Gamestop is a bullshit company
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I think it's up to the game companies to go against them on this kind of thing. It's their product being tampered, even if the consumer is the one being hurt.
Dave
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Virtual Shackles. If you don't read this you should. So even though I hotlinked, go to their page and check out their archives.
fade
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Sure, no one's really going to do it. But if you're going to try to make a point, even a joke one, it should follow.Psssst Fade, it's a joke/comic strip.
I think the logic is pretty sound. If they're going to remove something included in a product because it competes with them, why not do it for other competition?
Also, fuck you is totally a policy.
fade
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Removing the manufacturer's add in window protectant from a new car so you can sell your buyer your own isn't the same as removing what constitutes the core car, like the engine or the seats. Both suck, but that doesn't imply equivalence. It's an argument in extremis. Again, not arguing for GS, just annoyed by the cartoon.
But is that car still advertised as having the protectorate? That's the issue most have. The game was sold as new, with no mention of removed content. And for some, the onlive version may have been a selling point that made them choose that version.
Think of it this way, Fade. Imagine a dealership is getting a shipment of cars from Honda. Honda decides "Hey, lets throw some HD radios in the cars free of charge from Sony!" and they do it. The cars get to the dealership and the dealership notices the radios. The dealership is also owned by an electronics company that may be selling HD radios soon in competition with Sony, so they uninstall all the radios and put a plate over the hole since they don't even have their own radios to add in themselves at that point (they are "still in development"). They then sell the cars for the same price as all the other dealerships that just got the same car with the radios. They didn't just remove an "ad", they removed was counted as a free copy of the game through a streaming service.
Can you not understand why that would be called bullshit? They are removing something with a high value from the product, in this case something that is an EQUAL value to the game itself, because they don't want the chance to give future competition any publicity.
GameStop had two choices here. Either leave the boxes as they were designed by the seller, or send them all back to Square. They only chose the send back option when people caught them on the bullshit, which is how they have always done it. I know, I worked for them for nearly three years as an SGA.
Don't get me wrong, I love the store I worked for because of the people. The guy behind the counter is not always a douche, it's the guys above them, the ones that run the company and come driving up in their brand new Mercedes once a month to tell us our busy store is not making pushing enough subscription cards.
figmentPez
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Wow, they are backpedaling hard right now:
Gamestop giving customers a $50 gift card, other perks for Human Revolution flub
Gamestop giving customers a $50 gift card, other perks for Human Revolution flub
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Chibibar
Of course. The very customer who come to their stores probably buy console games too (also trade in) with the latest stunt Gamestop pulled (and highly publicized) Gamestop could stand to lose customers. Gamestop is not the only game in town for trades (pun intended) Best Buy is doing it and some other shops (I can't remember them)
They're also in a real precarious legal situation. Heck, I'm surprised there's not a lawsuit yet.
Square Enix kinda fell on the sword for this one. They admitted that they didn't give Gamestop proper notice of the inclusion, so they aren't going to seek legal action against them.
Yeah, any Mom and Pop would... but you wouldn't have HEARD about it if it was a Mom and Pop. Gamestop is the biggest in a sea of giants, not insects. It competes with the likes of Walmart, BestBuy, Amazon... and Square Enix wouldn't have been able to go against any of them without losing a huge amount of money.
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Slightly off topic: Due to these giants (and a huge success with online stores like Steams and GoG) Mom and Pop shops doesn't stand a chance now-a-days. They just don't have the buying power to keep up.
Mom and Pop's compete by breaking street dates and offering more in trade-in than Gamestop. They can afford to do this because they have less overhead and don't have to pay for huge shipments of games.
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Yea but breaking streetdates can get your chance of newer game from that company pulled
That happens rarely, at worst. Most of the time it goes unreported.
I can't remember ever in my life seeing a mom and pop type of store for video games. The smallest it ever was was Electronics Boutique, which is part of Gamestop/EB Games anyway.
I've still got one near my house, and a couple within a few miles. You tend to see them in poorer areas that Gamestop doesn't want to open up in.
Wow; you're from the East Bay (CV) as well?There's one in my town. Oddly enough, they ripped off GameStop's logo. The store uses the same font and color scheme, except it changed the name to "GameAlley" and substituted green for red.
vs.
I've never been in there. It seems... cheap.
And yeah; I did find it funny they ripped GS's logo. If we're talking about the same store, I've been in a few times before I moved; they seem to be good guys, at least the ones I talked to knew a thing or two, and they do game system repairs/deal in retro stuff/do game rentals as well.
Yeah. Small world, apparently.
Well, I've been onboard with Gamestop, and had a small bag full of games to trade in whenever they got a 50% deal I felt interested in.
But now Amazon sent me an Email saying I can trade in The 3rd Birthday for $13. That's half of what I paid for it. I started typing in other games I had in that bag, and counting out the PS2 ones with crap cases, it was going over $80, and Amazon obviously has a much more diverse selection of goods. No way I'd get that much, even with a 50% bonus, for these particular games. I can still trade Gamestop the PS2 ones and get something, but the others are going in the mail on Monday.
But now Amazon sent me an Email saying I can trade in The 3rd Birthday for $13. That's half of what I paid for it. I started typing in other games I had in that bag, and counting out the PS2 ones with crap cases, it was going over $80, and Amazon obviously has a much more diverse selection of goods. No way I'd get that much, even with a 50% bonus, for these particular games. I can still trade Gamestop the PS2 ones and get something, but the others are going in the mail on Monday.
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