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    Activision Earnings Way Higher Than Activision Expected

    GameStop Reports Record 2008, More Stores Imminent

    Activision Blizzard Shrugs Off Recession, Reports $5 Billion In Revenue

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    Image of enigma776 enigma776
    05/07/09

    In reply to Activision Earnings Way Higher Than Activision Expected
    How about you pay Valve the money you owe it then.
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    Image of SmilingPolitely SmilingPolitely
    05/07/09

    @enigma776: "Where's the money? "When are you going to get the money?" "Why aren't you getting the money now?" And so on.
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    Image of TRT-X TRT-X
    05/07/09

    In reply to Activision Earnings Way Higher Than Activision Expected
    Big in Europe? That explains the Euro Packs of DLC they keep releasing.
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    Image of Blue Wizard 422 Blue Wizard 422
    05/07/09

    In reply to Activision Earnings Way Higher Than Activision Expected
    I've said it before and I'll say it again...Activision is the new EA.
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    Image of ReconToaster misses garnett :( ReconToaster misses garnett :(
    05/07/09

    @BlueWizard422:


    Yeah, just as EA starts to improve its game, Activision takes its place as the trashiest game company in existence.

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    Image of Kuwabara Kazuo Kuwabara Kazuo
    05/07/09

    In reply to Activision Earnings Way Higher Than Activision Expected
    The more people hate Activision, the more money they gain? I've heard of "good or bad publicity is still publicity" but this is ridiculous.
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    05/07/09

    In reply to Activision Earnings Way Higher Than Activision Expected
    God, is World of Warcraft still around?



    /facepalm
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    Image of John_Norad John_Norad
    05/07/09

    @offshore: World of what, again ?
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    Image of Str8_Jihadin Str8_Jihadin
    05/07/09

    @John_Norad:


    World of FIGHT!

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    Image of KEN KEN
    05/07/09

    In reply to Activision Earnings Way Higher Than Activision Expected
    So much money. Damn you Bobby I hope you get swaine flu.
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    Image of KEN KEN
    05/07/09

    @KEN: :P I was playing lol don't flame me
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    Image of Paladin58 Paladin58
    05/07/09

    @KEN: I think you'd get hailed for that comment, rather than flamed.


    That is, if you spelled swine flu right. ;)

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    Image of heretrix heretrix
    03/26/09

    In reply to GameStop Reports Record 2008, More Stores Imminent
    Nice. they are opening even more stores that I will never shop in. Awesome.
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    Image of Ding! Hardcore Ding! Hardcore
    03/26/09

    In reply to GameStop Reports Record 2008, More Stores Imminent
    I wish I could get a job at a Gamestop, i'd be on of the employees who actually knows stuff about Video Games.


    Partial thanks to Kotaku.

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    Image of Demonbird Demonbird
    03/26/09

    @Dead Giveaway:

    I've run into a bunch of employees who don't know squat, but they never last more than a couple months.


    A lot of the time, if we know about 6/10 random games somebody asks us about it isn't good enough... Sorry I haven't played Nascar 09...

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    Image of WhatTheFrag WhatTheFrag
    03/26/09

    In reply to GameStop Reports Record 2008, More Stores Imminent
    This is only going to make all those who are against the sale of pre-owned games cry louder and harder.


    Not that I like Gamestop in anyway at all but yeah this is just going to cause that.

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    Image of BritBloke916 BritBloke916
    03/26/09

    @WhatTheFrag: "Game developers all over the world are losing money, firing staff and going right into the wall as the economic downturn continues to bite. In other news, GameStop is raking in the millions on the back of their highly controversial 'used game' business."


    Yeah, I can imagine a hint of resentment...

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    Image of Modus_Operandi Modus_Operandi
    03/26/09

    In reply to GameStop Reports Record 2008, More Stores Imminent
    Resistance is futile!


    [lamrimmusic.files.wordpress.com]

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    Image of tralfaz23 tralfaz23
    03/26/09

    In reply to GameStop Reports Record 2008, More Stores Imminent
    they just opened up a new store about half a mile from another one which is about 5 miles away from another one
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    Image of BritBloke916 BritBloke916
    03/26/09

    @tralfaz23: Not necessarily a problem. In the UK, when GAME bought out Electronics Boutique, you wound up with a lot of shopping malls that suddenly had two GAME stores. In some cases (Bluewater shopping centre in kent, for example) both stores continued to to do really good business and GAME just left them both open - even though they may have been only a few hundred yards apart - rather than consolidate then into single stores. It may seem inefficient, but it seems to work for them.
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    Image of Andrew Alexandrescu Andrew Alexandrescu
    03/26/09

    In reply to GameStop Reports Record 2008, More Stores Imminent
    i think this is good news, its about 1200-2000 more jobs for the unimployed
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    Image of Fierfaerie Fierfaerie
    03/26/09

    @Andrew Alexandrescu: Yes, thank you. That's what I was going to say. If people want Gamestop to fail, that's fine. Now might not be the time to wish that though.
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    Image of DoomDoomDoom DoomDoomDoom
    03/26/09

    @Andrew Alexandrescu: Not going to fill the void of Circuit City closing, though. :/
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    Image of (Human) Gyaruson (Human) Gyaruson
    03/26/09

    @DoomDoomDoom:

    Luckily Best Buy has filled the Circuit City void for many, many years now.
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    Image of kylenalepa kylenalepa
    03/26/09

    In reply to GameStop Reports Record 2008, More Stores Imminent
    Ugh.


    I hope that OnLive thing succeeds only so I can see GameStop crumble and fall to its knees.

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    Image of yoshi3309 yoshi3309
    03/26/09

    @kylenalepa: why do you want to see a successful business that employs many people fall in this current economic recession? or in general? every business has their niche. Let them have theirs.
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    Image of XperimntNterror XperimntNterror
    03/26/09

    @yoshi3309: probably he feels this way because gamestop is the video game equivalent of wal-mart. just a guess.
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    Image of kylenalepa kylenalepa
    03/26/09

    @XperimntNterror: I used to work for them and quit, in large part, because I was disgusted with their business practices. I was tired of lying to customers to cover GameStop's incompetence. I never had to do it more than a couple times, but even once was too much.
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    Image of Jourdal Jourdal
    03/26/09

    In reply to GameStop Reports Record 2008, More Stores Imminent
    My main issue is when you purchase a "new" game it was already removed from the case...i'd like to remove my plastic myself thanks
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    Image of Fierfaerie Fierfaerie
    03/26/09

    @Jourdal: yeah, if assholes didn't steal shit we wouldn't remove the packaging. But, there are some who can't be honest, and Gamestop would rather remove plastic from some copies that up the price on the games to make up for the ones that get stolen.


    Oh, also, did you know that if you preorder a game, that they'll hold it for you for 48 hours, and you'll get a pretty sealed copy to smile about? It doesn't even cost extra AND sometimes there's extra stuff too!

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    Image of Demonbird Demonbird
    03/26/09

    @Jourdal:

    blame your less than honorable fellow customers for that one. We can't put out anything with product still inside of it due to shoplifting.


    @phreakindee:

    The policy is pretty much "used is used" Though we would prefer if they let us get actual boxart than what they offer.

    The box is taped up so that you can return it if you change your mind.

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    Image of Cancer-fish Cancer-fish
    03/26/09

    @Fierfaerie:

    this whole ordeal could be avoided if the company would buy security, like every other normal company.

    Its simple, you buy two sensors that go by the door. They go, 'beep, beep, beep' when people are stealing.

    Furthermore, with those in place they would have the sensor to demagnetize the security in the boxes, so for those mall stores, you can go into other stores without already looking like a thief.

    For all the money they're making, you think they could afford a more respectable store.
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    Image of Demonbird Demonbird
    03/26/09

    @Cancer-fish:

    So you want us to open the boxes and put a security sensor inside... so we won't have to open the boxes?
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    Image of (Human) Gyaruson (Human) Gyaruson
    03/26/09

    @Jourdal:

    Yeah, the thing is though, for medium to high-profile releases there are about 15 perfectly sealed copies for every one that is opened and put on display. That is really the least of Gamestop's consumer-issues right now.
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    Image of Cancer-fish Cancer-fish
    03/26/09

    @Demonbird:

    there's already security in the boxes.

    Like I said, for the mall stores, if you walk into another store after buying from gamestop, eb, you are going to set off the other store's sensor.

    so, no I don't think they should open the boxes to put in security to not open the boxes.
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    Image of Demonbird Demonbird
    03/26/09

    @Cancer-fish:

    No, there is not.

    I've opened a lot more shrink wrapped and freshly shipped product than you have, and there are no security tags or sensors present in the cases when they are received.
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    Image of DigitalHero DigitalHero
    03/26/09

    In reply to GameStop Reports Record 2008, More Stores Imminent
    GameStop Reports Record 2008, More -RIPOFF Locations- Imminent. *fixed*
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