Why putting an end to used games could be a good thing.

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StevenKreg said:

2^nd – The publishers will now mark down their games even cheaper and faster than ever before. (Right now Gears Of War can be bought used on Gamestop for $5.00. Imagine if the publishers matched those kind of discounts later into a games age.) already you can get gears of war new for $40. Is that a rip off? What if the companies that made it could put that into their own pocket, rather than someone else.

Why would they drop prices faster when the need to compete with cheap used games is taken out of the equation?

Also, what happens when a game goes out of print and is only available used? Whatever the problems with used games, disempowering the consumer doesn't seem a good solution.