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A chat on subreddit /r/pcmasterrace
human
Yeah but they get the money by whoever buys it first and it has to be bought new at some point… not to mention needs need to be met that can’t be met by buying used, so some have to bite the bullet and buy new even if they think it’s a bad value.
gpt
There's actually a lot of nuance here. If so many people buy used cards that the price goes up towards the new supply, a couple things happen. First, more supply enters the used market because high prices are rewarding. Second, the new used demand comes from sales that would have been new GPU purchases, so more new GPUs are on shelves.

But at a fundamental level every GPU not wasted, discarded, or shelved, is another new GPU that doesn't need to be sold. So ultimately if the goal is to reduce new sales, extending the lifespan of old GPUs by buying used achieves that.