UK Chain Warns Buyers of Missing Used Game DLC
MCV (via GamePolitics) reports that the UK video game shop GAME has started placing warning stickers on used games that no longer have included DLC...
READ MORE >Man Sues GameStop Over Used Game DLC
In January, a man named James Collins walked into a GameStop and purchased a used copy of Dragon Age: Origins for $54.99, saving $5 when compared...
READ MORE >"One of my very good best friends works at a gamestop also, he's a stand up fellow in all the ..."
see all 158 commentsBest Buy and Walmart's Used Game Kiosk Supplier e-Play Suspends Operations
US retailers includng Best Buy and Walmart are to halt tests of automated kiosks that bought used games after their supplier e-Play closed up shop,...
READ MORE >"this kinda sucks though....i could give two craps about the games....the draw to me for the ..."
see all 8 commentsToys R Us Takes Used Game Initiative Nationwide; Accepting Atari 2600, Intellivision Games
Following a test program, retailer Toys R Us rolled out a used game initiative to all of its U.S. locations today, enabling gamers to exchange...
READ MORE >"im going to take a stack of shrinkwrapped 2600 titles in and see what happens"
see all 17 commentsBest Buy Test Offers New Games at Used Prices
Retailer Best Buy has begun a local test program that will allow customers to buy new games for the price of a used copy at competing stores....
READ MORE >"If this even has the remote change of going nationwide I highly doubt GameStop will be in ..."
see all 33 commentsBest Buy Tests New Used Game Kiosks
Retailer Best Buy is testing a new automated kiosk this week that will allow customers to sell used videogames and receive store credit in return....
READ MORE >"I want your friends, the ones that will pay $120 for a game I paid $70 for, for even the ones ..."
see all 30 commentsWalmart Stores Begin Accepting Used Game Trades
Mega-retailer Walmart has entered the lucrative used game buy back market through a partnership with kiosk provider e-Play. As part of a pilot...
READ MORE >"i think the "fries" analogy isnt quite right... this is a bit more accurate: do you feel ..."
see all 66 commentsAmazon.com Begins Buying, Selling Used Games
Joining the lucrative used game market, online retailer Amazon.com today began accepting console game trades in exchange for credit, which can then...
READ MORE >"you make a whole hell of a lot more money..and its not THAT difficult :)"
see all 23 commentsToys R Us Begins Selling Used Games
Nationwide retailer Toys R Us has begun testing a program to buy back used games and sell them at its stores, similar to that of GameStop and other...
READ MORE >"Thanks, but I like an actual manual with my game. You may not care about this for simpler games ..."
see all 55 commentsAtari Says Used Game Sales 'Extremely Painful'; Looks to Combat with 'Expandable' Games
During yesterday's Atari Live press conference, the publisher claimed that used game sales have been "extremely painful" for the industry, but...
READ MORE >"If the games made weren't good, then people likely wouldn't pay for them at all, or at a minimum ..."
see all 60 commentsGame Designer Defends Used Game Sales
Game designer Soren Johnson has written an essay entitled "The Case for Used Games" in which the Civilization 4 designer and Spore programmer...
READ MORE >"I've put in approx. 420 hours into The Orange box. I got it for $40, including tax. That's ..."
see all 57 commentsNintendo Fights Used Sales with New-only Wii Speak Channel
Nintendo's voice chat accessory Wii Speak releases on November 16 alongside the village life sim Animal Crossing: City Folk, but the Wii Speak...
READ MORE >"Yeah, these console used microphone wars are just getting out of hand. Wait, what?"
see all 40 commentsDevelopers Inventing New Strategies to Fight Used Game Sales
Epic president Mike Capps hinted recently that methods aside from new-copies-only DLC might appear to incentivize gamers away from the used game...
READ MORE >"Errata: "secondary owners" should be "secondary distributors. -Khalaq "
see all 385 commentsBungie: Used Game Sales Hurt Halo
Bungie audio director Marty O'Donnell has served up three multi-million-selling games with the company, but that hasn't stopped him from noting the...
READ MORE >"There is this little thing called the "FIRST SALE DOCTRINE", established by the Supreme Court ..."
see all 134 commentsEA: Used Game Sales Represent 'Critical Situation'
Jens Uwe Intat has declared the sale of used games "a very critical situation." Speaking to GamesIndustry, the Electronic Arts Europe VP denied...
READ MORE >"I used to always browse the "Bargain Bins" at CompUSA. I could pick up a bunch of games I was ..."
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"who is dumb enough to pay ridiculous prices for a used game in the first place anyway?"
- landaishan see all 5 comments