Pyro as Bill said:
Film and music artists don't seem to mind. Authors don't seem to have a problem with it. I can't think of any manufacturers that dislike it either. Stupid 'industry' deserves to die. |
The music and film industries don't have as organized a system of reselling merchandise, however. There is nothing quite like GameStop for these other industries, an entity that buys used goods for 10% of their initial price and then resells them for only 10% less than their new price, and somehow persuades people to buy these used goods over new en masse. I'm sure a much higher proportion of video game sales are used items than in either the music or film industries.
Hell, GameStop even tried to get into movies. They couldn't get people to buy a used movie for more than $3, however. Why people are so willing to get ripped-off on used games in particular is beyond me.
I work at GameStop, and it sickens me the number of people that'll buy a beat up copy of a game just to save 5-10 bucks.
I don't think developers have a problem with used sales so much so as they dislike GameStop itself, and their dislike of GameStop manifests itself whenever somebody brings up the discussion of used goods.
