Wal-Mart taking on GameStop, will soon accept video game trade-ins

I would be sad if my local Gamestop closed down. People can say what they want about Gamestop, but they've always carried a better variety of new games than your average retail stores. And people only have themselves to blame when they spend money on a game and then turn around and sell it later.

My local WalMart tried this before a couple years back and it was a flop for then.

Sad

Nothing will change I guess

Maybe this means Walmart will have a decent selection of games for once?

...who am I kidding? I still won't shop there, since Amazon/Ebay/etc. already exist. Why not just buy your used games from another gamer if you're going to go that route, right?

This is what they call the nail in the coffin for Gamestop. I'm sure every publisher and developer has given Walmart the green light to do this. Once Walmart does this Gamestop is done. The only reason I was buying games from Walmart instead of Gamestop was because they didn't accept trade-ins.

This isn't good! Developers make ZERO money from used games sales, expect the prices of games to go up. Also expect less AAA games. Some game studios don't make enough money as it is, I promise this hurts gaming more than it helps it.

It isn't going to be like GameStop where they only give you a 1$ for two games? Also, "all games," meaning any platform?

Well, this looks like we'll have less chance of the digital market ever being competitive. Sony and MS are too scared to mess with Walmart.

Although buying new is obviously better for the game maker, having serious competition might make game selling giants like GameStop think twice before charging $55 for a used game. So it helps the players at least.

I usually only buy used/discounted games. Gamestop's prices are horribly inflated. Amazon and ebay usually have the best prices. Hopefully this will give gamestop some incentive to lower their used game prices.

I personally love buying single player games second hand they just don't have the same value as a multiplayer game does. Why pay $60 day one when you can just wait a week and get your single player stuff for less.

Every one beats GameStop when it comes to used games. I was in a Gamestop the other day and the used versions of newer games that came out were $54.99 instead of $59.99. Really? lol. At places like Best Buy you can't find any used games for more than $40.

"But unlike Gamestop, Wal-Mart will not have a cash option for trade ins."

I don't know about the US, but where I live in Canada, Gamestop does not offer cash for trade ins. Store credit only.

Let's just hope they don't live up to their "slogan" of always low prices in this area.

<< LINK REMOVED >> Which should be enough, it's stupid to think companies should get extra money every time a same copy of a game is sold.

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Best Buy started doing it a while back too, they have cheaper used games than Gamescam.

If you thought Gamestop ripped you off...

You will always get a better deal in a private sale, or online auction site such as eBay.

While Wal-Mart may have the ability to put a dent in GameStop's business, the already-evident long-term effects the mass retail used game market has on smaller studios, the continued decline of story-driven single-player experiences, the continued exodus of smaller businesses moving to purely digital distribution and even more to social and mobile development - makes this kind of news extremely depressing.

Developers cannot compete with the retailers they rely upon essentially cockblocking them at the checkout. This is exactly the kind of business strategy that further narrows the viability of games to the already profitable AAA game publishers who can afford to get by. In other words, AAA will continue to survive, but you'll see less and less of everything else on shelves.

But hey, at least you'll save a few dollars on a used copy.

If there is one thing you can count on is Walmart's ability to destroy other businesses. :)

As much as I hate Walmart with a passion, I sorta hope such competition will help drive down used prices.

People are bitching and complaining about Gamestop like they forced them to trade their games to them. If you want more for them than what Gamestop is offering, take your games back and sell them on eBay or craigslist.

maybe now ill get more than $10 for a game that came out 2 months ago. it'll at least piss me off less if I come back the next day and see the same game being sold for less than $45.

YES!