Some guy at THQ was recently saying that they feel cheated when people buy their games used. In the last couple of years THQ has made a huge turn around when it comes to quality software with games like Darksiders, Red Faction: Guerrilla, Saints Row 2, Metro 2033 and UFC Undisputed, but they could be doing much better financially. 

So I have come here to post a proposal to game publishers. If THQ, EA, Square Enix, Ubisoft and Take Two worked together and financed the establishment of their own game stores, then they could still make profit from the used game sales and then split the sales based on what game sold. For example, if 2000 used copies of FIFA 10 are sold, then all the profit from those sales should go to EA.

They don't have to stop their shipments to other game stores (Gamestop the demon spawn), but they could leverage sales towards their store by being the only providers to offer exclusive DLC, merchandise, bundles and deals. 

Our game industry gets a little needed boost, the online payment thing won't be as necessary and we now have a one stop shop that can provide some healthy competition to the likes of Amazon, Gamestop and Target.

The only thing I'm having trouble with is what to call the store. FB (Fanboys Galore)? Top Game? Gamestation? Can you think of any better names? What do you think of the whole idea?

Neither feasible nor desirable.

Not desirable? Why not? Competition is always good, and if it gave publishers one reason less to whine, I'd be all for it.

Obviously my idea was fantastical, but I still think that a trial could at least take place in a few US states and I think that if they start off offering the best content and deals, then I don't see why they can't rival Gamestop. At the moment, Gamestop are the only one of their kind (that's actually big), the only other competitors are none game orientated stores like Target, BestBuy etc. They could at least try opening an online store and then work from there.

Off Topic: Is that Spec Ops in your sig and it if it is, what's happening in it? Glitch?

A better question would be: why are publishers still shipping to Gamestop? If they hate the used market so much, stop supporting the no.1 provider.

If they get rid of Gamestop they lose one of their largest distribution methods for games. Though you do make a good point, they could stop shipping to Gamestop and then focus on other stores that don't sell used games (JB-Hi-Fi, Target, BestBuy etc) or they could open their own store =D

Cutting themselves out from a huge portion of the market isn't really attractive to publishers.  Not to mention Gamestop doesn't need to sell new games to buy and sell used games, which is the most profitable piece of their business.  Plenty of other retailers are branching into the second hand market as it is, so publishers are going to have to adapt.

thats what downloadable games are all about. Look a steam, it cuts out the middleman and is great for consumers, publishers, and devolopers. Its a win win win for everybody. I buy everycomputer game I own through download. If I could buy every 360 game downloaded too I would.

It's not really a win for customers all the time. Some like a physical product, with box and booklet and the possibility to re-sell.

too expensive