Pre-owned purchases at “all time high”

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Aj_habfan said:

ironman said:

Aj_habfan said:

ironman said:
wow...so much fail in so few posts. Used games are a good thing, people part with their games for money, they then use the money, to buy new games.

Then people that want to buy new games come to the store, and see the cheaper used version, and buy that.

It does much more harm then good, and developers will be the first to tell you that.

 

Not so, If you want a game whn it first comes out, you buy itm then you play it, either you get tired of it, or find out it isn't all that great, either way, you sell it. you use the money to buy the next big game that comes out. you couldn;t do that if nobody bought used games. 

I know. But if people couldn't buy used games, many would be forced to buy new games, and that would easily make up for the people like you.

It's about a balance.

Perhaps GameStop is exploiting the used market, I don't know as I have never been in a GameStop.... but selling your purchases, and someone else buying them is not devil's work. It provides a viable way into gaming for those of us without £40/$50/60 being spent for something that might take less than 10 hours and have no replay value.

Developers and publishers on HD systems are focussing more and more money on things that don't provide long lasting entertainment, but rather a cheap thrill.
On the Wii it is the opposite, and they are hardly putting any money in to a game that when completed is barely worth £10, never mind £40