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[–] cud ago 

It's great. I've picked up a lot games that I was iffy about that way.

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[–] Slothking ago 

Used games good.

The only thing that i hate about digital distribution.

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[–] Kinuc ago 

I live in a developing nation and work to provide for myself.

The used game market exists to serve the need people like myself have. I -need- to be able to play video games affordably; it isn't so much that I have a lack of self-control in that games are a part of my monthly budget, but it's something I spend on because it makes me happy. Happiness shouldn't have to cost an arm and a leg.

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[–] jasotastic ago 

If people weren't allowed to trade in games, most of us (with less disposable income) would find ourselves sticking to games in the same franchise that we like. We wouldn't necessarily have the ability to take a risk on something like Shadow of the Colossus. So, we'd end up missing out on some REALLY great games. Of course, that affects the publishers by causing those smaller experimental games to take a bigger chunk out of their budget with lower ROI.

I don't mind spending money on Star Ocean and maybe not liking it if I can fall back on a GameStop, GameXchange, etc. to purchase it from me and recoup a little of my cost towards another game.

All in all, I think we, the consumer, suffer the most if trade-ins were not available in their current form.

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[–] ex-redd 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

I like the notion of used games, but I like the idea of permanently owned re-downloadable games even better. So if they go away in replacement of an all digital library (eg. steam, playstation store etc.), I say it is a win over-all. PS. Older games prices usually fall anyway.

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[–] therocktor ago 

Honestly, I'm in favor of the sale of used games for reasons unrelated to whether they harm or hurt the industry. According to my (limited) understanding of the First Sale Doctrine, copyrighted material can be resold if it was originally purchased legally. I think it's a great thing because games make their way into libraries and in game stores for cheap, where more people have access to them. Yeah, it sucks that game shops get 100% of the profit for something they had no hand in creating, but that's just how the law works. The creators got the profit from their original sale, and after that, they have no say in how their product is sold. They got paid, story ends. And really, what do a lot of people do after they trade their games in to stores? They buy new ones.

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[–] earn504 ago 

As a consumer I go for whatever is cheaper. For the few disk based games I buy almost all of them are used. I think what publisher/devs are doing now is trying the games as a service route. They try to nickle and dime us on dlc to try to get consumers to keep there games while milking them for money. I wish they would just release good games with quality dlc to persuade us to keep the game. For example if Witcher 3 sucked and I owned it on disk I would've sold it after beating it and not waited for the new dlc or kept it for a 2nd/3rd play through. (small tangent) I wish game keys were treated like game disks were after playing a game through steam/origin/uplay/gog whatever, that I could just sell the key to someone else and have it removed from my library.

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[–] nebodee ago 

The only reason I own consoles at all is because of used games and buy 2 get 1 free bargains. I would strictly be on PC if it was not available.

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