EB Games/GameStop Gets Rid of Used Games Section

[Valwin]

An employee of Canada's EB Games (read: GameStop) has let us know that, in one of the company's shittier moves in recent years, the distinction between "new" and "used" games (at least in Canada) is apparently going to be all but removed.
Instead, according to internal documentation forwarded to Kotaku, all games will be lumped into the one section, and all games will be stickered with the same white price tags (pre-owned games previously had their own distinctive yellow stickers in Canada, something I understand US stores did away with a while back).
New games and used, living together, mass hysteria. It'll be chaos. And a major pain in the ass for shoppers.
Before you freak out, remember, this is a Canadian employee of Canada's EB Games. So, if it's even true, there's no guarantee it'll apply to GameStop stores in the US, or EB Games stores in Australia, etc.
While that's all that's mentioned in the official written notification, the employee tells us there's more. They've apparently been instructed to, in the case of games with both new and pre-owned versions available, hide the new copies behind the used ones.
Every time you start to worry about the demise of specialist games retail (surviving, pleasant indies aside), stuff like this comes along and reminds you the sooner it shuffles off this Earth, the better.
Since this has yet to be confirmed, we've contacted EB Games, and will update if we hear back. Or until helpful Canadian readers can pop into a store and verify!

UPDATE: Another tipster claiming to be a Canadian EB Games employee writes to tell us:
I can confirm this 100% we were given instructions last week to start this. We were told that we were to merge all used games with the new games and have them sectioned off by one of four specific genres they gave us. They told us that the new copy must be on the very bottom of the pile and the used ones stacked on top and that we were to change
all price stickers to the white ones. They also instructed us to discard all materials advertising used games. Now the stickers do have the words NEW or USED on them but no one looks at that.
HUGE problems with this will of course be with the online code games. Generic_Customer_01 will grab the top copy of NHL 12, go home, and not be able to play online. There are also MANY games where the new copy is as cheap as $19.99 but the used copies stacked on top of it are $34.99. It is also a nightmare to find anything anymore and the
opinion of what games fall in what categories was different even across staff members in the same store.

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[ItsMetaKnight]

One step closer to digging their own grave.

 

[AlanJohn]

About time.
Why buy a game that you can never use on steam/origin properly? You might as well just pirate it.

 

[Veho]

About time.
Why buy a game that you can never use on steam/origin properly? You might as well just pirate it.

You didn't read the article, did you?

 

[Hyro-Sama]

This is hilarious. I was in Gamestop yesterday and they were rearranging all of their game displays.

 

[ojsinnerz.]

Wow. Even less reasons to buy games at EB. Online purchases are the only way to go, I guess.

 

[Hop2089]

Someone is going to be jipped out of online and DLC, also money as well by picking up a used copy on accident, looks like people need to start reading labels.

 

[BoxmanWTF]

-.-
....
Once I get my MK7 Preorder, all my purchases will be done at Futureshop/Bestbuy
Screw EB games, I used to think they were good...I'm an Idiot.

 

[matthewn4444]

This sucks. I live in Canada and now I am only ordering games from Amazon, Future shop or Best Buy, screw Gamestop.

 

[DJPlace]

what the hell is going on with this world? if this hits usa i am so going be done with gamestop.

 

[shango46]

Next thing is they will probably stop trading games.

 

[prowler]

Next thing is they will probably stop trading games.

Used games being a massive profit for them? Doubt it.

 

[DarkStriker]

Spaceworld & GAME, here i come! EBgames/Gamestop have always been shitty when they started to rebuy the games.

 

[Terminator02]

This is absolutely ridiculous, there should be a law against such deceiving tactics.

 

[Deleted-236924]

So where can I get those t-shirts that say "F*** EB Games" on the front and "Gamestop sucks" on the back?

 

[KingVamp]

What is this nonsense!!??!? I thought this was one of those troll topics.

It really doesn't make any sense, no matter how you look at it.

 

[Giga_Gaia]

This is absolutely ridiculous, there should be a law against such deceiving tactics.

The amount of lawsuits they will get for trying to use deceiving tactics will eventually get them to reverse what they're doing.

No one read the label? You mean people who aren't experienced in gaming like parents who buy for their kids don't. However, people who are used to buying games will obviously read it or notice the obvious price difference between new and used.

Beside, I don't even go in to browse, if I want something, I go directly to counter and ask the clerk if they have it new and tell him to fetch it for me like the dog he is. He just turn around, look in the glass behind him with all the newest game, take a copy out and give it.

Of course, I always check if the game is labeled new and if it's in the box.

 

[awssk8er]

Isn't that illegal?...

It makes better launch sales I guess. Instead of deciding to get it used later on, you figure getting a copy at launch will guarantee it being new.

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

"I don't live in Canada, but fuck doing things at Gamestop in Australia because everything that happens in Canada affects me thousands of miles away!"
/sarcasm.

Yeah it sucks for people in Canada, and if I lived in Canada I'd stop buying stuff from Gamestop/EB Games...in stores. I order most of my games online from Gamestop instead of physically going to the store because one, it takes less effort. Two, I hate dealing with stupid/bratty kids who scream for games and their parents don't do shit about it. Three, fuck the employees. "Would you like to get a warranty with that? Got any other games on your mind? What kind of games do you play? TELL ME ABOUT ALL YOUR GAMING HABITS!! TAKE THIS PRE-ORDER LIST, I KNOW I GAVE YOU ONE LAST TIME BUT FUCK YOU HERE'S 12!!!!!" My god. I know they're just doing their job but it's just fuckall annoying to me. Sure Gamestop kinda sucks, but where I live there isn't much of a variety to get used games in stores so I deal with it.

 

[DJPlace]

"I don't live in Canada, but fuck doing things at Gamestop in Australia because everything that happens in Canada affects me thousands of miles away!"
/sarcasm.

Yeah it sucks for people in Canada, and if I lived in Canada I'd stop buying stuff from Gamestop/EB Games...in stores. I order most of my games online from Gamestop instead of physically going to the store because one, it takes less effort. Two, I hate dealing with stupid/bratty kids who scream for games and their parents don't do shit about it. Three, fuck the employees. "Would you like to get a warranty with that? Got any other games on your mind? What kind of games do you play? TELL ME ABOUT ALL YOUR GAMING HABITS!! TAKE THIS PRE-ORDER LIST, I KNOW I GAVE YOU ONE LAST TIME BUT FUCK YOU HERE'S 12!!!!!" My god. I know they're just doing their job but it's just fuckall annoying to me. Sure Gamestop kinda sucks, but where I live there isn't much of a variety to get used games in stores so I deal with it.

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