EA's Strategy to Counter Used Games Sales

[Kasz216]

JaggedSac said:

Kasz216 said:

JaggedSac said:

Gamestop had some special preorder stuff.

But here is a site to look at for this - http://masseffect.bioware.com/info/cerberus/

 

"Included in each copy of Mass Effect 2, for both PC (digital and box) and X360, there is a Cerberus Network card with a unique single-use code. Login to the Cerberus Network in Mass Effect 2 and register your code to enlist! Once you are a member, Cerberus Network content is available to you at no extra charge."

Okay... If I didn't know this... how the hell is the general public going to know?

The effect will be there, but only once the general public catches on to this kind of stuff happening.

 

:)  We shall see.  I am hitting the sack.  Good discussion.

It only makes sense afterall.  You don't feel screwed if you don't yet know you are being screwed.

When you devalue used copies you devalue used sales.

You said it yourself, but never bothered to apply the inverse.

The more used copies on the market... the less resale value.

In turn... the less people who want to buy used... (or buy the game at all)... the less resale value.

The less resale value, the less people who buy the game who plan to trade it in when they're bored with it since less people are going to want it used.

It's why the trade in for bad games is so low in the first place.

Reminds me of today actually, i was in gamestop and they had like 15 copies of that used UFC game just sitting there for 35 bucks.  Why would you just have them all out there?   Who wants to buy a game 15 people seemed to have sold back.

Maybe a UFC fight is about to happen or something?