http://www.kotaku.com.au/2009/05/wal-mart-launching-video-game-trade-in-kiosks/ the Gamer's Guide | Computer and video game news and reviews Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:44:16 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.kotaku.com.au/2009/05/wal-mart-launching-video-game-trade-in-kiosks/comment-page-1/#comment-21615 William Hamilton Tue, 19 May 2009 07:19:16 +0000 http://www.kotaku.com.au/?p=337764#comment-21615 i completly agree- plus whats the bet that the trade in prices will not be very good- its wal mart after all. just keep your games-who knows? you may want to play them again someday. i completly agree- plus whats the bet that the trade in prices will not be very good- its wal mart after all. just keep your games-who knows? you may want to play them again someday.

]]> http://www.kotaku.com.au/2009/05/wal-mart-launching-video-game-trade-in-kiosks/comment-page-1/#comment-21570 AnonyGus Mon, 18 May 2009 23:49:02 +0000 http://www.kotaku.com.au/?p=337764#comment-21570 This sounds great in theory - until all the 12 year olds with the gunked up, sticky cds start putting their dirty discs in the slot, after that give it about a day or so and it won't matter what the condition of your disc is - all that left over gunk and sludge stuck in the tray/return slot is going to get on every disc after that and devalue your return when it's read as "dirty and unacceptable". I don't see these machines having any kind of cleaning solution or automatic cleaner either as that would add cost to the machine and or see them cleaning all the discs and having to pay out more in returns. They need to set a "set price" and let the gamers determine if it's worth returning to them. If they set a good price, they will come and Gamestop WILL suffer for it. But that's on Walmart to play hardball and right now this machine looks straight up "softball" to me. This sounds great in theory – until all the 12 year olds with the gunked up, sticky cds start putting their dirty discs in the slot, after that give it about a day or so and it won’t matter what the condition of your disc is – all that left over gunk and sludge stuck in the tray/return slot is going to get on every disc after that and devalue your return when it’s read as “dirty and unacceptable”. I don’t see these machines having any kind of cleaning solution or automatic cleaner either as that would add cost to the machine and or see them cleaning all the discs and having to pay out more in returns. They need to set a “set price” and let the gamers determine if it’s worth returning to them. If they set a good price, they will come and Gamestop WILL suffer for it. But that’s on Walmart to play hardball and right now this machine looks straight up “softball” to me.

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