There is nothing wrong with Best Buy or Gamestop. Or for that matter any of the other brick and mortar stores that handle trade-ins of video games such as Walmart, Target, etc. The biggest issue is the amount of credit gamers get for their $60, 1-2 month old game they just bought. It could be $30 or less easily. There are other options. The recent demise of Goozex and VGFive has left some gamers looking for new places to trade games. With the demise of Goozex, The Gamer’s Lounge has a few suggestions money conscious gamers should investigate such as 99Gamers and LeapTrade.
"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.
LOL, I laughed at that pic. I have felt like that many, many times when I went to Gamestop and traded in my games. Which is why I use Gamefly and just rent and if the game is really good I buy it from them at a USED price.
Gamefly is a serious win for all gamers and I preach the gospel of Gamefly to anyone and everyone who is a true gamer.
It is especially useful if you are a multi-console owner like myself.
I can't fault these trade-in shops, they are essentially pawn shops, and they've got to make money.
That said, I never trade my games in with them. I just go on craigslist or ebay, get much more value out of my lightly used game.
Yea I never go to gamestop anymore to sell game
Although what if your in a situation where you have a game you want to sell (tale of xilia) and tried to sell it on craigslist and no one around your area wants it? I guess I can do ebay but I usually buy things from ebay not sell. I feel like at this point I should just give it to gamestop and get how many quarters or dimes the trade in value is.
yeah ive found a very good Swedish site. Infamous second son son for 40$ and MGS for 30$
"There are better options than Gamestop"
In all honesty, GameStop isn't that bad, it's just very situational. Same goes for BB and a lot of other places.
To give you an idea, a few months back I got Deadliest Warrior for free at Best Buy. It was free because the MSRP dropped the game to $19.99 and they had a GCU coupon for $20 off DW, so that dropped the game to free. However, the system voided it, so I think the guy charged me a penny and just took one off the register and called it a day.
Anyway, that traded into BB for something like 32 cents. GameStop wasn't aware of this deal and was still offering $10 for it. I just zipped over there and got $10 dollars for a game that I probably couldn't give to any "real" gamer. This is true for a lot of things.
Depending on the game, you can certainly make more money trading something into a place like BB or GS than selling it on a site. They're a lot better for games no one wants, but still hold value (things like Deadliest Warrior), but again, this all requires getting out at the right time. Values also drop based off S&D, which is why some popular new games trade in for nothing. These places have too much stock and can't afford to pay you XYZ when they have ABC.