“Basically, we are set to give the best value to our customers whilst making maximum margin.”

By cutting the earnings of the Developers/Publishers which actually did all the hard work. Nice.

Interesting move. Hopefully once the pre-owned market moves out of specialist retailers and into more mainstream companies then someone will take notice and put a rule in.

I propose 20% of all pre-owned sales to be paid to the copyright holder of the title. That should stabilise things a bit.

Although companies who survive the current games market will reap the benefit of digital distribution in the future, which will end the pre-owned basket all these traders are putting their eggs in.

That reminds me I must forward a cheque to Ford for 20% of a car I just sold.

Nonesense!

The ESA awarded the GameStop CEO with "lifetime achievement award" just a few years back for this very business model.

Will the next award go to Blockbuster!? Maybe just easier to embrace thieves than to kick their butts in a DC courtroom (oops! My bad. That would cost some legal expenses and probably cut into executive bonus packages. DOH!)

Then again, it might also require being brave, being smart, having a spine, AND some long term vision.

I really can't believe that you people think this way about the second hand market and as was sort of touched on above do you feel that way about all second hand merchandise as surely its the same principle, in which case I expect you would like to see sites like ebay banned and free adds in the newspapers removed. What an absolute JOKE.

The Trade in and second hand market is what is helping to the keep the Market alive in a time when a lot of other industries are struggling. From personal experiance I know I would not have purchased half the new release titles I have if it were not for the fact I could trade in some of my old games to get some money back towards them. Surely this totally counters your arguments of falling earnings for developers and publishers as with people like me the new titles would not be purchased if the trade in was not available ????

“The pre-owned market will lead the way for us,” he said. “It means we can offer better value than the supermarkets or independents" - how mean is that...i can understand the 'beating the supermarkets' but targeting independent stores? Independents are mainly just single stores and blockbuster are purposely trying to take their custom...these people are only trying to live on their profits...stop being greedy!

there are no friends in business mate! so why shouldn't they try to take their custom after all these place's are there to make money same as the independents.
and the independents would do exactly the same if they could, would they not?

cutting the earnings of the develops and publishers? what 50 grand a year down to a more reasonable amounth so parents and familys can afford to buy games. I could live with that.

Digital destribution from major games devleopers is exactly why games stores are moving into pre-owned heavily because that is the only way the idea is sustainable. offering customers the opertunity to trade there old games for new ones rather than ripping them off charging £25 for a download of GT5 Prologue where u dont even get a box.

That and the preowned market is the only way which games stores can hope to compete with supermarkets which sell games for less that the game is sold to them for which in the long run which will bring down the earnings of publishers and developers but i dont hear them getting a earbashing.

N.B. I have been into one of these stores and it looks fantastic with all of the prominent wall space dedicated to new stock not preowned great depth of brand new releases, also the comment about moving away from dvd just isn't true you can tell who wrote this article hasn't been in a shop as dvd's are to front of the store's and still take up 2/3rds of the floor space. Blockbuster is never going to abandon dvd's as this is were most of their profit comes from especially rental.

As long as I’m working in the games industry and still earning under 20k per year I couldn’t be more than happy that games are going to forced to be sold cheaper. And you know what the day I earn over 50k a year I won’t change my mind either. Funny that! Now stop being greedy!

i love large companies like these, when ive got a load of faulty 360 games, cracked discs i off load all my crap to large stores like this,as they have a budget for this and thieft, and i get some fresh stock, if they are anything like game or game station its no problem used games £5 cheaper than new, i dont know how the staff can work there, how embarasing,

If it was not for peole been able to trade in there unwanted games, lots of people would not be buying new games.

When people trade in the old games for new, dont forget the retailer bought the new game from a distribtor anyhow.

If the only way to buy a game was at £49.99 from a big national, the game industy would not be here in its present form.

@ Earl

exactly what I said, couldn't agree more.

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