Gamestop's digital plan: Sell DLC in stores

I don't know about DLC kiosks, but I think having a code to give to customers (allowing them to pay cash) would be a better idea. Like what they did for the Lost and Damned (http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=73068) but for some reason didn't do for The Ballad of Gay Tony or Episodes from Liberty City.

GameStop irrelevant? Haha

Uhhhhhh yea.....I'm not one of those people that too much cares about putting my CC information into my PSN, XBL, or Wii accounts.....I have a brain that tells me as long as I catch charges early enough I can get that back......that is IF I didn't make them....so the only use I can see for this is Gifting....and the occassional person that doesn't have a Visa Check card, credit card, or doesn't want to buy a card with PSN Cash , XBL Moon bucks, or Wii points....

wait? whaaa? isn't that the equivalent to buy PSN cards or XB cards for points? i'm at a loss.

Instead of being a middle man for PSN or XBL, I think GameStop has enough power in the industry that they could probably just tell Microsoft or Sony "Quit selling DLC or we'll quit selling your systems, games, and accessories." It would pretty much be a death sentence to Microsoft or Sony if GameStop refused to sell anything from them.

If you even look at me funny for doing my job, let alone stick my name tag up my nose, I will proceed to jump over the counter (a dream of mine, btw) and beat the ever-living fuck out of you with the closest display case. You know how Gamestop is, so stay away.

And stop being sexist. Females work at Gamestop, and some of them even have brains.

Um, and pay tax on said DLC? No thanks.

I never shop at Gamestop and never will. I can sell a used game for more, and buy a used game for less through Amazon.com

I could easily turn this down in-store. However, the Gay Tony ad on XBLA that's all sparkly and pretty just makes me drool for DLC.

Really dig that.

This is the stupidest idea ever.


Yes, its worse than that, whatever you're thinking of, it's worse.

Business decisions are being made by corporations right now as if there's no horizon for continued profit margins. It won't happen immediately, but give this economy a couple of more years to come down around all of our ears (look for this Christmas season to be a stark wake-up call for retail) and we'll see this industry devastated by the simple fact that many, many people will no longer be able to buy anything in addition to basic necessities. I've loved videogaming since the Atari 2600 and bought most every console ever made at one time or another, but as I write this I am coming to the hard realization that all good things eventually come to an end; I can no longer afford to keep up with this hobby as I would like to as it is.

The idea of premium downloadable content rather than putting forth the effort to include a complete game in the box (i.e. milking consumers unnecessarily for every penny they can) is akin in spirit to companies cutting back their staff and making fewer employees (usually at lower wages and no benefits) shoulder the same load as when they were at full strength. It initially makes money for the fat cats up top (which, let's face it, ARE the company in their own eyes), but in the end will not be sustainable. People who are forced to choose between "do I pay the rent this week or do I set some aside for groceries?" simply will not be able to pay through the nose for entertainment purchases anymore, and there are more and more of us every week in this country.

Maybe the economy hasn't yet hoed down your row yet; if so then count your blessings and hold onto that job with everything you've got, no matter how mundane and unfulfilling. Hard days are coming, maybe like we've never seen in America, ever. I believe our priorities are going to experience some serious re-shuffling soon.

I hope I'm wrong, but I don't think so.

I think if publishers start churning out $60 discs that only have half the game on them and force us to pay more via DLC to get "the rest of the game", then the shoving things up of nostrils needs to be happening a lot further up the supply chain than the GameStop cashier.

Although, in some cases, I'd concede that already happens.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

... Oh wait, they're serious?

I'd like to see how they're going to try and sell DLC at a reduced price. Oh wait...they can't.

But, in a way, the plan makes sense since GameStop has been including specific DLC items for pre-orders:

- Cardboard Tube Samurai for Tekken 6
- American Baseball Bat for Left 4 Dead 2
- Blood Dragon Armor for Dragon Age: Origins

Though I could care less about the DLC they've included with game pre-orders anyway. I'd much rather purchase DLC off of the PlayStation Store, if I wanted to purchase any.

I guess I'll go ahead and compete with my local gamestop and undercut them slightly by using my own credit card and letting people download from my bedroom. As a matter-of-fact we can all do it. Fuck Gamestop. I haven't shopped there in years and wouldn't shed a tear if they went out of business.

If everyone in this thread hates GameStop so much, why would you find yourself in the store being asked about DLC anyway?

@mietha CAG,

We'll see. All I know is that history repeats itself, and this generation, as you stated, is way too self-centered and materialistic to notice any problem until it crashes into their own household and deprives them of the things they feel they're entitled to. Our nation is systemmatically being crippled, either deliberately or through very inept leadership at the political and corporate levels. If you end up having $1,200 or more taken out of your paycheck every year to help pay for the new healthcare plan, among other things, are you saying your entertainment will come before paying the electric bill to run your consoles? Or if you should lose your job, are you going to eat your Modern Warfare goggles? Anybody figured up the nutritional value of those yet? Responses like yours remind me of the rich idiots aboard the Titanic having a snowball fight on deck after the ship struck the iceberg. Get a clue and wake up; if it hasn't hit you yet it very likely will somehow soon.

Like I said, I might be wrong, but I don't think so.

There could be some advantages to buying DLC from a store. If Gamestop lets customers use their trade cards to buy DLC content. Or stores might offer sales on that content from time to time. Both scenarios are good for customers.

Amazon does this as well I think. Although they don't have all dlc available, most notably Rock Band. I wouldn't really care, but since I got 20 bucks to use on a game purchase since I preordered Modern Warfare 2, I would have liked to download Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band when it comes out as DLC.

Next thing you know you'll have to bring your entire console into the store to download anything.

FUCK YOU, Gamestop.

I will freely admit that I will enjoy shopping for used games at Gamestop that are over a year old, and I even have an Edge Card.

HOWEVER

I do not purchase new games, nor do purchased used copies of new games. Halo 3 ODST used, for $54.99? Stick it up your ass.

As someone else already said, I see Game Stop Exclusive DLC. Be it characters, levels, teams or whatnot. Also take into account for it to be relevent it will have to be a tad bit cheaper than if it was on PSN or Xbox.
And those saying you can simply buy a PSN card I see your point but what about those small percentage few who dont have internet connection or do but are unable to hook up the PS3 due to running wires or parental units who barely understand how to turn on the PC. Trust me there are some out there and I'm sure if you think you know one or two. Personaly I'm surprised that they havent thought of this sooner.

pathetic.

I wonder how many corporate meetings it took to realize that to compete with download sales they should sell downloads... dumbasses