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RandyT:


--- Quote from: Malenko on December 14, 2010, 12:08:02 pm ---The only time I ever took a used copy over a game I wanted new was when the new copy was the copy the employees took out and the seal was broke and the disc was already scratched.

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There's another really compelling reason to save that $5 off a recent release.  If you are a member of their "club" you get an extra 10% off pre-owned games, and on top of that, they have their "3 for 2" and "buy one get another 50% off" sales only on pre-owned, so that can turn into a heck of a discount.  Additionally, I have found that it's a lot easier to return or exchange a pre-owned title with them than a new one.  So folks who are claiming it's only a $5 difference seem to be taking the narrow view of the advantages to buying used.

wp34:


--- Quote from: RandyT on December 14, 2010, 02:09:17 pm ---Additionally, I have found that it's a lot easier to return or exchange a pre-owned title with them than a new one. 

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That is the main reason I shop there.  I've returned several games that did not hold my interest after a week.  Gamestop lets you return a used game no questions asked.

MidnightClubbed:

My original argument was not that the pre-owned market is bad, just that Gamestop as the dominant retailer are pimping pre-owned over new and deliberately harming the people who make the games they try to sell.  Use the local mom and pop (if one exists) or ebay to buy used games :)

It's all pushing the industry to online/streamed/rental, don't be surprised if traditional retail packaged games no longer exist in 5 years.


RayB:

Well, you know pre-owned games killed the Dreamcast.


RandyT:


--- Quote from: MidnightClubbed on December 14, 2010, 03:02:45 pm ---It's all pushing the industry to online/streamed/rental, don't be surprised if traditional retail packaged games no longer exist in 5 years.

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I'll be VERY surprised.  You can't sell what consumers don't want (*cough..PSP-GO..cough*) unless it's a "deal they can't refuse".  As I stated before, the duplication and retail distribution is such a small part of the costs, getting rid of it will probably never equal in savings what it would take in price drops to get the buying public to give up the possibility for recouping some of their cost on the re-sale.


--- Quote from: RayB on December 14, 2010, 03:31:58 pm ---Well, you know pre-owned games killed the Dreamcast.

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More like bad timing and a system that wasn't secure enough to prevent casual pirating.


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