Sony Benefits From Trades (Score 1)

Publishers and developers benefit substantially from the used game cycle. The vast majority of games are traded for NEW products. Stopping trades would remove millions of dollars of currency from the marketplace. Just imagine Honda trying to stop the sale of used cars because they don't profit directly from secondary sales. Not only would folks stop buying Honda's, their new sales would plummet when trades cease. It will never happen. They know very well that trades drive sales of their shiny new cars and that dealerships survive only from the extended margin of their used car sales. Yeah, they might get a small bump from the folks who can no longer trade used cars for other used cars, but that would pale by comparison to lost new sales. I wouldn't worry much about this one folks. Sony would be nuts to do this.