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weaveworld on 24 May 2013
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nightsurge said:
Zero999 said:
nightsurge said:
theprof00 said:
And ms forces its own proprietary azure system on all gamestops.
Sony, please take advantage of this.
The opportunity is so very ripe.

What's wrong with that? Azure is an amazing cloud computing system. The strongest of it's kind in the entire world.

If anything the places like GameStop/Amazon/Blockbuster will be more supportive of MS now since they will gain more sales. People will HAVE to trade them in/sell them at those retailers instead of selling them personally so they will get a lot more business which will more than make up for the added publisher/MS cut of used sales.

I think this is freaking brilliant if true. It is likely to not upset many people because they can still sell their games at stores, and it will make a stronger relationship between MS and those retailers.

People will HAVE to trade them in/sell them at those retailers instead of selling them personally so gamers simply won't buy the system or it's games wich means retailers will have almost no profit from xone's sales or it's games.

Nah, gamers aren't as fickle and bitchy as the internet makes them seem. They will trade/sell their games still, using this new plan, with only minor complaint if any.

You really only get an extra $5 maybe if you decide to do the effort of selling a used game privately via eBay/Amazon instead of trading it in. That has been my experience this entire generation. I can get $30 trade in credit for a newer game, $25 minimum. If I sell it for $40 on Amazon or eBay I then have to pay $5 shipping, and the fees from those places which leaves me again very close to $30.

Really the only way you make more money on used game sales is if you do it on craigslist or something locally and not online.

So if this new setup still allows gamers to sell/trade their games, there is really now downside for gamers. You may have to go to the store to sell it instead of doing it on eBay/Amazon. Whoop-di-doo. The only potential downsides to this are the smaller used games shops out there. But really those have all been driven out of business by the bigger chains of Amazon, Walmart, Gamestop, Best Buy, etc.


I've never traded a game at a shop, always sold them online but what happens if it is only store credit they are talking about.