| Machiavellian said: You have absolutly no proof that used games sells subsidize new game purchase. That is just as much an opinion as the OP. If you just sold your used game and right there was a used game and a new game why would that person purchase the new when he can save some coin and purchase the used. Gamestop gives you nothing for purchasing new but they have all kinds of incentives for you to purchase used. I should know because there have been many times I would go into gamestop to get a new game but be offered the used. They would say, "with the used game you get 14 day return", You get powerup rewards and in store credit etc. Maybe in the past, used game sells used to subsidize new game purchase but the market and the retailers have changed. The retailers have built a business on used over new compared to how it use to be in the past and it has hurt the industry. |
Then shouldn't the publishers provide more incentive to buy them new?
It's a perfect example of capitalism, publishers should provide incentive so people are willing to pay for their product new.
Publishers and various platforms also have digital stores, they can compete on price easily against the likes of Gamestops used games, but don't.
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