From what I understand, they're only going to spot test the consoles and just make sure they turn on and not really go as far as checking to make sure they actually play. I could be wrong, it's just what I've heard and if that's the case, that's pretty dumb. And when I was comparing this to Amazon and eBay, I meant more on the buyer's end, not really the seller. It is nice to be able to get up and go sell your games right then and there and not have to wait on a buyer online or anything (though you'd probably make more that way). What sets buying the game on GameStop's site apart from buying it from someone on Amazon or eBay, aside from racking up points if you have the rewards card? I'm a pro member and still don't use my points, lol. But anyway, that will also depend on how GameStop prices these games. Sometimes you can find some nice deals online (Jak 3 + guidebook for $10, box + manual legit French Pokemon Sapphire for $30...just some of mine for example) that I don't think would happen in GameStop. But I totally get your angle here. I mean, we won't really know what happens til it happens. All just speculation right now!
That is still a guarantee though! Anyone who is quite familiar with online sellers at Amazon or eBay, already knows people probably won't sell you consoles or games that don't work because they value their seller reputation, but many people
don't know this. Assuming the price isn't
completely terrible, paying a little extra to get it from Gamestop in order to insure you're getting something that works is probably just worth it to people. To me this is the same as buying directly from Amazon itself rather than the marketplace sellers even if it would be more expensive, because you
know you can trust the item that Amazon sells you but some marketplace sellers aren't as good and used items can be really iffy, especially when they're this old. Besides, Gamestop is like... the mainstream place to go for games. For parents, or younger kids, or anyone who isn't savvy with gaming and prices and quality, they're just going to have an easier time of it on a site like Gamestop rather than hunting down eBay listings.
I mentioned the reward points specifically though because I know Gamestop has this huge culture for selling back games and I know a fair few people who have a tiny, tiny games library because they buy a game, beat it, and then sell it back asap so they can get more money back to buy more games. I admit I have never, ever done this but you get more money back if you put it on an EDGE card rather than getting actual cashback, right? If that's the case, some people who sell their games pretty much only
can buy from Gamestop so if they do happen to want to try out some older games/consoles, they can't use their gift card anywhere else.
Like there will
always be better deals online but I don't think Gamestop is trying to compete with any online game selling community with this. I think it's just gonna be an extension of their actual stores and they will probably just want to cater just about entirely to people who already shop at their brick and mortar stores.
As for spacing, yeah, that's a good reason. Although I'm not opposed to sending all these extra PS3, Wii, and 360 games to that warehouse... :) After all, they get really hard to squish into the shelves and we already have so many and...that space could be used for more interesting things...like the retro games. Or more current things. Have you seen the Vita sections in some of these stores? Probably not. You have to go on a safari to find them, lol. I mean I don't have a Vita, but I like to look at every consoles there.
To be fair it's not like there are all that many Vita games to sell in the first place. :P
