Is Purchasing Pre-owned Games Wrong?

Is purchasing pre-owned Games wrong or damaging to the video game industry?

There are positives and potentially negatives to purchasing second hand video games.

 As i am currently a student, I am sticking to a strict budget as i am currently not earning money. So this means i look to get the most out of my money whether it's supermarket deals while food shopping or searching for a video game in interested in.

So being a very big fan of video games but having very little money to spend on entertainment i commonly search the pre-owned sections of video-game stores and online.
The problems with purchasing second hand games is you are not directly giving money to the video game industry and you are potentially buying a broken/unusable product.

EA tried making a new system where you had to pay for an online pass.


"EA's controversial policy of charging buyers of preowned games an extra $10 to access online features has drawn outright ire from customers." - ORLAND, K.

EA says goodbye to the Online Pass, we say good riddance

In-text: (Orland, 2013)

Bibliography: Orland, K. (2013). EA says goodbye to the Online Pass, we say good riddance. [online] Ars Technica. Available at: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/05/ea-says-goodbye-to-the-online-pass-we-say-good-riddance/.

Fortunately EA dropped this potential service May 2013, but it is rather worrying for a consumer like me who does not have a large income. I believe although this was dropped over a year ago that other companies may still try and make pre-owned games obsolete.