I still shop at Gamestop and I will continue to. If they and me an opened game I just won't take it and buy it somewhere else, and the people who don't realize that an open game is bad news deserve whatever they get.
They open almost every game they sell, whether it's for PC or console. If it's shrink-wrapped in the store, don't think for a minute that it hasn't been opened. Shrink-wrapping machines are a dime a dozen and any place that does anything even remotely shady (and plenty of legit places, too) will have them in the back.
People play games on consoles? My console is for watching Netflix and Hulu.
When was the last time you were able to play a recent console-exclusive on a PC again?
Also, I'm a PS3 owner (and damn proud) and I've long since lost my patience with EB Games (GameStop in Canada), I buy my games from an ACTUAL pawn shop.
Didn't they get the state of THQ as a company wrong in that new blurb? I thought they had enough private backing to go through chapter 11 and get a new line of credit to operate.
Also it seems like if their was any uncertainty from GS on if certain games would be released they would push the pre-order harder because it would be a sale that might not have to be returned when the game never released. Free money for something that was never sold.
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midga"There's so much hot dog in Rome" ~digi(> ^.(> O_o)>Icrontian
Wait, I thought THQ was restructuring, not selling itself (prostiTHQtion, lawl).
AFAIK, the original plan for selling all of THQ to one buyer was rejected by a bankruptcy court judge, so they are now going through a longer scenario of selling portions of it off.
@_k_ I imagine they would be obligated to give your money back or, more GameStop-like, they'd give you in-store credit.
While Gamestop has issues, I don't think this THQ-preorder situation is one of those. THQs various plans to keep itself together and go into chapter 11 were rejected by their creditors, and more importantly by a bankruptcy court judge, and THQ is now being sold piecemeal (the actual auction of IPs and studios is next week, on the 22nd, IIRC).
It's a weird jumble of legal shenanigans, but as part of that, it seems perfectly reasonable for Gamestop to halt preorders at the moment of THQ properties. Why? Because with the upcoming piecemeal sale, the various properties THQ owns will be going to wildly different owners, and not all of the games in the works by those companies may end up actually being released. Gamestop is hedging their bets here to keep them from having to deal with a lot of returns and outcry when the games that people preordered don't materialize due to circumstances that Gamestop has no control over. And keep in mind, all released THQ games are still up there, this only affects preorders...
And frankly, with the sale next week, things will probably get even more shaky for THQ properties when it comes to consumer purchasing. Double Fine, for example, had a number of games that THQ published for them on consoles (though through some interesting events, Double Fine self-published on PC) such as Stacking and Costume Quest, that has led to them throwing their hat into the ring for the THQ auction solely so they can get the full rights to those properties themselves...because if they didn't, those games would most likely have to be removed from places like Xbox Live Marketplace and the PlayStation Store due to the publisher (and thus the entity dealing with the finances of the purchased copies of the games) no longer existing. And it's still entirely possible (though extremely unlikely) that someone else could outbid Double Fine for those properties, in which case they may still have to be removed from those stores until a deal can be made between Double Fine, the new purchaser, and Microsoft/Sony. Don't be surprised if we see similar occurrences in the coming weeks, unfortunately.
(the silly part about it is that the pre-orders were canceled for PC download, not console discs)
Maybe there is a clause in the distribution contract that holds the publisher liable for console discs, but there is no such clause for the PC downloads. In once case the risk is mitigated and in another it is not. I'm not siding with Gamestop, but I don't think we know the details as to why the decisions were made, plus it is cool to hate Gamestop.
Though I cannot comment on THQ's financial situation (obviously), the company is NOT being sold piecemeal. The option is there, yes, but Clearlake's package offer for all of THQ was not outright rejected and still stands. For ANY of our IPs to be sold piecemeal, the aggregate bid of it and/or any other IP specific bids must be greater than the sum Clearlake is offering us plus a significant buffer (i.e. clearlake can't be ebay out-bid by $1 or so, needs to be a significant sum). Until a serious investment shows up to piecemeal THQ, the clearlake bid still stands and THQ still stands to move forward with their capital uninterrupted.
Those are the facts on the auction, and Gamestop knows that. The fact that they're pulling THQ titles BEFORE the auction date even hits is bullshittery if the highest degree. At the current situation, they stand to lose nothing and all of the games continue on as if nothing happened. All they're doing is screwing THQ out of potential revenue, and essentially making sure Metro tanks due to taking away a core market for the console versions of that game.
Maybe I don't get the article you posted. I thought console versions were safe. Are you saying Metro is going to tank because the PC version won't be distributed on Impulse? What about Steam? What percentage of PC gamers actually use Impulse to buy?
I stopped shopping at EB Games (Canadian Branch) Around the time they stopped dealing in PC games, hiked their prices, and started putting $5 values on trade-ins they later resold for $60
Gamestop has been scum for as long as I can remember.
EB, Software etc, and a bunch of others used to be great places to buy games. What you see now is from an effective lack of competition.
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Lynx says Gamestop is scum Bite it you Scum is a song by GG Allin GG Allin and the Murder Bandits = Punk People went to their shows just to get in fights. Gamestop: Go there to get in fights.
Lynx says Gamestop is scum Bite it you Scum is a song by GG Allin GG Allin and the Murder Bandits = Punk People went to their shows just to get in fights. Gamestop: Go there to get in fights.
EB, Software etc, and a bunch of others used to be great places to buy games.
Software etc. was awesome, I miss those days.
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Eventually, and soon, there just won't be non-cloud based distributors of software and following that there won't be non-cloud based software. Gamestop has most everything working against it right now short of, in my opinion, a following of parents who buy their kids giftcards to the place because they don't know about steam.
You can bet your arse I'll be buying the new Metro no matter what Gamestop does or does not do, and I'll be damned if I don't buy a sequel to HomeFront if it is ever made because that game was super fun.
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When was the last time you were able to play a recent console-exclusive on a PC again?
Also, I'm a PS3 owner (and damn proud) and I've long since lost my patience with EB Games (GameStop in Canada), I buy my games from an ACTUAL pawn shop.
http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/18/metro-other-thq-games-unavailable-for-impulse-pre-order-due-to/
News to me.
on the end of that statementAlso it seems like if their was any uncertainty from GS on if certain games would be released they would push the pre-order harder because it would be a sale that might not have to be returned when the game never released. Free money for something that was never sold.
My gameshop of choice is Game Over in Austin. They sell fanart :3
@_k_ I imagine they would be obligated to give your money back or, more GameStop-like, they'd give you in-store credit.
It's a weird jumble of legal shenanigans, but as part of that, it seems perfectly reasonable for Gamestop to halt preorders at the moment of THQ properties. Why? Because with the upcoming piecemeal sale, the various properties THQ owns will be going to wildly different owners, and not all of the games in the works by those companies may end up actually being released. Gamestop is hedging their bets here to keep them from having to deal with a lot of returns and outcry when the games that people preordered don't materialize due to circumstances that Gamestop has no control over. And keep in mind, all released THQ games are still up there, this only affects preorders...
And frankly, with the sale next week, things will probably get even more shaky for THQ properties when it comes to consumer purchasing. Double Fine, for example, had a number of games that THQ published for them on consoles (though through some interesting events, Double Fine self-published on PC) such as Stacking and Costume Quest, that has led to them throwing their hat into the ring for the THQ auction solely so they can get the full rights to those properties themselves...because if they didn't, those games would most likely have to be removed from places like Xbox Live Marketplace and the PlayStation Store due to the publisher (and thus the entity dealing with the finances of the purchased copies of the games) no longer existing. And it's still entirely possible (though extremely unlikely) that someone else could outbid Double Fine for those properties, in which case they may still have to be removed from those stores until a deal can be made between Double Fine, the new purchaser, and Microsoft/Sony. Don't be surprised if we see similar occurrences in the coming weeks, unfortunately.
Those are the facts on the auction, and Gamestop knows that. The fact that they're pulling THQ titles BEFORE the auction date even hits is bullshittery if the highest degree. At the current situation, they stand to lose nothing and all of the games continue on as if nothing happened. All they're doing is screwing THQ out of potential revenue, and essentially making sure Metro tanks due to taking away a core market for the console versions of that game.
It's a real scumbag move.
Bite it you Scum is a song by GG Allin
GG Allin and the Murder Bandits = Punk
People went to their shows just to get in fights.
Gamestop: Go there to get in fights.
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Eventually, and soon, there just won't be non-cloud based distributors of software and following that there won't be non-cloud based software. Gamestop has most everything working against it right now short of, in my opinion, a following of parents who buy their kids giftcards to the place because they don't know about steam.
You can bet your arse I'll be buying the new Metro no matter what Gamestop does or does not do, and I'll be damned if I don't buy a sequel to HomeFront if it is ever made because that game was super fun.