Developer says Used Games Sales worse then Piracy

[Kenryoku_Maxis]

flagstaad said:

Kenryoku_Maxis said:

That's not really trying to do anything about it.  That's like spanking a customer who bought a used game and saying 'don't do it again!'.  They need to do other things, such as better incentives to buying a new game, actively fighting companies who sell used games or better yet...why don't they seek to find a profit sharing system for used games?  Steam did it?  If they're not going to fight these companies anymore and just complain, why don't all these companies band together to generate profit off of secondary sales from major retailers like GameStop, Steam, etc.  Something like $5 for every game sold for $30.  $ for every game sold used for $20.  Etc down the line. 

Not only would it generate more money for the companies if they were getting a few bucks from each used game exchange, but it might put pressure on these used game stores to start focusing on more new titles as less used ones.

But that is what they are doing. They are giving you a 10 dollar incentive to buy a new game over a used one AND are fighting companies who sell used games hitting them in the place where they hurt more, the wallet, because they have to sell the used games for less money, because the product USED is inferior to the new one, that way they get less profit from the used market, and maybe it becomes better to sell new than used.

That's not a good thing however.  That's not hurting the sellers of used games, that's hurting the consumer.  If you go to a store and buy a new game, that's great for you.  You bought a new game and get all the benefits of buying that new game.  But if you go to the store 3-6 months from now and want to buy that ame game, and they no longer print it, then you're completely out of luck and HAVE to buy it used and now cannot get that extra content that only came from the 'new' version of the game.

That's how you breed negative sentement from customers, not hurt the sellers of used games.  Over the long term, it could actually benefit the sellers of used games as those who practice this type of service may lose sales.