Topic: Wal-Mart Enters The Video Game Resale Market with Vending Machines

[Jericho]

And since I'm kinda not up to detailing the hell out of this, here's a copypaste from GAF:

Just saw this at CAG, pictures at site:

http://neocrisis.com/content/view/3918/39/

Trade Used Games at Walmart

Does it sounds so strange? Not really when you think about it, this is Wal-Mart after all. Most people are unaware at the moment, but Wal-Mart is now accepting used games to trade for credit.

Just a few hours ago, I went to the one near my house and was quite surprised at what I saw. Apparently they had a installed a new vending machine less than a day ago which allows you to trade in your used PS2, PS3, X-Box, 360 and Wii games.

The machine looks extremely similiar to the Redbox DVD rental machines. When I went to use the machine, however, it still had more than a few bugs that need fixing. The first issue occurs right after you login. When logging in, you are asked to scan your games. However once you do so, there is a glitch that logs you out immidiately entering your information. After you log back in, the issue seems to repeats itself.

An additional issue is that it seems that the machine is unable to scan games. I took a few of my games to test it out. Final Fantasy 12, Godfather 2, Mirror's Edge, Ractchet and Clank, Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando and Burnout 3: Takedown. However one game, Mirror's Edge, did indeed get scanned but i got a pop-up message which stated that game was not in its database.

In the end, all the bugs and glitches prevented me from trading in any of my games and customer service was closed at the time so I was out on my own. But still, if there is one business out there to give Gamespot some competition, it's the giant Wal-Mart. We'll be writing further on the issue about why we think Wal-Mart has the power to steal Gamestop's limelight in the used game market.

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Comments?

[HyperSonicEXE]

wut?

[TeaOfJay]

Wal-mart is going to be the new GameStop.

I can feel it.

[Jericho]

The race to digital download consoles begins.

[HyperSonicEXE]

If it didn't paper trail you, this would be too easy to crack. Trade in a "game" (a fake box, empty or not) with the same barcode for scanning printed on it, and voila, credit for free.

But I'm almost positive you have to put in identifying information and/or a bank account number.

[Klavier Gavin]

wut?

^Pretty much this, just with a "lol" in front of it. >_>;

[N-Mario]

Hmm..... this is interesting. The fact that I work at one wal-mart. I wonder if they are going to do it at the store i work at. They already have those dvd-rental machines there.
Although that I don't work in the games/electronic department, least i work there. But last I checked there wasn't anything like this. Have they just now started this, or are they working on it for worldwide wal-marts?

[Align]

A... videogame vending machine?

[HyperSonicEXE]

A... videogame vending machine?

You should see the Best Buy vending machines at airports; that's some freaky [concrete shot], right there.

[Gotham Ranger]

Hey, I won't be using it, but if it eats into Gamestops consumer base, I'm all for it. Competition is good for the consumer and someone needs to put their foot in Gamestops ass.

[Gaia]

Hey, I won't be using it, but if it eats into Gamestops consumer base, I'm all for it. Competition is good for the consumer and someone needs to put their foot in Gamestops ass.

Are you forgetting EB Games? Well, I sorta think that EB Games is slowly losing it's touch.

[Gotham Ranger]

EB has been more or less absorbed by Gamestop here. I think its that way in alot of places, too.

[Rock Bomb]

Wal-mart is going to be the new GameStop.

I can feel it.

I didn't like Gamestop anyway...

[Police Girl]

Hey, I won't be using it, but if it eats into Gamestops consumer base, I'm all for it. Competition is good for the consumer and someone needs to put their foot in Gamestops ass.

But I like Gamestop...

[Gaia]

Yeah, but I like/liked EB Games also. It's probably eating up EB Games here into an online site for quite sometime.

And it's sometimes better if it is in a vendor, but they need to remove that return thingy, it can be annoying having to realize in the last minute to return it into the vendor before the cops get on your case.

[Afro-Shroom]

EB has been more or less absorbed by Gamestop here. I think its that way in alot of places, too.

True, happened near my house like last year.