3 posts and columns on used games

The Mystery of the Vanishing Videogame Boom Solved: Gamers Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

in Media on July 6, 2009 at 9:47 am PT

Videogame players are spending more time playing videogames than ever. But that won’t do the videogame business much good unless those players actually start buying new games again.
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GameStop Whacked; Amazon Enters Used Game Business

in News on March 5, 2009 at 10:58 am PT

GameStop shares are getting clobbered today on news that Amazon.com is getting into the business of buying and selling used videogames–and so is Toys ’R Us. Credit Suisse analyst Gary Balter explained in a research note today that one reason he has maintained an Outperform rating on GME shares is that the company has dominated the used videogame business; he notes that used games generate 44 percent of the retailer’s gross profits, nearly twice the segment’s sales contribution to the company.