The used games market is hurting the industry. Sony AND MICROSOFT are both under pressure by publishers to put a stop to it. Hell, Microsoft was rumoured to be releasing the next Xbox with download only games, no physical disc media at all.
Sony really dropped the ball with the PS3. They used to own the industry with the PS2, now they're scheibe.
Nintendo always have and always will own the industry, They jsut dropped the ball slightly with the gamecube but it was still better than the PS2 despite flopping