Quote Originally Posted by WCP View Post
Same thing with the used game market. Used games can still happen, it's just that any time a game changes hands, Microsoft and Sony get $15 (to be shared with the publishers). Also, an exchange can only happen once. One game doesn't end up constantly being flipped to the next owner. It's a one time deal.
They could never make this happen with physical media. Again, I think companies like Gamestop would rather just not carry the products at all than give up their most profitable source of income. They've already said that they expect consoles that allow no used games to sell much worse than ones that don't. And if they want to go into digital distribution, they're going to be butting heads not with the retail industry, but major ISPs.

If gaming companies really want to cut out the middle man, they need to own their own factories, run their own independent ISPs, and sell only their games only via digital distribution from their proprietary online stores.

I don't think any company is big enough to do all of this.