WorthPlaying writes, "We just received word from GameStop that this was done at the direction of the corporate office and is a company-wide policy.
"We pulled the coupons because, like all retailers, we prefer not to promote our competitors and their competing offerings and services in our stores. Unfortunately, the coupon was packed without our prior knowledge," said Larine Nixon, manager, corporate communications in response to our e-mail query."
"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.
I dont get it, i was gonna trade games in at gamestop and get Dues Ex 2 Onlive to get the free micro console, but my gamestop told me they didn't even know what Onlive was. :(
The picture in the article cracks me up. It's like some piece of intel from the USSR in the 80s, or something.
Anyway, fuck Gamestop.
Really Gamestop....I mean Really?
I typically defend Gamestop whenever they're brought under unjust attack, but in this case, I hope hell is raised over this, they bloody deserve it.
If I don`t buy this off of steam then I will be getting this off of amazon anyway, this is very low of gamestop.
GameStop should remove the manuals from the new games as well, and maybe scuff up the discs just a bit. Also, remove any packed-in DLC codes. That way, they can truly claim that used is as good as new... at GameStop.
Otherwise, aren't they competing with their own largest revenue stream? They don't want new sales knocking their used profits!
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