I only need to see a movie once. Why would I want to own a stupid disk I will never use again?
Well let’s see.
Best buy, I have to walk for about 5 minutes to get to the store, or drive. Then I go and buy the CD. I pay 50 bucks full price. The consequence being that if the CD gets damage or worn from use, that I can no longer use the programs that I’ve bought. This is bad.
The other business model would be direct downloads from a library, limited to a certain number of downloads a day. This works for relatively small files. You’d charge for the ad space, and you could get quite a few hits.
This is what I don’t understand is why don’t the software publishers do this with their older games? Put them up on their own websites for direct download and go from there. This way rather than resales being their enemy, extended demand is their friend.