Well GT6 no longer being available digitally is a combination of two things expired licenses and the servers for the game being shut down.  So even if manage to get a used copy you can't experience the full game anymore since the online portion of the game is no longer is available. 

First, this article doesn't really tell us much.  It's little bits and pieces of the whole thing scattered around.

What I'm wondering is if this is aimed specifically at people who are reselling second-hand games as "new".  If there is a limited warranty that no longer applies unless it's sold by an authorized reseller, then calling it "new" would be misleading and possibly illegal.  I'm pretty sure this applies to lots of things--I know car standards are pretty strict--but most of the time there isn't an issue with piracy or fraud as with movies or games. 

If that's the case then I don't see much of a problem.

I also wonder if Polygon checked the credibility of their source.  I would assume so but it doesn't mention that.  Regardless, this really should have been run by a lawyer before publication because it kind of sounds like a good deal of conjecture.

It's funny , actually Bethesda has been a great company so far, especially if you compare to a cancer like EA and Konami, hell even if you compare to Ubisoft Bethesda is still far better. But it seems the world is not perfect after all and we cannot have a nice thing :( .

I hope they stop this

So if he unwraps it and sells it as "mint condition, never played" it's ok?

I found weird in the article because before that statement they said about the seller "He bought the game but never unwrapped it, he told us.".  So he was still selling a new copy of the game. 

Hmm..I never thought about the game having warranty, most of the time if something is wrong with the game I just bring it back to the store and they either give me a new copy or refund, where I never deal with the Publisher at all.  So what does this 'full warranty' of a game from the Publisher entitles us to?

Same.  And it could literally be for any product a consumer buys.  Imagine if companies like Ford, Honda, Toyota etc.. start doing the same for people trying to sell their used cars? loll I think Bethesda is out of hand on this.

I doubt he even has to unwrap it.

Warranties change depending on the manufacturer.  Usually, if you get home and you find a defect, you can call the manufacturer.  They might tell you to go through the store or they might hand it directly, but either way, it's still the manufacturer who eats the cost.  However, if it's a limited warranty, it might say that the terms of the warranty only apply to the first buyer--if the first buyer sells the item, the warranty if voided.

In the case in the article, the issue seems to be that the guy selling the game is the "first buyer", thus anyone who buys from him will get a game with no warranty.  That means the game is no longer "new" because the consumer isn't getting the same thing that someone who buys a new game from Target or Gamestop would get.  That means, legally speaking, the guy in the article listing his game as "new" might be false advertising.  If that's all this is about, then that would actually make it a pro-consumer move from Bethesda.

The article is really muddled, though, and I can't tell what is fact and what is the writer's conjecture.

As far as cars, most of them have a full warranty that transfers to the second buyer.  However, the moment a car is signed over to the first buyer, it becomes "used," even if it has never been started and has zero miles on it.  It can no longer be sold as "new" and that's a pretty strict rule.

This makes me wonder on being able to resell art that you paid for, but didn't have any hand in creating. Same goes for music and any other industry product.

The issue is quite easy to understand. Every resale done is no money for Bethesda.

I hate the path Bethesda took after the successes they had since last gen. The decisions they've made with Fallout 4 really destroyed the company for me.

uhm there are tons of indie games that don't have a retail version and guess what. They are frequently on sale like every other game.
You don't seem to get that there is only a limited number of people who will buy a game at $60. If everyone of those already has the game, the publisher will make $0 unless they reduce the price.

Also it's obvious that Steam has Batman for $20. Otherwise they could never ever put it on sale if the regular price was only $5.