Gamestop.com has Retro Games Now but the Prices Kinda Suck
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- čas přidán 21. 08. 2024
- AlphaOmegaSin talks about Gamestop launching retro games to be sold on their site. Gamestop.com is now offering NES, SNES, Genesis, N64, Dreamcast and PS1 games as well as consoles. I compared the selling prices on Ebay to what Gamestop has their classic games listed for, needless to say a Gamestop rant was in order.
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I hate buying from Gamestop but sometimes I have no choice.
***** :( Especially in small towns where there are no choices. I feel ya.
Playful Fruit I live in a rather large city. You know how many Mom and Pop game shops are still open? 2! Yet we have 4 EB games. Most people take their crap to EB games because of brand recognition alone. It kills the smaller stores inventory for used current gen or even last gen console games. It breaks my heart, especially when the M&P shops offer more trade money for games.
***** my experiences with gamestop are fine. never had any problems
DzRocked I really don't see a reason for any city, no matter how large, to have 4 EB games. That's crazy!
Playful Fruit You have no idea. I live close to one of the largest cities in Canada, and it has 14 EB Games inside it, and a total of 76 in it's surrounding area. 4 doesn't seem so bad now does it?
$ 89.99 for chrono trigger or suikoden 2? Gamestop are you FUCKING KIDDING ME?!
***** That's actually the price suikoden 2 is going for without case LOL. Complete is in the hundreds. As for chrono trigger... That price is insane xD
***** Thats slightly cheaper than they go for online, on like ebay for example.
***** aye this is true.. still it just bugs me to no end is all.
***** In gamestop's mind they think a game should be priced higher since it came out 10 years or more.
***** Ive seen Chrono Trigger for $100+ for a complete one. The Cart alone on E-bay runs about $50 on average. Better to get the DS version for about 30 if you have a DS/3DS. I am pretty sure it is on E-shop or PSN as well. Or there is always emulation. I don't like to advocate it; but if you can't afford to buy a vintage game or are unable to find it? Sometimes its the only viable way to enjoy a classic. Digital distribution makes that a bit easier. Can find a lot of vintage Sega games on Steam. I picked up Vectorman 2, Sonic 2, Comix Zone, and Shining Force for about $1.50 each.
Amazon and eBay literally do the exact same thing. Except for a lot of the games on GS's site, you can actually find for cheaper on Amazon and eBay.
They're really just riding the bandwagon.
Josh Walker That bandwagon is on fire too
Josh Walker we got the same last name
AlphaOmegaSin The Bandwagon caught fire! Gamestop lost:
Even more respect.
Tainted Lynx Thing is many people don't ever think about that stuff when they're really young. Or they may just not have the money to get newer stuff so it's the only way to afford newer stuff. Happens too often like that
Tainted Lynx Who said I did?
Shit I'll just whip out that good ole emulator.
***** Yup same here I would rather play my emulators on my psp like the game gear/master system emulator I got on it I pretty much have every single game for each of them. I can actually play game gear games with a better screen lol.
***** Your point?
***** I don't claim to be one, maybe I am one, maybe I'm not. Sorry I'm not as badass like you are. *Sarcasm*
I had and red psp with snes,genesis,and gba.
>Gamestop
>Prices Kinda Suck
Who would've guessed?
Goomba King The amount of people shocked?
*Drum roll*
Zero!
$34.99 for Mike Tyson's Punch-Out on NES.
$49.99 for Contra 3: the alien wars on SNES.
$44.99 for Mario Party 1 & 2 (each) on N64
WUHT THUH FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So basically, how much games used to cost back when they FIRST came out.... That's not bad... I guess...
Check out Chrono Trigger for the SNES
Yeah kinda sucks that nes games are going back to almost 50 dollars a game like they did back then.
Genesis Does What Nintendoes!!! hey on amazon a copy of Mario party 1 will run you 50$, let alone Mario party 2 that's almost 100$
GameRazor247 How is it not? Used products(especially with missing parts) shouldn't cost as much as the retail version.
Makes you wonder, was it greed... or was it incompetence?
Logan Snider Yes
Logan Snider Both.
Logan Snider I'd lean toward incompetence.
It's security. They can sell for the exact same price as eBay because a scalper will buy every copy they have and resell for more money
Alpha, Do we not know how gamestop is when it comes to pricing and trade ins? I bought a wii power adapter and it was more expensive used then new, lol, not kidding.
Yeah there was literally a hulk figure I shit u not a dollar more used than packaged for Disney infinity
DarkShadows500 Oh I've seen that a few times where new was more than used. Shows whoever is keeping tabs on that isn't paying much attention
AlphaOmegaSin so glad for emulators then
AlphaOmegaSin gotta agree with u, when i saw that i literaly shit my pants laughing.
DarkShadows500 I'm sorry for the mess in your pants XD
I vote we break up Gamestop and reform it back into EB Games and have it where they you know, actually gave a shit about gamers.
But on this, it just keeps solidifying my theory that eventually Gamestop is gonna collapse in on itself cause they're ether 1. Ignoring the people who built up their business or 2. Making dumbass decision after dumbass decision (though the two are not mutually exclusive).
Target, Best Buy, and Walmart should learn from this and take in retro games cause if I went in and saw a copy of say "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers The Movie" for the SNES I'd buy this shit just on impulse. Alot of people don't seem to get that we LIKE retro games, we LIKE to revist the games we played as kids.
Webshooters1 you mean gamestop in US was actually called EB Games? i thought that was just here in canada and in Australia?
HateVader no EB games and Game Stop are the same store - when EB games was bought out they didn't re-brand the stores because it is too expensive to do it all at once.
ah i see, makes sense. thanks
HateVader yeah I remember going to my local EBGames as a kid it was so much better in Gamestop they sold more than video games they sold anime and action figures too.
Webshooters1 Trust me. EB still sucks. It USED to be awesome, but it's not anymore.
CHRONO TRIGGER IS $89,99 ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME
Unless it's complete in box, fuck that shit!
CrimsonAnihilator DUDE it retails for $90-$100.. I'm surprised how out of touch with retail prices the community is becoming. videogames.pricecharting.com/game/super-nintendo/chrono-trigger here is a link with the most accurate pricing guide there is. Know your shit people, research and keep up to date. You guys would never make money doing this..
***** You can get it on iOS super cheap. lol
***** Didn`t know that....
Ya.. I don't get why all you are bringing up emulators on a collector's channel...? I've been emulating since Nesticle and Zsnes in the 90's. Emulation isn't exactly front page news. It's fine to do and everything but don't compare purchasing hard copies to virtual emulation. It's a stupid and pointless comparison.
$45 for Mario Party on N64????
ARE YOU HIGH GAMESTOP!?!?!?
We don't even know what state the game is going to show up in either!
il stay with emulators
Valwin Mediaz Emulation is certainly nice, though I'm always a stickler for the real thing
The Xmoda To be fair. Systems now a days have emulators in them that you can buy games online. ps3 allowing you to buy and emulate ps1 and ps2 games and yadada
AlphaOmegaSin Usually I am, to the point that I prefer hard copy and still have pretty much all the Snes games I've got through the years except 1 I loaned a friend (Dr Mario & Textris) and 2 that were down the ex's when I last noticed them back in 2010. Likely I'll never see those again. If not for the fact that my Snes controls are fucked (yeah, not done the greatest of jobs of keeping them intact), I'd be playing at least Super Metroid on the console and not now and then on an emulator.
everdrive ftw
play on real hardware without paying ludicrous prices
The Xmoda Sometimes you have no choice but to do that. For exemple you had to pirate Earthbound to play it until they released it on the wii u 2 years ago.
It's not the average consumer's problem if a company(if it even exists anymore) doesn't make their games available for sale on e-shop or PSN and make money. The company doesn't lose money from someone pirating it. Not anyone can pay 300$ for Hagane or Ninja Five-O.
Mike Tyson's Punch out -- 34.99$? Are they mental?!
juck/gabe portal master Back in '01 Gamestop had it for $15.
Mal Cors lol
***** i found that game at goodwill for 1.99 just months ago
juck/gabe portal master
I got it for free. Thanks emulation.
I got mine for 5.99 from good will
The "Cheetos and armpits" line made me laugh like a goon! ...And I realized how accurate it is, too.
Cross Chop Dude so fucking many times walked in, wondered why my sense of smell wanted to go on strike
AlphaOmegaSin The GameStop I go to always smells like the plastic casing of the games.
WTF!? These prices are insane. Look at Conker's Bad Fur Day, costs *$80*. Fuck that. In fact, the memorable titles, are the ones that cost a lot.
Now before anyone mentions stuff, like, those games are in good condition, there's this nice spot at a Flea Market, Gamerz Paradise, they sell classic stuff too, but at least the prices are understandable, I bought a few PS1 games that cost $8 or so(which came with the case & manual btw), some GameCube games that cost $12, some NES & Sega Genesis games cost $6 or so. Some Xbox titles cost $15, GTA San Andreas, for the Xbox, cost $20, and that's understandable too. Only the big name games like Punch Out, or Mario, cost $20 or so, and they're behind the counter, and that's understandable too. The consoles, they cost $60 or so.
But GameStop's prices, better get changed *fast*. The only prices that are understandable, are the classic consoles, costing $60, or even lower than that, $50, $40 or $35, so they got the console prices right. *All* of those old games, should cost up to $10, with the memorable ones like Mario, Final Fantasy VII, etc., costing $15 at best. If the prices were like that, they'd sell quick.
***** Its better if the games sell quick, at least GameStop would make profit off it, than be stuck with a stock of classic games & consoles that no one buys because of the insane prices, so it would've been a waste of money getting those games & consoles in the first place.
TheGameKeeper94 Conker's Bad Fur Day loose retails between $80-100.. videogames.pricecharting.com/game/nintendo-64/conker%27s-bad-fur-day Trust me guys, there are deals on there.. Maybe you guys are tight wads or can't afford your hobby but if you want a game bad enough, YOU WILL PAY RETAIL.
kevgor138
I refuse to pay $80 for a 14-year old, used game, and I cannot believe you're trying to defend it. That price is bullshit. Current games already cost $60, these old games shouldn't even be near that same price point.
Its not like Conker is a rare game, I can understand stuff like the Nintendo World Championship, Action 52, and Cheetahmen 2 cartridges demanding high prices, those things are actually rare.
But Conker's Bad Fur Day, a game that was actually sold in stores. Nintendo & Rare back in 2001, already gotten the money from people who bought the game at retail price, so why should we have to pay even more? Its not like Nintendo & Rare will get any money from it, the game is used.
No wonder people would rather play old games on Emulators. I could probably buy Conker at some Flea Market for $5 or so, or buy the remake, Conker Live & Reloaded for a low price, or get the Rare Replay Collection, which is 30 classic Rare titles, all for $30(one of those 30 games, is Conker's Bad Fur Day), or just play Conker on an N64 Emulator.
TheGameKeeper94 good luck finding Conker for five bucks you are literally talking out of your ass.
TheGameKeeper94
I don't care what YOU are willing to pay. The price evaluation is based on Ebay and Amazon prices that people DID pay for the game. Your opinion on what you would pay means nothing to the community or the games price. It IS worth that much because it sells for that much.. If you don't understand retro collecting then there's not going to be any way to get through to you. People that are older than 20 and grew up with the systems (like myself) are the people who are shaping the market value for games by purchasing them. I had the complete NTSC SNES collection and paid a lot of money over the years acquiring it. However it is worth probably $15,000 - $20,000 and I paid much less than that.
As for finding Conker's Bad Fur Day for anything less than $50 does NOT happen anymore. People (obviously not you) are much more educated on values of games. I wouldn't express your opinion on values if you haven't educated yourself on them. You just end up with your foot in your mouth. If you find CBFD for $5 though, I'll give you $10. Happy hunting and good luck acquiring a collection with no knowledge of values or rarity.
Wait... so gamestop might actually have battletoads now?
Hatted Sandwich most likely.... for $49.99 or something like that
MrMajorasmask101
Joke.
Your head.
Actually castlevania sotn was cheap on gs, on ebay the game goes for 50 and i bought from gs for 26
mobious01 as it should be , its been ported to many platforms, sega saturn, xbox360 and psp. not exactly rare.
mobious01 That game is 200-300 bucks in Europe. LOL!
mobious01 Keep in mind if you bought SotN from Gamestop, you're most likely getting disc only...
i hope not since on the website it showed the game complete with case, it is the greatest hits version apparently but i will comment back once i get the game
Brandon Kennedy the way GS online buying works is they have a flat price, and they don't separate the loose, and complete games. So you may get complete, you may get loose its completely random. Its possible however highly unlikely to get a CIB NES game for the cart only price.
www.gamestop.com/games/super-mario-rpg/122670 $49.99? I'm glad i own the cart already but fuck me that's way to much.
DarkShadowRage2 50$ is the going ebay rate for that so thats actually one of their better priced items... i just found that game at a garage sale for 3 days though
kyle trompeter the severe lack of seaman on the dreamcast section is very disappointing
hahah i also got that this weekend in a dreamcast lot at a sale. Never find dreamcast stuff... And gamestop website has like 40 games listed under dreamcast but there all out of stock.
kyle trompeter The one chance to get the game i always wanted to try out for my dreamcast and gamestop has failed me.
maybe eventually they will get one in.
Mario Party is $50? Oh my. I literally bought one for $4 dollars at a local retro game store. They had tones in stock, it's not like there's less than 10 known to exist or something.
No one should ever trade any of their retro games into gamestop because it's inevitable that if it don't sell, they'll dumpster gut it and there goes another rare game out of existence. I would rather trust a scalper on ebay...
Oh well, still better prices than all of those re-sellers at the flea market.
My biggest problem with Gamestop's retro thing is that they don't have photos on the actual product you're buying.
Bitch, if I'm buying a loose cart for 40 bucks and up you'd better have a pretty damn good looking cart and label going on it. I refuse to buy something I can't evaluate first.
I'm glad that I basically have all of the retro games that I want (have been collecting since the early 90's) and won't have to deal with the outrageous prices.
Guinness world record of the longest mockery ever haha. bro you did that on only one breath lol.
It wouldn't surprise me if they sold the extremely common Mario/Duck Hunt cart for $20.
Gamestop: "Competitive prices? What are those?"
Mike Tyson's Punch Out for $35? Double Dragon III for $18?? Contra III for $50?! MARIO PARTY FOR $45?
God, retro games got *stupid* expensive since I got out of the collecting game back around 2003.
Hmm, I literately was at my gamestop yesterday and asked if they are going to buy and sell retro games. The girl at the counter looked at me like I was crazy, asked how long ago I heard this and said no way this could happen. Also she was the manager. Oh well I guess it was just from stupidity.
Honestly, if they want to sell retro games, I honestly think it should be in-store only. If I'm buying an older game online, I'd like to see a picture of the actual copy I'm getting so I'll know what condition the game is in (for example, if the label on a cart game is torn or not). Unfortunately, I don't see this happening, since GameStops barely have enough room for what they already have in stores.
I remember going to an EB Games at one point to buy something (can't remember what it was) and the store clerk told me that the game I was after was cheaper at Target than what it was there. What a nice person.
Cheetos and armpits. Sounds like a new Glade scent.
There is a store near us who bought out an old Blockbuster location called, "The House of Used." They have everything Game Stop didn't. Game Stop lost a lot of business because The House of Used had retro games of everything, VHS, DVDs and a $1 a night rental of anything. :)
at the mall near my house a kiosk opened that sells games from NES to last gen (PS3, 360, Wii). Best part? They opened right near the gamestop lol.
Super Nintendo Sega Genesis When I was dead broke I couldn't picture this
I used to work at a used game store that handled retro consoles, I noticed something weird, all of the prices were prices we used to sell some of the same games two years ago. It is not just one or two of the prices, its well over half the prices I can remember. They are using a price guide that was online somewhere for the average of what you should sell the game for.
Ok so your new theme is a metal cover of the main theme of devils crush on the turbo grafx right? It has to be.
No matter how sunny it is outside when you walk into the gamestop headquarters I bet when you go to the top floor and look out of the window theres dark clouds with thunder and lightning.
$80 for conkers bad fur day... Yes. $80 FUCKING DOLLARS... $30 for banjo kazooie.. Fuck that, good thing i have a community run store near my area or i'd probably snap.
45 bucks for Mario Party 1 or 2 USED?! If this isn't proof that Gamestop views us as cash cows to milk fuckin dry then I don't know what is. Holy fuckin shit i'm mad now.
In Austin, TX there are three stores called GameFellas who not only sell old games as far back as the Odyssey and Atari 2600, but also buy at scale price (including inflation costs) games and even movies whilst also allowing you a free fix on disk scratches and maintenance on old consoles. You could go to either of those stores and buy a working and modified (for RGB setup) Sega Genesis w/ Golden Axe, Sonic 2, Mortal Kombat, Aladdin, Unaltered Beast, NBA Jam, Road Rash, Vectorman, and Street Fighter 2 for the price that Gamestop is selling Mario Party. Gamestop is out of their mind.
i got chrono trigger used from a game stop probably 15 years ago or more and it was 70 back then
Its really dumb because back in 2000 when the n64 was still relevant and getting new games gamestop sold it used for 50 dollars and now 15 years later theyre still selling it for 50 dollars? Thats messed up , and the ps2 is 65 dollars i remember going in the gamestop as a kid and seeing them for 40 dollars.
There's a pawn shop near where I live that buys old consoles referbs them and sells them for about $20-$50 (depending on the console) and the games sell for $10-$15 a piece or you can buy 4 for $25-$30 and they can't keep the consoles or games in stock for more than a few days.
Is it bad that I got really excited when I saw the title of this video? I wish Gamestop would add retro games to their physical stores.
:(
BOmberman 64: The Second Attack for $200!
But Perfect Dark for $6?
Holy shit! Those are ridiculous prices, Gamestop, please, stay away Mexico. Gamers here will gonna kill you
I remember playing Banjo-Kazooie on my uncles N64 when I wasn't even in 1st grade yet. I'm 17 now and as soon as I get a job ima buy the whole box set.... Nothing like that nostalgia feel
They did it online only, so they won't have to deal with returns at the store level.
You should do a video about Fox News calling out DarkSouls. Here is the Article:
Fox News Legal Analyst Peter
Johnson Jr gave his thoughts. “We do know that she has an affinity for the fantasy game called Dark Soul [sic],” Johnson said on Fox News, “which is a very dark, death-laden video game that’s on PlayStation and other kinds of video-type things where there’s a lot of killing involved”.
Then, on the segment Fox and Friends, the Fox News team went on to further the point. The following is a transcript from a show earlier this year.
“Elisabeth Hasselbeck: Now that we’ve uncovered that this game Dark Soul is the reason for the Craigslist killing, what else has this game done to our society?
Steve Doocy: It’s a good question because for so many years, we never knew this game existed. Now that we do, it seems like the perfect answer as to why video games are ruining America.
Brian Kilmeade: Well, look closely at the title. It has dark right in the name. Clearly this game has some racial overtones that probably has inspired a lot of video game playing racists. It really speaks to how out of touch gamers truly are.
Doocy: Video games like this one is exactly why racism is alive today in America.
Hasselbeck: Again, it’s another Japanese-made video game trying to pollute the minds of young Americans. It just shows how everyone wants to undermine America in any way possible.
Kilmeade: That is a very good point.
Hasselbeck: Thank you. I know.
Doocy: To reiterate, I have not heard of this game until a few minutes ago, but this looks like Grand Theft Auto times a million from what I can tell. We have to give some credit to Grand Theft Auto because despite it promoting violence, it never promoted cult violence.
Hasselbeck: Cult racism, cult violence, it never ends with these video games. We all thought Mario was fun and games until Mario became a dark soul and started killing people.
Kilmeade: Now look here.
[Kilmeade gestures to footage from the game]
Kilmeade: Apparently, you are able to invade other people’s games and kill them. You essentially kill people in a place that is supposed to be safe. This sounds a lot like a school shooting, does it not?
Doocy: I know children love these video games, but they’re too young to understand what’s going on so I don’t blame them. Then all of a sudden, some gamer comes in with a weapon and kills them. Yes, it sounds exactly like a school shooting and it has probably inspired all of these shootings that we hear about.
Hasselbeck: They get that first virtual taste and then they go after the real thing. It’s so sad how many lives were taken because of this Dark game. Shame on the creators.
Kilmeade: It’s unfortunate that these sick people are all in Japan. There’s no international law that will get them, right?
Doocy: I think we need to do some more research.
Hasselbeck: So tell us your thoughts on Dark Soul. Should the creators face the death penalty for making this game?”
"You done fucking goofed"
-AlphaOmegaSin
$10 for Jet Force Gemini has GOT to be THE BEST deal they have though!!!
If you have an N64 or are buying one BUY THIS GAME!!!
$20 for Star Fox... still worth it.
Some of the consoles were cheaper than ebay which is nice, but I'll stick to getting games elsewhere
I know that retro games are making a resurface, but those prices. For games that came out 20 years ago. Kind of makes me think that a video game collector's favorite relaxation routine is huffing superglue.
It's obvious that the prices suck. They're antiques after all.
TheNewEmphinix Except you can go almost literally anywhere else and get the exact same games (ie. still antique) for half the price. Economics 101 says you put your prices LOWER than competition, not double.
TheNewEmphinix Technically they're not antiques. They're nowhere near old enough for that.
***** Yes, that is a part of economics. Unfortunately, however, GameStop has enough name recognition to get away with this anyway.
I won't be buying retro games from GameStop. For one, the prices are fucking stupid. $20 for DK64? And second because you can't even see the conditions. For all we know, they are sending out games with unreadable labels. Or no labels at all! And they probably won't even clean them. Just send their trade ins to the warehouse where they will immediately be shipped somewhere else.
I was actually impressed by the prices for the consoles themselves. At least three of them, the Dreamcast, the SNES and the NES refurbished, were $60 each. Maybe they're cheaper elsewhere, but if Gamestop kept them well-maintained it'd be worth it. Plus, if the console doesn't work, you could get a refund from a common outlet rather than a random person online.
I once bought a used Dreamcast online in 2004. It was broken and had to mail it back to GameStop. luckily they sent a working model out a few days later.
Everybody thought Gamestop selling retro games would bring the prices down. Those who thought Gamestop would have bad prices were right all along. Disc needs the case to me, because they get scratches on them easily.
I remember when you used to be able to buy old console games for $5 or less at the flea market.
Wait, they are selling retro games online only AND making them more expensive than what you can find on ebay AND not showing if they are complete/incomplete nor their condition? How stupid can they get? No one is going to buy from it and give it a few months or so and they will probably drop it altogether again...
MetaReapre Worse yet there's actually people defending them and saying this is actually "not bad" or "pretty good"
AlphaOmegaSin Wow, I can't imagine anyone defending this. lol
thats the grandia 2 theme in the background man i havent played that awesome game in ages thanks man i think i gonna hook up my ps2 later tonight
before I get to deep in this, just wanna say, I LOVE the new Intro...
I also like to add that most of the rarer games are usually out of stock (unless its a greatest hits/players choice) kinda title.
Looking at all their JRPGs they have advertised at the time of writing this comment, only about 10% of the games are in stock while the rest are "currently unavailable online".
This is why I'm happy that I kept a lot of my old games.
There's a retro game store in my town and 4 days ago I went in there and bought a complete Shenmue 1 for $25 and Shenmue 2 for $16 and they are in great shape. Screw Gamestop!
One of my local Gamestops smells like Subway... even after the one next door closed.
Ten years ago they used to have big bins filled with Sega, Nes,Snes,Atari cartridges. They were decently priced and honestly i regret not buying half the amount of games they had back then. So disappointed at most of the prices i see for most of the games on the site. On the flip side got a Dreamcast controller for 9.99
It feels like Gamestop has seen what resellers have been doing for ages online and said................"we can do that too!"
I don't know man, Rich from Reviewtech USA just released a video saying the opposite, He is saying the prices are actually cheaper the majority of the time. I guess I have to actually check it out myself, I don't know who to believe here.
No GameStop stores or Game Informer access in my country. Feels like we are not missing out, besides some interesting news articles.
Seriously Gamestop. Honestly if people want retro video games use AMAZON! It's been around for years now and people are still acting like it's some sort of shopping site from the future. I can get almost any retro game for under 10 dollars for crying out loud.
what happen to good old days were gamestop didn't exist
You can buy it from people who actually care about the games from eBay or you can buy from a place that doesn't even have the decency to tell you if it has the case or manual. Plus, from what I've seen at least, GS is selling them at roughly the same price that the normal price in eBay. Pretty simple what the better option is.
Remember how Gamestop destroys discs if they dont exceed exception sales? Remember? Well now think about them doing that to cartridges. Let that sink in. Gamestop will now destroy your great childhood, classic, games if they dont sell.
heyou2424 Source please on Gamestop destroying discs.
Fuzzy Pickles Source already provided by LocustDrone25 and there was another video recently released that is the same thing but I cant recall the exact source.
The dislikes are GameStop CEOs
I was actually surprised the prices were as reasonable as they were. Pretty close to pricecharting.com.
I remember buying Final Fantasy 1 (NES) at my local Gamestop many years ago.
Totally agree my friend... At minimum if they're selling games online they need to specify condition, and completeness...
i think it's pretty good because the 10% member discount is still in effect on the retro games. making chrono trigger priced from $90 to $80. i think thats pretty good. also, take advantage of the 50% trade in credit and sell new super mario bros DS (loose cart) and get $20 in store credit. 4 copies of the game will get you chrono trigger. awesome!
The Gamestops around me don't smell like Cheetos and Armpits LOL
They used to have a site called tradestop.com, which was solely dedicated to taking in trades...around 2002...they eventually stopped that biz model, cause they couldn't properly manage it.
Gamestop just takes advantage of oblivious people.
Lol when you talked about CD only ps1 games you sounded like Milton from Office Space
I think the reason they don't put these games in the actual stores is because they don't have the product to stock them at the stores. At least that's what I imagine is the reason.
To be fair too GameStop, the best reason I can think of that it would be online only is because they can't guarantee in-store stock. So, it's better to sell online because clearly if they only get 50 copies of a game. They can't stock up over a thousand stores with them.
What did I say?
Told everyone that the only reason GameStop started this was in order to make a high profit with low costs.
They saw the market booming online and decided that hey, they can avoid dealing with retailers on purchasing goods and they don't have to pay employees to stock the stores or delivering goods to stores.
The only plus thing is that they have the N64 expansion pack listed cheaper than anyone else....they just don't have any in stock apparently
I have a feeling if GS undercut ebay prices (or the going market rate), scalpers would just buy the inventory and flip it for a quick profit. The scalping community never misses an opportunity.
I wish gaming companies would reproduce new copies of their best selling games like comic companies do with their best selling issues. But make each cartridge a different color labelling out a reproduction cartridge, or disc.
45$ for MP2 is pretty fucking stupid when you can just get it for 15$ on the eshop, or free through club nintendo
A few weeks ago, I traded in a ton of old games I wasn't playing anymore to put towards a new PS4. Then I went to a local GS to buy one, and found out they were participating in the retro game trade ins after I just traded them elsewhere. They insisted that they would've given me more, but somehow, I don't feel any regret. I love GS, and all, but yeah.
Considering gamestop's normal prices, I think these prices aren't too bad. Some are expensive, while others are ok. In some cases some are actually cheaper than things like The Exchange and other gaming stores around Pittsburgh, so in some situations that's a plus.
$49.99 - Nearly FULL FUCKING RETAIL - for a game on SNES? That's a fucking robbery.
Holy fuck! I wanted to think they were smart enough to not do this but I guess I was wrong. Yeah everyone else was right and I was wrong. Gamestop could only fuck shit up!
90 dollars for Chrono Trigger!? Screw that! I'll just go a couple towns over to the retro game store!
Just looked over their prices. I am surprised to see that the consoles aren't that off from what you pay on eBay. $40 for a PS1 slim is pretty close to eBay. Though for $20 more you can get one on eBay with a LCD screen, memory cards, etc.
I get retro games from action game and movie cheap the website with the same name only has the address and pics of the exterior of the store
The last time I went into my local GameStop I swear to god I couldn't find one original game box. Everything was displayed in the generic - shit - repurposed dvd box. Stay classy GameStop.
I recommend buying, selling & trading locally. Not just for games, but whenever possible. Avoid the big companies, because as usual, when they get big enough, they corrupt and go out of their way to crush smaller businesses.
You know the higher-ups at Gstop (I call it Gspot) are kicking themselves in the arse right now. I used to go in there (when they were called Funcoland) and buy like 15 NES games for $20.00 when they were phasing out cart sales. They were practically giving away NES games that are worth sooo much now. I once bought Mega Man 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6 at a Gstop (all at once) for approximately $65.00. I haven't checked, but I bet each of those are around $50.00 on their website.
I actually work at GameStop and I always find it funny when people blame the employees at the stores for things like this and not the people higher up. So thank you for not blaming the little guy xD I appreciate it because more often than not with GameStop rants it's always our faults for some reason. I mean I realize that some people are just bad employees, but that's the same with every company to be honest.