Sarcastic Gamer posts an advertisement recently received by the author who asks whether calling its customers "losers" for not renewing their Power-Up card isn't going too far, especially when young people are involved.
"It would be great if people had to buy more of the thing," says guy who makes money selling the thing.
If they did then collectors wouldn’t be getting f***** over with discless collectors editions
No shock, GameStop is alive because of trading. If they don't have used games on their shelves they are absolutely donezo.
Well of course the GS boss thinks this... that's their bread and butter business. That and funco pops and clothing, though those two were added as a means to supplement the decline in people buying used games or even new games. GS just sucks overall when it comes to gaming. I buy my physical stuff on Amazon or Best Buy.
As for "requiring" disc drives... nah. Not anymore, but i like having them as an option. They had a means back when games actually ran off the discs and were more/less complete. Now they are incomplete and the disc is really an installer with a license to play. If you want to change games you have to take out the disc and put in another. Its more convenient to just use digital. I have been into digital for years now and when the PSPortal comes along i wont even have to go into my game room. I will just play my PS5 from my couch downstairs. I have a bunch of digital installed games to my 5... I'm all set.
Gamingbible writes: "Luckily, if you’re living in the US you can trade your Xbox into Gamestop, where you’ll receive a hefty amount of cash as well as a $50 bonus for certain customers, just short of enough to buy the PS5."
At this point in time If I didn't own a PS5 I would have done this in a heartbeat but I had already acquired a PS5 first before I acquired an XBSX.
I'll stick to keeping both. Gamestop though... seems kind of desperate to take in Series X units. What could they be plotting???
I just want some games for my series X I have both since release and after weighing the offerings in PS Essentials to Gamepass I quickly realized I Owned anything of worth in both catalogs. And, the things I didn't I didn't see as justifiable for maintaining both subs.
Since then my series X is a legacy machine that I play my old games on and that's it. 3 years ago I really thought from that Xbox showcase we were going to have some great games by now. Instead, it's just been a lot of meh
GameStop’s chief financial officer is resigning, in the latest of several executive departures from the video game retailer.
Funny this pops up. I just got back from Gamestop and I picked up Warhawk for ten, yes, TEN DOLLARS(Get it NAAAOW!) Anyways, the guy tells me about the buy 2 used games and get one for free deal and I said no.
THEN he asks if I wanted to pre-order any games...I said no
THEN he asked if I wanted to pre-order Modern Warfare 3..while pointing at a MW3 poster as if it was a golden vagina.
THEN he asked me if I wanted to pre-order Twisted Metal or Infamous 2(I already have this pre-ordered)..I said no
And FINALLY he asks me if I wanted to pre-order Ace Combat..and I said no.
Would I say Gamestop's advertising is heavy-handed?
....YES, yes I would.
I work @ GameStop. It isn't their advertising that bothers me it's their management skills, politics, procedures and policies. This is just typical GameStop. Oh as for the "Don't be a loser" Get over it. I say worse stuff on CODBO.
Wow that is mildly irritating advertisement. Not gonna sell something to me with that attitude sorry. LoL. Amazon bonus credit says hi!
Just do the gaming world a favor and don't shop at Gamestop.
I didn't renew my PowerUp card based solely on GS saying I'd be a loser otherwise.
They're going for a very specific audience (kids/teens) with it. And they'll beg their parents to renew their card. If the parents are smart, they'd tell their kids, and Gamestop, to eff off.
You need to buy/trade in $150 of used games/accessories to offset the annual payment of the card each year. If you do that already, then get the card (if you still want to shop at GameStop).
I prefer to rent games or buy them new. Video game developers get their fair return this way. GameStop screws developers over with their used sales.
... and tell people they are losers if they don't join them.
Screw you, GameStop.