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No other industry I can think of spends so much time worrying about second-hand sales. If folks perceive value in your product at the price point you offer it, they will buy it. If they don't, start figuring out your value proposition, not looking for or blaming other factors.
And no other industry has second hand sales implications quite like video games:
1) Second hand sales are overwhelmingly done by GameSpy, a publically traded company making hundreds of millions of dollars on these sales.
2) Second hand sales tend to be a mere $5 less than initial sales, meaning that for new releases the savings is less than 10%. Upselling from second hand to new sale is therefore minimal.
3) Second hand sales are almost definitely not needed to sustain the economy. One cannot afford a new house without selling his current house. One cannot afford a new car without selling his old car. One most likely can afford a new game without selling his old game. Even if this is true one could simply wait six months for the game to fall into his price range naturally.
4) Second hand sales for video games involve zero detriment. A used video game and a new video game are identical. With physical items this isn't true, and many have incentive to buy new to get new. With video games there's no difference at all, aside from all the stupid stickers GameStop puts on it.
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May 18, 11:08 |
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May 18, 11:19 |
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May 18, 20:16 |
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May 18, 21:14 |
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May 18, 21:21 |
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May 18, 21:22 |
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May 18, 11:10 |
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May 18, 11:47 |
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May 18, 12:10 |
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May 18, 22:06 |
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May 18, 22:10 |
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Beamer |
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May 18, 11:26 |
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May 18, 11:49 |
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May 18, 12:02 |
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May 18, 12:14 |
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May 18, 12:32 |
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May 18, 12:47 |
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May 18, 22:23 |
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May 18, 23:23 |
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May 19, 00:13 |
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May 19, 03:07 |
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May 19, 05:44 |
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May 19, 06:05 |
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May 19, 10:07 |
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May 19, 12:34 |
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May 19, 12:47 |
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May 18, 19:23 |
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May 18, 19:31 |
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May 18, 22:04 |
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May 18, 12:05 |
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May 18, 13:15 |
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May 18, 13:59 |
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May 18, 14:42 |
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May 18, 15:12 |
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May 18, 15:19 |
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nin |
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May 18, 16:29 |
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May 18, 17:44 |
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May 18, 13:02 |
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May 18, 15:07 |
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May 18, 13:28 |
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May 18, 14:15 |
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May 18, 14:21 |
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May 18, 16:26 |
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May 18, 14:38 |
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May 18, 15:25 |
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May 18, 15:34 |
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May 18, 19:16 |
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May 18, 16:25 |
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May 18, 17:55 |
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May 19, 05:29 |
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May 18, 21:57 |
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May 18, 23:29 |
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Dades |
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May 19, 08:48 |
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Verno |
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May 19, 09:43 |
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Beamer |
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May 19, 09:46 |
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Beamer |
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May 19, 10:56 |
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