7-Eleven to Offer Games Alongside Snacks, Slurpees

by Blake Ellison, Nov 20, 2008 8:00pm PST

Convenience store 7-Eleven is getting itself into the games retail business by selling seven games this holiday season as well as pre-paid game cards for a variety of online services.

The home of the Slurpee beverage has already started selling a few high-profile releases this month, including Guitar Hero: World Tour, Gears of War 2 and Fallout 3. Like other retailers, 7-Eleven promises to offer advance reservations and midnight sales of new releases, according to a press release.

Adding further convenience to the new game shop, a wide selection of pre-paid cards will be available, ranging from MMOs like World of Warcraft to gift cards for Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network. Cards will also be on offer for micro-transaction-based game sites such as Nexon.

The store has previously dabbled in game retail by carrying high-profile releases including entries in the Halo and Gears of War series.

7-Eleven, the world's largest chain store of any kind, runs just over 6,000 stores in the United States, which is more than GameStop's 5,100 stores worldwide.

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By: nientiendo x Show Full Post

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I work at a seven eleven and we have had quite a few people stop by trying to pick up wrath of the lich king. Unfortunatly to date we have sold 0 copies of any games to any customers, only one to a girl that works there for her son. I bought HALO 3 when it came out on release day which was cool and super convenient. Unfortunatly for us there are gamestops, gamecrazys within 5 minutes of us so if you know where seven eleven is you know where gamestop is.

Neat idea, too much competition.

Oh yeah, if you come by the seven eleven I work at for Halo 3, Smackdown Vs. Raw, Fallout 3, or WoLTK you can pick up a free 4 pack of monsters to go with your game :)

Nov 21, 2008 11:35pm PST

I work at a seven eleven and we have had quite a few people stop by trying to pick up wrath of the lich k... : nientiendo

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I got Gears 2 from them a day early, it was nice heh.

Nov 20, 2008 8:48pm PST

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I got Gears 2 from them a day early, it was nice heh. : Begawkiness
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- Apparently alot of 7-11's in los angeles were selling games early. They got busted according to someone I... : nientiendo

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You gotta admit, the allure of picking up a Dew or a Slurpee and snagging an MMO time card on the way out seems to fit in some perverse way.

Nov 21, 2008 5:03am PST

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You gotta admit, the allure of picking up a Dew or a Slurpee and snagging an MMO time card on the way out... : CapnBiggles
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- not really. sorry. : james t kirk
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  not really. Maybe if you are obese and have no control over yourself but I can't picture myself buying a... : ease one
  - What crap? MMO cards? Dew? GTFO out of the gaming side of the internet. We live raw, we live rough. : royalally
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  Who buys time cards? : Aztiel
  - subscriptions auto-bill your card, which sucks when you're broke at that time of the month. Additionally... : tedrotheredro
- a MTN dew? : jayacheess
- umm, no, not really to me either. : araczynski
- Heh, wow, massive sarcasm detector failure. : CapnBiggles
- You are completely off base, nobody drinks soda and plays video games. : ahk-med
- Bah, Mello Yello and Slush Puppies are where it's at : watcherxp
- But are they going to offer STRATEGY GUIDES?!? : PapaBoo
- I have to admit, I stare at the section every time I walk into my Sev..they've always got new ones too, f... : dozerking

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A guy in my guild owns a 7/11 and bought Wrath. I was talking to him about the 7/11's selling the games. What you may not know is, the 7/11s have no choice in the matter. They can not pick there games. The games they do not sell they are stuck with, his farther still has Halo 3 games for sell. According to him it really sucks for store owners, corporate dictates what games they get and how many of that game they get, they have to spend the money, even if the game sucks. So in the long run hurts them.

Same way with subways, my aunt owns a few of those and stuff that hurts her stores she has to do. She loses a TON of money on some of the things. Also they do not get reimbursed for coupons, unlike grocery stores.....

Nov 21, 2008 7:32am PST

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- perhaps, but at the end of the year, when uncle sam and corporate office have been paid off, is she pulli... : araczynski

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A lot of the ones near me have been doing this for a while. It's actually pretty cool.

Nov 21, 2008 1:19am PST

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A lot of the ones near me have been doing this for a while. It's actually pretty cool. : ColoradoCNC
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- Yeah this has been going on for months, I'm not sure how this is "news". : Porkasaurus

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By: dmiller x Show Full Post

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They sold Quake 1 back in the day, this isn't that strange.

Nov 21, 2008 9:09am PST

They sold Quake 1 back in the day, this isn't that strange. : dmiller

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You know you live in the armpit of society when you don't have a 7-11 within 20 miles of your house. http://www.7-eleven.com/StoreLocator/tabid/214/Default.aspx

Nov 20, 2008 8:27pm PST

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  - I was going to say, I live in NYC and really do not see any 7 elevens : ease one

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By: Angry Max x Show Full Post

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That's what they call a Blue Ocean Strategy.

Nov 21, 2008 6:58am PST

That's what they call a Blue Ocean Strategy. : Angry Max

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By: ghostnote x Show Full Post

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This is wacky as shit, but why not? Fuck it.

Nov 21, 2008 1:06am PST

This is wacky as shit, but why not? Fuck it. : ghostnote

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This is nothing if not an interesting development. Who knows, maybe five years from now 7-11 will be nearly as much a media retailer as it is cigarette and munchies dispenser.

Nov 21, 2008 12:41am PST

This is nothing if not an interesting development. Who knows, maybe five years from now 7-11 will be near... : quadeh

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By: oskdiscostu x Show Full Post

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It'll be nice to be able to buy games days before their release date, as I did with WotLK

Nov 21, 2008 12:30am PST

It'll be nice to be able to buy games days before their release date, as I did with WotLK : oskdiscostu

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oh thank heaven. for big gulps

Nov 20, 2008 11:37pm PST

oh thank heaven. for big gulps : RikiTiki2

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Anyone rememeber quake in texas? I think they carried quake

Nov 20, 2008 10:19pm PST

Anyone rememeber quake in texas? I think they carried quake : echoinggreen

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The one by my house had fallout 3 and some other games. I just though it was the owner tryin to make some extra bucks. If they get midnight releases I'll give them a try.

Nov 20, 2008 10:18pm PST

The one by my house had fallout 3 and some other games. I just though it was the owner tryin to make some... : gumby510

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By: Link. x Show Full Post

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Not bad for XBL points.

Nov 20, 2008 9:09pm PST

Not bad for XBL points. : Link.

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Walmart was out of WotLK on tuesday, so I got it at 7-11

Nov 20, 2008 8:45pm PST

Walmart was out of WotLK on tuesday, so I got it at 7-11 : Medieval Barber

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By: CasbahBoy x Show Full Post

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This is...weird. You can't deny the fact that they will have the midnight release retail sales market cornered though.

Nov 20, 2008 8:19pm PST

This is...weird. You can't deny the fact that they will have the midnight release retail sales market cor... : CasbahBoy

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