badgenome on 20 June 2013
| superchunk said: I really think Gamestop's only role was to show MS that their preorders were massively less than PS4. Giving proof that they could not continue as planned and be a viable platform. Gamestop actually had more to gain by the restrictions on disc resells/trades as it forced users to them instead of Craigslist and eBay. |
I thought so, too, but...
Then there was the part about them not taking any more preorders. So I think demand might have been anemic enough that Gamestop felt emboldened to tell Microsoft to go fuck itself with this anti-used games shit. It would have been a short term boon for them, but perhaps they were not stupid enough to not realize that ultimately MS wants to get rid of them as well.
