The problem with pawn shops is that they think they have rare gold when it comes to videogames. I see consoles & games not only old as hell, but also common and they want close to retail price for them. Play-N-Trade and GameStop are more reasonable. 
Of course the CEO would say that. He's passing his company's failure onto something else and it's not like he doesn't want to make more money. It's funny how a lot the Japanese aren't making such a big deal about used games. They have plenty of stores that sell used games. These companies would love to have online distribution 100% because then they have control over everything. I'm going to get a bit upset here.... THERE IS NO FUCKING REASON WHY A DIGITAL DOWNLOADED GAME SHOULD BE THE SAME PRICE AS A PHYSICAL GAME!! THEY CUT COSTS IN DISTRIBUTION & PACKAGING ALONE!! IT'S A FUCKING RIPOFF!! PERIOD!!. End upset. The fact is they want to take away the control you have over the product you bought with your money. They get your money and you get to "rent" the game. Of course, this pretty much only applies to consoles, but it's not like pc games couldn't have something similar happen to them down the road, once the console model is enforced. You can't sell, trade, or even let a friend borrow a freaking game without bullshit to go through. Even with Microsoft's Xbox One, they wanted to charge you to do things with property you already owned! Stuff you can do for free with physcial games.
And, it's not that hard to steal games. Stealing pc games is freaking easy. I could train a monkey to steal a pc game. Stealing console games requires opening the system and soldering mod chips and shit and sometimes you can only use certain programs to burn disc images.
You see these people as honest and genuine and see them as trying to make as much money as they can. The direction they are going is set up to fuck us. I don't have a problem with digital downloads if these bastards wouldn't trying to screw me over at every turn. I understand wanting to make more money, but I want control over the property I legally paid for and own. They cross that line, then fuck them.
If that's the case, then I can understand the problem. In my town, there's a pawn shop law that also relates to GameStop and other shops that sell anything used. Retailers have to hold used items for 30 days before the items can be resold. It was created to prevent stolen goods from being resold. It's probably another reason why I don't get a big push of used games on new released games.
What exactly do you mean by "pushed"? I buy games new & used all the time. I don't have used games pushed on me. I buy most of my games from the same GameStop. The people that work there know I won't buy a used game to save $5, so maybe I don't get the pushed experience.
Sorry, but it's not. No matter how it "sounds", the buying and selling of used games is not illegal. Retailers buy their copies from the publishers. The publishers made their money. The publishers paid the developers to make the game. What they all need to do is be more responsible with the money. Yeah, movies can make money through other ways, but not all movies are created equal. What about the movies that don't make it big at the box office? Or movies that aren't picked up for play on television? Like many independent movies. And how about we forget about just movies for a second? What about everything else? Televisions. Clothes. Cars. Dvd players. Tires. Furinture. Music cds. Toys. Phones. Clocks. Books. Blankets. Stereos. Tools. What makes videogames any more special than these things? Didn't people come together and put their hard work into making all that other stuff? And, let's not forget that publishers get paid by game rentals companies and charge for dlc and overly expensive digital downloads to make more money.
Yeah, I don't buy systems off Ebay unless I really have to. I'll buy old consoles (SAT, GEN, T-16) and any Nintendo system (Nintendo's stuff are built better to last), but I won't buy anything used from MS or Sony.
I need to pick up Xillia. I've been putting off Skullgirls for a long time. Damn shame I missed it for $5.
Looks like fun. 
Yeah, I wish it was on console too.
