Used games a boon and bane for industry

I don’t think for a second that the sale of a used game is going to hurt or hinder the gaming industry. In many instances, buying used makes sense. And with a steady flow of gaming titles coming out on a regular basis, there is no need for alarm because of increasing used game sales.

The rap on video games is that they’re pricey and getting pricier. But if that’s what you suspect, you haven’t shopped around lately. The typical $49.99 MSRP for a hot, first-rate title is only for gamers who insist on a pristine copy of, for example, “Peter Jackson’s King Kong: The Official Game Of The Movie.”

Other, less-fussy gamers can go to their neighborhood GameStop, plunk down $27.99 for a so-called “preowned copy,” and go home knowing they saved 44% on what is essentially the very same game — perhaps without a manual or box — but guaranteed to work nonetheless. [Read the rest]

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