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The existence of a second-hand market meaning a few less sales for fresh/new/retail product seems very self evident though.

• brundolf 6y ago
  The way it shaped game design is far from obvious, and honestly fascinating
• felipelemos 6y ago
  If the game was good it wouldn't be resold in first place
  • fredophile 6y ago
    Not necessarily. A game can be good on the first playthrough but not have much replay value. An example of this would be the Pheonix Wright games. Once you've solved the mysteries they aren't really that fun to play again.
• imgabe 6y ago
  That assumes that people who buy the game used for $20 would have otherwise bought it new for $60. People who are waiting a couple months to save money are not going to buy new games.
  • Dylan16807 6y ago
    It only assumes that a few of them would. Which seems obviously true to me. Ignoring marketing factors, which I think is fair here, the ability to resell will always decrease primary sales.