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Originally posted by werc22 view post
well, i know that almost everyone is bad mouthing gamestop, and i'm sorry you have all had bad times with them. I've never had problems with the stores i've gone to to buy my games, and that's before i started working there. I've been working at a couple gamestop stores, and have been employed by the company for more than a year. I was there for the launch of this game, and our pc versions were sealed. So, unless gamestop used magic to make the coupons disappear, they should be in there.
I did read an article online mentioning that square enix waited to mention the coupon until the day the game came out. In the comments of the article, someone said that on the onlive site, they had a deal to get the game for free if you have a console, or something like that.
Well, if people are complaining about some new games being open or gamestop selling used games for full price, every gamestop i've been to or worked at doesn't sell used games for full price. If you're buying a new game and it's open, it's because it's the last copy and the case was used for the display, because gamestop doesn't send out empty cases to show we have a title on the shelf. Plus, what if you grabbed the display off the shelf and we were sold out? It would be false advertising. But, the games are still new, just behind the counter with the other copies. Sorry to everyone that gamestop doesn't run this way, but i wouldn't play a new copy of a game if i didn't buy it. That's not right. It is power to the player (that's you) that they have all these deals, sometimes, for trades or used games.
I'm not saying gamestop, gamestop, gamestop, yeah, because i still haven't gotten my gameinformer since i signed up for it 3 months ago. But, that's gameinformer's doing, so don't burn the monster and find out it wasn't a monster, just an angry crowd perceiving it as one.
Well, nothing is perfect. If you hate your gamestop, go to a different one. I don't know what to tell you. I just get this from the ones that i worked at or shopped at. Maybe gamestop isn't your store, or you need to do your game shopping in more than one retailer. I shop different places on and offline. I find the deals that best power me, as a player, in the life of video games.
I know that last month, gamestop had a deal to trade any games in for credit to buy some of the hottest e3 titles. I don't trade games normally, but i made off with most of the games that i want that are coming out this year, like batman: Arkham city, uncharted 3 and assassin's creed: Revelations. I traded only a handful of games and, with the power-up pro, got the 10% + 40% (so 50%) credit for my trades. I got more credits trading than i had paid for the games, so now i have 2 games fully paid off. You could say that's better than the best buy deal of pre-order 5 select titles and get a $100 giftcard.
Everyone has their own ways of getting games, so why should we cry about a free download coupon? If you're buying the game for pc, because there is no online multiplayer for this game, why do you need 2 pc copies? To play with yourself? If you have 2 computers right next to each other, you will still be playing the same game.
Portal 2 for ps3 made sense. Ps3 teamed up with sony to make this for multiple platforms, so you can have ps3 and pc players together. It had a co-op mode online that you needed 2 players for, so if you had the ps3 and got the pc steam code, you still had to link it to your psn id. But, the ps3 or xbox versions didn't come with a code. It was the pc version. There's no online play and no cross-platforming gameplay in deus ex, so the "i have a dream" speech in the game world can be "i have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "we hold these truths to be self-evident: That all games are created equal." i have a dream that pc, ps3, and xbox will be not judged by the...."
but, anyways, if the coupon was only in the pc version and it's to download the pc version, it's not like they took the game off the disc. I would be more upset if i bought the game for pc and only got a download code, but maybe that is just me. I would rather have a physical copy of the game.
I'll leave you with this: If you want 2 copies of this game, don't hate the gamestop stores. Just call up onlive's customer service and say that you need the coupon to download it, or call square enix. They're the ones who offered the coupon, so they should be able to get that for you, if you so badly want 2 copies of the same game.
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Wow....just wow. Thank you for cleaning that up. But let's talk about a few points here.
1) The first reply of any pro-Gamestop person when a negative comment is made is about how it's "cool" to bash Gamestop. When perhaps, they have come to this conclusion on their own and not being a mob member as so many said responses like to imply. We can make our own decisions thank you, and do shop around. Personally, I only shop there when there is something exclusive I really want. Otherwise Amazon has rightfully earned my business with deals and customer service.
2) The Portal 2 PC inclusion didn't go direct against Gamestop. Go to impulsedriven.com and search for Portal. I didn't find it. But type "Deus Ex" and they offer it....which is why they wanted to yank the coupons. Some have argued as to "it's their stock and they can do with it what they want". Gray area for sure. Legally, it's not marked on the box. But it's still opening an item from a manufacturer and removing a component that they would rather you buy from them. And doing so while trying to keep it quiet. Simply unethical. And that's the kind of thing we shouldn't take lying down. If Gamestop had returned their stock from the beginning, they would have upset some people who pre-ordered it. But that's the price of taking a moral high-ground. The gaming equivalent of the simple "good or evil" choice.
3) Yes, you can get good deals at Gamestop with B2G1F or trade-in specials. That's not the point. What does that have to do with anything? Same with mentions of bad stores with bad employees. That can happen anywhere. It's irrelevant to the discussion.
4) If it's false advertising to have an empty game box on the shelf when you don't have it in stock why isn't Toys R Us sued regularly? They use display boxes and surprise, sometimes they accidentally go back on the shelves after the last copy is sold. It's human error and not conspiracy. You apologize for the mistake and move on. Gamestop (at least in many stores I visited) would put display boxes out for hot new and upcoming releases. Those aren't out yet and people would walk to the counter with them. Is that false advertising?
5) Yes, they open the games. Yes it's for display and security. Yes, I know if I don't want the gutted copy I can go elsewhere. But I also remember when Gamestop had the "buy a new game and return it in 7 days if you don't like it" policy. They had to stop that after a class action lawsuit over the definition of a "new" game was challenged by people buying "new" games that had been played. And that continues now with employee rentals. Some districts and managers might be stricter, and only allow employees to rent used games. Or threaten if any marks appear on the disc, they are buying the game. But really, you are talking about store managers not making a whole lot of money with employees making minimum wage. Sometimes it's just a morale thing to give them a perk and they take new releases home. They play them, you buy them new. PC games with the code were they only thing you couldn't touch. And now they've gone in and removed content.
6) Before I get any direct comments, know this. I was a Gamestop employee for almost 3 years. I was a third key, an ASM, and a store manager before completing school and getting into the IT industry. Many of my good friends/old co-workers still work there, and I know all of these items first and second hand. They agree that this was a crappy thing, and it's beyond their control. So please don't give them crap, there are actually some hard working folks at Gamestop who agree with you. Direct all your messages to Gamestop feedback and public relations. Thank you.
. Maybe best buy is having a midnight launch. I must have ASAP!
ING epic if S.E. puts out a statement saying if customers bought the PC game from GS, they can submit a proof of purchase and they will supply the customer w/ the code to replace the STOLEN one.
