"If you go to eBay and look at all of the gaming stuff that's on there, it's unbelievable. Collector's stuff. We've got to be in that business. We will be," Gamestop CEO Paul Raines
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Post by: HercTNT on August 30, 2012, 10:21:28 AM
in my neck of the woods, we have a gamestop right next door to walmart. walmart sells a game for 59.99, gamestop for 69.99. they are so arrogant, the won't lower the price despite being next door to a prime competitor. ON black friday, they lower the price to 59.99 and send out fliers telling everyone what a great deal they are getting. Meanwhile walmart has lowered there prices to 49.99. I don't trust gamestop with anything let alone classic games.
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Post by: Bernie on August 30, 2012, 10:22:43 AM
Yeah, I kinda let GameStop go not too long ago. I will stick with PlaynTrade and online for my retro needs.
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Post by: SignOfZeta on August 30, 2012, 10:26:37 AM
I can't wait to see them fail miserably at this.
GameStop is a very top down organization. There is no way they can kill the indie stores (which is what they are really saying here, let's be honest) without empowering managers and associates, letting them make significant decisions at the store level on a case by case basis...and they are way too paranoid to allow that sort of thing.
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Post by: turboswimbz on August 30, 2012, 10:34:51 AM
My company recently hired a manager from Game-ripoff, and let me tell you, if he is anything like the standard employee, omg. nice guy, but dumb as a brick.
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Post by: Bernie on August 30, 2012, 10:38:06 AM
Most of the employees think they know more than they actually know.
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Post by: vestcoat on August 30, 2012, 10:38:12 AM
Those f*ckers. As Funcoland, they ALREADY dealt in retro systems and look how well that turned out. Their prices sucked pre-ebay and their prices will suck post-ebay. I remember clueless friends buying loose copies of games like Secret of Mana for $59 because they couldn't find it at Best Buy. Not only did Funcoland's careless practices ruin countless boxes, manuals, and even games, but Gamestop/Funcoland turned their back on customers like me as they rushed to dump their old systems and keep pace with the latest, most-profitable bullshit. Now they're crawling back. I wonder how they've gone about amassing their retro inventory to-date.
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Post by: SignOfZeta on August 30, 2012, 12:40:48 PM
I will say one thing for Funcoland, their pay out was WAY better than GameStop. When I got my N64 from them they gave me $54 for Megaman X2, which is more than I paid for it. These days, unless the game is two weeks old, you're going to get completely hosed at GameStop.
Most indie stores (game or otherwise) give you half of what they will sell it for. GameStop gives you $2 and then puts a $20 price tag on it. It's ridiculous.
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Post by: HercTNT on August 30, 2012, 01:07:29 PM
I will say one thing for Funcoland, their pay out was WAY better than GameStop. When I got my N64 from them they gave me $54 for Megaman X2, which is more than I paid for it. These days, unless the game is two weeks old, you're going to get completely hosed at GameStop.
Most indie stores (game or otherwise) give you half of what they will sell it for. GameStop gives you $2 and then puts a $20 price tag on it. It's ridiculous.
yup, pretty much. thats why i hope they rot in hell.
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Post by: RegalSin on August 30, 2012, 01:18:37 PM
It does not matter, because consumers, like 13 year olds who are in college right now, and we all know how ceeewwll college is. Are going to be the ones to look into that stuff. Seriously, comic book store owners do not take videogames seriously, and now they have Videogames at comic-con, because they know the comicverse is getting more filled wth more rubbish ( because of my laziness ),
Then their is going to be that generation who never ever owned an Atari to begin with, or never been to a real garage sale, to find them all over the place. You know the person who walked into Videogame museum, and goes hmmm, videogames are coolll, educational,. or some sorta homer simpson sound.
I hate Gamestop, they fired manager, after manager at my previous funcoland, just for not making enough, pre-orders, or keeping the store clean. Then they hired the worlds, omega depressing manager, for god only knows why, because she never liked me and hired other tired depressing women. Gamestop turned into another burger king, but without the grease, or food. Where managers hire people who was like them, and not into videogames at all. You go into a gamestop, the employees reflects the manager. It gets sader, and sader everyday. If your a 13 year old, you will not notice the difference, but maybe because I am beyond that, and feel like if I am walking into a hamper.
You want to get rid of gamestop, do not give them any business.
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Post by: turboswimbz on August 30, 2012, 01:30:03 PM
Not much love for gamestop I see. never bought a single item from them, too high priced, no in them every knew a thing about the games. I so hope they don't get into older game systems, They will become the new price and customer service standard.
And for that matter what every happened to customer service?
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Post by: HercTNT on August 30, 2012, 01:31:52 PM
the gamefly commercial bashing on them is pretty accurate. the guys that work at our gamestop are "think they know it all" asshats. its like having mac store employees selling video games
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Post by: RegalSin on August 30, 2012, 01:43:38 PM
Gamefly, netflix or whatever are in the same boat as Gamestop. I bet they are owned by the same stock margin, or companies. Lets bash the only store that is not game crazy/.
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Post by: FiftyQuid on August 30, 2012, 01:53:17 PM
I don't understand how this company is still in business. Who is buying from them? Parents with no clue? I don't buy that. Even parents know that you can get PS3 and XBOX360 games at Wal-Mart. So again, who is buying from them?
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Post by: jperryss on August 30, 2012, 01:57:54 PM
I don't understand how this company is still in business. Who is buying from them? Parents with no clue? I don't buy that. Even parents know that you can get PS3 and XBOX360 games at Wal-Mart. So again, who is buying from them?
Plenty of kids, teens, and twenty and thirty-something people shop at Gamestop. Why? I dunno. I guess if you're looking for a new release, they're guaranteed to have plenty in stock and you can't usually find a brand new game cheaper somewhere else anyway.
Personally I haven't spent a penny at GS in years, and I think this move could ruin classic collecting for us.
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Post by: futureman2000 on August 30, 2012, 02:05:54 PM
Yeah, lots of people go to gamestop. I hate to think of the old games that were thrown away b/c gamestop doesn't give credit for them. It's possible that Gamestop re-entering the retro game market could lower prices on medium-rare games due to an increase in supply... but I'll bet they would just keep shit marked up.
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Post by: FiftyQuid on August 30, 2012, 02:08:09 PM
Plenty of kids, teens, and twenty and thirty-something people shop at Gamestop. Why? I dunno. I guess if you're looking for a new release, they're guaranteed to have plenty in stock and you can't usually find a brand new game cheaper somewhere else anyway.
Personally I haven't spent a penny at GS in years, and I think this move could ruin classic collecting for us.
I don't buy this either. What about Target? Best Buy? Hell, my local grocery chain sells 'now generation' games. There's no reason to go to GameStop. The prices are the same and they have day one releases. The only thing they are missing at these alternative stores are some of the exclusives. Please don't tell me exclusives are driving the sales behind GameStop. That's ludicrous!!!
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Post by: kazekirifx on August 30, 2012, 02:09:48 PM
Those f*ckers. As Funcoland, they ALREADY dealt in retro systems and look how well that turned out. Their prices sucked pre-ebay and their prices will suck post-ebay. I remember clueless friends buying loose copies of games like Secret of Mana for $59 because they couldn't find it at Best Buy. Not only did Funcoland's careless practices ruin countless boxes, manuals, and even games, but Gamestop/Funcoland turned their back on customers like me as they rushed to dump their old systems and keep pace with the latest, most-profitable bullshit. Now they're crawling back. I wonder how they've gone about amassing their retro inventory to-date.
WhereTF is the like/+1 button on this forum. I am so Web 2.0 now... I look for the button without even thinking...
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Post by: jperryss on August 30, 2012, 02:15:19 PM
I don't buy this either. What about Target? Best Buy? Hell, my local grocery chain sells 'now generation' games. There's no reason to go to GameStop. The prices are the same and they have day one releases. The only thing they are missing at these alternative stores are some of the exclusives. Please don't tell me exclusives are driving the sales behind GameStop. That's ludicrous!!!
A few of the guys I work with will go to GS for day one releases. Honestly, I think it's just a matter of "I need a game, might as well go to the GAME store to get it."
Honestly, when I pick up a new movie or concert DVD on day one, I'll typically go to Newbury Comics or even BB, instead of Target where it might be cheaper. It's not because I don't like Target, it's because when I think music or movies, Target doesn't come to mind.
The difference between Newbury Comics and Gamestop is that Gamestop sucks, so it's easier to question why people shop there.
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Post by: RegalSin on August 30, 2012, 02:56:23 PM
Even parents know that you can get PS3 and XBOX360 games at Wal-Mart. So again, who is buying from them?
Well the reason why parents, are parents is because they never wore condoms. That is the kind of people who are shopping from them. A parent who is like, where do I go for videogames, and most of them are not us. You know the same people who buy bootlegged DVD's that are in unwatchable format.
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Post by: FiftyQuid on August 30, 2012, 03:15:10 PM
Well the reason why parents, are parents is because they never wore condoms. That is the kind of people who are shopping from them. A parent who is like, where do I go for videogames, and most of them are not us. You know the same people who buy bootlegged DVD's that are in unwatchable format.
I read this 3 times and I'm still uncertain if I should be offended. :-k
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Post by: wilykat on August 30, 2012, 04:09:56 PM
I go to Gamestop once in a blue moon and if I see a CIB game that I wanted and it's less than eBay, I might get it. Mostly I just use my phone and snap the Club Nintendo code so I can get free points. A lot of used games still has the code that are never used.
Back in Funcoland day, I used to get free NES game boxes (and often instruction inside) if they didn't have a game to go with it. They knew and didn't care. I still have some 200 NES game boxes stored carefully for when I can get a dedicated game room to display them. I <3 art on NES and Atari game boxes. Today's game cover look like crap compared to the old day.
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Post by: Deletion on August 30, 2012, 04:19:11 PM
The scary part of GameStop getting into retro games is that they could build a large inventory easily and quickly because they have so many stores. The convenience of bringing a box of old games to a GS at the local mall or nearby strip mall could very well be enough enticement for people to stay away from eBay, Craigslist, independent shops and yard sales. I'm not a big fan of GS, but I have to admit I've purchased a lot of PS2 and GC titles over the years during their Buy 2 Get 1 (and sometimes 2) Free sales. In that respect, the chain has served its purpose.
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Post by: 420GOAT on August 31, 2012, 05:33:18 AM
i see it lowering the price.
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Post by: Arkhan on August 31, 2012, 05:53:54 AM
I worked at gamestop for a bit.
I mostly sat on the counter, played DS, ate chinese food, and told everyone to leave and go to a real game store. I often referred them to www.videogameconnection.com (http://www.videogameconnection.com/)
I told every customer that our discount card was a joke, reserving games was a waste, and that Game Informer is so slow you can find the same info on the internet ahead of time.
They stopped giving me hours, lol.
The average gamestop employee doesn't know a good vintage game from a dick down their throat. This should be interesting.
Also, gamestop used to f*cking sell old games.
I remember seeing NES cartridges at gamestop. This was right before the whole OMG RETRO GAEMGEMMSSSS shit erupted, and Contra 1 for NES was worth 1$
This is going to be great.
There will be copies of mario/duckhunt for 8$
OMG RARE. CLASSIC GAME. BUY IT NOW.
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Post by: RegalSin on August 31, 2012, 06:39:00 AM
The average GS employee use the money they get for gas,
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Post by: Arkhan on August 31, 2012, 06:55:04 AM
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Post by: Ji-L87 on August 31, 2012, 10:00:51 AM
I...gee....I don't know what to think about this. I'd be happy if I could walk into more stores and buy some retro games but...I'm sort of worried GameStop will put their horrible stickers on everything which, last time I bought from them at least, were stupidly hard to remove without leaving residue or tearing stuff beneath it apart : >
I don't think they will have any problem at all filling their warehouses with retro games and "getting into the business" but I just see in my mind stuff getting destroyed and/or poorly handled not only by GameStop employees/practices but also by at least some of their customers : / I mean...why is all used, modern games I buy in so bad shape? Scratched discs, wear and tear on the DVD case, missing pages in the manual etc etc - it's not hard to put the game back in it's case when you take it out of the machine, and then put that case back in the shelf or something.
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Post by: hizaygizirlz on August 31, 2012, 10:19:20 AM
I think this will be interesting.
On one hand I believe gamestop sucks like most people. They release an ad every week and 50 of 52 never have a good sale. Where as Best Buy or Amazon sometimes you can get a $60 game for $40 one or two weeks after its release. I know it has been covered and covered but the trade in value is an absolute joke.
I also hate that they open games to put the cases on display. I reserved DQIX from them to get a plush slime and I went early on release day to pick it up and all they had was open "new" ones.
However back to this specific topic if they already have warehouses with boxes or crates of old stuff just sitting around collecting dust it will be nice to see it hit the market again in some fasion.
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Post by: csgx1 on August 31, 2012, 02:19:42 PM
Interesting, so where do they plan on getting their stock of retro games from? I can't imaging too many people trading in retro games to them now days. They probably won't be very successful in the retro market.
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Post by: wilykat on August 31, 2012, 02:36:33 PM
Maybe one could quietly sell well done repro to GS for more than they really are worth? NWC cart frequently go for a few thousand dollars, and you can get a repro for $50.
Get a gold Zelda cart, file out opening for the DIP switch, print out nice label to replace Zelda label, handle it a lot to try and make it look about 20 years old. Then sell it to GS and get a few grand. ;)
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Post by: nodtveidt on August 31, 2012, 05:29:58 PM
I think that this will suck ass.
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Post by: RegalSin on September 01, 2012, 12:28:26 PM
You can't sell a repro, because their is an id number located on the carts. Sometimes I did find bootlegs, being sold, as well, as being advertised in the Funcoland newspaper ( if you remember that ).
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Post by: csgx1 on September 01, 2012, 02:27:50 PM
Oh yeah, I remember those Funcoland pricing papers. I still have some from 98-00.
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Post by: bob on September 01, 2012, 04:33:05 PM
There is so much wrong here. I just think they are hedging their bets prior to the "digital distribution only" wave they fear from the next gen of consoles. You already see digital offerings at the retail store and I'm yet to see an advantage to buying it there. Maybe some stupid exclusive content..."buy it from GameStop and get the silly string blaster in game!". But really, like somebody mentioned, they had no consideration for the boxes, manuals, etc. which is what their definition of "collectors" would want in order to pay stupid prices in the first place.
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Post by: BigusSchmuck on September 01, 2012, 06:51:54 PM
I can see Gamestop going the route of Game Crazy, dead on arrival. However, Game Crazy was pretty reasonable towards the end of its career. I got a new Dreamcast with 4 controllers for $30. :) Then again this was 8 years ago, god I'm getting old.
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Post by: TR0N on September 01, 2012, 08:52:38 PM
What alphaomegasin thinks about it :wink:
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Post by: RegalSin on September 02, 2012, 04:59:57 AM
Oh yeah, I remember those Funcoland pricing papers. I still have some from 98-00.
Those were the good days. When you went inside a store just for video games, people eating lunch behind the counter on the floor, free instructional manuals, and boxes. You can play Lufia II all day long, including FFVIII, along with Bubble Bobble. Sometimes the staff was disrespectful, but that changed, when the blue shirt employees all turned into green shirts.
Then Gamestop moved, in extended hours, lowered pay. Fired manager, after manager, some who stayed were racist. while others were cool. One guy cried and begged for his job, and all he could talk about his son, he never sees at home. I remember when the young fathers were coming in the store, asking "when are they going to port RE4 to the PS2". That was back when Capcom owned the 3d market, alongside square ( you know when Square made that dreamishly fantastic RPG "Crono Cross" but it had nothing to do with Trigger. Then the evil racist manager, would lie about me getting my tee-shirt, because she gave out all the tee-shirts when people left pre-orders, instead of when people was picking up the games. Then she said "while supplies last", as an excuse. I even wrote a complaint, and then she was like oh I remember you, I gave you a shirt ( Lying hate filled abomination to our way of life ). Then a guy chased me out of the store one time, because me and him had a dialaug ( the guy was swinging at me ) , but I came back and apologize, shortly after. Then I discovered he was stealing from the store register, when they moved him ( he requested to move back to the mall, instead of the mini-mall area ). He look just like the male character from RE0. With him was another employee, who usted to work in software etc. This one manager was a former navy officer, and he was the original Funcoland manager, when he found out he was going to be fired, he open all the draws, turned off all the cameras, and left the store unguarded, This woman who would work in that store, with long red hair, she continued to work in gamestop, becoming a manager, I think she was around in EBgames for awhile but now she might be gone. She was like "who told you to lay on my car" and "are you treathing me", that was back when sports was popular.
Yeah I just pretty much went from the funcoland years into gamestop, back to the funcoland years. The coolest thing was the store was like an free arcade.
Another funcoland, we would crack jokes all day long, until they got turned into gamestop. Our store was so peacefull.
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Post by: geise on September 04, 2012, 05:46:35 AM
Back in April I was searching around town for a used ps2, since mine bit the dust. There was one gamestop I decided to go in and check out. The dude working the counter was surprisingly really nice. Actually knew his shit. We were then shooting the breeze talking about retro stuff. He brought up the whole retro game thing and said "Man, I still play my TG-16." I was mighty impressed. He then went on and added about the idea gamestop was doing to get into the whole "retro game fad" This is exactly what he was talking about I guess. He said, and I quote "It will fail f*cking miserably!" He said corporate wouldn't eve tell him how they were going to acquire these games when he asked. They really have no clue.
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Post by: Nando on September 04, 2012, 07:11:38 AM
Supposedly they've got warehouses full of "retro" games....
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Post by: geise on September 04, 2012, 07:22:24 AM
Supposedly they've got warehouses full of "retro" games....
Nah I think they just throw them out in the dumpster, with all the promotional stuff. That is what I heard back then.
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Post by: SignOfZeta on September 04, 2012, 10:54:29 AM
I need GameStop to start selling 16-bit stuff. I'm tired of buying games from friends, eBay, shows, etc only to find that they still have boxes and manuals and that nobody has slathered them in difficult to remove stickers. GameStop, save us!
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Post by: Colossus1574 on September 04, 2012, 10:52:49 PM
What alphaomegasin thinks about it :wink: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0XuKh6NWQI
Hahahha, shit, he may be over the top...but it was f'n hilarious hearing him rant! Zeta, i kinda hear your sense of humor and sarcasm in his rant :mrgreen:
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Post by: Arkhan on September 05, 2012, 04:43:02 AM
OH MAN. Pac Man for atari 2600 is coming soon!
f*ck YEAH.
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Post by: SignOfZeta on September 05, 2012, 05:07:21 AM
What alphaomegasin thinks about it :wink: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0XuKh6NWQI
Hahahha, shit, he may be over the top...but it was f'n hilarious hearing him rant! Zeta, i kinda hear your sense of humor and sarcasm in his rant :mrgreen:
I'm sorry to give you that impression.
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Post by: esadajr on September 05, 2012, 09:45:18 AM
I mean...why is all used, modern games I buy in so bad shape? Scratched discs, wear and tear on the DVD case, missing pages in the manual etc etc - it's not hard to put the game back in it's case when you take it out of the machine, and then put that case back in the shelf or something.
You're not alone on this one, that's for sure. It really blows my mind.
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Post by: RegalSin on September 05, 2012, 09:50:23 AM
Well the reason why parents, are parents is because they never wore condoms. That is the kind of people who are shopping from them. A parent who is like, where do I go for videogames, and most of them are not us. You know the same people who buy bootlegged DVD's that are in unwatchable format.
I read this 3 times and I'm still uncertain if I should be offended. :-k
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Post by: RegalSin on September 06, 2012, 04:30:44 AM
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I mean...why is all used, modern games I buy in so bad shape? Scratched discs, wear and tear on the DVD case, missing pages in the manual etc etc - it's not hard to put the game back in it's case when you take it out of the machine, and then put that case back in the shelf or something.
You live in the USA, where Jesus is number one. Jesus says you must abandon your kingdom to follow him, or something like that. Also people of Juridian faith, also have rules about items that can rust, or mold. Everybody in USA is caught up with the idea of buying new, things and not taking care of things.
Japan has religious ideas, where if you take care of a book it will transform into Raccon Dog or something, in 100 years.
When I was a kid, I would tear threw my game stuff, ripping threw the game boxes, just to get to the game, like if it was candy. Even mark up the books, nobody forced me to preserve or take care of anything.
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Post by: Senshi on September 06, 2012, 05:56:33 AM
I mean...why is all used, modern games I buy in so bad shape? Scratched discs, wear and tear on the DVD case, missing pages in the manual etc etc - it's not hard to put the game back in it's case when you take it out of the machine, and then put that case back in the shelf or something.
You're not alone on this one, that's for sure. It really blows my mind.
Because dickish preteens can't be bothered take care of their shit.