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Yes but do you know why that is? It's because games companies don't make any money from pre-owned games. So everythings going digital, so pre-owned games will sort of phase out, (consequently, Game and Gamestation are going down). Sony want to make sure they're getting all the money they can possibly squeeze out of people, because psn or whatever its called is almost all yhe money they're making out of games.
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True. Gotta admit though, the sale of pre-owned games never seemed like a problem before this console generation. It's only in the last year or so that games companies have been throwing tantrums and whining about not making money from pre-owned games. It just seems like pure greed to be honest. I kind of agree with something a friend said to me; 'if they want people to buy games new, they should just make them better'
This whole 'you don't own a copy of the game, you own a licence to use it' lark is getting ridiculous. What happened to the time I could take a memory card round to a friend's house, and we could continue playing from where I left off? Now it's all 'not allowed to copy the save data' and 'this save data is from another system so saving and trophies are disabled'. And don't get me started on 'online passes' and whatever scheme they are trying to use lately. What happens if you don't have online access? You lose a good chunk of a game you've payed full price for.
Maybe it's just me, but I really don't like the direction the gaming industry is going as a whole. Of course, for small companies like OWI, I think digital distribution is a great opportunity and probably the best business strategy they can aim for at the moment. It's a tricky situation I guess, with pros and cons.