Looking at popular high street second hand store CEX and it’s clear that there’s some disparity between games being traded in on Xbox One and PS4 with far more second hand copies of Knack and Killzone sitting on their shelves. Whilst certainly not conclusive overall, it does paint an interesting picture of what games are keepers and what games are not.
From our findings, looking at the number of CEX stores across the UK which have more than 4 copies of the games in stock, the figures are quite startling.
Knack sits on shelves in around
105 stores which have four or more second hand copies in stock. – total available online 984.
Killzone Shadow Fall sits on shelves in some
198 storeswhich have four or more second hand copies in stock – total available online 3053.
In comparison,
Dead Rising 3 sits on shelves in
17 stores which have four or more second hand copies in stock – total online 207.
Forza 5 is sitting on store shelves in
24 stores where there are four or more second hand copies in stock – total available online 325.
Meanwhile,
Ryse Son of Rome is sitting on store shelves in
44 stores where there are four or more second hand copies in stock - total available online 436, making it Xbox One’s most traded in exclusive game.
