Volition's Jameson Durall says banning pre-owned games is "fantastic" [Escapist]

[TonyTheTiger]

There's nothing wrong with free enterprise until a company becomes a monopoly, and GameStop is darn near close to one. They're basically the only chain brick and mortar video game store in town.

There are anti-trust and collusion laws in place for a reason. GameStop doesn't come close to triggering them as far as I'm aware. Now we can argue whether or not the laws in place appropriately deal with what they're designed to deal with (certainly a valid issue far beyond the scope of a mere game store) but that goes back to hating the game rather than the player. If you think GameStop is a monopoly or close to one and, as a result, is bad for the public, then focus the energy on fighting the institutions that allow that negative entity to exist (or at least perpetuate it's "evils") in the first place rather than the entity itself, which is merely playing by the rules it is presented with. If you're convinced GameStop is bad then at least identify it as a mere symptom of a greater issue, whatever you think that may be. While I may not necessarily agree, the argument will at least be aiming at a more appropriate target.