GameStop removing OnLive codes from Deus Ex: Human Revolution

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  GameStop sells PC games? : mikecyb
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    and do people still buy them from gamestop? : radio_babylon
    • Yeah, they looked at me with the weirdest glare when I asked for the PC version of Deus Ex, like who the ... : ReckHavoc
  • Yes, they do, and I went there begrudgingly because Best Buy did not stock it. To be clear, it's not that... : Home Nugget
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  my god, i hope they at least give a discount for selling you an opened box, something like 5$. : Elsaispo
  • have you ever shopped in gamestop before? usually if the game wasnt just released they are selling you a... : dantastic
  • lol : Dravenport
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  That... doesn't sound right. Do they reseal the box afterwards and pretend like nothing happened or what? : Hemtroll
  • yea, I'm not sure how they can sell it as new at that point. It doesn't contain all of the items a new b... : mtgDoofy
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    They do it all the time for console games. They sell them already opened. : phate81
    • Yeah and they've done it before with PC games too. : chadg033
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      I love how they try to sell the copy that employees are permitted to take home and play as a "new" copy o... : Rooster Cockburn
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        Pretty fucking ridiculous, right? sigh. : Freon
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          Who cares, it's just bits. : briktal
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            I care, because another copy of the game that has been taken home and used by ONE person costs half the p... : Rooster Cockburn
            • Well to be fair they sell a used copy of a new game for fucking five dollars off usually : nwillard
  • I'm pretty sure it's company policy that they open the boxes of ALL PC games they sell. Last time I tried... : Goncyn
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    They are open about it and it's all about loss prevention. Instead of people stealing the games with thei... : Derringer
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      that's how it works in retail stores around here too, a handful of empty boxes on the shelf and when you ... : Hemtroll
      • Very weak, I agree. I'm in Canada, so I don't know if they are doing that here. Next time I'm the store I... : Derringer
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  Hence why I have boycotted Gamestop for the past 3 years... : Johnsexyelder
  • Yeah, while I don't agree with their business practice of selling used games at almost-new prices and fuc... : Entity
  • True that. They have lied about orders to me in the past and are not a trusted company. : Locster
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  I can't imagine the publisher is okay with this. : OverloadUT
  • what. gamestop stealing their content? I'd be fucking pissed too. gamestop isn't a publisher (yet), they ... : vertdang
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  A friend of mine in the UK said the Game stores over there won't stock any game that's on Steam. : Fred Garvin
  • I don't know about the UK but I know Swedish GAME stores stock Steamworks games. At least they did back w... : Hemtroll
  • I hope they crunched the numbers hard on that one. On its face it doesn't seem to make sense -- if you do... : Rooster Cockburn
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    The thing GAME have been doing is threatening to not stock any Steamworks titles (or their console counte... : Beady
    • The price of used games in Game has gone through the roof over the last year or so. Whatever, their da... : peanut-
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      What's illegal about that? Apparently the publisher chose to give them exclusive rights. : Marrbe
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        Only after the threat of not stocking any of that game in any of their stores. : Beady
        • I assume the publisher has no right to force them to stock their games? : Marrbe
  • Calling bullshit on this. : patters666
• Why does it say to remove the coupons only from the regular version, not from the Augmented version as we... : briktal
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  Consumers won't care at all in the end. : Derringer
  • Stupid uninformed consumers probably...gamers with half a brain and a shred of dignity will give a damn. : jtthe2nd
• WIth the internet the way it is these days, who thinks "we should do this"? : rasputinreborn
• cool, im never shopping at game stop again. Sorry but dont fuck the community around. I know plenty of pe... : Sgtfraser
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  Its cool Gamestop, we all knew you stopped giving a shit about PC gamers a long time ago. : limpossible
  • That was about the exact time I stopped giving a shit about GameStop. Coincidence? : Jobos
• The day every gamer stops buying at gamestop, or trading their games in at gamestop, and telling everyone... : Endymion_
• Whoever wins, we lose. :[ : Freon
• I hope Eidos brings some legal cannons to bear against GameStop. I'd love to see that shitty company get ... : MercFox1
• I'm kinda bummed that online copies don't come with OnLive access, since it'd be nice to be able to play ... : ColoradoCNC
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  Get your boxed/ new copies from Walmart or Target. Gamestop only for used games. : Jobos
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    I don't even like to buy used games there since the devs get no money and it all goes to gamestop. : slax0r
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      Sadly there are many older or more obscure games that are very difficult to find new, so buying used is y... : dpgagnon
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        So what? This is still not a good reason to buy at gamestop. You get the best value from direct trade wit... : Endymion_
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          None of those options work if you want a game right now without having to deal with any other bullshit. T... : Vincent Grayson
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            I'm sorry to differ with you. Opening new games and selling them to me at new prices, let alone removing ... : Endymion_
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              You were talking specifically about used titles I thought. I haven't purchased a PC game there in year... : Vincent Grayson
              • I'm talking about the entire goddamn upscale pawn shop and Ponzi scheme that is known as gamestop. Burn t... : Endymion_
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              And I have never ever understood the "I want a game now so ordering doesn't work" mindframe either, not i... : Endymion_
              • It's just a matter of convenience. For one, I live in Hawaii, and no one offers release day shipping here... : Vincent Grayson
    • Used games are great if you want to buy a game nintendo stopped selling. I got Mario and Luigi partners i... : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
• Is this kind of shit common all across the US? Makes me glad I don't need to go to a big chain to buy min... : Burgerturtle
• This seems kinda weird considering that according to a commenter on the PC Gamer story about the coupons... : briktal
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  A line to try at the Gamestop counter: "This game box is opened; I can't give you full value for it." : the archvile
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    Doesn't work as they just claim that it's never been put into a console, therefore not used. It's a prety... : Derringer
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      Say, "nice try" and walk out and never come back. Get others to do the same. : swiftB3
      • Definitely, I wouldn't buy it if they pulled that. : Derringer
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  Man, if it wasn't for the stupid bonus mission on the Gamestop version, I haven't bought a game from ther... : deathofrats
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    they should give out the gamestop bonus for all now. : trOmblyj
    • Unfortunately, that would only have mattered to Gamestop if it had been done and publicized before the ga... : Herman Toothrot
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  http://www.facebook.com/GameStop/posts/265828886770378 Regarding the Deus Ex: Human Revolution OnLive ... : GrimmyD
  • Yeah fuck them and their anti-competitive practices. : MercFox1
  • They will further assist by asking you to pre-order Halo 6. : Crabs Jarrard
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    If I was square enix, I would sue. I don't see how it's within the purview of the retailer to modify the ... : Cheeziologist
    • Isn't the voucher listed on the box? If it is, then that's false advertising on behalf of GS. : Marrbe
  • I hope Onlive sues them : deathofrats
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    I love the defenders comments. What a bunch of clueless assholes. : saunders45
    • Yeah, some of those are spectacularly retarded. : Beady
  • Well I'm not buying from them again. : baron calamity
  • Haha, "our DXHR product" : slax0r
  • That's pretty fucking crass. : pigvomit
  • If they don't want to sell the game with the coupon, they can choose to simply not sell the game at all o... : Herman Toothrot
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    this is stupid on many levels. for one, many of the larger publishers sale games, dlc, merchandise etc t... : vitek r
    • Not to mention that Deus Ex is a Steamworks game anyway right? So doesn't it inherently support Steam, a ... : Herman Toothrot
  • Look at all the people defending GS. All employees I am betting. : Fred Garvin
  • I bet these codes are going to end up in hands of others. : Sailor of Fortune
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  They've been opening new games for years and selling them as new. I wish more people would just buy off A... : Smitty
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    But then how are people going to buy used games for $55 instead of $60 new?! : Mecha Tofu Pirate
    • well, they are actually charging $60 for the "new" games because they are opening them! : Smitty
  • When my roommate and I are running errands if he wants to go to Gamestop he always tells me why he wants ... : perstephanie
• ...isnt that illegal : papaskot
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  The PC Gamer version of this story says that GameStop copies were the only ones to get the code. http:... : Schnapple
  • I received a code with the copy I purchased from Target. Plus a $10 Target gift card. : RuffasBluetain
  • I received a code in the copy I purchased at Target. Plus they gave me a $10 gift card. : RuffasBluetain
  • Bought at walmart, code was in there. : Scotty22
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  Wait wait wait a minute... this is fucking huge news. Gamestop is selling pc games again! : boredguy
  • hahahahaha : Clay
  • lol : MercFox1
• you would think there is a law or something against a retailer opening packaged products and removing som... : mo13
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  If they don't want to sell the product as it was intended to be sold, they should instead refuse to sell ... : angry jellyfish
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    I think people who actually shop at GameStop would've been pretty mad about that. : briktal
    • As they should be. And that's GameStop's problem. : angry jellyfish
• Fuck Gamestop. I've never liked them. : NFXFSX
• lol, wtf GameStop. I hate that place so much. : MikkleThePickle
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  Correct me if I'm wrong, but by opening ANY of the games (aka, software) aren't they "agreeing" to the EU : g0nk
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    EULAs are stupid and no one really knows if they've even enforceable http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrink_... : aethyr
    • Ahh, ok, thanks for the link. : g0nk
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    You'd be agreeing to the shrinkwrap license if you opened it and used the product. : pigvomit
    • Also depends on your jurisdiction. Click-wraps are generally more binding. : pigvomit
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  Since they are already opening the boxes, just take it home, finish it and return for the full price it s... : cetra00
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    Great plan. What do you do once they say no? : pigvomit
    • Threaten them with public nudity. : one random winner
    • Uh, probably the same thing I do with every other game that I've bought? : cetra00
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      Dispute the transaction and tell your CC company that they sold you an opened and incomplete product as n... : saunders45
      • yup this is what I'd do : Shadowdane
  • http://www.gamestop.com/gs/help/Returns.aspx "Any product(s) that has been opened (taken out of its plast... : g0nk
  • Actually, since it is steamworks you dont even need to beat it. Just use the code to activate on steam an... : GrigglePuff
• Somebody with some money please sue these fuckers. I hope somebody does. Oh, and Gamestop, you just los... : DragonSire
• Good thing they don't sell beer. : dlr(2)
• The sheer balldacity of this is amazing. They are taking away value from their customers and charging the... : Simulacrum
• Good example of why I don't buy anything from gamestop ever. : hypn0t1c
• YAY INVESTIGATE SOME SHIT SHACKNEWS! DO A JOURNALISM! \o/ : SpaecKow
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  Wired article: http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2011/08/gamestop-onlive/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=fe... : dlr(2)
  • Very good article. Highlights the primary legal arguments against Gamestop. : pigvomit
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    I question how the OnLive coupons are not an “essential function” of the game. It allows me to play ... : mtgDoofy
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      Well that's an argument to make. I can see how some PC players (if they knew the box contained an OnLive... : pigvomit
      • If I had known ahead of time, I would have purchased at retail instead of through Steam because it's a st... : Herman Toothrot
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  For anyone wondering how GameStop has the nerve to pull this stuff off, look at who's number five on this... : sgtsanity
  • This doesn't mean much because sales per sq. foot doesn't mean much. They pack a lot of games in a small ... : dfay
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    Yes, and they make more than 50% of their yearly profit via selling used games (often after a week) and t... : GeorgeB3DR
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      We're talking approx $500m in revenue from used sales per year, btw. : GeorgeB3DR
      • Man, they don't even make or finance the stuff. Just go DD and get rid of this nonsense. Why should these... : Marrbe
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      I dont understand why someone like EA doesn't use their large influence against all retailers who sell us... : ant_hillbilly
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        The fact that they *don't* do this should be telling. Clearly they see some advantage to allowing used ga... : Vincent Grayson
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          It's about leverage. The pubs have *no* power to stop it. What are they going to do....withhold future ... : GeorgeB3DR
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            If this were true, and they wished they could stop it, wouldn't they at least not be making exclusive DLC... : Vincent Grayson
            • they make pre order deals and dlc deals as an attempt to sell as many pre orders as possible. they have ... : GeorgeB3DR
        • No more $5 footlongs. : Sailor of Fortune
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          And, used sales are great, and we all want them but in an ideal world two things would happen: 1) a time ... : GeorgeB3DR
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            The publishers must have done the math to see what type of hit they would take if they implemented someth... : ant_hillbilly
            • The general thought is that the problem will go away eventually via digital, but it's been an annoyance f... : GeorgeB3DR
            • Also bear in mind that even something colossal like Steam moves way way less units than retail for the la... : GeorgeB3DR
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      Used sales don't bother me at all. But the convenience of digital delivery is so great that I don't mind ... : dmason
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        When people buy a used game 2 weeks after release, for the massive $5 discount, the pubs/devs see none of... : GeorgeB3DR
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          If used game sales killed good game companies I'd give a shit. : dmason
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            It might not kill them but it does limit the amount of available resources a developer might set aside to... : ant_hillbilly
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              I see that point, but this is no different than almost anything else I buy. I don't understand why this i... : dmason
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                To bottom line it for you, the issue is time. Does Borders sell used Stephen King books, 2 weeks after h... : GeorgeB3DR
                • I'm sure they would if they could. : Vincent Grayson
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                  No, but the used book store I go to (Bookmans) would as soon as someone sold a copy to them. Don't preten... : dmason
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                    I don't think the industry can legally do much, aside from these one-use-codes for DLC and online that so... : crummynz
                    • Why not give Wal-Mart gets exclusive sales the first month for a major release as retaliation? There's ce... : dmason
                  • So Bookmans is a national chain with a huge percentage of overall sales of books? Because otherwise, your... : ColoradoCNC
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                  Does Borders sell used books at all? : crummynz
                  • Borders doesn't sell anything anymore : OmegaRed59
                • Half-Priced Books sure as hell does. They sell copies within a day or two. They alse sell damaged non-ret... : LoioshDwaggie
          • Yeah, fuck developers and publishers wanting to get paid for their work! Wait...wat?!? : ColoradoCNC
        • Gamestop blows so much ass theses days. I long for the times when you went to a mall and they had EB, Sof... : Crabs Jarrard
        • So basically 10 new copies are sold, and the publisher and developer profit. Then say 7 of those are retu... : Marrbe
        • Just curious. Why should Gamestop not do this? What motivation do they have to cut profits and give the... : capt tripps
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    Wow, Wal-Mart is not even on the list? Some heads must be rolling there. : UtilityMaximizer
    • Walmart doesn't report numbers to anyone so thats probably why they aren't on the list. : baron calamity
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  Friend brought up a good point. Why didn't Gamestop remove the Steam keys from the PS3 version of Portal ... : Fred Garvin
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    Because they didn't think of another way to be dickheads yet. : pigvomit
    • Because GameStop had prior knowledge of that. : Lucy Labia
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    they probably had prior knowledge of that and reached a deal with the company. : dahanese
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      Assumption or is that a usual thing? : Fred Garvin
      • Probably an assumption but we do know that this happened in the past: 1. COD6:MW2 was announced 2. Ga... : Schnapple
  • Number of people who would rebuy the PS3 version if the key weren't there vs number of potential Impulse/... : derelict515
  • PS3 vs PC : Korban
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  This pic is making th rounds now: http://i.imgur.com/Fd8Sf.jpg I'm done shopping at Gamestop too. E... : ghost in my shell
  • I'll never use that service. I hope it falls apart for them. : pigvomit
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    If they had a problem with the coupon, this is what they should have done first. : Herman Toothrot
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      I wonder if some exec had cold feet about being "the only retailer to not stock Deus Ex PC on release day... : the archvile
      • Oh I have no doubt that's why they did this. I think it would have been far more to their advantage thou... : Herman Toothrot
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    Spawn Labs Cloud Gaming Division? what a terrible name : riptyde
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      They bought them AND Impulse. As though one online game service wasn't enough: http://www.shacknews.com/... : the archvile
      • Spawn Labs is a streaming service a la OnLive. Impulse is traditional digital distribution. They are comp... : derelict515
  • In the future, we can all laugh when On Live sues Gamestop for patent infringement. : pigvomit
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    That's only like 8 copies anyways. I went in to the local Gamestop today to ask about the onlive thing an... : pancake humper
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      Where is this mythical "rational Gamestop location"? I must confirm its existence. : the archvile
      • Braintree : pancake humper
  • I actually don't really have a problem with this. Opening the boxes and removing the coupons while still... : boredguy
  • Holy fuck. Wow. : virus
  • What the hell... now this is a reason to boycott something, Jesus Christ... : The Grolar Bear
• I love it. The whole games industry like A Song of Ice and Fire. It's all about these large companies... : pigvomit
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  For the love of fuck, PLEASE stop supporting Gamestop people. The sooner they go out of business the bett... : Robotic Puppy Eater
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    That's not going to happen anytime soon. I wish it would, but it's not. : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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      As soon as the consoles switch to digital download, Gamestop will cease to exist. : Wisp!
      • My bandwidth cap says Gamestop will be around for a long time. : UselessHack
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        why do you think they already bought Impulse and Spawn Labs? They're not Blockbuster, no one has already ... : derelict515
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          Blockbuster had its own DVD-mail service. They made attempts to reform their business, but it was too little, too late. The same is true of Gamestop. Currently, 99.9% of Gamestop's revenue is in retail console sales, but when and if consoles shift to digital distribution, Gamestop will be left out. Their future is in the PC, but Steam has already claimed that territory. Origin is a legitimate threat to Steam because it has exclusive games that players want, but Gamestop is not a publisher. Impulse will never take off because it doesn't have a killer app.

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          Blockbuster had its own DVD-mail service. They made attempts to reform their business, but it was too lit... : Wisp!
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            Blockbuster had its own DVD by mail service when Netflix had long since eaten their lunch in that space. : derelict515
            • The question isn't who owns console digital distribution, but who will. The answer is whoever makes the c... : Wisp!
  • if there was a better place that did preorders maybe but gamestop is across the street from where i live,... : dantastic
  • I'll stop supporting them as soon as retailers start selling older DS games at reasonable prices :c. : Malku