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Best Buy vs. The Game Makers

Posted by Zonk on from the who-needs-friends-when-you-have-money dept.

An anonymous reader writes "CNN's excellent Game Over column brings word that Best Buy has begun selling used games in select locations as part of a test program. If successful, all of the store's 700 stores could begin doing so in the not-too-distant future. Not so happy about this are developers, including Epic's Mark Rein, who resurrects his 'no used game sales' argument, saying 'To have them resell the games, with developers having no participation, that's just wrong. That's just fleecing us.'"

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  1. Re:Oh sit down in your corner. by Grand · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I dont understand this argument. How would they have 'extra' phone calls? They are not going to get any phone calls from the original owner. If its a defect issue, they would get that phone call from the original owner anyway. If its a problem with the customer not understanding something about the product, they would get that phone call if the person would have bought the product new. Now I can see problems with non-console games that have product keys for activation, or registration. But im assuming BB isnt selling used PC games.