darkhaven63 on 10 August 2009
| dunno001 said: It may be a short-lived program if GS decides to play nasty. However, this one store test market I do think will do very well, enough for BB to roll it out nationwide. That's when GS will play hardball. They may force used prices down enough to make BB stop the program. But, if BB stops the program, I foresee them telling stores to hold onto the signs. If GS goes right back to their $5 (not $10 like Pachter claims) off for used, I can see the signs coming back out, and a tug-of-war ensuing. My ultimate prediction is that BB will just do a 10% off MSRP of new games across the board (and advertising the percentage as something like "getting a new game for a used price"), forcing GS to keep their used prices lower than they currently are. And we, as gamers, would win. |
Yeah, If this actually works, then BB will set off a chain of events that makes GS lower their prices on used games ( maybe new games). It's basically a win for the consumers since games would be cheaper. But can BB afford to lower their prices on new games?
