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You have to understand the gaming industry as it currently is.
It's not uncommon for a game to cost $100 million dollars to make. That's close to what it costs to make a movie, but the big difference is that a movie can make money at the box office, then a few months later it can make money on DVD, then after that it can make money on cable and network TV, then it can make money in foreign markets etc.
A video game on the other hand really only has that first week to make money. If it doesn't catch on in that first week, it will never make money because the original owners will just sell it, and anyone looking to try it later on will by a used copy.
This makes it almost impossible for developers to try new things or make new games because the risk is just too high and unless the game has record sales the first week, it has no other options to recoup the development costs.
So for me I see it like this. I enjoy gaming and I want to see more unique games coming out and the truth is, used games are only a few dollars cheaper than buying games. A new game is $60, a used copy of a new game is only $5 less at GameStop. So I would rather pay a few bucks more for games if it gives developers more freedom to create new and unique games.
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