Various journalists and gaming enthusiasts have felt that Xenoblade was being sold as a used game even though it was most likely a new copy. The Stylish Jerk went to a Gamestop near Ontario Mills and found a copy of Xenoblade. He observed the case. It had the brand new game smell that gamers are fond of and it had working NIntendo club points in the box. Either the “previous owner” wanted to keep the box brand spanking new for collecting purposes or possibly the rumors are correct and Gamestop is taking the shrink wrap of new games and selling it as used. Here is what I find wrong if those rumors happen to be true.
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Oh no, working Club Nintendo codes?! Clearly this is the work of someone opening a new copy and selling it as used and not one of the 50%+ that don't care / bother with Club Nintendo coins copy.
Seriously though. There is nothing negative about GameStop doing this.
- Their price will lower the secondary market price.
- Their price will drop if no one buys it.
- There are plenty of bonuses / coupons to get a better (not as good as MSRP sadly) deal.
- More people get to enjoy this game.
- Resellers get screwed, which is fantastic.
- etc.
Sure it's dishonest, but simply don't buy it if you don't agree with it.
There does come a point in time at GameStop when a title is permanently switched over to used in their system, so it is possible to be getting a 'new' game as used. But, the dev will still have got their cut.
I wonder if it's the same with the Metroid Prime Trilogy, if it's in 'new' condition being sold used at Gamestop. That game is years old, I couldn't imagine they would hold on to new copies just to sell later used for so long.
Its the GameStop and Microsoft partnership. So don't be surprised this kind of thing may be happening.