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superchunk on 20 June 2013
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JayWood2010 said:
superchunk said:
Your entire point is false and misleading.

A high % of almost every used game sale goes back to a new game, especially in places like Gamestop where they are actually "trading" for new.

Used games also help new/young people get into gaming when they have very little cash. This helps future new game sales when they get to the point they can afford a new game.

Remove used gaming and you'll actually lower overall game sales.


The problem was never games being sold back.  The problem is that the only company to benifit from used games is gamestop.  The consumer, developer, and publisher all gets ripped off when that next copy is purchased which is a 10% difference ($6).  Often times used games are even more expensive than a new copy, no joke.

No one gets ripped off. That's the point.

pub/dev get more new sales as the person trades/sells in their games.

people selling games have a lot more choices than gamestop. you can get far better value using CL or eBay. I don't know why everyone only assumes GS when talking used. eBay resells FAR more games than GS with far higher returns.

people buying games blah blah same rant as sellers above but also get FAR better deals using CL/eBay.