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Used Games Infographic

Interesting info from JJGames.com

Highlights:
47.3 million people a year buy used games

Used game market: $2 billion
New game market size: $20.2 billion

Average used price: $20
Average new price: $43.83

Gamestop profit on New Games: 25%
Gamestop profit on Used Games: 45%

I’ve felt that sting as I tried trading in my games for a lousy $5 credit towards a $60 game…

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9 Comments
  • Siggymansz
    July 24, 2010
    #1

    Holy Shit!! looks like its time for me to open A Used Games Trade Shop

  • Cargo
    July 24, 2010
    #2

    Too bad we don’t get this over here…

  • Omega-88
    July 24, 2010
    #3

    “Holy Shit!! looks like its time for me to open A Used Games Trade Shop”

    Me too LOL.

  • Baron Somebody
    July 24, 2010
    #4

    Gamestop my fuckin ass…I hate fucking Gamestop…they are exactly the reason I stopped buying games…how ironic

  • orpheus12
    July 24, 2010
    #5

    Lol, how much money an hour do you get if you work at gamestop.

  • Imperfectly Perfect Symmetry
    July 24, 2010
    #6

    Gamestop sucks my balls >.>
    Lmfao
    They asked for my fucking I.D when I bought a T game but they didn’t when I bought an M game. wtf?? I did the latter first and then I went back to buy the T one.. >.>

  • Baron Somebody
    July 24, 2010
    #7

    Lucklily over here we have thi place called Game Force that sells a bunch of classic games and new games, it’s pretty cool

  • Marche
    July 24, 2010
    #8

    I recommend you look up a video series called Zero Originality.
    Basically a former gamestop employee that tells you indepth how gamestop rips off its customers and its own employee’s.

  • ZomBninjasamurai
    July 25, 2010
    #9

    … 7 eleven… say wha?? do you get a used copy of Halo 3 with every large slushy now???

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