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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. Best Buy should not be doing this. by Vodak · · Score: -1, Troll

    It is a complete load of crap what BestBuy is doing. There is no reasons companies like EB, Bestbuy, or even places like GameFly and Blockbuster Video to sell used games to consumers thus cutting out royalities from the developers and placing another mark that shows the gaming industry is about to crash again.

    That being said I understand why Bestbuy is doing this. EB and other places are making alot of profit selling this merchindise. IT's just good business sense. Local Record exchange type stores have been doing this for a long time so it iwas only natural that Big business do it.

    And since the "hardcore gamer" has little spending money using it on acne creme, tacos, what ever it is an easy way to get money... which that same kid will eventually buy more games with.

    Capitialism wonderful. I guess