GameStop creates additional digital media executive position
by JC Fletcher 
{ Nov 5th 2009 at 4:27AM }
Freeman has previously worked as president of Ticketsnow.com and senior vice president of resale for Ticketmaster, in addition to positions with Hotels.com and Handango. He'll be "responsible for overseeing and cultivating the company's digital business strategy," according to GameStop's statement. He'll presumably be working closely with the general manager of digital media, who is "developing and executing" the company's "digital acquisition strategy."
[Via GamesIndustry.biz]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Aguiluz @ Nov 5th 2009 4:38AM
Don't even think of selling "used data."
Seriously though, I prefer hard copies of my games, may be it UMD, CD, DVD, Blu-ray or anything I can hold. Gives you a sense of actually owning the game you purchased, and that you didn't pay for 1's and 0's on a magnetic platter or flash memory.
marcio_gaitan @ Nov 5th 2009 5:05AM
forget that... can u believe that right at this moment im watching my PSN friend's status and it says he's playing COD MW2... can u enlighten me on that. he says he preordered it at Game Crazy. but it hasnt been released DUHH.
ZayCube @ Nov 5th 2009 5:12AM
Well, if you have Steam for an example, and choose to download your games there, you will have the games on your harddrive. Dismount the harddrive from your pc, and your currently holding a hard copy of the game among your other games in your bare hands.
AndrewMP @ Nov 5th 2009 7:01AM
"Digital acquisition strategy"? Sounds like someone is in the market for an already-existing digital distribution service. Like Direct2Drive... or Steam
Chris D.(PSN: Aggie_CEO | XBL:The Aggie CEO | Steam: Aggie_CEO @ Nov 5th 2009 7:01AM
So his job is to "Secure" download codes for PSN, XBL, and Steam?? now THATS gotta be real hard to do.... ¬_¬
Farnic @ Nov 5th 2009 7:41AM
Rise and shine, Mr. Freeman. Wake up and...smell the ashes...
vecha @ Nov 5th 2009 7:46AM
I was thinking about buying a digital download from GS, till I found out that they charge 4 bucks for you to have a copy available for 18 months for redownload...and after that will have to rebuy the game again! Bastards!
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Choke A Smurf @ Nov 5th 2009 8:20AM
I get ripped off by Gamestop IN store. I doubt I'll be purchasing anything from them that isn't even tangible. That just sounds like a recipe for disappointment, to me.
Dreaded Fear @ Nov 5th 2009 9:19AM
"power to the players"
That slogan always makes me laugh. They sure have given me power to go to other stores to buy my games.
Ian @ Nov 5th 2009 9:41AM
After playing games for nearly 30 years now: digital distribution can't come fast enough. But then again my goal is to play my games forever and never sell any of them.
I simply don't trust Microsoft, Sony, or Nintendo to understand that my license to play some game remains despite their need to produce new platforms. All three of them have shown signs of fleecing the consumer with double dips and BS micro-transactions.
At least with Steam I know where I stand. The consoles, however, have not disclosed their future plans in regards to my digital games. Everything should transfer over seamlessly come next gen but they could just as easily vaporize like the promises of backwards compatibility past.
chaos123x @ Nov 5th 2009 10:17AM
Why would Nintendo, Microsoft, or Sony want a middle man selling there downloads and taking a cut of the profits. I mean who really thinks that any company would let that happen?
GS is done once downloads become the standard way to buy games. The only way I see GS having a good digital download store is if they stick to PC and emulate what Steam is doing right now.
Chris D.(PSN: Aggie_CEO | XBL:The Aggie CEO | Steam: Aggie_CEO @ Nov 5th 2009 10:59AM
uhhhh you do realize they do have a "middleman" with Amazon right?
Urza @ Nov 5th 2009 11:07AM
The reason is simple. There's still a huge percentage of Xbox 360s and PS3s that never log into the online service. Both offer free services and some people aren't interested or don't know how to set them up to play online.
Sam @ Nov 5th 2009 12:08PM
ok time to look into the crystal ball of gaming... I see...DRM...horrible horrible DRM! OH GOD IT BURNS!!!
chaos123x @ Nov 5th 2009 12:48PM
If I download A PSN, WiiWare or Xbox live arcade game the only middleman is the console maker for 3rd party games.
Why would they let GS in on the profit?
How does amazon have anything to do with console downloads?