GameStop Opens PC Games Too?

[jupitersj]

Food is a consumable necessity and car prices can be haggled; cars also aren't originally sold in cellophane.

I don't know what else it is but I just don't want to pay full price for a game with stickers on the case and artwork that I can potentially damage while trying to remove that may also have a grimy scratched case and game.

Especially since those are the qualities that accommodate many used games hence their lower price(yes I know it's possible to find mint used games too).

[Kitsune Sniper]

Also, I think some people are concerned that GameStop employees might take opened computer games home, install them, play them, bring the discs back back to the store a few days later, and sell them. I'm guessing that means the CD keys or activation codes might not work in some cases. I don't play computer games, so someone else can verify if this is really a concern.

EXACTLY. Imagine spending $50 on World of Warcraft only to get an open box, and when you try to install it, the code doesn't work because it's already been used. Games like Bioshock, anything in Steam, MMORPGs... those shouldn't even be opened at all.

[unwinddesign]

I think the kicker is that the display games are not new. Those copies of GH3, etc. they play behind the counter -- those are usually the display copies. The display copies are usually scratched, covered in fingerprints, have bent manuals, etc. Why? Because they've already been used. A lot.

I've bought them before, but I don't really bother any more. It's not worth the aggravation, and plus, Gamestop's prices suck anyways in comparison to what I can get online and other stores. To the average consumer, it doesn't matter at all, so I don't see them stopping this practice any time soon.

[EricRyan34]

Gamestop sucks.

[dgdgagdae]

Also, I think some people are concerned that GameStop employees might take opened computer games home, install them, play them, bring the discs back back to the store a few days later, and sell them. I'm guessing that means the CD keys or activation codes might not work in some cases. I don't play computer games, so someone else can verify if this is really a concern.

That's one reason I brought it up. Like I said, we've all bitched about it before. While I don't buy new console games from them like that, I knew they did it. The opened PC games surprised me, though.