GameStop Wants to Link Your Xbox Live Account to Its Registers
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I advise you Americos to stay the fuck away from Gamestop as much as possible.
Apple has the digital music distribution market...that is a very specific market, in a very pirated market. Seriously ,the only reason to buy music is for the CD and extra bonus stuff you get in real life. It is unfortunate, but that is the truth.
Steam is closing in into having the monopoly of digital distribution, however i have not seen their lack of proper customer treatment(their discounts are freaking amazing and pull in a lot of money for developers and themselves).
As for Halo and CoD....FPS was here way before those two. They are also two very different types of shooters, different backgrounds, multiplayer, settings, visuals. V for knife,etc etc...well thats like saying since the first shooter decided shooting is in left mouse button or right trigger, evth is the same now..
You could say that CoD spawned the massive amount 2nd world war and modern warfare shooters. Curiously, Halo never spawned many alien shooters(UNORIGINAL copied ones i mean, you can have a lot of diversity in the FPS genre)
Facebook has the majority, but in social networking, it comes to me that most people have MULTIPLE social network accounts, Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, Hi5, etc etc, wich makes it an odd market.
Monopolies are not good. Competition = Efficiency, wich brings better prices, better customer service, better special offers, better everything.
Yahoo and Bing still pull in a shit ton of profit and searches in their engines. Google has the majority of the market, not all of it.Cyberjester said:
Apple has the digital music distribution market...that is a very specific market, in a very pirated market. Seriously ,the only reason to buy music is for the CD and extra bonus stuff you get in real life. It is unfortunate, but that is the truth.
Steam is closing in into having the monopoly of digital distribution, however i have not seen their lack of proper customer treatment(their discounts are freaking amazing and pull in a lot of money for developers and themselves).
As for Halo and CoD....FPS was here way before those two. They are also two very different types of shooters, different backgrounds, multiplayer, settings, visuals. V for knife,etc etc...well thats like saying since the first shooter decided shooting is in left mouse button or right trigger, evth is the same now..
You could say that CoD spawned the massive amount 2nd world war and modern warfare shooters. Curiously, Halo never spawned many alien shooters(UNORIGINAL copied ones i mean, you can have a lot of diversity in the FPS genre)
Facebook has the majority, but in social networking, it comes to me that most people have MULTIPLE social network accounts, Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, Hi5, etc etc, wich makes it an odd market.
Monopolies are not good. Competition = Efficiency, wich brings better prices, better customer service, better special offers, better everything.
This actually sounds like something I would enjoy, seeing as how EB Games is the only place around where I live that has a respectable selection of games, so I shop there often.
The thing that always cheesed me off about DLC was that it never costs an amount of money that you can buy these prepaid cards, or even order online in. It's always like 560 points or 1400 points or 27.99 or something stupid. So you go to the store, buy a card (which also has tax obviously), get home, buy your map-pack or whatever, and have 102.732 points left to spend and nothing to spend it on, unless you like avatar items.
It always seemed like just another way to squeeze a couple extra bucks out of the consumer and I personally would jump at the chance to pay 10 dollars for something that costs 10 dollars.
The thing that always cheesed me off about DLC was that it never costs an amount of money that you can buy these prepaid cards, or even order online in. It's always like 560 points or 1400 points or 27.99 or something stupid. So you go to the store, buy a card (which also has tax obviously), get home, buy your map-pack or whatever, and have 102.732 points left to spend and nothing to spend it on, unless you like avatar items.
It always seemed like just another way to squeeze a couple extra bucks out of the consumer and I personally would jump at the chance to pay 10 dollars for something that costs 10 dollars.
I don't like this idea. Primarily because again it means more money for gamestop and less for developers ( the actual makers of the game) I mean lets be honest, if you are going to buy a game via online or via a console your gonna do that if you are going to go to a store you gonna go to a store. That decision has already been made, having the name GameStop in front of the download is not going to persuade a person to buy a direct download over a physical copy of game .
This exactly. Say you buy Borderlands, but don't want all the DLC for it, so you don't pick up one of them. You can but a point card and have points left over, pay for the three you want and either have it print codes on the receipt for each to enter individually, or with the new system have it ready to download as soon as you get home. I think it's pretty slick, but it would be a huge dick move if they send LIVE messages at all.Golem239 said:
Ummmmmm....
"customers wouldn't have to go home, buy points, and then buy the content"
I'm already home... how does getting up, driving to the shops, finding a car park, waiting in line, buying the content, driving home and then downloading it easier then simply clicking on the purchase button in the XBL or PSN stores? How Gamestop, HOW?
"customers wouldn't have to go home, buy points, and then buy the content"
I'm already home... how does getting up, driving to the shops, finding a car park, waiting in line, buying the content, driving home and then downloading it easier then simply clicking on the purchase button in the XBL or PSN stores? How Gamestop, HOW?
So they are trying to insert themselves into a middle man position?
Hey guys, why download it when you can drive to the store, drive home, and THEN download it!
THEY ARE FUCKING GENIUSES!
Hey guys, why download it when you can drive to the store, drive home, and THEN download it!
THEY ARE FUCKING GENIUSES!
Is he fucking serious?Logan Westbrook said:
Does he think the default location for everyone is loitering in a Gamestop, and that we only go home to buy things? This statement makes so little sense I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
Pricefixing isn't illegal in Australia? It is in the US, and company's are pretty frequently busted for it.Cyberjester said:
This is just Gamestop attempting to be even greedier then they already are.
They don't care that there are people who are uncomfortable/unable to purchase content online from their console. It's that they want the lion's share of the idea of digital distribution.
Seriously you know why the point cards sell so well? Because they're something someone can buy with cash, gift to a friend/child, and DONT give your credit card information away.
Hell for a while I used a gifted debit card and the xbox live subscription packages (The mic/textpad/year of XBL/a game) to keep my subscription going just because I disliked the concept of handing a company the same credit card I used to pay my bills.
So yeah, this is good how? We have the solution for this. It's the point cards. The reason you can purchase more points then you need? It's a marketing tactic to keep you purchasing. Change that before you go and give Gamestop another huge revenue stream.
They don't care that there are people who are uncomfortable/unable to purchase content online from their console. It's that they want the lion's share of the idea of digital distribution.
Seriously you know why the point cards sell so well? Because they're something someone can buy with cash, gift to a friend/child, and DONT give your credit card information away.
Hell for a while I used a gifted debit card and the xbox live subscription packages (The mic/textpad/year of XBL/a game) to keep my subscription going just because I disliked the concept of handing a company the same credit card I used to pay my bills.
So yeah, this is good how? We have the solution for this. It's the point cards. The reason you can purchase more points then you need? It's a marketing tactic to keep you purchasing. Change that before you go and give Gamestop another huge revenue stream.
I already think DLC and- especially- Gamestop preorder exclusives are the antichrist of the game industry, so don't expect me to root for this.
Gamestops reward program already does this. You input your xbox live and PSN names. Unless you were talking about account details that only xbox/ps would have with this linking.Logan Westbrook said:
But... both are harder than just adding points/money to your account and buying the damn thing straight.
WHAT.
WHAT.
Well if the publishers have any brains whatsoever they say sure right after you pay us 20 dollars for every used game of ours you sell.
Just wanted to add that sure this might work out that the big publishers break evan as in they cover whatever this system costs them. Who it hurts are the indie devs who I would think get alot of business from those who don't like having extra sitting around in their account and so pick up one of those cheap indie games with whats left over from their DLC purchase and can't afford to get self space at any kind of retailer.
Just wanted to add that sure this might work out that the big publishers break evan as in they cover whatever this system costs them. Who it hurts are the indie devs who I would think get alot of business from those who don't like having extra sitting around in their account and so pick up one of those cheap indie games with whats left over from their DLC purchase and can't afford to get self space at any kind of retailer.
The problem is with the points cards, as already stated, that most of the time there are points left over, points that, at least up to the point of your first purchase, are just kinda sitting there for no reason. If EBGamestop decides to just let you pay the... what is it, 10 bucks for the map pack? If they just have it so that you can pay for it directly, without the extra useless points, then I say it's a pretty decent idea.
Also, to those saying that you have to drive all the way there and add 15 steps to a 2 step system, chances are you're already AT the shop buying your games.
For example, let's say that you're a dude who doesn't always buy DLC the day it comes out, like... you know, someone with a full time job and doesn't spend all day playing games and complaining on the internet. You go to the store to buy a game, and you see an advert for DLC on a game you bought months ago. So at the same time you buy your new game, you buy DLC for a game you've already played and beaten. That is a situation where this new EBGamestop system actually makes sense.
Sorry for the long post, just wanted to put my two cents out there.
Also, to those saying that you have to drive all the way there and add 15 steps to a 2 step system, chances are you're already AT the shop buying your games.
For example, let's say that you're a dude who doesn't always buy DLC the day it comes out, like... you know, someone with a full time job and doesn't spend all day playing games and complaining on the internet. You go to the store to buy a game, and you see an advert for DLC on a game you bought months ago. So at the same time you buy your new game, you buy DLC for a game you've already played and beaten. That is a situation where this new EBGamestop system actually makes sense.
Sorry for the long post, just wanted to put my two cents out there.
I only ever buy used games at GameStop, but they had a $20 off deal with Brotherhood (and a hot female gamer friend of mine wanted me to get it and said she'd pay $10 of it) so I got it
but they actually gave me a sealed copy...when did that start happening? I really appreciated that hahaha guess GameStop has improved some in my area lately
but they actually gave me a sealed copy...when did that start happening? I really appreciated that hahaha guess GameStop has improved some in my area lately
I see no problems with this, as it's a completely optional system, and one that I would probably use myself.
I'm usually in GameStop often enough that the trip wouldn't bother me. The GameStops in my city are friendly, helpful, and full of cool people. So I don't have the "GameStop sucks" stigma. I have my rewards account already, and purchasing through them would give me a number of benefits.
(1) Points cards usually come in round-numbered amounts. $10, $20, etc etc. If I want to buy a $7 DLC, then that's $3 worth of points I have sitting around. I don't usually spend a lot of money on DLC, so that money would be sitting there, when I could have used it for something else.
(2) A lot of people can't or won't buy things online. Whether it's a kid too young for a card, or just someone that prefers not to have their card number floating around cyberspace. This gives them an option without having to resort to buying cards if they have a problem like (1).
(3) Those of us that do wander into GameStop once a month or so have another option for getting our content.
(4) Yeah, you have to wait for it to download. Guess what? You have to wait for it to download regardless of how you get it. Will it eat up a lot more time if you specifically leave the house and go to GameStop? Yes. If, however, you're heading to GameStop anyways, or GameStop is convenient to where you will driving to and from that day anyways, not so much.
(5) As a frequent GameStop customer, more purchases through them means more points on my rewards account, which means I get cool stuff faster.
If you don't like it, don't use it. Easy as that.
I'm usually in GameStop often enough that the trip wouldn't bother me. The GameStops in my city are friendly, helpful, and full of cool people. So I don't have the "GameStop sucks" stigma. I have my rewards account already, and purchasing through them would give me a number of benefits.
(1) Points cards usually come in round-numbered amounts. $10, $20, etc etc. If I want to buy a $7 DLC, then that's $3 worth of points I have sitting around. I don't usually spend a lot of money on DLC, so that money would be sitting there, when I could have used it for something else.
(2) A lot of people can't or won't buy things online. Whether it's a kid too young for a card, or just someone that prefers not to have their card number floating around cyberspace. This gives them an option without having to resort to buying cards if they have a problem like (1).
(3) Those of us that do wander into GameStop once a month or so have another option for getting our content.
(4) Yeah, you have to wait for it to download. Guess what? You have to wait for it to download regardless of how you get it. Will it eat up a lot more time if you specifically leave the house and go to GameStop? Yes. If, however, you're heading to GameStop anyways, or GameStop is convenient to where you will driving to and from that day anyways, not so much.
(5) As a frequent GameStop customer, more purchases through them means more points on my rewards account, which means I get cool stuff faster.
If you don't like it, don't use it. Easy as that.