18.6% profits down if no used games

[Wlakiz]

noname2200 said:

Wlakiz said:

Gamestop or any used game dealer take a huge cut on the whole 'transfer of used game'. You sell them a game for $12 , they resell at $48. None of this money goes back to the developers.

So even under your hypothetical, the buyer saves $12 (20%). And the developer gets exactly as much as every other creator in every other field does from a second hand sale of its product ($0).

And never mind that Gamestop isn't the only way to sell a used game.

That depends what you consider games to be.. a work of art or a manufactured consumer good.

In art/movie context, producers get redistribution fees (royalty).