With today's economy being as it is and gas prices projected to be $5 a gallon by summer, who can afford to pay $50 or $60 for new video game? I bought a XBOX 360 at the end of last year and purchased a bunch of used games and one new one (Skyrim). To me its just not worth buying the games brand new. If you just wait 3 or 4 month that $55 game will be $18. Just yesterday I spent $24 and got Assassins Creed 2, Soul Caliber 2 and Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2. The total of those same games when they originally came out would have been over $150!! If you bought them today brand new you would have to pay around $70. Crazy huh??
Game Stop and EB games are always running a buy 2 get 1 free promo and their selection of quality used games, like Gears of War, Battlefield, Assassins Creed etc, is second to none.
Now I have heard that when the XBOX 720 is released, sometime in the next couple years, the manufacturer is going to make it so used games can not be used on the new system. In my opinion that will be the death of console gaming. Most people cant afford a huge library of brand new games at $55 a pop. Most gamers libraries consist of a large number of used games. Some of these games are also bought by trading in old games. The elimination of used games will choke the gaming market and turn away buyers who cant afford the crazy prices for new games.
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