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FrizzleFried:
Nevermind...

MidnightClubbed:
Gamestop - Killing the game industry one pre-owned title at a time.

hypernova:
Meh...

RandyT:

--- Quote from: MidnightClubbed on December 10, 2010, 04:26:08 pm ---Gamestop - Killing the game industry one pre-owned title at a time.

--- End quote ---

Since the game industry prices its new products such that it creates a market for pre-owned titles, it would be more accurate to state that the game industry is killing itself.

Funny commercial.

MidnightClubbed:
I agree that 'full price' games may be too expensive for some people, but Gamestop are the dominant game retailer in the US and they are encouraging people to buy used rather than new, and so are choking the developers and publishers.  For the developers they might as well be selling pirate copies. 
That $5 you generally save off a full-price game can quite easily be saved with an amazon order, or by waiting a few weeks for a price deal.

This (and piracy) is pushing the games companies much more quickly towards digital download and subscription services as they see their costs rising and profits falling.  Hopefully the market will rebalance prices at that point.

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