This is interesting as anyone in business will tell you that 80% of your business comes from 20% of your customers. While I will never buy a new game unless it is off of Steam for PC, I am sure that many gamers out there sell their old games to get the new games. So you may not be making any money off of used games sales, however, these used games are what helps fund new game sales.

It is not like they are selling their games to pay the bills or buy something completely different!

@smoothdude, you make a good point.

I think the used game retailers really need to find a way to make peace with the console makers. Ohterwise the console companies are going to continue to work towards an all digital future that cuts them out.

I was under the impression that most people like to get 'deals' on the things they purchase. Since the beginning of time we have always haggled for everything we buy. In today's world, everything is sold largely by expansive mega-merchandizers, so that element of bartering and trading has somewhat lessened, but the desire to do it has not.

Not only have game companies created additional income streams from their products via DLC, but they have then used that as a way of claiming used games sales are no longer worth it or right.

Since when is selling something you purchased wrong?

Yes, legally we don't own the code, but the spirit of ownership is still the same. When a consumer buys something, they have always been able to sell it to another party before... now... not so much... now, it's evil and taking bread from the mouths of the developer's children. I think this has gotten out of hand.

If you don't want to buy used, than don't.

If you do like to buy used, than do.

You are not causing islands to be swallowed by the sea or the moon to crash into the Earth because you buy used games. Stop being sensationalistic and start being realistic.

Companies don't go out of business because their products are TOO GOOD. They go out of business because they either are no longer relevant or no longer have a customer base.

interesting article, but i'd dispute one part.

we are not powerless, quite the opposite in fact.
the truth is these publishers need us more than we need them, people just need to realise that, they shouldn't be dictating terms to us, we should be dictating terms to them.

what if the game buying public finally decides one publisher is gauging them too much and stops buying from them?
well the gamers might miss out on a few titles, though there are other publishrs, but that publisher is gonna go out of business if they don't change their ways.
and if something like this did happen the rest of the industry would have to realise we have the power not them, and start showing some respect to their customers for a change, instead of treating us like some exploitable resource.

people just need to realise we're the most important part of this business and not just take everything the publisher do lying down.
we hold the power, it's our money they're desperate for, we ultimately have control over what we spend it on, not them.

Some brilliant points made here! :)

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I can't sit here and act like I know these workers financial situations. And I'm sure nobody wakes up WANTING to go to court. But for the sake of the industry, I wish some of these types of cases made it to trial.

Settlements allow companies to continue to do whatever abusive practices they do. While the trials (should the company lose) would actually force real changes for the better.

But again, I'm not in these workers shoes and I can understand them not wanting to risk it.