| teigaga said: Not necessarily Selling an old game and then using that money to purchase a new one is at its core, a financially smart decision. Doesn't necessarily mean that the individual requires the funds from the sold game to buy the new one. I.e they would have bought the new game anyway. Also that money may well go back into the used game market, or something else entirely. |
Part of me agrees with you when it's literally a 5 dollar difference at Gamestop. Support the developer directly. Not sure how Gamestop gets away with it but they do (at the end of the day, guarantee that the game will play is helpful to their cause).
However, it becomes a different story when I can save 20 dollars on Craigslist. If someone wants to play the newest God of War and then sell it to me for 45 cash only a FEW DAYS later, then that is their porragative. Techncially, that game would cost me 60 PLUS TAX, which is 7.75% in my neck of the woods.
20 bucks is 20 bucks. Adds up to at least 1 new game every 3 used I buy. I buy a mix of used and new games, depending on how badly I can resist the urge to pick it up new.
Also, getting a person to KEEP their games seems like a much better way to stifle the used game market. I never sold a COD game or Mario Kart Wii etc. because of the multiplayer.
