I saw a youtube video recently about the used game market and I wanted to get a feel of what the VGC community thinks about it. over the years, i have noticed that VGC is kind of split on this issue. There are a lot of people who argue adamently that used games are a detriment to the industry. 

My thoughts are that used games are in no way a detriment, and what a lot of publishers foolishly dont seem to consider is that people are able to afford their latest and greatest game by selling their old games that they have already played through. The efforts of publishers to stifle this market really just hurts them in the long run. Companies like GameStop actively stimulate the sales of new games by offering special promotions if people trade in games toward the preorder of a big new title. I think this has largely played a part in the sales boom that was the 7th generation. 

For years the new market has rode the back of the used market. It is something that must be considered when talking about the used game market and what it means to the industry. The industry needs the used market. 

What is your guys' take on it?

I couldn't care less to be honest, but I do think its days are numbered as physical media withers away.

dont you think we should care then? less people will be playing video games and new game sales will suffer. 

I love the used market. I get all my games for much cheaper, and am able to buy a game that is out of print. I don't have enough money to buy every game new, and don't have enough time to play every game as soon as it comes out. The used market helpful to people like me.

It is a necessary evil. Ideally everyone would just buy new so the devs can get a piece of every sale and everything would run nice and smooth.

100% untrue. New game sales would increase if anything and, as Steam has proven brilliantly, prices can perfectly match and even undercut used games prices in a digital store front while still making publishers a shit ton of money, unlike with used games.

I don't care that they exist, but let's not act like the industry wouldn't be better off if they didn't, because it would, especially once everything goes digital.

I second this

You know, like on Steam, where it's a completely unessecary, and therefore non-existant, evil.

Steam isn't a physical platform.

It's a consumer right as it should be. It's the companies' responsibility to manage with that. Thus, it's needless to even discuss its effect on the market.

Just for the record, Steam has pretty much killed used games on PC. How? Sales. Consoles still have a long way to come in that regard. I also think it shows it's a pricing issue.