Go try selling an open copy of a game on eBay or Craigslist as “new”. You won’t get people paying “new” prices for it.
Yeah big difference between some random seller and an actual company that can get the book thrown at them for being shady. New requires closed box for p2p sales because you can’t trust anyone at all. If I could somehow definitively prove that I’ve not actually played a game and the only thing removed was the plastic covering then yeah, I could easily sell it as new.
beefcat@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Let’s put it another way.
When I buy a new product, I’m paying for everything that comes inside the shrink wrap, case included. Once you open that case, the case is used. It is no longer in brand new mint condition. In the case of GameStop, their “open box” products not only lack any kind of discount, they come in awful condition or in some cases completely missing the original case and manual. The fact that you are OK with that is astounding.
Why are you so eager to defend shitty behavior that only GameStop engages in?