Wonktonodi on 31 March 2010
| Kasz216 said: The used market actually helps new sales. A lot of people buy games knowing they can sell them back a week after release and get back about half their money. If it wasn't for the used market... these people wouldn't buy new. It also takes away a lot of risk from people buying a new game, knowing you can get some money back and it has value. Used sales help the market. Piracy appears to be a nuetral factor. So used sales are better then piracy. |
yes.
also used sales show the price that the market is willing to pay for a game. If the game is selling for $30 used on ebay and gamestop with a decent supply yet still selling for $60 new the publisher should have relized by now the consumer doesn't think the product is worth $60.
Piracy doesn't help with the price because when that is done it shows a willingness to pay nothing for it.
