GameStop shares rebound

It's good that Sony is feeling the backlash for their greedy idea. If they ever go forward with it, it will do them much more harm than good.

The comments it seems were more useful than the news item itself which was mostly a rehash of previous news items clubbed together. Maybe Gamespot ought to start something of a News Feed / Ticker to report news that can best be reported in a line or two rather than writing full-fledged articles for every piece of news out there !!!

Personally when it comes to used games. I always find a better deal sometimes at E Tradepost or Gamestop in comparison to Xboxlive, PSN(Two of which I rarely purchase anything from) & The Big Walmart & Bestbuy. I have compared local prices and there is a big difference. Games at Walmart & Bestbuy take way longer to drop compared to their competition. I have learned to be patient a long  time ago when it comes to price drops at Gamestop & E Tradepost. Usually depending on the game it takes a month or more for the price to drop by $10 to $20 on a new game. I agree about Gamestops shady business practices. But even so, if you let them take advantage of you then you will be taken advantage of.  Gamestop profits off of "The quick fix itch" of most gamers & parents. A lot of gamers are aware of the price difference when they sale their games back, (been there done that) but it all goes back to "Fixing the itch,"  kinda like impulse buying. Gamestop knows this and cashes in on it while at the same time legally sidelining and stealing from Game Developers in the process. A little planning & patience goes a loooooong way.

Wow lots of people say it's the end of Sony without looking at the business perspective. It is not the end of Sony. If more people buy the games that they desire, then prices will be driven down and thus gamers will benefit from this. The expenses of gaming would be the same as buying used.

The price of new games actually increases when too many people buy used games. Supply and demand.. when demand is high, prices are driven down; that's what happened with LCD tv's.

 Personally I hate the used game buying experience.

Sony's battle on privacy and second hand games will hopefully be it's downfall. 

people just got buthurt only because they wont buy 60 bucks for  a brand new game.....wich is sad actually....listen if you keep buying used games....your killing the industry because the money you gave doesnt go to publisher but rather to gamestop.......

it is much better for you to buy 60 bucks for new games rather than 80$ for 2 used games.....even if you have money issues you can at least wait for it to get cheaper....and while you at it you can buy other games wich cames around before wich is already cheap at that moment

you guys cursing sony for protecting video games publisher ?

look whos the biggest hypocrite right now

personally i dont really care about PS and i really dont care for gameslop i hate that company not only as a consumer but as an ex-employee. that company is evil and i would rather give my money to any other retail store than to give it to Gameslop.

This is how the PlayStation ends....

Solution to this whole problem:  Give the designers and publishers a small cut on used game sales.  It wouldn't have to be very large at all.... you might have to pay $18 instead of $15 for a certain game BUT you'd never have to worry about used games disappearing.  That extra 3 bucks might not seem like a lot BUT when that same COPY is bought and sold 2-3-4+ times, they get that "small slice" every time.  It would allow people like me to keep playing the game that I want to play (KoA: Reckoning ~ $30, Dragon's Dogma ~ $40, Dead Space 1 ~ $20, Dead Space 2 ~ $15, Silent Hill 3 ~ $20, Devil May Cry 1 ~ $2, LA Noire (Complete) ~ $25.)  You see the point: I could have gone on my little mini-shopping spree, or perhaps picked up 2 NEW games that would have been unlikely to be worth the $60 I'd have to pay.  If they make it to where you can't play used games anymore.... I'll be filling out my PS2, 360, and DS collections for years to come (hell, i'll probably get a PS3, too, for used games) until the next-gen systems have cheap "Greatest Hits" or used games or whatnot.  Especially with a lot of companies starting to put EVERYONE on part-time (they avoid the Obama-Care-Tax that way.... or having to pay full health coverage)... used games will be the only way many people are playing ANYTHING.  (this has nothing to do with politics.... i've just got a lot of friends that have been getting letters from their jobs lately.)

I currently own a PlayStation 3, but I've owned a Xbox 360 for a few years too before I had it, which I eventually lost to the red eye of death. That was when I purchased a PlayStation 3 Slim. I'd say at least 1/2 the games I buy are used because I don't see every game I buy worthy of $60, so being I like both the Xbox and PlayStation about the same. I can say after this announcement I will never own a PlayStation 4, so Sony lost me as a consumer when it does arrive and Microsoft has gained the loyalty of another as long as they don't do this too. I'm sure there are many more that feel the same way and Sony will lose and not gain business from this.

Well nobody get bore of there games if they bring more story DLC, and no more online map crap. Maps should be free.

Ummm, hello! Yeah, 'detrimental' in a way that FAR exceeds any supposed gain...really I don't know how people could be so stupid, but at least consumers in the FREE MARKET, still alive and kicking, are not dumb enough to support or even stand for such childish behavior.

Used games are not piracy and bolster sales of new.

Person gets bored of old game - trades in for a new one - without this option less new games would be sold - the shop purchases the new game and makes profit on used sales - the publisher makes profit on the new game sold - why can people get this into their thick skulls :P

I never understood why people sell games at Gamestop, they get so ripped off. Just sell it on Amazon or Ebay, you get so much more cash.

The only disgrace is idiots paying $45 for a used copy of a $50 game.

This page will be full of Steam fanboys and PC elitists in 3...2...wait! They are already here!

Do not really care , GameStop may as well just die. They are a disgrace to the gaming industry. 

Suppression technology would seriously hurt sales on hardware and software. Why would I want to upgrade from my present systems to a system that would limit my gaming experience. Doesn't make any sense to me as a gamer.

So the CEO put a whole lot of money into his own company to raise share prices.

I hope investors are smart enough to see it.

I'm all about the cup and ball now anyways. Seriously though, all this is going to do is make buyers more careful about what games they purchase. Once you buy a game you're stuck with it. My game spending would definitely drop significantly, I wouldn't buy games spontaneously, and I would check reviews before buying anything. I honestly think it would be the end of my hard copy purchasing. At Least with downloading games I can delete it from my hard drive. Who wants a bunch of hard copies kicking around of games you hate that you can't sell? I could very possibly be wrong but to me used games seem to help the market because a lot of buyers purchase more games knowing if they hate it they can trade it in. I know I'm not as careful as to what I purchase because of it, but I will be if this ever happens.

i give my money to the makers of the game i am playing not to the greedy  gamestop assholes

The market fluctuates, get used to it if you already aren't. I am also unsure why this article even exists.

interesting

Whether there is a patent or not, I don't see a reason to buy a PS4 anyway.