Chemical on 24 November 2008
| xman said: I cant imagine the thriving used game industry is helping profits. Until last year I got all my games used. Last year I had decided new games only give the profits were they belong not to gamestop. I would love to know how much profit they are taking from game developers |
Just look at gamestop's quarterly numbers, most of the revenue comes from used games sales, magazines and preorders. Gamestop makes very little money of the new games but used games are pretty much pure profit-10 cents that they give to gamers.
Back to the topic, the number is really not that surprising, I dare for anyone who disagrees to look up all of the games released this year and see if you have even heard of any of these games before. I am an avid gamer and I got only about 10-20 games and if attach rates are any indication then I am simply batshit insane in terms of purchasing games. And even then I only buy a few % of the total game releases.
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