GameStop Says Publishers Beginning to Accept Used Game Market

[FloodOne]

People are still hating on Project Ten Dollar, but I fail to understand why. It's not cutting anything out of your game experience, especially when you buy new and get bonus content for free.

If it was TRULY bad for the consumers, the plans would have failed. The fact that it hasn't leads me to believe that most of the bitching I hear about the program is from a small, but very vocal minority.

 

[zHellas]

GameStop? No.

And just so I'm clear:

NO.

...Elaborate please.

I'm curious as to what you mean.

(Actually curious here)

Oh! And Merry Christmas!

 

[Tom Phoenix]

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I win for everyone? HA. It's not a win at all for the consumer, considering most times they amount of money you get for trading in a game is laughable, and then you go on to sell the used game for like 3 dollars below the cost of buying a brand new copy. Also I know plenty of gamers who LOVE having more than 7 years of a franchise on their shelves, granted the games that they collect aren't essentially the same game every friggin year, which Gamestop is essentially implying is true of the series they used as examples.

This side of the argument is so riddled with holes, I can barely even call it an argument. What does it matter if there's more opportunity to sell digital content, when if they had bought it new, they would probably have bought the DLC AND given the company who made the game money with the purchase of the game itself. That's obviously better for the company, but Gamestop is trying to imply that it's just as good somehow if they only make money from the DLC.

Seriously Gamestop, either give me a good deal or give me a new copy, don't take 5 bucks off of the original price for a disc that's probably scratched to hell.

That is what I "love" so much about these used game sales discussions. It's always about what benefits either the publisher or the retailer; never what benefits the consumer. As a result, it is precisely the consumers that end up being the most screwed by decisions from either side.

 

[Raeil]

When I was a kid I used to trade in old games to get new games, then a couple years ago I saw my friend had a beautiful collection of classics in a disc binder, and I'd realized I had made a huge mistake.

Now I save my games and the collection is building.

If I was Gamestop I would be more worried about a store coming along that offers reasonable prices for both used games and trade ins, I don't know why it hasn't happened yet.

To make one thing abundantly clear: Not all used game stores are as bad as gamestop for this! Many of them do a standard 50-100 deal, where both the seller & the store itself make money. IE: They buy it for $10 (CASH, NOT STORE CREDIT) and sell it for $20. Hell, almost nobody here sells to gamestop. They rip you off.

I don't usually comment, but just so you know, Gamestop has updated their system to allow cash trade-ins, making your parenthetical shout unnecessary.

 

[Bakuryukun]

I win for everyone? HA. It's not a win at all for the consumer, considering most times they amount of money you get for trading in a game is laughable, and then you go on to sell the used game for like 3 dollars below the cost of buying a brand new copy.

Nobody's forcing you to trade in your games. For some people, it's a worthwhile incentive, for others, not so much. But I think we can agree that if it really wasn't "a win for the consumer," the program wouldn't go anywhere. The fact that it's such an integral part of GameStop's business strongly suggests otherwise.

Even before EB stopped taking PC games on trade (no GameStop within reasonable range), I never traded in my titles. Well, I did once a few years back when I acquired a very generous fellow's game collection and found myself saddled with a few doubles, but for all intents and purposes I'm one of those people who likes seven years of a franchise on my shelf. But I still see pre-owned as a very important part of the market that's valuable to retailers and consumers alike.

I would disagree, just because a lot of people use the program doesn't make it anymore of a good investment, we are talking money here, not personal opinion. All it suggests to me is that a lot of people are suckered in with the promise of slightly cheaper games without doing the math to find out if it's worth it. I'm TERRIBLE at math but I suffer through it so as to not be ripped off. It is simply NOT a good investment to sell or even trade to Gamestop.

 

[duchaked]

no really?
everyone else has already figured this out lol

get with the game!

 

[random_bars]

Except that this only works for games that are part of a long-running franchise with constant new releases. Which is the worst way to go about making games.