@BuckStud
I lived in the 80s as well and I don't remember anyone ever buying or trading used games. I remember it being a pain in the ass just to rent games. I don't thin Blockbuster even existed yet. I always kept my games back then I was just a kid but everyone kept their games. Now it's about beating the game as fast as possible and trading it in to get as much money back as possible. Kinda sad really

I'm pretty sure a lot of games back then weren't pop games that had 5 hours of campaign and some lame COD multiplayer knock off.

Why isn't Skyrim used price low after almost 2 years since release? Because the bang for the buck is immense and the game is meant to be exceptional and not a quick money getting scheme.

I got my Atari 2600 for Christmas 1981.  In 1982, there were a few music/video rental stores (Believe in Music, Crazy Larry's & Video Tyme) that bought, sold and rented used video games.  There were also a couple of small video game only stores around me that bought. sold and traded video games.  I grew up in a small suburb of Grand Rapids, Michigan.  There were also a couple mail order companies that would allow you to send in your used games to trade towards other games. 

a bit of trivia...At that time, most new games cost between $19.99 and $29.99 with a few in the mid $30's.  I made the mistake of buying Pac-Man for the 2600 on release day for $34.99 and ended up trading it in a few weeks later as it, well, sucked.

First it will be the used games industry. Then after things don't go as planned they'll find something new to blame their customers on and raise game prices.

i remember they use to blame piracy but if they do kill use games i will look forward to how they scrample to find something else to blame low game sells on maybe they will blame gamestop for making a couple bucks off a new game 

I think it could be because a larger percentage of people are buying used than in previous generations. The recession hit, and more people bought used games.

Well, of course that will come first. They begin by putting the squeeze on retailers until the bleed them dry and then we can truly get to 100% full digital. This applies to if and when we have a system in place like the one they are trying to go for.

This is the future I am worried about because I don't think it's going to be as rosey as some believe. Just because they bring in more money (potentially) doesn't mean they are going to fix their management issues.

they need to decrease budgets not spend so much on marketing or celebrity voice acting honestly publihers like EA and square enix are just really bad with money and remember hitman, tomb raider, and sleeping dogs all sold over a million copys but $quare enix expected call of duty numbers and capcom did the same thing with RE6 these idiots sold 6 million copys and were disapointed that they did get cod numbers

i bet when we  go 100% digital they will blame sony, nintendo, M$, and steam for royalites  honestly publishers are getting way to gready maybe a video game crash wouldn't be such a bad thing just to teach these idiots a lesson 

Or we could just be total pessimists.

Either way, if and when we get to this road I will stand at the sidelines and watch where it goes.