GPT: "Though it's not limited to this one form of media, convenience makes for a lot of sales in the gaming world. Maybe you prefer digital downloads to hard-copies; or a corded microphone is simply too bothersome and you buy a wireless one to compensate. And in a world where consumers want everything done as quickly as possible, why would you ever overlook immediate satisfaction? It's not hard to find gamers proclaiming their detest towards GameStop; usually about their supposed shady business practices and pushy clientele. With that kind of negative feedback many wonder how a company like them can exist with BestBuy and other competitors now taking trade-ins on used video-games. The answer is obvious though; gamers are lazy."
"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 $50 bonus for certain customers, just short of enough to buy the PS5."
At this point in time If I didn't own a PS5 I would have done this in a heartbeat but I had already acquired a PS5 first before I acquired an XBSX.
I'll stick to keeping both. Gamestop though... seems kind of desperate to take in Series X units. What could they be plotting???
I just want some games for my series X I have both since release and after weighing the offerings in PS Essentials to Gamepass I quickly realized I Owned anything of worth in both catalogs. And, the things I didn't I didn't see as justifiable for maintaining both subs.
Since then my series X is a legacy machine that I play my old games on and that's it. 3 years ago I really thought from that Xbox showcase we were going to have some great games by now. Instead, it's just been a lot of meh
GameStop’s chief financial officer is resigning, in the latest of several executive departures from the video game retailer.
Let's not forget Steam and their often unbeatable prices.
PS3 gamers know what STEAM is. Of course we have that luxury. :)
All business takes advantage of naive consumers. It's business. They have responsibilty to make money.
same could be said with any business.
Say what you want about Gamestop but their Buy 2 Used Games Get 1 Free sale is the reason I have 30 PS3 exclusives & 5 Multiplats. I save over 80$ including tax with my Power Up Rewards Card, when I B2G1F. I hustle Gamestop, not the other way around. I dont trade in or reserve a damn thing.