Used game sales are understandably a very debated issue amongst the video game industry. While many consumers rely on the purchase of pre-owned games, the inevitable result is that neither developers nor publishers receive any amount of money from the market.
GAME, a UK retailer, recently announced that the company will now be accepting used game pre-orders as part of a new trial program. Titles such as Dragon Age II, Crysis 2 and Homefront are a few examples of upcoming releases that are currently available through this offer.
The process behind this service is fairly self-explanatory–upon pre-ordering a used game, you will be provided with a copy of the specified title as soon as someone else sells it to the retailer. As a result, the trial offer is verydependent on other customers.
Pre-ordering used games is certainly an interesting concept. In theory, someone could potentially save upwards of $20 on a launch title while still receiving it within a week of its initial release. However, one question almostimmediately presents itself: is it necessarily good for the used game market to be improving?
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