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Gamestop to Accept and Sell Classic Games Again
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Spidercolt	Apr 14 2015, 07:47 PM Post #1
Mario Maniac Posts: 688 Group: Senior Members Member #1,056 Joined: October 22, 2012	http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/04/15/gamestop-to-offer-classic-consoles-and-games What are your guys thoughts on this? As an employee of Gamestop and a huge Nintendo fan this is AWESOME NEWS!!!!
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No64DD	Apr 14 2015, 08:52 PM Post #2
Neva wizard Kee Posts: 3,439 Group: Legendary Member #789 Joined: March 13, 2012	That's killer news! I remember around here, in SW Pennsylvania, they started phasing out the SNES/N64 bargain bins+ accessories in 2002/03. If it does stick this time, i hope GameStop rethinks their whole placement of their cumbersome >USED< stickers... most times it ruined any attempt of removing it clean from a particular bought item. i mean no offense. Edited by No64DD, Apr 18 2015, 10:03 AM.
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The Red Shadow	Apr 14 2015, 09:23 PM Post #3
The Seeker Posts: 6,189 Group: Staff (Ret.) Member #120 Joined: February 4, 2008	Honestly, I don't think they ever should have stopped.



Kamikaze	Apr 15 2015, 12:56 AM Post #4
Senior Member Posts: 520 Group: Senior Members Member #2,100 Joined: February 28, 2014	Personally I don't like this. There are a thousand ways this can inflate prices. And that's a generally bad thing to happen. And selling online only makes it tough, since you don'tknow the quality of item you'll be getting? A yellowed SNES for full retail price, while the pictures shows a out-of-the-box new one? They for sure are not going to list every item in a loose ad, so general ads it is, with this above as a result. I'd pass. That being sad, I can find most games locally, probably cheper than Gamestop has them. Dealing locally gives possibilities to haggle or trade. Gamestop doesn't do that. So I'd pass on it, again. Edited by Kamikaze, Apr 15 2015, 12:57 AM.



EnvyFox	Apr 15 2015, 04:08 AM Post #5
Senior Member Posts: 857 Group: Senior Members Member #1,841 Joined: October 8, 2013	Yeah I have to side with Kamikaze on this one if only because I've seen how GameStop does things as far as used games go. They don't stay on top of price changes and, while that can get you a deal every once in a blue moon, it usually leaves their used games overpriced due to a game's value dropping on Amazon & eBay. It's why my purchases there, as far as used games go, are few and far in between. But I do recognize it as an option and not a replacement. I don't have to stop searching thrift stores and pawn shops because GameStop is selling classic used games as well, so you know what? I say let it happen. Maybe others don't feel like driving to a thrift store with a chance of leaving empty handed when they have a better chance of getting classic games at GameStop. And hey. With so many people flocking to GameStop for convenience, whose going to get all the nice finds at Goodwill, hm? Muahahahahahahahaha!!! EDIT: Oh and I hope this doesn't end up like that "rewards program" thing they did years back where you had to buy so many games just to get the most common of classic games. What a disaster. Edited by EnvyFox, Apr 15 2015, 04:13 AM.



Kamikaze	Apr 15 2015, 05:51 AM Post #6
Senior Member Posts: 520 Group: Senior Members Member #2,100 Joined: February 28, 2014	Also realize, with so much attention going to this program, people might suddenly remember that "dusty old console in the basement" and sell it either to Gamestop or on ebay, instead of flea markets, garage sales or bringing it to thrift stores. I might not happen with all classic games, but with already very slim pickings on retro stuff in the wild, this might make it even less.



kartmaster	Apr 15 2015, 07:10 AM Post #7
Coffee Drinker Posts: 2,024 Group: Moderators Member #1,870 Joined: October 27, 2013	It will be interesting to see what happens. Depending on supply, this will effectively set a price ceiling on classic hardware and software. Not sure how much that will matter, as that ceiling is probably likely to be a bit higher than the private market prices are going for now. From my experience this doesn't seem much different than what a lot of retro game stores are doing already. All in all, I suppose I consider this a good thing. It's another option to check out and help fill out my collection. I predict the stuff I really want though it'll seem too expensive. But I might snatch up a few off-beat titles that I never otherwise would have found in the wild.
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Vinyl	Apr 15 2015, 07:30 AM Post #8
Veteran Posts: 2,311 Group: Legendary Member #1,535 Joined: May 27, 2013	Its a nice feature that a huge company like Gamestop selling retro games... but before we celebrate, bare in mind that they do this for a reason, its a company that wants to make a profit. and It wouldn't surprise me if they sell a loose copy of Ocarina of Time for 50 usd.. Also what no64DD said.... would they care about the condition? or would they indeed put a huge watermarked sticker on it "USED" ... would they actually make pictures on there website of what-you-see-is-what-you-get or google-pictures(looks mint) and you get a cracked up version of it...
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Cabanon	Apr 15 2015, 07:39 AM Post #9
Elite Posts: 4,585 Group: Legendary Member #505 Joined: May 8, 2011	price will, again, inflate like madmen. this is not good news.



Lizalfos	Apr 15 2015, 09:58 AM Post #10
Newbie Posts: 15 Group: Established Members Member #2,665 Joined: April 6, 2015	I'm glad to hear the news, but I do hope this doesn't lead to a wide-scale price inflation of retro games. As a newer Nintendo 64 owner, I hope that the prices for its games and accessories stay around where they are or decrease a bit from this, otherwise it might become too unaffordable for me to get anything else for my 64 or other systems down the road. I also worry about the local mom and pop game stores I've gone to for retro games in the past and present. I have a feeling this move by GameStop wasn't out of giving retro game fans like ourselves more places to buy these games and systems, but simply to eradicate more of these local game stores, and if that's the real reason I think I'll just stick to buying my games from said stores.
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action	Apr 18 2015, 05:06 AM Post #11
Senior Member Posts: 578 Group: Closed Account Member #1,394 Joined: April 7, 2013	oh dear, now the hits the fan. as others have said, this is not good for prices. luckily i bought everything i want long ago. i'm happy with my mid sized collection. i'd hate to be a completionist nowadays who buys games but doesnt play them. way too expensive. prices are insane enough as they are. the way i see it: if you're a snes CIB collector starting out, i would say dont bother. to have a "representative" collection of games ranging from shooters to rpg's, all CIB is just too expensive with N64, i have noticed a sudden increase over the last couple of months. i'd say buy now as many games as you can, cause the ship has just left the harbour gamecube is interesting. i feel some sellers dont know the value of these games yet. huge differences in prices between sellers. i found TS future perfect for 12 euro at one seller, and another seller for 40 euro. bargains can still be made, but the market is getting word of its value. see the increase in gamecube fan topics and the lively community it has. this will not go unnoticed.



Vekoma64	Apr 18 2015, 06:25 AM Post #12
Senior Member Posts: 397 Group: Senior Members Member #782 Joined: March 7, 2012	I feel this a bad idea, a very bad idea. If you look at it from a big business approach then the board/managment want gamers to come back. They know by using rose tinted nostalgia the company will be talked about and how linked to your gaming past they are. When really this is marketing ploy to get you in the door. They cannot give much for any of these items and will only temporarily inflate the price of these retro goods in the process. At some point the company will move on with its next big idea. The reality is the market can only be so big and with quality control a personal preference this will not work as many employees will not be aware of what quality the product is in nor its real worth for the condition it can be sold at. Each store would have to have a memeber of staff who is well educated in this market which I doubt will happen. If they want to go down the road of it scans for this and you get this price then we go back to quality. You then get to the stage where products will be sat building up in stock rooms. Yeah some will sell but it does not take long to fill with undesirable retro games. Going back to GameStation in the UK it had the same issue and although Retro was cool and occasionally did not sell well customers did love it. Of course once the evil Game Group came in and destroyed the heart the company in order to fall in line with a mega corporation, retro became an issue. Profit is is important and any lost profit is bad for the company. So what happened? The company recalled everything back to the warehouse and destroyed the lot. Much to the horror of real gamers, GS staff and collectors. There will be a serious risk of something like this happening again and although numerous unsellable sports games died so did many other gems. Afterall its profit thats important and do not kid yourself this corporate machine is for gamers .
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bdnick2572	Apr 18 2015, 02:57 PM Post #13
Senior Member Posts: 245 Group: Senior Members Member #2,084 Joined: February 19, 2014	I personally am not a fan of this, I think prices are gonna be crazy high and others will think thats what theyre games are actually worth. If anyone has a "BuyBacks" around them they will know what im talking about. They sell a loose copy of Majoras Mask for almost $100 bucks. Also my District Manager for the Gamestop I work at hasnt heard anything about them actually doing this, if he hasnt heard anything I have a hard time believing its actually in the works since he is pretty high up in the GameStop food chain. IGN has been know to jump the gun on things before theyre actually confirmed. Im interested to see where this will go tho.
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Spidercolt	Apr 22 2015, 10:16 PM Post #14
Mario Maniac Posts: 688 Group: Senior Members Member #1,056 Joined: October 22, 2012	Well I side both ways after thinking about it. If Gamestop was to charge prices that could lower the cost of these games then maybe it wouldn't be such a bad thing. My DM has hinted at this stuff for a long time but my Store Manager and all of us always thought he was joking. But if Gamestop sets them at or above ebay prices then this could almost ruin retro gaming for the people with lower wages like me.
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Bamboozled	Apr 29 2015, 04:50 PM Post #15
veteran of the psychic wars Posts: 1,478 Group: Senior Members Member #2,653 Joined: March 25, 2015	Personally, I think this is not a good thing. Knowing GameStop, they will probably price things way over what they are supposed to be priced at. I bought LEGO Lord of The Rings for the DS sometime ago, but I only played once or twice because the lighting is terrible. Plus, there were no guides for it, so I couldn't really do anything. And I bought it for 25 dollars at GameStop. A few months later, I tried that trade-in thing and they offered literally just three dollars. I could sell it on eBay for way more and probably make a profit! But I do understand that they have to make a profit and all, but look at Walmart, for example. They sell things dirt cheap. And are they crashing? No. With retro games, they're out of production and have been for almost fifteen years now. So there isn't a way they could make real profit without inflating the prices because GameStop probably wasn't the way the person selling it got it. This sucks for new collectors like myself, because when GameStop sells them for a lot more than there supposed to then they're supposed to go for then people get they get the wrong impression. And when video game prices go up, that doesn't mean money's value inflates, meaning that prices might stay high. That's my two cents.



Motorvating	May 3 2015, 10:18 AM Post #16
Newbie Posts: 28 Group: Established Members Member #2,218 Joined: May 1, 2014	Apparently Gamestop has a habit of just throwing away games that don't sell. As a result this has me worried because they're gonna buy up a lot of games... that might end up just lost. So the games are just going to get more rare. Also, they'd likely put smaller mom and pop stores out of business. It might be good for getting retro games in my area more easily, but I am certainly skeptical and a little worried. Edited by Motorvating, May 3 2015, 10:18 AM.
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stinger9142	Jun 5 2015, 11:11 AM Post #17
Endure and survive... Posts: 6,726 Group: Admin Member #48 Joined: December 4, 2006	While I am not a big Gamestop fan, I would be glad to browse some retro games again. Most of the small used game stores around my area have closed down in recent years. Makes getting N64 games difficult without shopping online. That being said, they are largely a rip off. In late 2002 I once tried trading in five N64 games when I had been laid off and was desperate for money. I called ahead and they told me they would give me $6-$20 a game. These were popular games (Pok�mon Snap included), some of which they were still selling for $30+. I get there with my five games, and they offer me $8 total. I had some words for that fellow for wasting my time and gas when I was already broke, and took my games back home with me.



Cabanon	Jun 5 2015, 01:00 PM Post #18
Elite Posts: 4,585 Group: Legendary Member #505 Joined: May 8, 2011	on the bright side, it made you keep these games



EnvyFox	Jun 5 2015, 02:03 PM Post #19
Senior Member Posts: 857 Group: Senior Members Member #1,841 Joined: October 8, 2013	stinger9142 Jun 5 2015, 11:11 AM While I am not a big Gamestop fan, I would be glad to browse some retro games again. Most of the small used game stores around my area have closed down in recent years. Makes getting N64 games difficult without shopping online. There's always thrift stores (mainly Goodwill) and pawn shops. That's where I do most of my retro game shopping. It's not guaranteed that you'll find something you'll like, but you could run into some gems. For example, earlier this year I found a bundle of eight SNES games. All of the games (outside of Toy Story, which I haven't properly tried out yet) were amazing games for the system and over half of them cost more online by themselves than what I paid for the bundle. I'm pretty sure no one will find a deal like that at GameStop.



Bamboozled	Jun 5 2015, 03:09 PM Post #20
veteran of the psychic wars Posts: 1,478 Group: Senior Members Member #2,653 Joined: March 25, 2015	EnvyFox Jun 5 2015, 02:03 PM stinger9142 Jun 5 2015, 11:11 AM While I am not a big Gamestop fan, I would be glad to browse some retro games again. Most of the small used game stores around my area have closed down in recent years. Makes getting N64 games difficult without shopping online. There's always thrift stores (mainly Goodwill) and pawn shops. That's where I do most of my retro game shopping. It's not guaranteed that you'll find something you'll like, but you could run into some gems. For example, earlier this year I found a bundle of eight SNES games. All of the games (outside of Toy Story, which I haven't properly tried out yet) were amazing games for the system and over half of them cost more online by themselves than what I paid for the bundle. I'm pretty sure no one will find a deal like that at GameStop. This. EnvyFox speaks the truth.



stinger9142	Jun 5 2015, 05:29 PM Post #21
Endure and survive... Posts: 6,726 Group: Admin Member #48 Joined: December 4, 2006	Yeah, I have heard people mention Goodwill and such. I haven't had any luck to date trying them, but Have only checked a couple of stores. There was a good semi-local gaming store located in a tourist trap town near me that was owned by a member of ours here. I need to check them out one of these days



bluedogrulez	Jun 5 2015, 08:32 PM Post #22
Racing for Fulcon Capital Posts: 9,323 Group: Admin Member #281 Joined: March 8, 2010	GameStop's used game prices seem to reflect demand rather than rarity, which is good for collectors. Mine has had both Tank Tank Tank (Wii U) and Capcom vs. tatsunko (wii) for under $20, which is a steal compared to ebay. And its prices for used Skylanders/Infinity is fair: Tree Rex is nearly free ($2.50) but Symdrome will cost you $20. Way cheaper than ebay. So I'll remain optomistic for that reason and this: Is it possible that we will see a surge in supply of classic games, once an easy way of selling them is made available to the ebay shy, especially those with kids who desperately want to offset the cost of stuff they are "forced" to buy for their kids?
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GameFrenzyUSA	Jun 9 2015, 09:37 AM Post #23
Newbie Posts: 13 Group: Established Members Member #2,739 Joined: June 9, 2015	You know I have mixed feelings on this topic. On the one hand, it is great. This can get more people into retro gaming!



action	Jun 23 2015, 12:26 PM Post #24
Senior Member Posts: 578 Group: Closed Account Member #1,394 Joined: April 7, 2013	a quick look on their website indicates they know very well what to accept and sell. only top tier titles are sold, ebay prices. so much for the "it will only be sports games and some shovelware" theories



Bamboozled	Jun 23 2015, 01:20 PM Post #25
veteran of the psychic wars Posts: 1,478 Group: Senior Members Member #2,653 Joined: March 25, 2015	BFD is 80 USD on there! These ARE eBay prices, and it appears that it's online only. I guess the 64 market is saved.



Culbert17	Jan 6 2016, 08:58 PM Post #26
Established Member Posts: 93 Group: Established Members Member #2,955 Joined: January 3, 2016	Any thoughts since nearly 9 months have past? Effect on the market (eBay, Amazon, private sales) or none at all? I mean some of the prices seam to be reasonable. The worst part is like someone else said, you can't see the actual product. I guess you could always send it back? I might give it a try for maybe one lower priced game.



sublime1996525	Jan 6 2016, 10:30 PM Post #27
That dude Posts: 720 Group: Senior Members Member #2,945 Joined: December 26, 2015	I had no idea they were doing this.



EnvyFox	Jan 6 2016, 10:41 PM Post #28
Senior Member Posts: 857 Group: Senior Members Member #1,841 Joined: October 8, 2013	Culbert17 Jan 6 2016, 08:58 PM Any thoughts since nearly 9 months have past? Effect on the market (eBay, Amazon, private sales) or none at all? I mean some of the prices seam to be reasonable. The worst part is like someone else said, you can't see the actual product. I guess you could always send it back? I might give it a try for maybe one lower priced game. The worst I've heard is that GameStop had been unknowningly selling the counterfeits and faulty games they've been getting in. This really wouldn't have made GameStop look bad themselves had they not promised to check every single game to make sure it's the real deal and in working order.


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