Trading in Games, Is It Worth It [Discuss]

post from Kotaku on 26 November 2007 12:40:11 PM. © Kotaku

According to a recent claim (by a media trading company, Hitflip), gamers lose 50% of game value through trade-ins. The scientific accuracy of the 50% may be in question, but the fact that it sounds reasonable is argument enough. And it got me wondering, do you really think trading in games i worth it? And if so, why? Because to me, it makes a lot more sense just to rent games if you expect to beat them and toss them aside. For the price of one new game, you could snag a ton of rentals a month. Game chains capitalize on us selling them premium items at a less than premium price, prices they would never dare sell the same game for. So why would we?

But if what I was saying really made sense to all our readers, this wouldn't be a topic of discussion. So talk!

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