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Against Pre Owned Games

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2008-10-30 23:11:28 by Codrut Nistor in PlayerzBlog.com
...owned games are a good alternative to piracy. Obviously, I am talking about gamers on a tight budget, but theres also another kind of customer into such things - the collector looking for releases that you cant get you hands on otherwise. Anyway, the problem is not with the consumer, but with the way shops are selling pre owned games, and the...
 
Tags: pre owned games, games, move, smart move, favorite shop, shop, hmvs move, shops, price
 
 
 
 
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More bitching about pre-owned games from David Braben

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2008-09-11 05:30:35 by Jim Sterling in Destructoid - Hardcore video game blog
...owned games in the past, falsely claiming that other industries don't tolerate the practice and asking for retail chains to replace pre-owned titles with a rental service Well, he's at it again : "I think it's really damaging to the single-player experience," whines Braben. "Games like BioShock and Assassin's Creed , where they're perfectly...
 
Tags: games, sales, perfectly valid games, actual sales, game sales, genuine rental market, frontier developments boss, product, practice
 
 
 
 
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Braben: 'Rawr rawr pre-owned games rawr rawr rawr'

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2008-07-30 10:22:24 by HASH0x8b511d0 in Destructoid - Hardcore video game blog
...owned and that is something as an industry we don't see," Braben said of UK retail chain Gamestation, who have some great pre-owned prices and good part exchange rates, I must confess. "Those same retailers are only carrying new copies of games from the past few months if it's a game that's been out for two months and you want to buy one from...
 
Tags: games, rawr rawr rawr, games industry, industry, retail chain gamestation, digital distribution takes, industries, frontier developments, rental
 
 
 
 
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David Braben thinks buying pre-owned games hurt the industry

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2008-10-30 22:05:23 by Rem L. in Xbox 360
...owned games is detrimental to the gaming industry The decision of HMV to do this is 'shocking' for him and he also thinks the company take action as soon as possible before further damages happen He explains, "The shops are not giving us a way of distinguishing between pre-owned and new. So the shops are essentially defrauding the industry...
 
Tags: games, industry, rental copies, copies, rental, game industry, shelf, shelf-life, david
 
 
 
 
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David Braben thinks buying pre-owned games hurt the industry

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2008-10-30 22:05:23 by Rem L. in PSP Updates
...owned games is detrimental to the gaming industry The decision of HMV to do this is 'shocking' for him and he also thinks the company take action as soon as possible before further damages happen He explains, "The shops are not giving us a way of distinguishing between pre-owned and new. So the shops are essentially defrauding the industry...
 
Tags: games, industry, rental copies, copies, rental, game industry, shelf, shelf-life, david
 
 
 
 
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David Braben thinks buying pre-owned games hurt the industry

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2008-10-30 22:05:23 by Rem L. in Nintendo DS
...owned games is detrimental to the gaming industry The decision of HMV to do this is 'shocking' for him and he also thinks the company take action as soon as possible before further damages happen He explains, "The shops are not giving us a way of distinguishing between pre-owned and new. So the shops are essentially defrauding the industry...
 
Tags: games, industry, rental copies, copies, rental, game industry, shelf, shelf-life, david
 
 
 
 
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Developer has solutions to stop pre-owned game sales

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2008-08-03 04:25:47 by HASH0x8ae59c4 in Destructoid - Hardcore video game blog
...owned sales, considering that consumers can do nothing with them other than keep them on their hard drive. Personally, I utilize the pre-owned system at popular retailers heavily. Without that sort of system, I wouldnt be buying the amount of games that I do. And I have to say, its not like the majority of the games that I own are real...
 
Tags: retailers, popular retailers heavily, game, avoid consumers, offer extras, games, extras, unique box codes, developers
 
 
 
 
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Developer has solutions to stop pre-owned game sales

2008-08-03 16:04:23 by Editor in N4G.com : News Feed : gaming
 
...owned sales, considering that consumers can do nothing with them other than keep them on their hard drive. Personally, I utilize the pre-owned system at popular retailers heavily. Without that sort of system, I wouldn't be buying the amount of games that I do. And I have to say, it's not like the majority of the games that I own are real...
 
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Tabula Rasa: Clan Owned Control Point Update

2008-04-28 18:02:02 by Editor in MMORPG.COM News
 
NCsoft has posted a much anticipated update on the progress of clan owned control points in Tabula Rasa
 
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HMV to sell pre-owned games soon

2008-07-01 18:51:41 by patlike in videogaming247
 
Sorry, missed this earlier. In HMVs financial results today, the company confirmed its to start selling pre-owned games soon. We continued to enhance our credibility with customers and suppliers in the fast-growing games console and software market, and are planning to launch a pre-played games offer in 2008/09, said the firm in a statement. So...