The GameStop x Xenoblade Chronicles Conspiracy

TLDR: GameStop has been accused by fans that they have been gaining new copies of Xenoblade Chronicles and selling them "pre-owned" for the inflated price of $90, making it the most currently expensive pre-owned game in the market.

Source: http://kotaku.com/extreme-gamestop-pricing-leaves-some-fans-calling-scam-1108627828

One GameStop source tells us the retailer printed a few thousand copies of the game with no shrink wrap in order to restock their inventory, then labeled them as pre-owned. Reached for comment, a GameStop rep told us they're looking into it. We'll update when they get back to us.KOTAKU

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One Texas-based Kotaku reader said GameStops in his area have also recently received shipments of Xenoblade, and that he bought one this weekend. He says the condition is just like new, and that the included Club Nintendo code was unused.KOTAKU

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Wow, I hope GameStop's cheating a** gets exposed. This sort of scandal cannot continue.

This is why you don't give a single retailer exclusive rights to sell your game. Nintendo should just put it on the Wii U's E-shop.PurpleMan5000

this stpid store also sell games without their plastic wrap and call them *new*.. their not new without the plastic wrap idiots!

Someone said theyre packaged in WiiU cases too. http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=648963

That's garbage. It sounds too true though.

I dont care if its true or not, I do not like lamestop and I refuse to shop there. Im all for chain stores since they have the ability to do things the little guy stores cant but lamestop is one company that has numerous policies and procedures I dislike a great deal, and Ive had numerous personally bad experinces at their stores.

Guys, Nintendo is going to have to see a profit on all units shipped assuming they all sell and seeing this is Xenoblade, they will. I mean, forreal everyone.Blabadon

well thats all kinds of messed up for gamers. Also they must of jsut started doign that since I remember still picking up a copy for 50 bucks new after a few good months the game was released.

There's also a story on GameStop misled gamers into buying used games, claiming they were new and would come with all the DLC included.

What's up with GameStop lately?

[QUOTE="Blabadon"]Guys, Nintendo is going to have to see a profit on all units shipped assuming they all sell and seeing this is Xenoblade, they will. I mean, forreal everyone.PurpleMan5000

[QUOTE="PurpleMan5000"][QUOTE="Blabadon"]Guys, Nintendo is going to have to see a profit on all units shipped assuming they all sell and seeing this is Xenoblade, they will. I mean, forreal everyone.Blabadon

This is all obviously true...

Search any city in the U.S. with a GameStop and you'll find one.  Pretty scummy of them but they probably won't change it unless it goes against some law.  They haven't started doing this in Canada yet, must be a U.S. only thing.

I just checked amazon. Why the hell this game is so dam expensive.

I just checked amazon. Why the hell this game is so dam expensive.

finalfantasy94

I just checked amazon. Why the hell this game is so dam expensive.

finalfantasy94

[QUOTE="finalfantasy94"]

I just checked amazon. Why the hell this game is so dam expensive.

bbkkristian

The price is just insane who in thier right mind would pay that much for a game. Hell a game priced that high is usally some sort of CE. I hope people have friends to borrow this game from.

[QUOTE="bbkkristian"][QUOTE="finalfantasy94"]

I just checked amazon. Why the hell this game is so dam expensive.

finalfantasy94

The price is just insane who in thier right mind would pay that much for a game. Hell a game priced that high is usally some sort of CE. I hope people have friends to borrow this game from.

Would be nice if they could throw in Xenoblade Chronicles software into the X disc and have it as an extra in the game's menu.

First off "lol Kotaku source" secondly this is old news, Xenoblade is a rare game of course it's gonna sky rocket in price even used. I remember Baldurs Gate Dark Alliance 2 was $70 used for the longest time cause it was such a hard game to get (one hell of a game too). EB games,Gameforce, Gamestop and I'm sure other local named/family game stores have down the same crap Gamestop has been doing over the years.

First off "lol Kotaku source" secondly this is old news, Xenoblade is a rare game of course it's gonna sky rocket in price even used. I remember Baldurs Gate Dark Alliance 2 was $70 used for the longest time cause it was such a hard game to get (one hell of a game too). EB games,Gameforce, Gamestop and I'm sure other local named/family game stores have down the same crap Gamestop has been doing over the years.

Ballroompirate

[QUOTE="Ballroompirate"]

First off "lol Kotaku source" secondly this is old news, Xenoblade is a rare game of course it's gonna sky rocket in price even used. I remember Baldurs Gate Dark Alliance 2 was $70 used for the longest time cause it was such a hard game to get (one hell of a game too). EB games,Gameforce, Gamestop and I'm sure other local named/family game stores have down the same crap Gamestop has been doing over the years.

bbkkristian

Read the bold

and from the article

"GameStop is charging a whopping $90 for used copies of a Wii gameand it's leading some fans to voice some serious suspicions about how it got back in stock."

Again lol Kotaku source

So many reasons to not shop at gamestop.

[QUOTE="bbkkristian"][QUOTE="Ballroompirate"]

First off "lol Kotaku source" secondly this is old news, Xenoblade is a rare game of course it's gonna sky rocket in price even used. I remember Baldurs Gate Dark Alliance 2 was $70 used for the longest time cause it was such a hard game to get (one hell of a game too). EB games,Gameforce, Gamestop and I'm sure other local named/family game stores have down the same crap Gamestop has been doing over the years.

Ballroompirate

Read the bold

and from the article

"GameStop is charging a whopping $90 for used copies of a Wii gameand it's leading some fans to voice some serious suspicions about how it got back in stock."

Again lol Kotaku source

Well you know what I have to say about that.......

Let's find the giving loss

All the people cry in vain

Trying to live your life

In the sky where I can fly

Tell me what's in here

Tell me you're awake

And it's always here

While the long time whirl

Or however that song to the X trailer goes :p

[QUOTE="Ballroompirate"]

[QUOTE="bbkkristian"] Please read the entire post, or article. bbkkristian

Read the bold

and from the article

"GameStop is charging a whopping $90 for used copies of a Wii gameand it's leading some fans to voice some serious suspicions about how it got back in stock."

Again lol Kotaku source

Read this again since you have trouble reading

"GameStop is charging a whopping $90 for used copies of a Wii gameand it's leading some fans to voice some serious suspicions about how it got back in stock."

I'll quote it again

"GameStop is charging a whopping $90 for used copies of a Wii gameand it's leading some fans to voice some serious suspicions about how it got back in stock."

$90 is still cheaper than other places but yeah that is shady. Instead of selling them new for $50 they just remove the wrap and sell them used for $90.

[QUOTE="bbkkristian"][QUOTE="Ballroompirate"]

Read the bold

and from the article

"GameStop is charging a whopping $90 for used copies of a Wii gameand it's leading some fans to voice some serious suspicions about how it got back in stock."

Again lol Kotaku source

Ballroompirate

Read this again since you have trouble reading

"GameStop is charging a whopping $90 for used copies of a Wii gameand it's leading some fans to voice some serious suspicions about how it got back in stock."

I'll quote it again

"GameStop is charging a whopping $90 for used copies of a Wii gameand it's leading some fans to voice some serious suspicions about how it got back in stock."

[QUOTE="Ballroompirate"]

[QUOTE="bbkkristian"] You missed it again, let me hold your hand and tell you: It's not exactly the price, it's that GameStop is taking new games and taking off the seal to sell them as used. Did you miss that? The sources are from Neogaf and Jason's research.bbkkristian

Read this again since you have trouble reading

"GameStop is charging a whopping $90 for used copies of a Wii gameand it's leading some fans to voice some serious suspicions about how it got back in stock."

I'll quote it again

"GameStop is charging a whopping $90 for used copies of a Wii gameand it's leading some fans to voice some serious suspicions about how it got back in stock."

It's nothing new holy crap, Amazon,Ebay and many other companies/individuals do the same. If something as rare as Xenoblade gets back into their stock/hands they know people will go nuts for limited quantity games.

Everything is speculation at this point and I'm sorry but when someone from Kotaku says "my sources tell me" I just want to puke in their heater in their car.

[QUOTE="bbkkristian"][QUOTE="Ballroompirate"]

 

Read this again since you have trouble reading

"GameStop is charging a whopping $90 for used copies of a Wii gameand it's leading some fans to voice some serious suspicions about how it got back in stock."

I'll quote it again

"GameStop is charging a whopping $90 for used copies of a Wii gameand it's leading some fans to voice some serious suspicions about how it got back in stock."

Ballroompirate

It's nothing new holy crap, Amazon,Ebay and many other companies/individuals do the same. If something as rare as Xenoblade gets back into their stock/hands they know people will go nuts for limited quantity games.

Everything is speculation at this point and I'm sorry but when someone from Kotaku says "my sources tell me" I just want to puke in their heater in their car.

This was 10 minutes ago.

Here's an email I just got from an ex-GameStop employee: I used to work at both the GameStop warehouse and in a store. They do this quite often where they sit on a game, remove the original wrapping, and sell it as used. In the past, however, the game is cheaper than what it would be new. This seems like their way of cashing in on this rare item. Another issue with this is that if GameStop sells them "used" then GameStop receives all the profits. As of right now there is nothing to force payment to publisher or developer when they sells used copy of a game. This is one of the more dirty things I've seen GameStop do to not only a customer but a company that allowed them to sell the game exclusively.JasonSchreler

edit: Hmm... Blab, are you sure the publishers get paid at the time of distribution?

Wow, like I said earlier, GameStop needs to be reported to the BBB.

Probably not true. When we have an overabundance of games in the warehouses, they open them and ship them out to stores so we can sell them used. This is what happened here. They didn't print more copies lol