last time I bought from GameStop, I managed to swindle them into giving me a double employee discount on a "used" game. So, my overall satisfaction with them is an A. $60 - $25 = suck it, GS.
as bad as gamestop is the people at the one near me are really nice. on top of that i like the pre-order bonuses and the midnight releases. in other words i feel sort of forced into using them.
@LeninReturns amazon is never going to get anything to me at 12:01am on release day .. and the only way theyll get it to me on release day at all is if i pay extra
I thought your Star Wars special FX joke was great (and all too true). And I cannot wait for Wreck-It Ralph, which looks (only from what I've seen) to be one of THE big hit movies of 2012.
But here's the thing: I think that both GameStop AND Square Enix were in the wrong with the GameStop fiasco. GameStop was in the wrong to make that decision on Deus Ex, and Square Enix was wrong not to inform GameStop in an appropriate manner about the OnLive coupon codes.
2 things, having worked there (not in the US tho) I can really say, Gamestop is the greediest, most insincere attempts at taking peoples money I have ever seen, BUT the image you has created is a little off.
The employees in store wouldn't be the ones who opened the game to take out the coupon, that was done at the warehouse. A store employee probably would have left it in either out of laziness or sense. Thats why they have managers who are bribed with the Gamestop convention to lord over them
Not surprised, Gamestop generally is horrible, and no I dont want a year long subscription to Gameinformer, just sell me the used copy of Okami already.
i think its is rigt for dem realtailers to be openen their boexers and taking out their coopuns. y woud dey leat customars giet thim? ets onleh faer to deuh camponyieseir ef dey teak thim awt ( <---its a long a in awt). if yu taked the tiame to had reeded thiz yu haez to mach tiam en ur hends ... end yu has no lief, go to lindenlabs and buy one. :)
@CoilCode My apologies, I guess I did misinterpret that entire thing. I guess I jumped to conclusions after hearing her mention Square Enix and their deal with OnLive. I was wrong, you were right. :D
GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY stupid gamestop, kirby back to dreamland for the win mother fucker
@Dubhgall13 There is a slight difference: Using a car means it has sustained physical wear and tear.
Selling opened games as new games means you, the customer, can't returned it even if you haven't touched the contents. As it no longer has its plastic wrapping, there's no way for you to return it other than as a used copy, and we all know what kind of scam that is, giving you back tops 10% of the value of the game. That is fraudulent. The equivalent of tampering with the mileage meter on a car.
@xxhellspawnedxx you(and everyone up in arms about this) act like gamestop doesn't have ways of ensuring that gutted coppies of games haven't been open. As a matter of fact we put stickers across the side of gutted games to where if you wanna open them..or "break the seal" it'd show if it was opened or not
not sure how it works in the USA, but in Germany you have the right to return a game as long its not opened. So either they say you can´t return the game or there is nothing what is hindering you to activate the game on steam and return it for a full refund. Not customer-friendly at all
Best line ever =P, also its pretty scummy. If its not illegal, its very much a grey area, and it probably should be. Either way I'm pretty sure this'll bite them in the ass.
Go back to Gamestop they just (well not just) but just recently announced that everyone bought the PC copy they will give you a 59 giftcard and some kinda deal on some used games. so bring in your receipt or something and you supposedly get some kinda compenstation......I'm still not happy though.
I would never buy a game from gamestop, but my family don't like buying me games and don't know what else to get me, so they just get me coupons to gamestop. I keep on telling them just to give me cash since most of my games are bought through steam...
ahh gamestop, what is the hell is your problem? i swear to god they i think that they can get into a major law suit about this. sure they are you compition, you know what they should have done is NOT CARY THE GAME, or not cary the computer verison.
Examples where not buying on Steam is better is where the boxed version is 1. much cheaper and 2. really big to download. This is true in the case of Deus Ex and titles like Shogun 2, at least in the UK.
You know your bug bites , though im sure you think they are caused by mesquitos, could very likely be caused by bed bugs. if you get bed bugs you have to throw away your bed frame and box springs cuz they live in the wood .. Since the us government banned the use of the only insecticide that kills bed bugs they have started to plague hotels and if you frequently stay at hotels theres a likelyhood that you could have brought them home with you. Sleep well. btw bed bugs feed off you like ticks
I know the store in my town was like. Okay we aren't doing that, and they didn't even bother to take the coupon out because they thought it was stupid.
Too bad Gamestop doesnt give a sh*t about PC gamers anyway. Walmart has more of a selection than the 3 Gamestops within 20 miles of me combined. Note to self, "Don't buy from Gamestop anymore."
This GameStop thing is nothing new. When I used to work for GameStop, we had the privilege to take games home and play them for around 5 days. U would think that this was only used or returned games, but that wasn’t the case. More than once I got to take home a brand new game, open it up, play it, and then return it to the store were we would shrink wrap it and sell it as a new game. In hindsight this is pretty awful, but at the time it was like 'cool, I get to play a new game for free.'
Star wars 1,2,3 was no good no mater how good the special effects were.
They better made star wars 7,8,9 for much mony and put in less money for special effects. Special effects will be eaten from new zompies soon anyway.
Plus star wars the old parts (4,5,6) are now canabilasied by the new parts (1,2,3). ( I'm shoure I know some people wo would be able to make a better story... way better...)
Haha, Thats Awful! Game shops like that seems really desperate sometimes. Like, GAME here in the UK a little while back actually started buying the DSi (as soon as it was released) from Tesco's, because they sell it cheaper, then took it back to their GAME store to sell as their OWN fully priced brand new stock! That made me laugh. Oh. And When I click to have coffee with you, If you dont talk about physics. the meaning of life and puppies, I'll be upset.
The moment you open a game from gamestop it loses trade-in value. Gamestop is telling it's employees to open the games, thereby lowering the item's value according to the store's own policy. So, the game has lost intrinsic value before you've even bought it! Wow! How cool!
The games that have been opened should be sold as used games, or at a discounted price. Otherwise: Gamestop stands for everything ass-backwards and ridiculous in this world.
lol this was a huge blunder by Game Stop; putting aside any issues of legality, they just gave their competitor some huge exposure, as well as alienating their consumers.
Before now, I never even heard of Onlive; but after hearing about this story, the first thought that crossed my mind was... what a douche bag move game stop, and what is Onlive?
If you're say a retailer of gum, and I walk into your store and wanna buy an AK-47... You can get it right? It's the same principle. Each and every retailer has control of what comes in and what goes out of their doors (until it gets out of their doors). This'll backfire on them anyway, because they just gave the other company a whole lotta free press.
Just so you know. The Deus Ex scandal was not illegal for 2 reasons. A: This was a breach of contract with Square-Enix. B: No where on the box is this stated so something is not contractually obligated to go to the customer. The games were still new, just opened like they do with at least one of EVERY GAME they get in. Plus they have been recalled from Gamestop since Square knows they messed up. So you won't have to worry they are going to send copies without it now.
Yes, what Gamestop did was illegal and it screams CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT! Every single person who bought the game can join in a class and sue Gamestop for fraudulent misrepresentation in what they sold, because Gamestop misrepresented the games as new when they are not. It is fraudulent because it was known to the company and was done on purpose - apparently there is a memo to prove it. Eidos can probably sue Gamestop as well for breach of contract. I fully expect lawsuits over this.
@coolstream1 Because there are many people out there like me who's parents don't trust ordering stuff online/giving out credit card info especially to just buy a game. And the main stores like target or bestbuy dont carry as many games as gamestop does.
While I understand the desire to remove the coupon, It is part of the product being sold and by removing it they are taking part of the product without lower the price of the game. That's pretty much theft.
As a GameStop employee, I think it's ridiculous. I can understand opening the box for last copy games in order to advertise that the game is in stock, but purposely opening every single copy to remove something is just plain ridiculous. I also don't think my store complied with the email, either. Just dumb.
the games were Game-stops merchandise, they would have been perfectly within their rights to not sell the game, if they didn't want to. They would also have been perfectly within their rights, to buy the games as a product, keep the coupons for themselves, and sell the used to their customers. However, they decided to disregard their customers, and just remove them, then charge full price. unforgivable.
I think that i'm NEVER going to buy a game from Gamestop ever again! Oh wait what's that? I already DON'T buy games from Gamestop because there's this thing called Steam?!?!
Dodger, can you bring some attention to Operation Rainfall? Its an attempt to get some epic wii RPG games (already localized to english) released here in the states. I can't imagine what kind of politics would make a company afraid to release an already completed game in another market when the text/sound is already localized.
Sheesh, I hope Gamestop gets a huge backlash. Thats so so wrong. We don't need a lawsuit to punish them, lets speak with our money. Buy on steam or Amazon on OnLive!
The bastardos at gamestop open games and sell them like new all the time. One time I went in there to buy a "new" Borderlands GOTY with the DLC and since it was their last copy the box was put on display while the disc went into the drawer. Homeboy then sells it to me at the new price and when I get home and open it, the DLC voucher was missing. I returned it, gave them a piece of my mind, and shall never shop there again.
the thing i find strange is that any gamestop employee would comply with this. do they really think their employees are loyal? a teenager getting paid 10$ an hour to run a cash register is probably more loyal to gaming than to a shitty retailer they probably don't even use in favor of steam lol
@haxnerfplz $10 an hour? what planet are you living on? or maybe you're from a future where the USD has depreciated even more. i bet their staff would be lucky to CAP at $10 after working there for 6 years and starting at $7/hr.
@criran dude what the hell are you smoking. Game stop doesnt pay their workers below minimum wage. I promise. Gamestop probably gets 10$ an hour at the LEAST they would get 8 or 9... You are probably like 13? Once you learn about jobs then you can talk.
@crayola396 minimun wage is $7.25, at least where I live it is. Idk, maybe if you live in california or something they would start at 8 or 9 but here it's 7.25 or 7.50 for retail. if they did pay their enrty level guys $10/hr they probably only get 10-15 hours a week at best regardless.
and i'm 24, mr "crayola" no need to flame over it. its just the internet.
@drury2361 I don't know what's the situation for you guys... but in sweden, GameStop is almost always the cheapest (if you want a physical copy) and steam du charge overprice, for example a game i was planning on buying was 50€ on steam and 10€ on the authors site. (both digital copys of course)
US Federal guidelines state that any CD, DVD, Software or any copyable format once opened can not be sold and/or returned. Gamestop violates this Federal guideline with new games all the time. They open up one copy of each console game, to shelf the empty case and manual. They than put the Disc or Discs into paper sleeves and put it behind the counters.
Makes me wish there was an actual local video game retailer where I am besides sketch Play N' Trades.
Eh, I don't follow Square Enix anyway. And I'm damn tired of seeing OnLive ads on 90% of the youtube videos I watch (this one included) So I could care less who does who to what, people can throw fits all they want, it won't change anything "You stole my coupon, rawr rawr rawr"
I just got two games from Gamestop and they didn't work at all. Even though they say that the disks will work. Now that this happened, even though I don't like Microsoft or Sony people I would certainly say that it's bullshit that Gamestop did this.
we can all hate gamestop all we want but there is such a lack of independently owned video game stores (in New Jersey at least) we kinda have to purchase our games from there
Gamestop crossed a line with their gamecase fuckery although I have a stronger hatred for square enix and all their fuckery in the past so I dont know how to feel about this...
1:10 - 1:16 , best part
arielleb786 2 weeks ago
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legendmalek 1 month ago
Ahhh she said fall.....
chikapachikaa 3 months ago
YOURE CANADIAN?
Gool349 3 months ago
i feel really stupid....but i dont get the whole disney "sounds like donkey kong" joke...
darkinertia2 3 months ago
last time I bought from GameStop, I managed to swindle them into giving me a double employee discount on a "used" game. So, my overall satisfaction with them is an A. $60 - $25 = suck it, GS.
letmedownagain 4 months ago
your mouth looks so welcoming for my joystick.
rossapher24 5 months ago
as bad as gamestop is the people at the one near me are really nice. on top of that i like the pre-order bonuses and the midnight releases. in other words i feel sort of forced into using them.
Atychiphobe 6 months ago
@Atychiphobe ever heard of gamerz? or amazon?
LeninReturns 5 months ago
@LeninReturns amazon is never going to get anything to me at 12:01am on release day .. and the only way theyll get it to me on release day at all is if i pay extra
Atychiphobe 5 months ago
I thought your Star Wars special FX joke was great (and all too true). And I cannot wait for Wreck-It Ralph, which looks (only from what I've seen) to be one of THE big hit movies of 2012.
But here's the thing: I think that both GameStop AND Square Enix were in the wrong with the GameStop fiasco. GameStop was in the wrong to make that decision on Deus Ex, and Square Enix was wrong not to inform GameStop in an appropriate manner about the OnLive coupon codes.
BJWanlund 6 months ago
2 things, having worked there (not in the US tho) I can really say, Gamestop is the greediest, most insincere attempts at taking peoples money I have ever seen, BUT the image you has created is a little off.
The employees in store wouldn't be the ones who opened the game to take out the coupon, that was done at the warehouse. A store employee probably would have left it in either out of laziness or sense. Thats why they have managers who are bribed with the Gamestop convention to lord over them
MrJackCookie 6 months ago
i like your eyes and teeth :D awesome channel. :D
tandar88 6 months ago
I always knew gamestop grubbed my money.
sifsclubber 6 months ago
Not surprised, Gamestop generally is horrible, and no I dont want a year long subscription to Gameinformer, just sell me the used copy of Okami already.
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turtleking9999 6 months ago
i think its is rigt for dem realtailers to be openen their boexers and taking out their coopuns. y woud dey leat customars giet thim? ets onleh faer to deuh camponyieseir ef dey teak thim awt ( <---its a long a in awt). if yu taked the tiame to had reeded thiz yu haez to mach tiam en ur hends ... end yu has no lief, go to lindenlabs and buy one. :)
xxblueogre 6 months ago
What up Dodgelvania
ZachJamesFriend 6 months ago
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xChrisBoulterx 6 months ago
@xChrisBoulterx
What are you dumb?
Rith9789 6 months ago
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xChrisBoulterx 6 months ago
@xChrisBoulterx How is this Square Enix's fault, it was gamestop who decided to open all the games up..
CoilCode 6 months ago
@CoilCode My apologies, I guess I did misinterpret that entire thing. I guess I jumped to conclusions after hearing her mention Square Enix and their deal with OnLive. I was wrong, you were right. :D
xChrisBoulterx 6 months ago
deusex
DClean 6 months ago
WHAT? LA PUSHED BACK? a release date? They basically ruined Battlefront 2 by forcing pandemic to rush it....
MacGyverinSpace 6 months ago
GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY stupid gamestop, kirby back to dreamland for the win mother fucker
NebsCallsTehYetiPpl 6 months ago
@Dubhgall13 There is a slight difference: Using a car means it has sustained physical wear and tear.
Selling opened games as new games means you, the customer, can't returned it even if you haven't touched the contents. As it no longer has its plastic wrapping, there's no way for you to return it other than as a used copy, and we all know what kind of scam that is, giving you back tops 10% of the value of the game. That is fraudulent. The equivalent of tampering with the mileage meter on a car.
xxhellspawnedxx 6 months ago
@xxhellspawnedxx you(and everyone up in arms about this) act like gamestop doesn't have ways of ensuring that gutted coppies of games haven't been open. As a matter of fact we put stickers across the side of gutted games to where if you wanna open them..or "break the seal" it'd show if it was opened or not
Dubhgall13 6 months ago
someone is gonna have a big coupon collection... --- Sent From PressHeartToContinue's AppRats (Facebook App)!
darkseed225 6 months ago
I believe as the mass gaming community we should boycott game stop. This is just another long line of pissing on the customers.
Psibound 6 months ago 12
not sure how it works in the USA, but in Germany you have the right to return a game as long its not opened. So either they say you can´t return the game or there is nothing what is hindering you to activate the game on steam and return it for a full refund. Not customer-friendly at all
Mammich 6 months ago
game stop has been f*cking the PC gaming market for a long time now so why should they stop now...
MrGommyBoy 6 months ago
Game stop are fuckheads
Randelf 6 months ago
My nickname is Kirbiie (:
tforkirbiie 6 months ago
Canada dislikes gamestop, Canada loves Dodger!
TheMasterWE 6 months ago 19
Game stop = evil
gekoaj 6 months ago
Gamestop is the scum of the earth and does nothing for PC gaming, sooo yeah...
killerkerara 6 months ago
I love you :D
MrStrokeAce 6 months ago
you are pretty goshdarn sexy. that is all. much love from canada!
zegovernata 6 months ago
how dare this infidel speak badly of the movie ! grap the pitchforks and torches.
noting personal but its the will of the NOwontLetYouTalkBadAboutStarwarsClan :D
nilsonsemedo 6 months ago
I'm starting to see a trend of delayed kinect games. Star wars, ME2...
babbies321 6 months ago
No i remember a kirby FOR gamecube. I have a nintendo booklet for 2005-ish saying a kirby game not for gameboy or ds was in development
SteinGuy11 6 months ago
yeah... isn't that like... pre-theft?? lol.....
buckyisdan 6 months ago
i don't know why anyone still shops at gamestop anymore, i've only ever heard bad things about them
PitchBlackFox 6 months ago
your ears are weird c|-_- p
gospeedrcer 6 months ago
@gospeedrcer q-_-p
PitchBlackFox 6 months ago
Coupon! *boof*
Best line ever =P, also its pretty scummy. If its not illegal, its very much a grey area, and it probably should be. Either way I'm pretty sure this'll bite them in the ass.
DealwithaDevil 6 months ago
Are you a Hylian?
Scimuso 6 months ago
Go back to Gamestop they just (well not just) but just recently announced that everyone bought the PC copy they will give you a 59 giftcard and some kinda deal on some used games. so bring in your receipt or something and you supposedly get some kinda compenstation......I'm still not happy though.
HeberekeShikaku 6 months ago
@HeberekeShikaku Not 59 but $50
HeberekeShikaku 6 months ago
ha... my cupons is gone... FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
warzhinsky 6 months ago
I knew there was a reason I didn't like Gamestop.
TyheamRufac 6 months ago
kirby peaked at superstar!!
cosmiczerograv 6 months ago
wtf happen to my 44 thumbs up comment?
theDRomansway 6 months ago
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theDRomansway 6 months ago
I would never buy a game from gamestop, but my family don't like buying me games and don't know what else to get me, so they just get me coupons to gamestop. I keep on telling them just to give me cash since most of my games are bought through steam...
Zetimenvec 6 months ago
Derp.. I don't buy games from gamestop in the first place.. dumb idea because their return policy is shit.
UnboundStormweaver 6 months ago
buuuuhh, you are awesomeeeeeeeeeehhh :)
RuddGerrath 6 months ago
ahh gamestop, what is the hell is your problem? i swear to god they i think that they can get into a major law suit about this. sure they are you compition, you know what they should have done is NOT CARY THE GAME, or not cary the computer verison.
davidmartin192 6 months ago
You ears are cool. Are they natural?
shawnoodles 6 months ago
Hey, you should totally do an update on TellTales Kings Quest launch! Did they ever solve those problems with ActivV?
Rebow87 6 months ago
1 word. Steam
hyfynorris 6 months ago
@hyfynorris Not every game in the world is on Steam.
UnboundStormweaver 6 months ago
@UnboundStormweaver most of the necessary
hyfynorris 6 months ago
@hyfynorris I wouldn't say that either.
UnboundStormweaver 6 months ago
@UnboundStormweaver then stop talking to me
hyfynorris 6 months ago
Gamestop eat foetus'
rugnumfable 6 months ago
Duuuh! you are so cute! :)
elgorre 6 months ago
Duh... that's so cute!!! (now I have nightmares with this in loop!)
bobderbaumeister1236 6 months ago
why are the shoes on the door blurred out?
Blkguin10 6 months ago
f game stop play and trade dose not remove the coupon hell ya PnT all the way
anime0dude0 6 months ago
Day-oose Ecks
PaintsByNumbers 6 months ago
Examples where not buying on Steam is better is where the boxed version is 1. much cheaper and 2. really big to download. This is true in the case of Deus Ex and titles like Shogun 2, at least in the UK.
beatchef 6 months ago
and thats 1 of the reasons i pira...buy games from steam 0_o....
xpointkiller 6 months ago
You know your bug bites , though im sure you think they are caused by mesquitos, could very likely be caused by bed bugs. if you get bed bugs you have to throw away your bed frame and box springs cuz they live in the wood .. Since the us government banned the use of the only insecticide that kills bed bugs they have started to plague hotels and if you frequently stay at hotels theres a likelyhood that you could have brought them home with you. Sleep well. btw bed bugs feed off you like ticks
dataq0111 6 months ago
That Star Wars game... it has pod racing?
rand0m4productions 6 months ago
I buy my games from amazon if I don't from steam. They offer free shipping so you can stay in your pj to play more games lol.
Seldszar2004 6 months ago
who the hell even bothers to take a step out their precious basement to buy games? seriously? what's amazon (and free shipping) for?
Nyocurio 6 months ago
I know the store in my town was like. Okay we aren't doing that, and they didn't even bother to take the coupon out because they thought it was stupid.
Zrorro 6 months ago
Ugly hair style
iknowspoon 6 months ago
Too bad Gamestop doesnt give a sh*t about PC gamers anyway. Walmart has more of a selection than the 3 Gamestops within 20 miles of me combined. Note to self, "Don't buy from Gamestop anymore."
Loststory08 6 months ago
thats why you get games shipped to you used online... way cheaper and essentially otherwise the same as buying new from gamestop.
Remuthra 6 months ago
You're absolutely gorgeous :D Incredibly beautiful. :)
JujitzuNinja 6 months ago
DODGER please cahgne the intro To dodge this.
MTFeedback 6 months ago
Gamestop has been opening games and selling them as new for years now.
GrieverLA 6 months ago
Fuck gamestop why would they do that *sadface
sadly I live in the US, damn gamestop
JakeTheBakedRake 6 months ago
thank god there isn't gamestop in my country (Bulgaria) we have ''Pulsar'' :D
rch32013 6 months ago
This GameStop thing is nothing new. When I used to work for GameStop, we had the privilege to take games home and play them for around 5 days. U would think that this was only used or returned games, but that wasn’t the case. More than once I got to take home a brand new game, open it up, play it, and then return it to the store were we would shrink wrap it and sell it as a new game. In hindsight this is pretty awful, but at the time it was like 'cool, I get to play a new game for free.'
ElCoolGuy100 6 months ago
Why would anyone leave their computer to buy a PC game?
UnbeltedSundew 6 months ago
That is awful. They do not have the right to do that. Just do not buy it and say it has been opened.
greencoman 6 months ago
Star wars 1,2,3 was no good no mater how good the special effects were.
They better made star wars 7,8,9 for much mony and put in less money for special effects. Special effects will be eaten from new zompies soon anyway.
Plus star wars the old parts (4,5,6) are now canabilasied by the new parts (1,2,3). ( I'm shoure I know some people wo would be able to make a better story... way better...)
hexyhunter 6 months ago
gamestop stopped sellling the game just so people would stop btiching about that lol
osoelv702 6 months ago
gamestop needs to be pee'd on
Ag1nor 6 months ago
who buys pc games from stores anymore?
raydog97 6 months ago
@raydog97 I do, because fry's is a awesome place.
UnboundStormweaver 6 months ago
@UnboundStormweaver no it's not. They wanted me to pay $59 for a 512MB xbox memory card. Thats not awesome.
raydog97 6 months ago
Haha, Thats Awful! Game shops like that seems really desperate sometimes. Like, GAME here in the UK a little while back actually started buying the DSi (as soon as it was released) from Tesco's, because they sell it cheaper, then took it back to their GAME store to sell as their OWN fully priced brand new stock! That made me laugh. Oh. And When I click to have coffee with you, If you dont talk about physics. the meaning of life and puppies, I'll be upset.
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123435454646453434 6 months ago
Gamestop is being a bitch. I would have been pissed if I get the Pc Ver and had it opened...
specterseal999 6 months ago
i feel like skyward sword has been in development for years
Jokis 6 months ago
@Jokis no matter how long they spend on it, its still going to be a wii game.
gregorygumpas 6 months ago
@tabloid42 0f c0ur53.
kaiiboraka 6 months ago
why are you excited for skyward sword?
gregorygumpas 6 months ago
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coryiscooler 6 months ago
The moment you open a game from gamestop it loses trade-in value. Gamestop is telling it's employees to open the games, thereby lowering the item's value according to the store's own policy. So, the game has lost intrinsic value before you've even bought it! Wow! How cool!
The games that have been opened should be sold as used games, or at a discounted price. Otherwise: Gamestop stands for everything ass-backwards and ridiculous in this world.
Oh, wait....
Giveupthegh0st 6 months ago
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coryiscooler 6 months ago
Dodger is so cute when she's angry
tomo8419 6 months ago
Doesn't Gamestop open every game anyway? Every time I've bought something from them they have the discs behind the counter.
balgus82 6 months ago
Why would anyone buy anything from Gamestop? How the fuck do they get away with opening a game and selling it as new?
ForsakenLyre 6 months ago
lol this was a huge blunder by Game Stop; putting aside any issues of legality, they just gave their competitor some huge exposure, as well as alienating their consumers.
Before now, I never even heard of Onlive; but after hearing about this story, the first thought that crossed my mind was... what a douche bag move game stop, and what is Onlive?
Who was the genius behind this "fantastic idea"?
GhibliOmatiC 6 months ago
If you're say a retailer of gum, and I walk into your store and wanna buy an AK-47... You can get it right? It's the same principle. Each and every retailer has control of what comes in and what goes out of their doors (until it gets out of their doors). This'll backfire on them anyway, because they just gave the other company a whole lotta free press.
Goishen 6 months ago
This just solidifies my notions that GameStop is the seed of all evil.
l4dpariah 6 months ago
Just so you know. The Deus Ex scandal was not illegal for 2 reasons. A: This was a breach of contract with Square-Enix. B: No where on the box is this stated so something is not contractually obligated to go to the customer. The games were still new, just opened like they do with at least one of EVERY GAME they get in. Plus they have been recalled from Gamestop since Square knows they messed up. So you won't have to worry they are going to send copies without it now.
evilKoRnstaR 6 months ago
we are all slowly dieing (tear) ps. i found out i have cancer ):
moouse805 6 months ago
Yes, what Gamestop did was illegal and it screams CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT! Every single person who bought the game can join in a class and sue Gamestop for fraudulent misrepresentation in what they sold, because Gamestop misrepresented the games as new when they are not. It is fraudulent because it was known to the company and was done on purpose - apparently there is a memo to prove it. Eidos can probably sue Gamestop as well for breach of contract. I fully expect lawsuits over this.
acyu 6 months ago
Why the PO box? Are we supposed to send you phat lewtz?
Tabloid42 6 months ago
Gamestop should not of even sold the game if they didn't want the coupon in there, but oh wait,..they wants da monies../rollseyes
Tabloid42 6 months ago
Hey Dodger, this is the first time I checked out your show. Only question is, where's the weed at? Stoner.
dwtdwtdwt 6 months ago
Re the Kinect Star Wars, it's....Star Wars. I'm gonna need to get it regardless of how good it is, just because it's Star Wars.
I'm such a whore : /
MadLitlZergln 6 months ago
Why do people even GO to gamestop? fucking stop it people...
coolstream1 6 months ago
@coolstream1 Because there are many people out there like me who's parents don't trust ordering stuff online/giving out credit card info especially to just buy a game. And the main stores like target or bestbuy dont carry as many games as gamestop does.
AzureDragon013 6 months ago
thats y retail chain stores are going out of business
ulfragnarsson 6 months ago
I don't buy anything from EB (the australian stores owned by gamestop) since i bought Second Sight and the CD key was missing.
The guy at the counter asked me to prove it.
Anyhow, it's not as big a deal as me wanting "Kirby Wrecked Star Wars Themed Game Stops" to be real.
Danceofmasks 6 months ago
DODGER MARRRY me? =p
IIxReLeNtLeZZxII 6 months ago
While I understand the desire to remove the coupon, It is part of the product being sold and by removing it they are taking part of the product without lower the price of the game. That's pretty much theft.
Craft4D 6 months ago
I am only pre-ordering swtor at game stop because EAs online store sucks ass! After that....yeah FUCK YOU GS, you have just F'ed your self!
Bazeleel 6 months ago
Thank you for pronouncing Deus Ex correctly.
ydna2 6 months ago
I will continue to protest GameStop as I've done for the last 5 years.
d1sturb3d0ne 6 months ago
GUYS SERIOUSlY WE GOT TO GET RID OF THIS CRAPPY MUSIC
Evan3b93b9 6 months ago
@Evan3b93b9 Do you mean the background music? I love it. Just makes her talking so much funnier. :D
eggroll9000 6 months ago
As a GameStop employee, I think it's ridiculous. I can understand opening the box for last copy games in order to advertise that the game is in stock, but purposely opening every single copy to remove something is just plain ridiculous. I also don't think my store complied with the email, either. Just dumb.
nikioni 6 months ago
Quite Ironic cuz there's a onlive ad next to the vid lol
outlaw86420 6 months ago
I think it doesn't affect me because I live in the UK and no gamestops are near me YEAHHHHHHHH :D
JoetheUKian 6 months ago 2
the games were Game-stops merchandise, they would have been perfectly within their rights to not sell the game, if they didn't want to. They would also have been perfectly within their rights, to buy the games as a product, keep the coupons for themselves, and sell the used to their customers. However, they decided to disregard their customers, and just remove them, then charge full price. unforgivable.
Pendragondnd 6 months ago
everything will be digital soon enough
Disterric23 6 months ago
I bet those gamestop ppl would take all the toys from cerealboxes too if they sold it...
kuije002 6 months ago
I think that i'm NEVER going to buy a game from Gamestop ever again! Oh wait what's that? I already DON'T buy games from Gamestop because there's this thing called Steam?!?!
Problem = solved
bobbyhalick 6 months ago 25
@bobbyhalick *cough*Nintendogames*cough*
mrzozelowh 6 months ago
I hate Gamestop, but their the only game shop in my town that has pre-order bonuses.
MisterWasteland 6 months ago
@MisterWasteland steam
Pendragondnd 6 months ago
@Pendragondnd Yeah for PC, but not for PS3 or Wii.
MisterWasteland 6 months ago
Dodger, can you bring some attention to Operation Rainfall? Its an attempt to get some epic wii RPG games (already localized to english) released here in the states. I can't imagine what kind of politics would make a company afraid to release an already completed game in another market when the text/sound is already localized.
kraun124 6 months ago
Sheesh, I hope Gamestop gets a huge backlash. Thats so so wrong. We don't need a lawsuit to punish them, lets speak with our money. Buy on steam or Amazon on OnLive!
kraun124 6 months ago
The bastardos at gamestop open games and sell them like new all the time. One time I went in there to buy a "new" Borderlands GOTY with the DLC and since it was their last copy the box was put on display while the disc went into the drawer. Homeboy then sells it to me at the new price and when I get home and open it, the DLC voucher was missing. I returned it, gave them a piece of my mind, and shall never shop there again.
DrummahMike 6 months ago
gamestop can do that as long as they sell the games as used and for a lesser price.
SuperSleepyDuck 6 months ago
the thing i find strange is that any gamestop employee would comply with this. do they really think their employees are loyal? a teenager getting paid 10$ an hour to run a cash register is probably more loyal to gaming than to a shitty retailer they probably don't even use in favor of steam lol
haxnerfplz 6 months ago
@haxnerfplz $10 an hour? what planet are you living on? or maybe you're from a future where the USD has depreciated even more. i bet their staff would be lucky to CAP at $10 after working there for 6 years and starting at $7/hr.
criran 6 months ago
@criran dude what the hell are you smoking. Game stop doesnt pay their workers below minimum wage. I promise. Gamestop probably gets 10$ an hour at the LEAST they would get 8 or 9... You are probably like 13? Once you learn about jobs then you can talk.
crayola396 6 months ago
@crayola396 minimun wage is $7.25, at least where I live it is. Idk, maybe if you live in california or something they would start at 8 or 9 but here it's 7.25 or 7.50 for retail. if they did pay their enrty level guys $10/hr they probably only get 10-15 hours a week at best regardless.
and i'm 24, mr "crayola" no need to flame over it. its just the internet.
criran 6 months ago
@criran Its the same in california
leaf732 6 months ago
Onlive should sue Gamestop...... I mean seriously? wtf?
bcmin12 6 months ago
THAT'S WHY YOU BUY PC GAMES ON STEAM! WHY WOULD YOU BUY A PC GAME FROM GAMESTOP!?!?!?
drury2361 6 months ago 56
@drury2361 You shouldn't buy anything at all from Gamestop imo
Crow667 6 months ago
@drury2361 I want physical copies. But this is not a reason to buy from NaziStop...
bobderbaumeister1236 6 months ago
@drury2361 because not all pc games are on steam?
crimsondragon20 6 months ago
I feel that Gamestop should have just returned the games to Square Enix rather than tamper with them
crimsondragon20 6 months ago
@drury2361 I could think of 3 very good reasons not to buy games from steam;
1. Steam don't sell all the games (not saying GameStop has)
2. Steam charges extreme overprice (in my experience)
3. CapsLock are for faggots
crahdol 6 months ago
@crahdol 20 bucks isnt overpriced
roblox13337 6 months ago
@drury2361 So true
AznBrIaN1Lt 6 months ago
@drury2361 I don't know what's the situation for you guys... but in sweden, GameStop is almost always the cheapest (if you want a physical copy) and steam du charge overprice, for example a game i was planning on buying was 50€ on steam and 10€ on the authors site. (both digital copys of course)
crahdol 6 months ago
game stop has always been full of jackasses who have an ego complex. they are worse than League of Legends players.
LeninReturns 6 months ago
@LeninReturns trolololol
criran 6 months ago
US Federal guidelines state that any CD, DVD, Software or any copyable format once opened can not be sold and/or returned. Gamestop violates this Federal guideline with new games all the time. They open up one copy of each console game, to shelf the empty case and manual. They than put the Disc or Discs into paper sleeves and put it behind the counters.
Makes me wish there was an actual local video game retailer where I am besides sketch Play N' Trades.
deilax 6 months ago
Eh, I don't follow Square Enix anyway. And I'm damn tired of seeing OnLive ads on 90% of the youtube videos I watch (this one included) So I could care less who does who to what, people can throw fits all they want, it won't change anything "You stole my coupon, rawr rawr rawr"
RavenTwoFive 6 months ago
I just got two games from Gamestop and they didn't work at all. Even though they say that the disks will work. Now that this happened, even though I don't like Microsoft or Sony people I would certainly say that it's bullshit that Gamestop did this.
TheRetroNintendo 6 months ago
If GameStop aren't happy with the agreement OnLive and SquareEnix have, just don't stock the game. The easiest solution is normally the simplist.
Tyramatt151 6 months ago
43 people agree with gamestop
DesiresPerished 6 months ago
also since the copies are opened they should technically be considered used so the game should be 5 bucks off... Am i right or wrong?
AccidentalMonkey 6 months ago
we can all hate gamestop all we want but there is such a lack of independently owned video game stores (in New Jersey at least) we kinda have to purchase our games from there
AccidentalMonkey 6 months ago
Sigh* Just another reason I dislike Gamestop.
applesmmmmmmmm 6 months ago
aw no puppies ? sad face :(
Sounds to me like some form of industrial sabotage or ...i dunno. it does sound illegal though.
raifsevrence 6 months ago
I hate youtube publicity
heitortcgfw2 6 months ago
Gamestop crossed a line with their gamecase fuckery although I have a stronger hatred for square enix and all their fuckery in the past so I dont know how to feel about this...
PlayingGilly 6 months ago