Industry NewsUsed Game Sales of 2008 Dip Below 07 Used SalesKotaku - January 2, 2009
Submitted by necron101 (15)
at 7:44PM PST on January 2, 2009
The average price for used video game sales on eBay and other resellers dropped nearly 12 percent from last year, according to an analysis by Video Game Price Charts.Com.
Average used game prices started at a high of $12.69 on Jan. 1, dropped down to a low of $8.57 on Nov. 3 and rose back up to $9.68 by the end of 2008, according to the site.
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The title is misleading. Just because the average price on eBay has come down does not mean there were less used game sales in 2008 than 2007.
If anything it could mean there were more games on the market and the price decrease was a result of more competition.