Willypants
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I buy games from amazon anyways. 20% off new titles with Prime + 5% cashback on my discover card. Gamestop can suck it.
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Gamestop Is Punishing Stores for Selling New Games
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I rank this up there with the tactics Staples***allegedly***
Yeah, that shit happened to me. I had some computer geek wanna be trying to pawn off office, anti-viruses, and loads of other shit. I told him to just stop.
I remember when I used to go to Gamestop to purchase digital download credits with gift cards I'd get for the holidays so I can buy digital copies of games. Got nothing but an attitude trying to get me to buy physical copies. This is why I no longer go there. No, I will not buy your physical copy that may get damaged, I will gladly purchase the digital version I can re-download if I ever decide to uninstall the game. No, I do not want to buy your $60 disc to get $5 back so you can sell it again for $55. I hate Gamestop...
ZLoth
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Usually, the closest that I get to Game Stop is that it's right next door to Wing Stop. I did browse through the store once, and walked away.... not impressed. I do recall a kid or two with a box containing their console game setup and a batch of games being steered by their parent to the Gamestop, and you can tell... the kid is in deep trouble and doesn't want to give up their game.
For the brick and mortar retailers, PC Gaming beyond EA Games, Blizzard, and the el-cheapo games that [H]ardPlayers prefer to play does not exist. OK, there are some minor exceptions, but the retailers don't like the fact that Steam exists as competition to the B&M establishment. It's bad enough when you got folks like me who rarely pay more than $20 per game, and would prefer to wait rather than get the latest release.
The solution is simple. Don't stop at Gamestop.
For the brick and mortar retailers, PC Gaming beyond EA Games, Blizzard, and the el-cheapo games that [H]ardPlayers prefer to play does not exist. OK, there are some minor exceptions, but the retailers don't like the fact that Steam exists as competition to the B&M establishment. It's bad enough when you got folks like me who rarely pay more than $20 per game, and would prefer to wait rather than get the latest release.
The solution is simple. Don't stop at Gamestop.
GameLifter
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My local GameStop has been good to me so I don't mind going there but other GameStops I've been to in the past have been pushy at times to pre-order games and buy strategy guides and what not. One store that was in the mall near me even called me up about buying a strategy guide for Bioshock Infinite and even pre-ordering other stuff. It was awkward but I politely refused. That GameStop eventually closed down. If my current GameStop starts lying about having new games in stock I'll at least know to call them out on it.
Why act as if there is only one solution? Try thinking outside the box.
Vader1975
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Firing people for selling new games. This sounds insane.
You have to figure this must impact developers even more than piracy. If it's a systematic policy incentivized to sell a $60 game at $58, the developers see none of that. At least with piracy, some of the people pirating weren't going to pay for it anyway, so it's not always a lost sale. But here, you KNOW the people are willing to pay full price for it, and they are, with Gamestop stepping in between to take the money essentially.
Vote with your dollar bills, people. Don't shop there if you don't like it.
There is one close to me, right next to a couple places I like to eat lunch. Went in there twice and left in disgust both times.
Nowadays, if it's a *shudder* PRE-ORDER then I do it on Amazon. With prime you get a nice discount, like $48 for new pre-order or just launched games. Otherwise, I do Gamefly for used games. Sometimes Ebay, but that's mostly where I just offload my games I'm done with.
In a perfect world where I am rich... yeah I think I would do digital only. Dare to dream...
There is one close to me, right next to a couple places I like to eat lunch. Went in there twice and left in disgust both times.
Nowadays, if it's a *shudder* PRE-ORDER then I do it on Amazon. With prime you get a nice discount, like $48 for new pre-order or just launched games. Otherwise, I do Gamefly for used games. Sometimes Ebay, but that's mostly where I just offload my games I'm done with.
In a perfect world where I am rich... yeah I think I would do digital only. Dare to dream...
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I know profit margins are used games are a lot better then new games. with that said, the only xbox one / ps4 games i buy are used from game stop -- generally its the stuff in the bargain bin for like $10 madden 16 or something if i want to play some football or what not. I bought titanfall years ago for $19 -- sold it later for $15 -- i like physical copies, hard to dell digital content.
Cmdrmonkey
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lol at anyone still gaming on consoles or buying physical copies of games at a brick and mortar store in 2017. Have these people not heard of Steam (or the many Steam clones like Origin)?
Gamestop is a total anachronism. It reminds me of how Blockbuster lingered on for a few years there towards the end, trying and failing to compete with online options for watching movies and shows.
Gamestop is a total anachronism. It reminds me of how Blockbuster lingered on for a few years there towards the end, trying and failing to compete with online options for watching movies and shows.
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It's a sucker's game in terms of cost (a console is cheaper, but the prices on games isn't even close if you wait for sales on PC), but in order for it to completely die, companies would have to stop paying off studios to have exclusive contracts, and living room gaming PCs need options that are completely braindead for operation. Maybe some day...
The last time I went to GameStop was to ask about new releases. Think it was like 2 years ago. They usually have a better list of everything coming out, compared to online sites.
Maybe some of us are actually gamers, not strictly PC gamers. I have 2 gaming PCs, PS3, PS4 Pro, Xbox 360, Xbox One S, Vita, and PSP.
Also physical copies are great, as some of them will maintain their value or even go well above their MSRP. I bought Beatmania Empress for my PS2 new. Cost me I think $60. It's worth double the price now. I use to have Xenogears, which was for PS1. It's about $50 nowadays. I wish I would have kept it, but I traded with someone for Dino Crisis.
I like the fact that I can resell my games or trade them for different games. Can at least get something back for it. While on PC, I've got games in my Steam, Origin, etc catalogs that I will never touch again.
There's benefits for everything and just because it doesn't work for you, doesn't mean it doesn't work for someone else.
Of course the price isn't close if there's a sale on the PC version. Same can be said the prices aren't close if there's a sale on the Console version. Then the price can't be compared cause the PC doesn't get it at all, since the dev doesn't care about making it for PC and never make games for PC.
Maybe some of us are actually gamers, not strictly PC gamers. I have 2 gaming PCs, PS3, PS4 Pro, Xbox 360, Xbox One S, Vita, and PSP.
Also physical copies are great, as some of them will maintain their value or even go well above their MSRP. I bought Beatmania Empress for my PS2 new. Cost me I think $60. It's worth double the price now. I use to have Xenogears, which was for PS1. It's about $50 nowadays. I wish I would have kept it, but I traded with someone for Dino Crisis.
I like the fact that I can resell my games or trade them for different games. Can at least get something back for it. While on PC, I've got games in my Steam, Origin, etc catalogs that I will never touch again.
There's benefits for everything and just because it doesn't work for you, doesn't mean it doesn't work for someone else.
Of course the price isn't close if there's a sale on the PC version. Same can be said the prices aren't close if there's a sale on the Console version. Then the price can't be compared cause the PC doesn't get it at all, since the dev doesn't care about making it for PC and never make games for PC.
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Even if you buy a physical copy of a PC game, you end up having a massive update on release day anyways. I can't remember the last physical copy PC game I bought. I just remember wasting a lot of time to install like 8 gb of data, then a 15 gb update. Kind of make the physical copy pointless, especially when it ties into some service anyways.
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I started a steam account shortly after Witcher2. Then GOG, Origin, and Amazon. With moderately fast internet I couldn't be happier. I briefly had reverted to a console phase during ps1/ps2 xbox days and used to buy them from gamestop. As time went on their used prices got to within 5-10% of new prices which was absurd. I stopped going after that and haven't looked back since.
Spaceninja
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I go in the local Gamestop to find random old games I want to play. I'm cheap though and seldom pay over $20 for a game. The last game I bought was Diablo 3 Battlechest about a month ago when it was on sale for $20. The guy behind the counter couldn't even open the box to put the discs back in. I just took it from him and put all the manuals and discs in the box.
spacecowboy863
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ppl still buy new games? luv that 7 day return policy on used games
kinda like a blockbuster but get your money back after the rental
as long as new games keeps on coming out then there will always be a used market
kinda like a blockbuster but get your money back after the rental
as long as new games keeps on coming out then there will always be a used market
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No different than used car sales..
That $60 game you bought off the shelf depreciates in half the second you rip the plastic off the case. Turn around and trade it back in , in the future after you've played the game a few months and you are lucky to get $10 value for it.. ..Then, for them to turn around and sell it for $30, $40.. All profit to them.. none of that goes back to the developer, etc...
I'd rather sell my used games on eBay or Craigslist for $5, than to let some scum company flip used games for huge profits..
That $60 game you bought off the shelf depreciates in half the second you rip the plastic off the case. Turn around and trade it back in , in the future after you've played the game a few months and you are lucky to get $10 value for it.. ..Then, for them to turn around and sell it for $30, $40.. All profit to them.. none of that goes back to the developer, etc...
I'd rather sell my used games on eBay or Craigslist for $5, than to let some scum company flip used games for huge profits..
Like the used car market, sometimes cars go up in value or maintain value. The same happens with games. I have a game that's double it's value. I've got games that almost maintained their value.
Right to most, it is a waste of time, but sometimes it makes sense if the game is cheaper at the B&M store.. Example is, I bought Fallout 4 from Walmart for $40 with Steam activation. Fallout 4 through the Steam store is still $60. I didn't need the disc since the code was inside but my computer has an optical drive still, so that saved me from downloading 4.5gb of the 30gb download
It's much easier to enjoy games if you aren't an elitist jerk about it. Right at this moment I'm playing a little Final Fantasy XV, on a TV I use for my second monitor. It's a great game that I'd never get to experience if I had your shitty attitude.
Ya, that's true. Wasn't thinking about sales, clearance racks, bargain bins, etc.
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I got a good deal on my 2nd last Gamestop purchase. 3DS XL for $130, new copy of Pokemon Y ($33 was the cheapest I could find) and it also had a Mario/Luigi game pre-installed. $142 out the door. Not bad, but they made a mistake and I was supposed to get a used DS (not 3DS) game. They made a mistake over the phone when I called about the deal, but actually honored what they told me when I got there.
Last time I went in was some months back for a copy of Zelda. Guys were nice but of course tried to push some other stuff. I just told them I don't want anything, just the game and that was it. Not too hard to be honest.
But the others in line in front of me had some memberships, which were confusing as hell. Part of it ends, the part with the discounts, before the full membership ends. Clearly the guys in front of me were confused as hell to. Why even have a membership if you don't get discounts? But they paid up for that crap for a 10% discount or whatever it was. They could easily just buy online and have it shipped for less than the cost of that membership crap.
TLDR: Go in wanting to buy something, tell them you're not interested in anything else, don't get those membership things and you'll be fine.
Last time I went in was some months back for a copy of Zelda. Guys were nice but of course tried to push some other stuff. I just told them I don't want anything, just the game and that was it. Not too hard to be honest.
But the others in line in front of me had some memberships, which were confusing as hell. Part of it ends, the part with the discounts, before the full membership ends. Clearly the guys in front of me were confused as hell to. Why even have a membership if you don't get discounts? But they paid up for that crap for a 10% discount or whatever it was. They could easily just buy online and have it shipped for less than the cost of that membership crap.
TLDR: Go in wanting to buy something, tell them you're not interested in anything else, don't get those membership things and you'll be fine.
I have the Gamestop PowerUp rewards membership. It's free, unless you buy the 12 month subscription to Game Informer. It's been useless to me, cause I don't sell my games to them, nor really go there. If you're in there all the time, buying/trading/selling games to them, then it'd be worth it. Otherwise, it's pretty useless.