Why is buying used games such a big deal nowadays?

[Michael-5]

DJEVOLVE said:

Also I like the games how they are, thank you very much. Why should the standards drop to those who are so cheap they don't even support their favorite game producers. I know people in my family that always buy used, Always. One I talked out of it. however to many cheap skats out there. Sorry but I would rather check in than deal with more closing, cheaper games play and less visuals to satisfy all that, that can never be satisfied.

Oh also, if they drop the price to $40, gamestop will just beat them by $5 bucks. People are cheap. How about the game comes down because it's so profitable they are able to do it, just to keep selling it.

That's exactly my counter arguement, why should standards drop? I've always bought a game new, often day 1, if I was really really hyped about it. If a dev can't get us hyped about a game anymore, and they are struggling, well maybe we shouldn't see games like this anymore.

People are cheap, like I said, I buy most of my games for $20, but that's all because of competition. All competition is doing is forcing people to make better games so they stand a chance at surviving. You can't just stick on a label anymore and be okay, it's not enough to just make a new Resident Evil game, if it's not good, it won't sell, and all this will do is make Capcom either scrap the series, and give it a serious make over. This is why we don't see as much shovelware as we used to (like many Atari 2600 games).