The Xbox One, Licensing, and the Destruction of the Used-Games Industry

Even if you’ve only paid the slightest bit of attention to the video game industry over the past few weeks, chances are you’ve heard of the Xbox One and at least one of it’s many public criticisms. One of the main ones revolves around the threat it poses to the ‘used-games market’ (also called a secondary industry), like GameStop, etc., and all of the benefits players receive from the existence of such a market.