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I'll buy the game if there is
1) Value in the license you couldn't get with a pirated copy. This goes for most console games, PC games with online authentication, monthly fees, some good premium DLC or the like.
and/or 2) I can afford it and just want to support the devs. This goes for indie games and some good developers that aren't worried about piracy. Obviously I wouldn't then buy second hand.
I don't think we need tighter laws against piracy or second hand sales, there are ways of putting value in the product and getting it sold regardless. Currently most gamers prefer going out to shops to purchase games, which gives Gamestop etc. the power to perpetrate second hand sales. They might in the future go out of business in favour of digital distribution, which will also be the end of second hand sales. I wouldn't miss either thing.
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