I understand there are merits to both sides of the argument. On the one hand, a lot of publishers are saying that the second-hand market is killing their margins because GameStop undercuts new game sales by selling used games for $5- 10 off the new price, days after a game's release.
I also know and understand that the second-hand market must exist for the sake of trading in old games that people no longer want, and simply being able to not have to buy every single game brand new, years after it's been commercially available.
It's a sticky wicket, for sure.
I think Microsoft is getting hit really hard on the PR side for their stance with the Xbox One, but we should all bear in mind that Activision and EA and Ubisoft and other publishers are the ones pressuring the console makers to take measure against used games. Publishers hate Gamestop. They see every used game sale at Gamestop as a lost sale for them, as they see no money from it once a game is sold the first time.
Sony is just lucky they held off on talking about DRM and such until they saw the reactions from Xbox One. It could easily have been Sony, had they talked first.
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