?

The 'anti-used games' idea seems to suggest that the creators of the game should get a cut from the first sale and every successive used sale from here to eternity. Easy money, right? But is it right for the creators to not payback money when someone decides that they no longer want their game. Is that Idea to far fetched? Is it fair?