By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close

I must admit, I love buying used games from gamestop.  They ran 3 separate "Buy 2, Get 1 Free" sales this holiday and I took advantage of them along with my edge card (-10% on used).  I ended up paying about $33 each for LBP, Gears 2, and Prince of Persia on the last sale.  All three were in perfect condition with manuals -- no scratches.  The PoP was actually the collector's edition and has a second disk in it with other "stuff".

I have actually bought alomost every game in the last 6 months through GS's B2G1 offer with the exception of Animal Crossing Wii and Lips.

I was in Gamestop last Friday and noticed a number of AAA games that were WELL stocked on the Used shelf.  There were probably 4 Gears of War 2, 10 GTAIVs, and multiple other newer releases.  On the PS3 side, they had about a dozen copies of MGS4 all the way down to $29.99 as well as a couple of LBPs and Resistance 2's.  I was back this week and the VAST majority of late release stuff had been snatched up in their final B2G1 free sale of the year.

That is a LOT of missed opportunities for developers...  Even though I participate in those smoking deals, I believe this practice needs to end for the viability of the industry...



I hate trolls.

Systems I currently own:  360, PS3, Wii, DS Lite (2)
Systems I've owned: PS2, PS1, Dreamcast, Saturn, 3DO, Genesis, Gamecube, N64, SNES, NES, GBA, GB, C64, Amiga, Atari 2600 and 5200, Sega Game Gear, Vectrex, Intellivision, Pong.  Yes, Pong.