well, there are some differences. the real costs for books are for advertisement, distribution and printing of the books. so, if you won't sell as much as you could, you just produce less books. but if you can't sell so many games anymore, you still had already millions of dollars of development costs before the game is even gold.

a used book is also not the same experience for many as a new book because used books clearly look used. many want a new book because it "feels different" to them to have a book without a used look but if you play a game which was already in the console of 50 other people, the graphics are still the same. you only see that it's used when you look at the cover or disc itself but most people buy it because of what you see on your tv screen.

the video game industry is clearly in the worst position of all media if it comes to used products.

you can say it's still our right to buy, sell and lend used but the gaming media has a bigger problem with it as anyone else.

Libraries don't preserve history.  If they do then our local libraries are doing it wrong.  Libraries routinely rid themselves of books that people no longer read, selling them to patrons.

The intention of a library is to provide access to current fiction/non-fiction and reference/research materials, as well as popular media.

Our libraries here also provide access to an entire library of ebooks.  So, suggesting they can't also provide access to digital copies of games doesn't exactly work.  The question is, will the ability to access those library of games via a library be possible and if so, how?

Let's brainstorm. How can used games be addressed that benefit gamers and publishers?

Certified used games sales from the publisher. Send in your copy to the publisher using an online store set up through the manufacturer and recieve a check for more than what gamestop would give you. You can then purchase used games directly through publisher using same store. Publisher gets profits and gets to control the amount of used games being circulated

I already have a solution. It's something I've been working on for a while. Once my raise comes in in a couple weeks I'm going to start getting serious on it. Hopefully it changes everything.

Should we start calling you Paul Revere of games?

Libraries don't preserve history.  If they do then our local libraries are doing it wrong.  Libraries routinely rid themselves of books that people no longer read, selling them to patrons.

The intention of a library is to provide access to current fiction/non-fiction and reference/research materials, as well as popular media.

Our libraries here also provide access to an entire library of ebooks.  So, suggesting they can't also provide access to digital copies of games doesn't exactly work.  The question is, will the ability to access those library of games via a library be possible and if so, how?