Someone get a shovel, this executive made a bit of amess when he spoke out of his arse!

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I LIKE the fence. I get 2 groups to laugh at then.

Thanks for the color commentary Dennis. Love it.

I can name at least three stores that sell used books, movies, cds and games all under one roof within 15 minutes driving distance from my home. More if you count the ones that sell just one media type used.

Apparently it is bad for consumers to be able to get a return on their investment and find titles at a cheaper price or find them at all.

E. Zachary Knight
Oklahoma City Chapter of the ECA
http://www.theeca.com/chapters_oklahoma

If it weren't for used textbooks, I know more than a few people who would not have been able to afford class material.

Yes there is no market for used movies who buys used Dvds; now excuse me Blockbuster is selling a bunch of dvd rentals for 5 bucks and I see a few I don't have but I want.

very funny commentary there(obviously mirrors MST3K), dennis

Watching JT on GP is just like watching an episode of Jerry springer only as funny as the fights

"We have products that consumers want to hold onto..."

Yes, all those minigame collections for Wii.  You never see those cluttering up the used shelves at GameStop, do you.

Reggie Fils-Aime has been added to my "Douche Bag" list.  If I kept an "Idiot" list, he would go there, too.  Heck, if he keeps talking, Nintendo will be on my blacklist as well.

I kinda want to say that Nintendo isn't really in consumers best interests either.

I am pretty sure we all know Reggie is smarter than the comments he makes. True, he may have been caught off guard by the line of questioning, but I think it's a little more than that: he's being political. He's always been a master at talking around issues so that at the end of the conversation, he really told you nothing of significance, but you're going to print it anyway. This is his experienced way of answering the question without getting himself in trouble. Sometimes it can come off as odd, like the above.

But what is Reggie trying to avoid saying? He cant come out and say "we hate the secondary market because we dont get anything out of it, and F GameStop, Amazon and whoever else sells used games." The line of questioning forces somewhat of this truth, but there is no way Reggie wants to piss off the retailers that are selling his stuff both new AND used. He's the one that would have to face them, not us.

So, he obfuscates and - yay - no call from Don DeMatteo saying "wtf reggie??!!"

Dear Mr. Reggie Fils-Aime,

WTF?!

"We don’t believe used games are in the best interest of the consumer."

Says who? You? Who the F*** do you think YOU are trying to speak for ME?! The only best interest is your own. You condemn used games that are sold in Gamestop or other mom and pop stores becuase you arn't getting a piece of the action. You do not get money if I buy Super Mario 3 from Play and Trade, but you do if I buy the same game from the Wii's virtual console. I don't own a Wii, and do not plan on buying a Wii for the forseeable future. I am only intrested in the following consoles. The NES, SNES, and maybe the Gamecube and THAT'S IT! I am building a library of games for THOSE consoles and I doubt you are selling any NEW games for THOSE systems. And I tell you what, your 'concerns' for MY best interest makes me want to buy your products brand new even LESS!

"Used books have never taken off. You don’t see businesses selling used music CDs or used DVDs"

You don't know SHIT!

I go to used bookstores and buy books. I bought one just last week. A Pierce Anthony novel. Mr. Anthony didn't make a cent off that purchace. I don't think Mr. Anthony nor his publisher bitched and made a fuss over it. Used music? I buy used DVD's,CD's,Cassettes, and yes, even vinyl! The RIAA only raises a roal stink if you download the music, but don't give a crap that I bought it used at some small time store on Hillsborough Street. Used clothes, books,music,computers,appliances, TVs and stereos anything you can buy at a thrift or pawn shop. The original makers don't make a fuss over not making any money over the products that are sold there. Only you, and the videogame industry.You are a greedy out of touch pig.

"Oink!! Oink!!"

 - Warren A. Lewis

What a lying SOB, he knows there are used markets for other forms of media and he says there aren't what aload of BS.

Truthiness has struck again. Reggie doesn't care about reality, he knows in his heart that was he says is true.

F*** Zelda. There. I said it.

Sorry to spoil your dream world Reggie, but consumers are VERY interested in used games. Anything that can provide the same experience cheaper is in our interest. Why do you think libraries survive?

I know you are busy plastering your walls with dollar bills, but you need a dose of reality. Get out with some of the people who are paying through their teeth.

Until next time, I spotted a good USED deal I want to go buy... and save me $30.

Wow... talk about being out of touch with reality.

You know, I feel like he took a potentially valid idea and shot it in the face by answering Dean's questions this way.  I know that not every used sale is a "stolen" new sale, but if Gamestop disappeared and people were forced to buy new if they wanted to play a game, I think enough consumers would choose to do so that the net result would be positive.

This could also mean that publishers could afford to lower the average retail price of games.  Hell, the used price of games is barely lower than the used price much of the time ($35 used DS titles, anyone?  Please...).

It's sort of a chicken-and-egg thing: lower retail price would cause more people to buy new, more consumers choosing to buy new would allow publishers to lower retail prices...but either way, he didn't represent what potentially valid points he could have made very well at all.

I do have to agree with people who mentioned that lower retail prices for new games would cause more people to consider buying new. I'm a frugal man myself and I rarely buy games at full MSRP. The last game I bought at full MSRP was The Orange Box for the PC, and even then I got it a bit cheaper from Amazon then I would have gotten it from Walmart or Gamestop.

It's been worth the money I paid for it, but then very few games are worth $50-$60.

So much for an unbiased article.  But I agree with Dennis; this guy needs a wake-up call.

"HEY! LISTEN!"

He comes off as such a douche. Pretty much everything he says reinforces my belief that Ninity have become the Microsoft of the console world.

Check out my blog - http://serveratcapacity.blogspot.com

But I recently bought a ship load of used Game Boy games from a Game Stop without needing to use Ebay.  Thats convenience.  :)

anyone up to go to E3 to pie the reginator over his statements[Sarcasm]

Watching JT on GP is just like watching an episode of Jerry springer only as funny as the fights

I think we need to read between the lines on this one - "they aren't in the consumers best interest...........because if it keeps going like this we will hike the prices up by another $20 you evil bastards"

So once a game is no longer being printed, it should vanish off the face of the planet for good so no one else can enjoy it? If we buy a game and hate it, we should be stuck with it?

This is why Nintendo is compared to Disney so often, because they are anal, unfriendly, and seem to be run by Scrooge McDuck.

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"They were retarded hairless pink bunnies, all of them. Except Shigeru Myamoto and... well, the good ones were just too /rare/ to be worth bothering about." - Mason Hornblower on the extinction of the human race

I have never ever purchased a Nintendo game, and I never will. Frankly their games just aren't up to my level of quality. In addition, it now is clear that they think their consumers are a bunch of idiots who they can force around.

If your looking for game companies that treat you well look up Bethesda, and Stardock. Both treat you like an actual person, and their games are free of stupid DRMs.

Sounds to me like Ninty is letting the success of the Wii/DS go to their heads. Not since the last E3 when Ninty basically waved their **** in our face have I been this pissed off. Maybe Sony isn't the only one that needs to hire snipers to take out anyone who says something that ****ing stupid/arrogant in public.

I am very disappointed.

"Used books have never taken off. You don’t see businesses selling used music CDs or used DVDs."

Wow.  You must not get out much, you stupid piece of rat shit!!  Have you ever heard of Edward McKay's   http://www.wefeedyourhead.com/wordpress/  They not only have a web presence, they have actual stores.  Yes, I said stores -- you know buildings that have walls, doors, shelves, employees, lights, merchandise, etc.  The merchcandise at Edward McKay's is used books, cds, dvds, and video games.  Now if they didn't have any customers, they wouldn't be in business. 

Maybe you don't see businesses selling used books, music cds, dvds or games, but again, I must counter with you don't get out much.  I know of two more stores that do, just in Raleigh, NC.  The Reader's Corner and Tales Resold.  Now Tales Resold sells more comics than anything, but they have plenty of books.  There are a few more, but I can't remember the names, so won't mention them here.  How do I know about them?  I shop at them.  I think you should get out some, not spend so much time in video games that you miss out on the real world.

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I think I am willing to think that all 3 console manufacures like Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft don't like used game sales all because they can't make money out of it.

But if they did make money out of it, then they would be all for it.

This is just from the way I am looking at it.

Either way, Used game sales are a new thing that has been around for well over the past 5 years now.

So it is either that the publishers don't like it because they are not getting the money from games that have already been sold by their original owners, or because they are not used to it even though there are many used car salesmen and used video retailers or even used book shops.

Even Nintendo eh...

I don't but used DVDs.  You know why?  Because I can get some reasonably recent titles fairly cheaply.  Movie studios have worked out a price structure that allows them to make a profit.  They allow the price to fall over time.

Brand new releases are expensive.  I don't buy them until after a few months. 

Game prices take forever to fall, so second hand is worthwhile. 

I didn't realize that the consumer having more money in their pockets was a bad thing. 

I'll thank Reggie to pull his head from his ass; his last two articles on here have been moronic.

So says the man representing a machine that prints money....

 I've bought DVDs used. And CDS. Books, not so much, but I have taken books from a free library at the local dump. I buy used games too. Alot. Why? Because I don't care if its brand spanking new so long as it works and I like getting things cheaper. The experience is in the game itself, not in the fact I have a shiney new disc. The only games I buy new are  the ones I absolutely can't wait to have and get the day they come out. 

So I guess my point is: make better games.

If he believes his own words, he's probably lying to himself at some point. I used to have a lot of respect for Reggie, but it is shameful to just proclaim what's good and what's not, for consumers. Consumers are all different. But I have yet to meet a single person who will not and never buy something second hand.

There are many stores that sell used goods, and video games are very popular in these stores. I cannot stress enough how good that is for us customers. We can buy games at the price we deem acceptable, we can sell games we don't want to play any longer. Imagine you're crazy for ingame trophies and you buy every single game that offers trophies to collect, brand new. You have to be either bloody rich, a perfectionist, or oblivious to waste of money. No, those gamers will often look to trade their games or get previously owned copies, of course.

Describe another form of entertainment that has a vibrant used goods market. Used books have never taken off. You don’t see businesses selling used music CDs or used DVDs. Why? The consumer likes having a brand-new experience and reliving it over and over again. If you create the right type of experience, that also happens in video games.

Come on Reggie, I expected better than this. You talk as if boutique shops aren't worth mentioning.

Besides, developers can think of ways to make new games more attractive to buy. The best way is to include extra content that is excusively free for first-time buyers. That usually means a one-time-use voucher for downloading additional content.

GameSnooper