Comments on: GameStop Says Publishers Can Participate in Their Used Game Business http://terminalgamer.com/2010/03/19/gamestop-says-publishers-can-participate-in-their-used-game-business/ Wed, 23 May 2012 17:00:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: nintendo ds lite trade in value gamestop http://terminalgamer.com/2010/03/19/gamestop-says-publishers-can-participate-in-their-used-game-business/comment-page-1/#comment-15478 nintendo ds lite trade in value gamestop Fri, 07 Oct 2011 05:57:21 +0000 http://terminalgamer.com/?p=6662#comment-15478 Thk for nintendo ds lite trade in value gamestop Thk for nintendo ds lite trade in value gamestop

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]]> By: Deaconstreet http://terminalgamer.com/2010/03/19/gamestop-says-publishers-can-participate-in-their-used-game-business/comment-page-1/#comment-2016 Deaconstreet Thu, 25 Mar 2010 18:07:31 +0000 http://terminalgamer.com/?p=6662#comment-2016 Didn't Garth Brooks talk the same shit about music in the 90's. If you buy a car and then sell it used, do you owe Honda money? Most people who buy used games are buying them six months to a year after release. They've made their money by then. Ask a GS employee how many copies of L4D2 or Modern Warfare they have used on their shelves. Did you know that you buy games in Thailand for $10.00 over the internet and they're not even bootlegs? Check it out. Didn’t Garth Brooks talk the same shit about music in the 90′s. If you buy a car and then sell it used, do you owe Honda money? Most people who buy used games are buying them six months to a year after release. They’ve made their money by then.
Ask a GS employee how many copies of L4D2 or Modern Warfare they have used on their shelves. Did you know that you buy games in Thailand for $10.00 over the internet and they’re not even bootlegs? Check it out.

]]> By: Disaster http://terminalgamer.com/2010/03/19/gamestop-says-publishers-can-participate-in-their-used-game-business/comment-page-1/#comment-1995 Disaster Mon, 22 Mar 2010 19:45:10 +0000 http://terminalgamer.com/?p=6662#comment-1995 If GameStop were to ever stop taking in and selling used games, they would lose a lot of customers, like more than half of their customer base is used game customers. I work at GameStop and even the people that come in to buy new games bring in old games to trade toward that new game, if they couldn't sell used games they couldn't take them in and a lot of people depend on trade-in store credit to, say, get their copy of God of War III on release day. Yes they get quite a profit from taking in games for $25 and selling them for $55, but that is pretty much where most of their profit comes from, they would go out of business if all they depended on was buying new games and accessories for only $5-$10 less then what they can sell them for. If GameStop were to ever stop taking in and selling used games, they would lose a lot of customers, like more than half of their customer base is used game customers. I work at GameStop and even the people that come in to buy new games bring in old games to trade toward that new game, if they couldn’t sell used games they couldn’t take them in and a lot of people depend on trade-in store credit to, say, get their copy of God of War III on release day. Yes they get quite a profit from taking in games for $25 and selling them for $55, but that is pretty much where most of their profit comes from, they would go out of business if all they depended on was buying new games and accessories for only $5-$10 less then what they can sell them for.

]]> By: John Weagle http://terminalgamer.com/2010/03/19/gamestop-says-publishers-can-participate-in-their-used-game-business/comment-page-1/#comment-1991 John Weagle Sun, 21 Mar 2010 21:28:49 +0000 http://terminalgamer.com/?p=6662#comment-1991 Business is business, but personally i'd rather buy a new game than used. Gaming is a costly habit, they're expensive to buy, and even more expensive to make. I support EA on this one, for the simple fact I'd rather see my money go to the developers and publishers who made the game, rather than the company that sells them. I traded in Mass Effect 2, and got $23.00 worth of credit, so no trade credit is bad even here in Canada. On the other hand, I understand it's a business trying to make money. Business is business, but personally i’d rather buy a new game than used. Gaming is a costly habit, they’re expensive to buy, and even more expensive to make. I support EA on this one, for the simple fact I’d rather see my money go to the developers and publishers who made the game, rather than the company that sells them.

I traded in Mass Effect 2, and got $23.00 worth of credit, so no trade credit is bad even here in Canada. On the other hand, I understand it’s a business trying to make money.

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