Analyst Michael Pachter expects the next Xbox this fall as well and sees GameStop doing very well as a result
"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.
If I owned sony I would somehow track gamestop used game prices and make the digital version of ps4 games the same price in each zip code. I think people would just buy on psn since it's instant.
Also I would allow people to give up rights to the game and basically give them 23% of the current price in psn credit towards another game. Digital games cost $0 to copy so why not?
This may still mean sony could profit but of course there are details that I am probably not thinking of.
If they make it a ps+ feature then that could probably still pay for servers.
Also I would offer a dedicated server feature for all games + 13% off every psn game(which would be around $8 off every $60 games) for $15 more/month.
Every once in a while I'm forced to agree with Patchett and this is one of those times. There will be a substantial trade in boost as new console and games come out as some people simply either can't afford to pay cash or find it the best time to trade in ones they don't use anymore which GS will in turn sell for profits (and buy even cheaper than usual due to more people selling... at which point some will buy old ones when new console stock is nonexistent or simply by uninformed parents).
Then there is the simple fact GS will have large sells due to ease of paying off slowly before release.
Of course they are. People take their old systems and games, cash them in for credit to put toward new systems. Gamestop jacks up the prices, and right before the last minute Christmas rush hits, they unload everything. Its the nature of their business, and new console launches are Huge for them.