Expected Trade or Cash Value on PS3 Games

[PA_Kid]

When MS or Sony finally find a way to release a reasonably priced rental model on Live or the PSN it is going to kill game trade in.

I bet all those people who spend 60 and then sell it back a week later for 35 would just as soon rent it from the PSN for $5 for a week instead.

I'd wager most of the profit of the trade-in business is driven off those people who have to get it day 1, play it, beat it, and trade it in by day 7 - then someone comes in and grabs that new release at a little cheaper as used in the first month.

It won't kill the business completely, but I bet if they can find a model that keeps that power player from buying the disc in the first place (and subsequently pushes someone else to a new copy) they will be able to turn things around and get those profits back in the pockets of the people that make the games.