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"How much money?"

Imagine I go into my local game store, and swap a game I've finished for a new one. Say it's a PS2 game, both £40 new, and I get £20 trade for the old one. (all hypothetical numbers).

So I'm getting a new game for £20- right?

Well, I've never actually thought of how much money shops get from second hand games, but this is how I see it...


They buy my old game off my for £20, and then go on to sell it at £27 (say). £7 in the bag.

Then I buy a game off them with the £20 they've given me, and an extra £20. Remeber that the retailers make the most profit out of games, so they've just made more profit out of me. £10 say.

So, had I just bought the game, they would have made £10... but by swapping, I've let them get £17.

Does that annoy anyone as much as it annoys me? Especially seeing as you paid £40 for the game you've let them get a second lot of profit from!

I've got to start swapping games with friends!

Sonic

I've never traded in any of my games for new ones as I like to play my old ones once I've completed new ones.

Imagine I go into my local game store, and swap a game I've finished for a new one. Say it's a PS2 game, both £40 new, and I get £20 trade for the old one. (all hypothetical numbers).

So I'm getting a new game for £20- right?

Well, I've never actually thought of how much money shops get from second hand games, but this is how I see it...


They buy my old game off my for £20, and then go on to sell it at £27 (say). £7 in the bag.

Then I buy a game off them with the £20 they've given me, and an extra £20. Remeber that the retailers make the most profit out of games, so they've just made more profit out of me. £10 say.

So, had I just bought the game, they would have made £10... but by swapping, I've let them get £17.

Does that annoy anyone as much as it annoys me? Especially seeing as you paid £40 for the game you've let them get a second lot of profit from!

I've got to start swapping games with friends!

Sonic