Trade in a PS2, get $100 off a PS3

Probably because they make more off of the PS2 than the PS3. Gamestop is sneaky like that.

I just don't trust Gamestop at all they must be up to something cynical!

guess this counts as a price drop....

Wait, that sign is suggesting I trade in Persona 4 and Soul Caliber 3??? Screw that! I'll buy a ps3 at full price thank you.

definately consideringgg
i could probably get $20 my first gen ps2 and i havent bought a game for it in years. im profiting. just need to find the rest of the 400dollars...

I'd say watch somewhere like slickdeals.net for when Dell does it's 20% off Electronics and Accessories. It has been happeneing almost every week recently and you could get a PS3 for 340, no trades necessary. Or a 360 Pro or a Wii for 199.

...aw man...this.....this is *EVIL*.

(Spirals out of control trying to make up mind...)

:p

Screw it, I'm making waffles.

For anyone that is on the fence about getting a PS3 without BC, you really aren't going to miss your classic PS2 games THAT much.

I have (a dead) launch 60 GB PS3 and I haven't touched a PS2 game in about two years, although I still have 1/4 of my original collection (Shadow of the Colossus, GoW, Final Fantasy X/XII, Kingdom Hearts I/II, etc;).

Once the next price drop comes for the PS3 (crosses fingers for E3 09!), don't let the lack of BC hold you back.

The games have to be worth more than $2? How are people possibly going to find 3 PS2 games worth more than $2 at Gamestop?

A ps2 and 3 games huh? and what am I supposed to do with the other 30 games I've bought over these years? I'd rather wait for a real price drop. I'm not in a hurry or anything.

OK let's see here oop's i traded my PS2 for a $100 off to get a PS3 an it's not backwards and i can't PS2 game's who's idea is this keep the PS2's save your money

While I can see people enjoying this deal, I'll probably pass. There's slot of good ps2 games I want to play and giving up my ps2 Is something I'd probably regret.

Besides, I've been buying more ps2 games lately than I am buying 360 or woo games. Mostly because they are so cheap.

spread the word on this one. this should boost sales, no doubt.

If I ever have the desire to play a Ps2 game again, someone please shoot me.

50 Xbox 360 games later, I don't even see the point -_-

Yeah, something's gotta be up. Gamestop wouldn't do this unless they're is money in it.

So, they give you $100.

They sell your used PS2 for what....$60? Maybe?
I guess they're betting that the money they get from selling your 3 used game > $40.

Which I guess it might be if your games are persona 4 or FF 12 or GoW series or GT4. But seems like they have something up their sleeves.

Maybe they want us to buy PS3 games so we can sell them to them so they can resell for higher profit per game than PS2 games? Dunno.

So GS is taking a loss on this, eh?

i played every ps2 game i ever wanted to play for the most part. i have an old ass generation 1 ps2, a crappy gamestop controller and a bunch of games i never play anymore.

that being said, i am now an owner of an 80gig ps3 and bioshock, for $285. i cant complain.

Very odd deal. I'm glad I already own a PS3...just so I'll never have to have this tempt me to sell my PS2.

I rent, so I don't have a library that I'm attached to. Still, I like having the option available, just in case I missed a game for the PS2 that I'd regret not playing. Besides, not quite enough platform exclusives to warrant a purchase just yet. That'll be when FFXIII comes out.

If Gamestop is taking a loss, it's not that much of a loss, and it's only a loss in the short-term.

$100 for a PS2 and three games. Not sure of the specifics, but there's only a five dollar price difference between the trade-in on a large PS2 and a slim PS2. They'll sell either one of those for $70 or $80 (and believe me: people still buy them like they're going out of style, at least around here).
The games, $2 or more are going to sell for at least $10 or $11. So three games at the most-likely bare minimum of $10 are going to be worth, at the very least, $30. Combine that with the $70 or $80 system and off your one trade in, they've made that $100 back at the very least.

But they've got potential customer loyalty. Sell an Edge card to someone with a larger trade-in (higher-end games or who plans on buying used), and they've got you by the balls for the next year. Sell some used games or third-party accessories along with that system (that happen to be made by Gamestop), and that's pure profit. Get some reserves on some PS3 games and the people have to go back there to pick it up. Give the average slack-jawed yokel buying the system because "they seen it on the teevee" along with "that commercial with the guns and the dude diving through the window" the greatest customer service on earth and paint yourself up to make yourself sound like the video game be-all-end-all and they'll come marching back in every time to find out what game they should get or "what that new Madden play like."

How can I tell my game is worth more then $2. Just more of the recent ones?

This would be a good deal if Dell wasn't selling the 80gb PS3's for $300-$319 every couple weeks without having to trade anything in at all.

Sweet. I can benefit greatly from this deal. I have a fat launch PS2, that just died last month. A DS2 controller that constantly goes forward, no matter what.... And I am sure I can find games worth $2, but... this IS GAMESTOP we are talking about, maybe I can't.
My dad has wanted a ps3 for a while. Timing is perfect!

If I had the other $300 required, I'd probably go for it.

**** GameStop!

yes, i'm still waiting for that price drop

I bought a MGS PS3 for the backwards compatibility and have to say that I've gotten a lot of use out of the PS2 functionality. The Megaten games alone make it worthwhile, although the huge library of quality games and a few future releases (although there are a lot less than there were last year) don't hurt the equation. I have a PS2 sitting around (one of the launch ones, at that), but it still works like a charm and I use it when gaming on my non-hd television (which is less and less, since I have backwards compatibility and the PS3 does a good job upscaling).

Plus anything you trade to Gamestop that is over the $2 trade-in credit is likely to re-sell for more than $20 and it's easy to see where the profit comes in. Even if a PS2 is resold for $70 (taken off their website as the current used price for the larger system), 2 games that sell for $20 make the money back in no time. Persona 4 sells for 34.99 used, Madden '08 sells for 12.99 and Soul Calibur III sells for 14.99. That smells like profit to me. It also wouldn't surprise me if Gamestop IS expecting a price drop in the near future and is deciding to capitalize while they still can. All in all I'd have to say "No Deal".

(Prices courtesy of too much free time at work)

You people aren't thinking about the obvious. They're likely to sell some new/used games in the same sale as the PS3, and they may sell accessories/warranties as well.

PS2 = ~$70
3x games = ~$10 each or $30
maybe 2x new or used games ~$20 profit each or $40
extra controller $15 profit or so
So there's $155 for a total of $55 profit. Of course this disregards overhead and processing expenses, but it's still a positive move for them in a big way.

Once you find out that you can't play any of your old games on the new PS3, then you'll trade those in for additional profit. All around it's a pretty big win, and that's before you realize that they already make money off of selling the console for $400 (not much, but everything counts).

Probably missed the boat on this one, but:
http://video.ign.com/dor/articles/927759/sarcastic-gamer/videos/sarcastic_prt_priceistoohigh_042009.html