Gamestop pressuring to buy used?

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mike_intellivision said:
If I can get a game used, in good condition and complete, I do so. They start out 10% cheaper and I use the discount card for another 10%. I especially like doing that on games I don't know if they are worth having.

Do all of you who are advocating buying new games also buy new books (i.e., college textbooks)?

Just remember that no one is forcing anyone to resell their games to Gamestop. But usually the people doing that have finished their games and are looking for some for some disposal value (and an easier method than trying to make a direct sale). And which is better -- paying $60 for a game and not getting $15 back or paying $60 for a game and getting $0 back?

Mike from Morgantown

 There are other ways of buying and selling used games than using Gamestop.

The difference between games and books is that books tend to ruin quicker than games, and books sell for a long time whereas a publisher usually has a very small timeframe to make a profit. It's not surprising that people want to support the games industry more, especially at a time when it's bleeding money...

Legally, there's nothing wrong with what Gamestop does. But that doesn't mean people have to like it... They push used games very hard, to the detriment of publishers.