Is Gamestop Evil? The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

[Sarge]

Not sure what y'all are going to spoil, I'll never get around to them anyway.

[CFFJR]

I've been seriously considering buying the vita version as "an excuse" to play through it again.

Probably stupid on my part, but at least it would support falcom and xseed.

Nothing stupid about supporting either of those fine companies. Hmm. If you don't have them yet, pick up Ys: Memories of Celceta and Ragnarok Odyssey ACE from XSEED's store:

http://www.xseedgames.com/store.php

Two nice Vita action-RPGs. One made by Falcom, and the other Game Arts. You can't go wrong, and you're supporting like a bro.

(Also... if you're a pervert nab AKIBA'S TRIP: Undead and Undressed and Valhalla Knights 3 too.)

I only meant that my spending habits are often stupid. Supporting awesome companies is awesome.

Those games are indeed all on my list, with the exception of ACE, since I do have that one already. Fun game, though I never finished it. I like xseed's store too. Last time I bought something from them they also sent me some free feelies with the games.

[BoneSnapDeez]

Waltzed into GameStop with a $20 bill. Grabbed Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. (new and sealed!!??) and Deus Ex: Human Revolution (used) for exactly $20. Cashier asked if I wanted to add "protection plans" and I was like bro don't mess up my flow.

Another employee asked me if I could recommend some Vita games because he "knew nothing about the system."

[Tanooki]

Hah no one messes with the flow.

STEAM though, I think it's yet another Nintendo bomb people didn't pick up. Gamestop on their website has it cut deep, amazon too, and a few others while some still like Best Buy have it at full price. Not bad both of those at $20.

[darsparx]

I am so done....put in a preordered FE Fates SE on 11/14/15, go to pick up and get the "Uh, we don't know what happened, if you want we have a extra copy of the one with digital codes". If i wanted that i would've ordered that, no i ordered the SE I want the SE. So here I am a hour and a half later still on the line with gamestop customer support trying to figure it out for myself what happened. If this falls through I'll be heading by there before work hoping they're open and know what happened to my preorder. Gamestop is nice sometimes but this feels like the second time this has happened.....

[Michi]

^ Were it me, I'd smell something screwy in St. Louis.

When I ordered from the store not too far away I never had a problem. But since they closed, the closest location is just too far for me to make a quick trip, so I'm forced to order online. So far, I haven't had a problem with that route.

[Fragems]

One of this months Power Up Pro offers is a B2G1 free coupon for games under $20. In GI it says it's for XB1 and PS4 but the coupon works with everything and doesn't list any system restrictions on the print out. You just have to go into your active offers on your gamestop account to download and print it.

[darsparx]

^ Were it me, I'd smell something screwy in St. Louis.

When I ordered from the store not too far away I never had a problem. But since they closed, the closest location is just too far for me to make a quick trip, so I'm forced to order online. So far, I haven't had a problem with that route.

Yeah i think I just happened to be in the area since I had work that day and decided to preorder while I was there(figured I could just pick it up on the way in that day but guess I was wrong....). I will be getting to the bottom of this....did get 10k points while on the phone for the hassle. 10k won't buy me the game if there's even a copy to find and get at this point....

[RyaNtheSlayA]

Sweet! Thanks for the tip.

Ended up picking up a few cheap PS3 games today. Original Motorstorm was 89 cents and figured why the hell not? That's pretty cheap for a trip down memory lane.

I noticed a lot of PS3 games are far cheaper than their PS4/One counterparts. If any of you are looking to try say Alien Isolation or Wolfenstein they're like $10 each.

[MrPopo]

I am so done....put in a preordered FE Fates SE on 11/14/15, go to pick up and get the "Uh, we don't know what happened, if you want we have a extra copy of the one with digital codes". If i wanted that i would've ordered that, no i ordered the SE I want the SE. So here I am a hour and a half later still on the line with gamestop customer support trying to figure it out for myself what happened. If this falls through I'll be heading by there before work hoping they're open and know what happened to my preorder. Gamestop is nice sometimes but this feels like the second time this has happened.....

The rumblings on Serenes Forest was that Gamestop massively cocked up the preorders for the SE and a lot of people went home disappointed with cancelled/not fulfilled preorders.