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Do Pre-owned Sales Have A Future?

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

A new trend is appearing among developers at the moment and for once they all agree on something. They’re not making any money from pre-owned sales

When you trade in your old titles, where do you think the money goes? Entirely to the store, that’s who. Whereas for you and I picking up a premium title at a budget price is a fine bargain, publishers are a bit miffed that you didn’t spend a potential £49.99 RRP on it. Over the last few weeks EA, Ubisoft and now THQ have announced ‘pay to play’ methods to ensure that there’s a little bit of money channelled back in from second hand sales Continue Reading…