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GameStop Promises Manuals, Covers For Used Games Bought Online
12:00PM Owen Good | This might sound like extra credit for doing nothing, but hey, it’s a guarantee. Buy a used game online, GameStop supplies the art and the manual. No more generic game cases on your shelf. More »
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PSP Game Price Check: Playstation Store Vs. Used UMD
3:00AM Brian Crecente | As of last week the Playstation Store is the only place PSPgo owners can go to pick up their games. Just how do the prices of the Sony-operated online store compare to the prices of the same games sold as used at retailers? More »
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Game Crazy Exec: Used Games Drive 20% Of New Sales
9:30AM Owen Good | Speaking to IGN, Game Crazy’s director of used games, Mark Mondhaschen, said the company did a study for “a very large vendor” and found that credit from trade-ins covered 20 percent of their sales over four weeks. More »
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Toys R Us Launches Game Trade-Ins Nationwide
12:20AM Mike Fahey | The trade-in program Toys R Us was testing back in March seems to have tested well, as the retailer launches said program nationwide today, accepting used games from the Atari 2600 on up. More »
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EA Exec: ‘PS 3.5′, ‘Xbox 560′ Will Precede Next Gen
2:00PM Owen Good | Electronic Arts’ Chief Creative Officer (pictured), in an interview, said that Sony and Microsoft, “nearly expired crossing the finish line as they launched their consoles”, and don’t want to build the next generation any time soon. More »
Features
$40 For That Old Thing? How Used Games Are Priced
7:00AM Mike Fahey | Not content to pay any old price for a used game, Kotaku recently attempted to figure out how big stores decide what to charge for old games. More »
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GameStop Strikes Back Against Best Buy In Used Game Wars
6:40AM Michael McWhertor | Retailer GameStop has responded to Best Buy’s plan to price match new games at used game prices as expected—by slashing prices on used games. But like Best Buy’s pricing scheme test, this is extremely limited. More »
Rumours
Best Buy Now Matching GameStop’s Used Prices On New Games
5:20AM Michael McWhertor | Electronics retailer Best Buy is firing a shot at competitors GameStop and Game Crazy, offering a price match guarantee on video games that would match prices on new titles against other retailers’ used prices. Yeah, that is awesome. More »
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