Yes they are accord­ing to ana­lyst group Cowen and Company.

The industry is once again see­ing declin­ing sales in soft­ware even going as far as to com­pare soft­ware sales with last-gen. A whop­ping 20% from last-gen actu­ally. Many people aren’t buy­ing games new any­more due to the higher price of video games.

Used retail­ers like Gamestop offer games at a cheaper price if they are bought used. The prob­lem? Used items are not coun­ted towards GDP as all of the money spent on the product goes straight into the resellers pocket rather than that of the pub­lish­ers and developers. This also stops it from being coun­ted in the NPD.

Cowen and Company and many other groups have showed favor towards EA’s new “Play Pass” which they hope will lessen the impact that used game sales are hav­ing on the industry.

Do you agree with the ana­lysts? Do you agree with the Play Pass?