NPD lifts the lid on size of alternative games market

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spurgeonryan said:
I buy a lot of games used! I am usually very patient and can wait months before I pick up a game. Like I said in another thread, if the game is not a big title it had better either be picked up for cheap new or I will get it used.

I do it the other way around. Buy a popular game new and sell it back within a month. I just got $40 back for Max Payne 3. Traded it in for Sorcery at no extra cost.

521 million of 3-4 billion isn't that big of a threat to publisher's revenues. Take the 2nd hand market away and I would most likely have passed on Max Payne 3.