Yeah well my friends have six figure salaries, so they can afford to pay full price every time I come over with a new game each week.

Nah I'm just fucking around, this is impossible to defend.

Considering that Gamestop's CEO, I think, was blowing rainbow color snot for the console a few months back, I think they knew about this before hand. I say this since used game sales represent a big chunk of their revenue. So I think Microsoft is offering them something in return for the lack of used games sales. I think Gamefly will not carry the games.

My guess is Microsoft will inflate the MSRP on the console and games to allow retailers to get more money from the sales in return. Digital content for the PC and PS3/360 was suppose to kill these chains, but the console makers came out with cards that these can sell so that the customer who don't like putting their credit card information online can, and provide an alternate revenue stream for them. I expect something simular.

Sooooooooo.... you have to have xBox Live to "trade" games I assume? And then pay a fee? This makes my head hurt....

This is getting worse and worse.... really....

Well I guess waiting for a game to go on the discount bin will become the only option for frugal gamers.

Um... maybe not:

When asked about Xbox One's potential second-hand fee, Bartel said the information came "as a surprise" and declined to comment "on speculation."

"All that Microsoft has said so far is that they've designed the Xbox One to enable customers to trade in and resell games," Bartel said. "That's what I'm going with at this point. I think there's additional details they're going to reveal later on."