UPDATED!!! People like second hand games but software companies can't handle the cost.

[Otakumegane]

KylieDog said:

Otakumegane said:

KylieDog said:

Otakumegane said:

KylieDog said:
Second hand game business does not opperate like other second hand business do. It used to in the 80s and 90s, not anymore.

It really is killing smaller devs/publishers who dare to try new things or make games in less popular genres.

...So those devs closed because they didn't sell well because of used games?

Isn't it more buyers of the game>>>more used copies?

Oh it eats into profits of big publishers with big selling games no doubt, but it kills smaller ones.

Explain how it kills smaller devs.

Because they tend to make less profit, meaning losses from used sales are felt by them harder.

To be hurt by used game sales you have to sell games in the 1st place. They are "used" for a reason, people buy them, then sell them. 

If people don't buy small dev games in the 1st place how can used games hurt them? Smaller devs are being hurt less by used games and more the staggering amount of $$ that goes into making a game.