| vivster said: The second hand market is that big because it is allowed to exist, not because it's so great for everybody. If second hand trade had been banned or made undesirable by creators then stores wouldn't fold because no store would build their business model on it. |
Well. We will never know untill 2nd hand games are banned. :P
But considering that Gamestop etc' have been struggling despite the higher profit 2nd hand sales recently...
| vivster said: Second hand has the exact same negative consequences for creators as piracy yet one of the two is supported and the other shunned. You just cannot completely condemn piracy for denying money to creators and then go on to laud second hand trade. It's backwards. |
Well. No.
Second hand still entices people to buy DLC, Microtransactions, Expansion packs, Season passes and so on.
Pirated games usually include all the above or none at all and is often even locked out from having any of those things.
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