Walmart squares off against GameStop, begins selling used games

Retail giant Walmart moved to cut in on GameStop's market earlier this year by expanding into the used game business and allowing customers to trade in games for Walmart store credit, with the goal of harvesting enough used games to begin selling them back at retail.

Now it seems those plans have come to fruition, as Bloomberg reports that Walmart will begin selling pre-owned games at 1,700 of its 4,800 U.S. stores this week.

[annoyedgamer]

They will have a hard time selling anything when the entire electronics section always looks like a tornado passed through. Add in some opened bags of grapes in a corner and you have the typical Walmart back area. Its disgusting and I would rather spend more money to be in a clean store.

[therealmacoy]

lol

[kreate]

I'm willing to dig thru the trash for a good deal. Better be worth it though.

[BlissSeeker]

lmao

[ATi_Elite]

Come on Bro who doesn't love eating grapes while digging through the used game bin. That's a service Gamestop can never offer.

I see gamestop going out of business in 2 years tops as Walmart has them on their radar.

Seedless grapes and gtav for $10 what can be better.

[Concertoine]

Lol +funny

Gamestop better be ready, walmart and their irresistible grapes of wrath are gonna drive them to the ground.

[ABizzel1]

@annouedgamer

LOL

OT: They've been doing this for a while, and in most cases their in store credit is priced better than GStop for most games I've seen, and on the bright side for most people you can use the Wal-Mart gift card on anything in the store.

[Xb1ps4]

Walmart by me is pretty clean and neat, I wouldn't be surprised if your walmart isn't included in that 1700 if it's that bad...

[annoyedgamer]

It is in a rich area, I pay extra for everything in my area and this WalMart is higher class than others but lately management has not been taking care of it.

[deaddragonz]

I hate that you have to find someone to open the darn cases to grab your game, then wait in the slowest line ever. -_- Personally, I like gamestop because I can be in and out in 5 mins.

[Xb1ps4]

So you live in a rich area? I've seen you around here and you seem to come off as just a ps4 owner or am I wrong?

[Scatpants]

Hopefully the beat Gamestop's prices and don't just match them.

[kamakaz3md]

Yea and walmart is a total JOKE! I bought shadow of mordor from walmart, went back a couple weeks later and tried to trade it in, and ITS NOT IN THE SYSTEM. A manager tells me they dont take games newer then 2010... which is BS, because I sold my Battlefield 3 for ps4 to them for a gift card... BEWARE OF WALMART!!!! They are idiots...

[GamingSinceThe80s]

I tried to sell back some games and even called ahead,but when I got their nobody even knew they bought back games,before the manager telling me said it was to late because the service desk was closed and to come back in the morningSomething I had asked when I called and was told otherwise.So I did that and came back in the morning and the service desk told me it had to be done in electronics,but they were not in till 12pm so I went back at 1pm and the guy was not there yet.So I called their customer service line waited on hold for 20 minutes or so and was told how sorry they were and that they would make it up to me for all the gas and time I spent,even that the store director would call me and apologize.Well they never did and I will never go back there to try to trade a game.Worst retail experience I have ever had.

[kamakaz3md]

Haha, Yea I too went to CS when you go into Walmart, and stood in line under that fancy new advertisement sign, that talks about trading in games, and to see CUSTOMER SERVICE, then I was told to go to Electronics. I was able to trade in my B3 game tho, around midnight right at the cash registers, which I know is simple for all employees to do! Walmart needs to get their SH*T together! Hate to say it, but yes, they are thee biggest retail franchise and this sounded good to compete with GS, but they need to go back to the drawing board... Until then, because I dont want to sell my lord of the rings game to GS for 15 dollars cash, I will keep calling and checking if SHADOW OF MORDOR is in their system yet, so I can get my crummy 30 dollar gift card for gas!

[shammgod]

i make it a point to never step foot into a walmart

[strangeaeon]

Best Buy gives much better trade in value than either of these.

[kamakaz3md]

Yes, but you gotta take into account certain situations for some people, like myself, who need gas money or something. Walmart has gas stations, and much more then best buy... I mean, you could even use ur walmart gift card for beer, so... This is good for walmart, they just need to go back and figure things out ALOT better.

[strangeaeon]

Like perhaps paying their work force a living wage? Not getting on a stump, but I refuse to give Wal Mart my money due in part to how they treat thier employees.

[Gh05t]

If walmart would try harder they could have made this work. Cut up the electronics section and make it stand out. Hire true "geeks" to only work that section who are knowledgeable. Since most walmarts are already open do midnight release "events" for every game. The less popular games just offer discounts on soda/energy drinks and chips. for the two hours the event is going.

Thats not even mentioning all the used sales they could generate with all the children that would actually want to go to the electronics section if it was made to appeal to them.

They really could make it something great and since a bunch of people shop there it could actually pull some market share.

But the last time I tried to buy a game at walmart I saw a 65ish year old lady working the videogame section who told me the game I wanted wasnt released yet (two days after its release, which was on a sign right next to her and I pointed that out), I went to best buy the next day and got it.

I wish I had a videogame store I actually like supporting around me.

[ATi_Elite]

Walmart only pays $8 an hour and no real Geek is gonna work Walmart electronics section for $8 which is why everyone who works at Walmart is Tech-illiterate.

I could stand in Walmarts parking lot and make $20 an hour showing people how to get the start button back on Windows 8.

Heck Walmart employees are their 8 hours a day and don't know where anything is at in the store so don't expect those morons to know the difference between socket 2011 and socket 1150.

[Software_Lover]

"hire geeks"

Tell that to Best Buy. I went in one day and asked do they carry any KVM switches. yes I was in the huge Computer department in the back. The guy looked me in the face and said He never heard of those and doesn't know they are. I explained to him what it does and he said they didn't carry them..... I found them while I was looking for something else 2 aisles over.

[uth11]

buying games at Walmart vs buying games at Gamestop. Can't decide which is worse!

[Software_Lover]

I go to Walmart for the savings catcher. I get receipts of friends also. I've gotten back about $100 in two months. I just got one of those free bluebirds cards and it doubles the amount you get back. You have to spend it at Walmart of course. I thought it was a pretty decent trade off.

[PS4XBOXONEWIIU]

How does the savings catcher work?

[Software_Lover]

You scan your Walmart receipt with the app (google play or ios) and it searches competitors nearby. You have to create an account on Walmart.com though.

You have the option to let it accrue and then get a gift card or you can get a bluebird account from American express (free at Walmart) and it will give you double the points until feb. 2015.

It takes 3 days for it to find prices. I don't always get money back on receipts. The most on one receipt that I have gotten back thus far is 5.86. Multiply that by two because I got the bluebird account and that is 11.72. It adds up.

[WeAreLegion]

If just one fairly intelligent gamer made his or her way up to corporate, they could easily fix this.

[chasem0927]

I'm working on it, graduated college with a 3.9, figured I'd try working my way up. The problem with Walmart is that they place much more value on experience (the amount of time you've been there), than the amount of talent you have. And it's very frustrating.