GameStop Sued Over Deceptive Used Game Sales

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jammy2211 said:

Mr Puggsly said:

The most surprising thing about this is Gamestop only makes about 20% of its revenue from used games. They can definitely survive without whoring used games like they do. But digital downloads is their biggest problem.

Revenue and profit are two entirely different things.

Yeah it may only be 20% of revenue but it could provide 80% of profits.

The success of the case will come down to how much of this is buyer beware. Can it be shown that Gamestop was in any way implying the DLC was still free in used copies? If not, then what are Gamestop's responsibility for explicitly disclosing that the DLC is not free for used copies?What is a retailer's duty of care in this respect? If someone is selling DA:O on E-bay are they required to disclose that the available DLC must be paid for separately? Does a retailer have a higher legal obligation for transparency than a private seller?

Different countries have different laws about this sort of stuff. It's not clear what liability Gamestop will have, but reputationally its pretty poor form.