And people are surprised publishers want to kill the used game market...

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Joelcool7 said:
Yep unfortunetly the only way the hardware manufacturers can do anything is if they all coordinate. Meaning all three hardware companies put locks into their hardware to avoid used games from being played. Unfortunately for MS or Sony if they implement locks and Nintendo does Nintendo will crush them. Retailers will promote the hardware that allows used games. So WiiU/3DS would get 50% of the shelf space if not slightly more. GameStop/BestBuy etc..etc.. would do everything they can to promote the platforms that allow used game sales. Attempts by publishers and developers will not work the online passes won't stop GameStop from selling the used games. The only way I see publishers getting rid of used sales entirely is to switch completely to downloadable content. But that too would be very difficult to do.

Used game sales will continue to be an issue for at least another two generations!

I think this gen has demonstrated that you only need Sony and Microsoft to do the same thing as the games available on Nintendo's platforms tend to not be the same than on the others 2.........

And publishers can do things too. Sure retailers can presure them on a lot of titles. But games like CoD pretty much make or break an earnings quarter at a retailer...( that's pretty much how it works, to sell CoD you need to devote a good part of your shelf space to Activision..)

Besides the thinking that if those platforms do something against used games will mean retailer will boycott them doesn't hold up...

So gamestop is going to loose the used game sales and on top of that they would willingly loose the hardware and new game sales ? They might as well close shop...

And it's not like there isn't a Wallmart less than 10 miles away from most Gamestop or that Amazon isn't serving the whole nation......