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Forums - Sales - Trading In games Is a Rip Off IMO

karimkassis4life5000 on 31 December 2008

I never buy used games, only new.If a game interests me but I'm not sure if it's good I just rent it.



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tuoyo on 31 December 2008
reask said:

I mean you have a game 4 or 5 weeks which you paid maybe 60 Euro for.

You bring it in and the guy gives you like 25 to 30 euro store credit.

then the game goes up on the shelf for 10 Euro below the new version of same game.

I have made a decision never to trade in again anyone feel the same way?

I made that decision about 8 years ago when I traded in Wave Race and got only £10 yet second hand games were being sold for £30 or £35 (meaning the shop makes a profit of up to £25).  Since then I have never traded in a game and never will. 

 



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BHR-3 on 31 December 2008

i used to get scammed trading my games in for dirt last gen this gen i got smart and mastered the skill of opening and closing the games package w/o it looking like it's been opened save the receipt and ur good for al ur cash for 90 days on games that i don't think are worthy of keeping



                                                             

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Kyros on 31 December 2008

Every game can't be 20 hours long with infinite multi-player replayability.


Fair enough. But in this case they shouldn't be surprised if people sell their games after they played through them. Playtime is often neglected because it doesn't come up very big in reviews. But a 6h game like Heavenly Sword or a 8h campaign for a game like Halo3 that brought in hundreds of millions is simply not acceptable for 60$.