To hear some publishers tell it, used game sales are the devil's work, and we--meaning us consumers--the devil's henchmen.
We're buying too many used games, you see, and in our patient thrift, we're destroying the very thing we're supposed to love.
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well the goodness won't less for ever and i can see for ever its just over the horizon =/
Well I feel that if people cant sell their old games they are less likely to buy as many new games. I think more emphasis should be placed on giving good incentives to buy games new like download codes and that sort of thing. They need to make it desireable to buy the games new but for the less well-off people there needs to be the second-hand option just to keep them in gaming.
Most important thing to do is prevent piracy though.
i've worked at gamestop, the people who buy used games still support the industry. i'd often sell a used game along with an xbl card, new controller or whatnot. i've bought many used titles that i've ended up buying dlc for, that supports the industry.
game publishers need to pull their head out of their ass and realize that it's the $60 price tag that is killing game sales. i'm not rich, $60 is not an "impulse purchase" for me, $30-$40 is. the fact is that most games simply aren't worth the $60.
if publishers want to increase new sales they should bear the burden. demoes for all titles before release, full demoes, not just 2 minutes of the best part. give me the entire first level.
no "exclusive" demo or beta garbage, a recent example would be transformers. thanks for screwing ps3 owners out of a demo, as a result it resides on my gamefly queue instead of in my possession.
take a good long look at your game and ask yourselves if it's really worth a $60 msrp. i snapped up 3D dot game heroes because it was only $40. i'll probably grab sniper ghost warrior because it's only $40. if they were full price i'd skip these games.
i don't want free dlc or anything, i'd rather you just lowered your prices that $10 or $15. if you want to maintain your current pricing expect me to keep buying used games. and for the love of god stop whining, i don't see book publishers crying because amazon sells used books.
Amen
Rather that be on Ebay or Gamestop, then my collection of ps2/xbox games would not continue to grow.
Yes I do own a ps3 and xbox 360, but I still like to go back to old games that I missed.