1. Alot of casuals that buy the type of games you are reffering to buy them at walmart or tru. Core gamers are the ones who buy it new play it for 3-4 weeks then trade it in for a decent value, basically getting the game for 20 bucks.

2. The type of games your are referring to drop in price very quickly. Example, game party has been 19.99 for almost its entire life. It sells used for 17.99.

I don't want to sell any of my Wii games.  :)   Wouldn't be a collection if I did that.

Although I did get about 10% of them used...  so, someone wanted to sell some of them.  lol

Actually, it's strange how hard it is to find used Wii games.  :(   Gamestop has lots of them, but they tend to only be about 10% savings compared to new.  For $5 savings on a $50 game, I just get new...  Gamecrazy has better discounts, but they typically only have games I already have, or do not want...

You have it backwards, it's because the "hardcore" industry is dying that used game sales are so high. (hint: $60 price tag, caused by hugely bloated budgets).

I rarely buy any of my games used and i rarely sell them. I buy new game to keep and i dun buy them when they first come out. When i do buy used games though i usually have the intention to sell them back.

Just out of curiosity, why can the Jewelry, Movie, Gun, Book, Car, Music, and Appliance industries all thrive with bustling second hand markets, but games cannot? Given that practically every other comparable industry has a used saler market they live in harmony with, it seems like the problem is the Games industry, not second hand sales.

Here, let me lay this out with a math-ish analogy. If you see Industry [A] is losing money, and you pinpoint Issue [X], Issue [Y], and Issue [Z], you might claim that Issue [Y] is causing the losses. Without any further information, making conclusive statements isn't possible.

However, if you see Industry , Industry [C], Industry [D], Industry [E], Industry [F], Industry [G], and Industry [H] are doing fine, even though all of these industries also have Issue [Y], then it's fairly clear that Issue [Y] is not a dominating factor.

And again, that's essentially the place the gaming industry is in. Every other industry can not only survive but often thrive with a second hand market. So why can't video games? Either video games are super special and it's not fair to compare them to any other industry in the world, or there are other predominating factors which are much more significant and are the real cause for publisher's struggles. I'd propose again that the latter is more likely.