GameStop's Preorder Plans Sound Like Bad News

[GreenL420]

Of all the things wrong with big, blockbuster video games, few are as shitty as the obsession with preordering. So you'll be just thrilled to know that GameStop's plans for the future of the practice are, should they ever come to fruition, pretty much a nightmare scenario.
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According to a report on GamesBeat, the retail giant recently met with investment company R.W. Baird to talk about the company's future, and one of Baird's analysts has revealed some of the things that they spoke about.

"[GamesStop] indicated that software publishers are more enthusiastic about partnering with it," Baird's Colin Sebastian wrote. "For example, by offering exclusive content on each major game release, and longer term, future models may include GameStop offering exclusive gameplay."

GamesBeat asked him to clarify what exactly that "future model" meant, and Sebastian added the retailer is thinking about "getting involved at the time of game development where there could be some content exclusive to [the retailer] included in the game."

So if you thought it was stupid that peripheral content like skins and maps was split up between retailers, just wait until GameStop can offer actual parts of a game you can't get anywhere else. Then wait for Walmart and Best Buy and Amazon to catch on. It'll be great.

We've contacted GameStop for comment, and will update if we hear back.

[paccollector]

Wow, what greedy corporate pieces of shit. Although I will say this, multiplayer is where it's at and if they start doing this exclusive to retailer shit we'll see how much people enjoy gameplay online when they're only playing with 3000 other people. The Lag with connections will be next level and negative feedback to the developer will sink there games with the shit storm they'd be caught in. What they're proposing isn't innovative - it's just plan stupid!

[skitzo]

GameStop fucking sucks. I've had too many issues with them. One time they sold me a used game that was missing the booklet with the key code. The disc was dirty. It was marked as new on the shelf. They basically sold me a dirty frisbee for $30 which was the full retail price. That's just one example. I'll stick to Steam and Amazon.

[GreenL420]

GameStop fucking sucks. I've had too many issues with them. One time they sold me a used game that was missing the booklet with the key code. The disc was dirty. It was marked as new on the shelf. They basically sold me a dirty frisbee for $30 which was the full retail price. That's just one example. I'll stick to Steam and Amazon.

That sucks i wont by used or even new as they say on the shelf unless its sealed.

[Cuauhtémoc]

Gamestop trade ins are a rip off, I only did my pre orders for the exclusive stuff