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Kasz216 on 27 February 2010
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JaggedSac said:
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Based on recently closed auctions?  I highly doubt it.

I'd also point you to the fact that the downloadble content itself is selling for about 15-16 bucks on ebay.

So $40 is not a good resale value for the game? And that is through Amazon, so no bidding, send them the game and they give you credit.  Which is the main point of contention for this type of DLC.

That explains why on Ebay the resale value is actually MUCH lower.  You had confused me there.

Amazon is just a ripoff fest.

One person is selling the game for 149.99 on Amazon.

So why is Amazon a ripoff?  You can use your traded in game worth $40 dollars towards a new game at $59.99.  Isn't that the benefit of the used game market on new game sales?  After owning ME2 for 2 months, you can get a new game for $20.  And ME2 contains this new type of DLC.  And free shipping on orders over $25.

No, my point is... I bet not many people are actually going to buy that game at 45.

 

Just because that one guy listed the game to sell for 149.99 doesn't actually mean it's going to sell for 149.99.

But we aren't talking about what the used game is being sold for, we are talking resale value.  People being secure that they are going to be able to get money back from their purchase of a game.  That was the main points of the arguments in this thread.  For ME2, 2 months after release, someone can trade the game into Amazon for $40.  ME2 contains the same DLC method as BF:BC2.  So it would appear, based on this real world example, that this DLC method will not adversely affect trade in value.  Quality of game will obviously have more of an effect, as more people trade in the game, the value of the trade in diminishes.

Oh, the Amazon trade in value.  You totally switched gears on me there then.

 

ME2 doesn't contain the same DLC method as BF:BC2.  The ME2 giveaway was more localized... specifically to preoroders.

As mentioned above... the effect would be lessened. 

Amazon Trade in value probably would be higher though.  Probably 45 if it wasn't for the code.

Uncharted 2 for example nearly still can be traded in for 40 dollars (37.25) and it was release in October.

 

Quality of game will effect it too, however that's obvious.