I buy a lot of used games. There are two main reasons.
First -- price. Used games are generally 10 percent cheaper, with another 10 percent with a discount card. And you can generally find a used copy in near mint condition (and they are labled used).
Second -- preview. Used games can generally be tried and then returned. Gamestop has a seven-day policy. New games cannot be retuned (EB Games, a decade ago, allowed you to return new or used in 10 days. Talk about reselling of new games).
I buy more games new than most people do -- 6 to 10 per year -- so I don't think I am killing the industry.
And if a manufacturer ever used technology to prevent used game sales, then I would not be surprised to see its product not carried by Gamestop. It almost came to that with the PS3.
Mike from Morgantown
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