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It's hard to compare like for like with used games, but Amazon is typically better at discounting newer games. If you are prime, Amazon kills GameStop with pre-
by WillPostForFood 9y ago
It's hard to compare like for like with used games, but Amazon is typically better at discounting newer games. If you are prime, Amazon kills GameStop with pre-orders. GameStop is almost always full retail - $59.99. Amazon discounts pre-orders to $47.99.
Another knock on GameStop is their miserable in store experience with aggressive upsells, selling opened products as new, data breaches, and lousy treatment of their salespeople. It is impossible for GameStop to survive because they are fighting Amazon on one side, and the digital distribution platforms of the console manufacturers on the other. They are the next Blockbuster/Radio Shack.
- dragontamer 9y agoWell, what you say may be true with regards to investing advice. I would NEVER invest in Gamestop, and I would (and have) pumped more money into Amazon. But alas, my opinion as a consumer is grossly different from my opinion as an investor. As a consumer, I've had better luck browsing used games from Gamestop than on Amazon (yeah, I'll save $20 on used rather than buy new or full-priced digial). Be it in-store or online.