Entries in 'pre-owned' (150)
ANALYSIS: The pre-owned market
Before March this year, GAME and Gamestation were by far the UK’s biggest pre-owned game retailers.
GameStop slashes hardware prices - Wii for £49.97
Online only UK retailer GameStop has slashed the price of pre-owned consoles on its website.
Tretton "opposed to blocking used games"
Sony Computer Entertainment America CEO Jack Tretton has admitted that he personally does not support the idea of potentially blocking the use of pre-owned games on next-gen consoles.
Blockbuster: Games retail would not survive without pre-owned
Specialist games retailers cannot survive without second-hand, says Blockbuster.
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Crytek wants next-gen pre-owned block
A lead developer at Crytek has publicly supported the concept of console manufacturers blocking access to second-hand games.
Retailer vows to share 10% of pre-owned revenue with publishers
New US online retailer EKGaming has made a remarkable pledge – to share ten per cent of its pre-owned revenues with publishers.
RUMOUR: GameStop kicks off Skylander trade-ins
Rumours suggest that GameStop in North America has begun accepting and selling pre-owned Skylanders figures.
Pachter dismisses PS4 used games block
Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter does not believe PlayStation 4 will prevent users from playing pre-owned games.
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RUMOUR: PS4 codenamed Orbis; Includes anti pre-owned tech; Due 2013
Yet another rumour has pointed to the next PlayStation launching alongside the Xbox 360 successor in 2013.
Pre-owned "increases the cost of games"
Echoing the thoughts an arguments that have many times been the centre of near-furious debate at the Intent Media office, Silicon Knights boss Denis Dyack has argued that pre-owned is ...
NPD: $1.29bn for Q4 used, digital and social games in Europe
Consumers across UK, Germany and France spent over a billion dollars on non-new physical games in the last three months of 2011.
Pre-owned Vita players will still get Trophies
Vita owners have found a workaround that will enable them to earn Trophies from second hand games.
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Next Xbox pre-owned block "would be fantastic"
A design director at developer Volition has claimed that any next-gen move to block the use of pre-owned software “would be fantastic”.
OPINION: The end of pre-owned would be a disaster for games
Reports this morning – which it must be said remain totally unsubstantiated – claim that the Next Xbox could incorporate a new technology that blocks the use of pre-owned games ...
New Xbox to block pre-owned, incorporate Blu-ray
Barely a day passes now without some sort of fresh claim about the Next Xbox, but today’s are arguably some of the juiciest so far.
"Pre-owned is pushing devs into digital"
Game publishing and development firms are finding sanctuary in digital distribution platforms because boxed retail is dependent on pre-owned sales schemes, industry veteran David Perry has said.
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Retail: Stop online codes and we will share pre-owned revenue
Publishers can get a bigger slice of pre-owned game sales at retail – if they’re willing to reach a compromise with stores.
'There's still a place for us in pre-owned'
Argos may have thrown in the towel, but other mass-market retailers insist their own used games ventures are fighting fit.
Argos: Pre-owned failed to meet expectations
Mass market retailer Argos has told MCV why it has withdrawn from the second-hand games market.
New web retailer shares pre-owned revenue with publishers
An internet rental specialist has promised to share its used game profits with publishers.
Argos withdraws from pre-owned market
Generalist retailer Argos has ceased offering second-hand video games.
EB Games to scrap distinction between new and used games
Canadian retailer EB Games has reportedly done away with the distinction between new and pre-owned games.
Blockbuster: Publishers see rental model as deterrent to pre-owned
Forget Online Passes – renting is the new weapon for the war on pre-owned.
Obsidian says Online Pass 'is a gimmick'
Feargus Urquhart, the CEO of developer Obsidian, has criticised the use of the Online Pass in the industry’s battle against pre-owned video games.
FEATURE: Have the supermarkets failed in pre-owned?
Last year, Argos, Asda and Tesco made headlines by accepting trade-ins.
