>>42102608Preowned so that one less copy entered circulation, thus requiring one more copy new copy to be sold before the retailer needs to order more copies. One preowned sale is basically nothing, but if everyone buys preowned whenever possible then the amount of copies sitting around unsold in stores increases and thus they’re less likely to order more from the manufacturer, giving TPC, Gamefreak and the rest of the Pokémon crew with less money. That’s the idea behind only buying secondhand anyway, publishers HATE the secondhand market because they don’t get a cut from it. That’s why Microsoft tried that ‘no used games’ thing with the XBone announcement back in 2013, which blew up in their faces.
