[spondylosaurus]

Plus, when a game is out of print, any third-party resales don't benefit the original copyright holder anyway. Nintendo doesn't profit off those $120 SoulSilver cartridges for sale on eBay.

[_aavaa_]

Well they've got that covered by now selling you non-transferable licenses to games instead, so the second-hand market simply can't exist anymore...

[RajT88]

That is one of the major reasons the game industry wants to push consumers to all-digital.

Another reason is that costs are far lower with digital distribution as is time to market.

[mrguyorama]

Another reason is that retail traditionally took like 30% but if you buy off of PSN or the eShop, now the game company gets that sweet sweet free money, while actual businesses normal human beings can run can't function anymore.