GameStop: Consumers unlikely to buy next-gen console that blocks used games

Stop the spread of console STDs.

Avoid used games. Purchase only new/sealed or download your games directly.

i'll buy the game system that offers physical games, and that does not block used preowned games. I get a lot of my games second hand, that's the only way i can get to try some of them out. I usually choose to buy second hand games on games that i'm interested in but not enough to pay $60. I find it unfair that every game gets that $60 price tag no matter the quality or effort put behind it.

@Deadman_est1982 Half price doesn't seem viable or believable. $10 off would be acceptable. Plus I don't have to go anywhere at for a physical purchase.

In a way, I'm okay with this. But let me download the games to all my own consoles and bypass the disc.
Most games I buy new anyway. Maybe Game stop would have to adapt somehow - like improving their customer service model.

Gamestop is only saying what most of us are thinking. Forget the fact that they make most of their revenue via used game sales, what they said is absolutely correct. And, their statement is inline with my thinking and the majority of a forum thread I participated in and read yesterday evening right here on Gamespot forums.

obama is the one making them block used games just like hes going to block ur 2nd amendment rights and block ur choice of Dr. or where you choose to get medical help

never ever buy your system at gamestop. if u buy it at walmart u get 90 days to return it no questions asked. gamestop u can return it a hour later and if there is any sign of you opening they will only give u a fraction of its worth! bought my gf a pink ds lite 1 year let her try it and she didnt like it. not even a hour later i tried to return it and put the rest on a 360. they offered me 40 bucks credit lol. i told him i would spike it on this fucking floor i would give it to u for that price. i just paid 179 not even a hour ago

Sure so games start being cheaper on consoles.

The bigger issue is that without used game sales Gamestop would have been out of business years ago. So of course they will say that, and they are wrong. People would buy them. Especially if they balance them price wise.

THAT SHOULD BE OBVIOUS.

Gamespot's really off it's ball today. Everything's just been super obvious statements.

If this becomes true it would not be a good thing at all.

@CHROMEFLAMIN Actually, you make a good point. Publishers could theoretically block used games from playing on consoles by use of licenses/product key codes.

Oh man I hope Gamestop goes out of business. The sooner the better!

I rarely buy used games because I like to get them on launch day but I won't accept this.I want to be able to share my game with a friend after I play it. Don't make me mod my console and download your shit illegally just out of spite microsoft !!!

"GameStop: Consumers unlikely to buy next-gen console that blocks used games"

Well no ****.

Helen Keller could figure that out.

This deserves an article?

Actually GameStop, I'll still buy a PS4 or Xbox 720 cause I don't purchase used games anyway. GameStop is just scared cause most of their business comes from used games. The used games issue wouldn't even be up for debate if publishers/developers got a piece of the profits retailers make from used game sales. Which they should in my opinion.

If you buy nothing but used games then MS and Sony don't give a shit about you and frankly they'd prefer it if you didn't even buy their consoles. For the first few years of every console life cycle the actual hardware is sold at a loss. It costs more money to make then they sell it for. They make that money back through games. But if you're buying used, the developer, publisher and console maker don't see any of it.

Every time you buy a used game you're giving a big middle finger to the people who actually made it.

I would be much less likely to buy it.

If Microsoft and Sony block used games, the Wii U maybe the last console I buy. Nintendo, at least, is not stupid enough to block used games.

It sounds to me that publishers/manufacturers secretly wish to release nothing more then garbage products and take no responsibility for said garbage. If they are so intent on the anto-consumer, pro DRM crusades then they better be held responsible for all that garbage their industry will be about to create.

You make a single use product, you now have environmental and social responsibilities to literally deal with. Just like every other industry is held to such high standards. This isn't Mickey Mouse baby stuff if they are secretly bent on this happening, without the world of resale, the responsibility costs suddenly are quite real.

This industry has been babied and sheltered from reality for far too long. Let their idiotic anti-consumer console race commence. It won't be all roses and wowwipops for publishers or manufacturers when they release single use generic products which end up filling the garbage bins and landfills due to substandard non-existent outlets to recycle the product.