ps4 leak ?

Without the used game market there is no way I could afford to carry on my gaming habit.

Without used games there are a vast amount of titles I would never have played because I simply can't afford to buy all my games brand new. At present, if I am unable to afford the game at release I have the option to wait a few weeks and then see if I can pick it up second hand at a good price. Without that option, I'll most likely never buy the game.

One thing I think games developers and publishers have overlooked though is that in this generation they do still make money on used games via the dlc. A lot of the games I've bought second hand, such as mw2 and assassins creed brotherhood, I've gone on to purchase the dlc. I don't think I'm unique in that, so with no used games market I suspect its possible developers will find themselves making LESS money on their games.

People have jumped at the big headline "PS3 blocks used games!". However if you read through a little more a lot says although not confirmed the idea is to limit used games and punters will need to buy a pass to allow access to all the parts of the game.

Some of the concepts mentioned to me seem totally flawed

The idea of buying a 2nd hand game from someone through psn then having game play ristrictions defeats the purpose of buying the game

Sony sort it out

GAME are going bust so it'll be harder to buy second-hand games anyway, no?

Theres multiple outlets other than GAME where second hand games can be bought. I wont be losing any sleep over them goin down Besides ive always preferred game station.

TFB, Gamestation is part of Game group so if Game go under so do they.
Secondly, Game going under is bad for the industry as it is one of the few places smaller developers can get their games into a high street store.
Most games are now bought online but sites like Amazon and Play only promote the major titles, so in turn these will generally be the only titles found in stores like CEX, so the industry becomes less competitive.

Anyway, from what I understand Game are close to a deal to get them out of administration.

It may be a sleeper hit amongst consumers who give it a whirl as a used game but the company are seeing nothing of that. They see a failed game.
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The very fact that the game is in stores anyway means that the company sold the game to the independent gaming stores. A couple hundred people buying the game used wouldn't give them any more money than a couple hundred buying the game brand new from the same store.

Initially of course. There are always additional orders. Stores only order what they feel they can sell. So if a title does well then certainly the gaming company will feel the increase in sales/orders

But we're talking a few hundred which is likely to be the number a game by a small company will make to start with. If the game turns out to be a hit, word will spread and more orders will obviously be put in because there are only so many pre-owned games.

You've got a point