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| Ka-pi96 said: Wouldn`t that just be a bad move for Sony/Microsoft though? If people are exchanging games for money/credit they can`t really go to 3rd party publishers and ask for some of the money back, so it would have to come out of their own pockets. Considering there`s a pretty high chance it would then be spent on another 3rd party game and the small % that Sony get from that sale would probably be less than what they had to pay out for the original exchange thus just losing them money while 3rd parties get more sales. Could work for 1st party games only of course, but including 3rd parties just seems like it would be a bad move on Sony`s part. |
Bad for Sony and MS? Maybe but if it leads to more digital sales (at £55) and not shop/onlines disc copies (at £35) where there are also packaging costs. Also the publishers will be getting the money from the entire sale of the new game plus the full money from the original game, so I doubt they'll care, it's only Sony and MS that might miss out on a little money.
Cex currently offer £36 for FIFA17 (far more than a quarter of the value) in exchange and sell it for £45, their entire business is based on second hand wares and the games companies see none of that money. PSN Store sell it for £55. Yet if I knew that I could buy FIFA from their digital store and in 3 or 4 months when I'm bored of it, I can exchange it for credit for the next brand new game at £50 from the PSN store again, I might buy digital more often instead of wheeling dealing at GAME.
Hmm, pie.
