Acevil said:
theprof00 said:
Acevil said:
theprof00 said:
New games are only full price when brand new.
And the used games they sell are generally only 5-10 dollars cheaper than the new ones, and in the case of Call of Duty (which is almost always out of stock used) they sell it for 3$ cheaper.
So your point is invalid.
Furthermore, gamestop doesn't give people 30$ for games, they give them around 12-17.
I hesitate to call you out of touch, but it doesn't seem like you know what you're talking about.
Gamestop earns 2.5B in used game sales annually. You think that 2.5B is just going to disappear instead of people paying 10-20$ more?
But you are right about the numbers. They actually only make 26% of their revenue on Used games. It's in profit where it become >50%.
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Not exactly right. For example, right now if I trade in the two month old assassin creed game, I would recieve $25 dollars. Within a week of release you will see that the TIV (Trade in Value) for Final Fantasy XIII-2 will be $25-30. Trade in Value prices for a new game that is a week old or two weeks old typically is around the 25-30 range for strong brand titles.
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Oh right, as long as you turn in the game as soon as you get bored of it, (1-2 months) then you'll get 25$, in which case, why aren't you simply using gamefly, or just renting games?
Plus, you didn't even buy that assassin's creed game new, did you? Unless, you're seriously telling me that you're only value conscious by selling your games, and opt out of buying used games for shits and giggles,
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Oh I rarely buy used games, i was just saying how that isn't necessarily correct.
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Right, it's also not necessarily true to say that people buy new and trade in within a week because they're value conscious. Much more not necessarily true.
