@ObsidianHawk what happens when you slip up, make a mi8stake, a minor infringement and they ban you? or even worse, some little punk kid dislikes the fact that you won, and you get reported by him and his buddies for something you didn't even do and get banned just because the amount of reports means you must have done it? (I have actually seen this happen to people so it's not just a situation I pulled out of thin air, it can happen, all it takes is a lazy moderator.)

@dblue Actually, the cost of manufacturing games has dropped sharply, the discs take a lot less to produce, and they actually pay the developing team as little as they can. the majority of the money goes to the people who actually own the company, so it really isn't as expensive as you are thinking to make games, remember this isn't 1980 anymore.

@b00ky or they could cut the retailers in on a little more of the new game sales, and the retailers might cut them in on used game sales if they weren't getting ripped off.

First off, to those saying it's a good idea for them to charge money to second hand buyers, yes they make nothing from a used game sale only the retailer does, but consider the retailers point here, they make very little of the cost of a new game, the majority goes to the company, which has led to less and less collectors editions on shelves, as the game stores shelf space needs to be dedicated to small cases so they can carry more product to sell and actually make enough to stay open and pay the employees, so to even worry about second hand sales playing online or not is greedy.

Now, I buy plenty of games new myself, whenever I can, I prefer to know that my games have never been touched outside of production, but there is no possible way to buy every game in it's new state, some games are taken from store shelves after just a few months and you can only find used copies at that time, so I have to buy a used copy, because no new copy is available, then pay $10 to play it online? And yes, that is a small amount of games, but at the same time, most games that stay on the shelves in new condition for more than a few short months are popular, and hard to get a hold of new as well. not to mention the $60 price tag, with the amount of games coming out these days your gaming bill can add up quick, and with the economic issues going on all that does is make people pick just a few games they really really want, excluding gamers from most games unless they buy used, and all because the gaming company won't give a small price drop during bad times, so in the end if they are complaining about second hand sales hurting them economically (which I am sure is a lie) it is really their own fault for not bending and changing with the times.

Oh, and I almost forgot, when game companies start implementing this strategy across the board, i can guarantee you will see people waiting until they can buy a game cheap as heck before they buy it new, already see it now with games that have this fee for playing second hand, so again, they are costing themselves money with this strategy, as new game sales are actually going down near release dates.