Quote Originally Posted by eternalblue81 View Post
I really wish video games stores in the states operated this way, but as long as Gamestop continues to dominate, I see no way of this happening any time soon.

From what I've gathered, trade in value and consequently the selling price for used games in Japan are affected by the condition that the case, manual, and game itself are in, which I'm sure contributes somewhat to why the majority of Japanese used games are in such excellent condition.
I agree 100%! GameStop and other game stores, should adopt a condition based scale for buying and selling used games.

Could you imagine buying an Amazing Spider-Man #1 comic book used in any condition you wanted at a set price? What condition would you buy it in? Near Mint/MINT, right?

Why don't we, as video game collectors (and gamers) demand that video game stores treat games as collectibles? When someone brings in a game for trade and gets less for it than someone else who has a "near mint" copy, maybe people would learn to take better care of their items and every collector would benefit!

There would be some "kinks" to work out (grading scale, etc.), but its ashame that we have to settle for less!