FFD: Would you buy a console that locked out used games?
It's increasingly looking like the next generation of consoles will have measure to limit used games. Would you buy one if they did?
Oh look, another developer says used games are the devil
Denis Dyack says the second-hand games market is threatening the future of the industry as we know it.
The Vita doesn’t allow trophies for 2nd hand games – but there’s a fix
You can't earn trophies on used games - or those you borrow from friends.
EB Games and Gamestop are ditching used games, blending them in with the real ones
Canadian gaming shops Gamestop and EB Games have embarked on a controversial new business decision, to scrap their used games section and merge it with new titles, without properly informing customers.
Is the pre-owned games market really evil? GAME says no.
Are used games detrimental to the video game industry?
Why Gamers Like Buying Games New instead of Used
Used game sales are certainly profitable, at a time when new game sales are on the decline. Blame the economic downturn, global warming or evil cats hell bent on enslaving humanity, but there’s certainly an increase in frugality amongst gamers. Despite the fact that (barring EA and THQ sports games) pre-owned games are the same as new ones, only cheaper, …
Sell your used games on kalahari.net
Unfortunately the reality of being a gamer these days means that it’s virtually impossible to afford every single brand new title that gets released and as such we have a huge second hand game market in South Africa. But unless you have been living under a rock for the past 1 000 years you would also know that trading games …
Boy of 4 Finds Marijuana in Used Game Case
The UK’s Sun – the leading source of always factual, unbiased, and never made up news - has reported that four year-old Riley Brown of West Sussex found something he wasn’t expecting in the used copy of Fight Night Round 4 his father bought for him from a local Blockbuster Video. Inside, neatly tucked in to the manual was a …
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