Well, we don't know how Gamestop will handle it on a regular basis yet. Gamestop may ignore the online fee, and continue to charge the same prices, in which case the used buyer gets screwed. (Essentially, with an edge card, they'd save a net of 50 cents buying used on a $60 game.) If Gamestop does lower what they pay (and charge) by $10, then the loser is the person who trades in games. It wouldn't matter if they bought it new or used, they're going to get less for their game. (And it'll be all that faster to when Gamestop pays you a quarter for it.) However, my theory is that Gamestop will actually take a bit of it, since paying someone $20 for a $60 game that came out less than a week ago is laughably bad, so I'm guessing that they'd probably go from $30 to $25 (still pathetic, mind you), and drop the price from $55 to $45. Conversely, I can see GS just dropping $5 across the board too, making the price for a used game the "same" as a new game with the pass, but allowing GS more profit, and pushing their edge card again for savings.
TL;DR version: I don't think 1 person will bear the brunt of it.
-dunno001
-On a quest for the truly perfect game; I don't think it exists...
