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more about #money BoTheDestroyer: I usually reserve games and then cancel them later after I already have the exclusive shit. I find the practice of withholding game content unless you... more » Cyllus: Fagstop wont die until every one looks to the PC as the best vidya running system ever. honestly though why hasn't pc taken off yet? it isn't limited ... more » crazylink84: I reserved a copy of Twilight Princess back in 2005 or early 2006 before anyone knew it was going to be released for the Wii. Would I be able to get m... more » Sustenance: Gamestop stores are at terminal glut. Corporate just wants all the soccer moms to come in and rid the shelves of titles like "Choro Q" and "Lair". more » LeonX84: Keep it up GameStop! I want you to fail miserably and go out of business. more » sqlrob: I thought we had all reserves picked up, except for things that weren't released yet. We still got one of these calls. Unfortunately, it doesn't say w... more » Ursus-Veritas: So, I walked into a GameStop today. Brought Spirit Tracks and a friend got me Red Faction Guerilla as a Christmas Gift. Normal, no? Well, not actual... more » jgibson75: I won't go into details, but I will say this is a change of policy since I worked there. For sure. more » Lord_Hypnos: As another former employee of this horrible company. I can tell you a lot, if not all stores are likely not very happy with this. I've seen many cases... more » jayntampa: That manager is kind of ridiculous -- it's an opportunity to reserve upcoming games. He doesn't have to just lose the pre-order, he can get a new one ... more » mind in rewind: Apparently I have $15 in credit. I wonder what three games I preordered and didn't pick up? more » Trey: Yeah, I was pleasantly surprised when I got off the phone after getting that call (I didn't fill my pre-order of Aion and ODST). I was like, "wow, tha... more » AncientUnknown1: Does this have anything to do with Gift Cards expiring and not reserve deposits? I don't know. Someone enlighten me. more » Pretty Sneaky Sis: I got a call about some reserve money... I thought I got it back already though, interestingly enough. I felt like I got $5 for free last time I dropp... more » Rampage: I put my name and phone number in that website and they sent me an email with a printable gift card. Cool, I forgot I even had reserved some games. Li... more » Solid2TheSnake: This is not Gamestop being nice to us; just them showing some common sense from a business perspective. Why would Gamestop ever want to keep the unus... more » Benguin: I got a phone call few ago. I had preordered GH: Smash Hits and never picked it up. Still haven't gotten around to doing anything with the $5 either... more » Outkastprince: I have about $30 worth of unused credit I need to turn in, so this article just helped a brother with some gift certificate. more » Friedhamster: Interesting. When I worked at GameStop I once questioned my manager about all that unused credit. "What happens if no one picks up there copy of Hal... more » heelguru: I'm an economist, and I've had a poke around for this paper. Unfortunately his university doesn't publish it. (Which is fairly dodgy.) Regardless, wh... more » -
#reservesinreverse
GameStop Keen To Return Your Unused Reserve Credits
GameStop is calling all of their customers with unused reserved game credits, offering them a chance to redeem them for gift certificates towards fine GameStop merchandise.
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#research
Study: Playing Games Hurts Income, By The Minute
Studies about video games say the darnedest things. Either it is plainly obvious that being a gamer hurts your income — because you have to spend money on these games! — or there is a mathematical revelation here. More » -
#seriousbusiness
EA Sees Big Sales Of The Sims 3, EA Sports Active, Still Losing Money
Electronic Arts may have big sales of The Sims 3 and EA Sports Active to brag about—as well as impressive performance on Nintendo's Wii—but it still lost money this past quarter. More » -
#money
Newspaper Names Budget of Ghostbusters: The Video Game
It's not often that the public gets word of what it costs to make a specific game. But a multi-million-dollar range was given for the latest Ghostbusters game in a Texas newspaper. More » -
#money
Don't Forget, This Generation Development Costs Are High
Making big time video games is expensive. Really, really, really expensive. It needs big time money. Double the big time money from the last generation, actually. More » -
#industry
So, How Much Do Game Developers Make?
Game Developer magazine have released the results of their patented "Game Developer Salary Survey", which gives us an insight into just how much the average games developer gets paid. More » -
#wii
Nintendo Stock Takes A Hit
The market didn't take the news of Nintendo's year-over-year drop in Wii sales well. Despite having the bestselling hardware in the United States, that 17% drop in sales did some damage to Nintendo's stock price. More » -
#capcom
Raw Deal Capcom Pre-Paid Credit Card Policy Changed
When Capcom announced its pre-paid Visa debit card, folks got excited. Then they saw that the card carried exorbitant fees and got angry. CheapAssGamer's goomba478 did what most would. He started complaining. More » -
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#funcom
Funcom Loses Big, Chief Financial Officer Bails
The Age of Conan has been rather rough on Funcom, whose fourth quarter financials reveal an operating loss of $23.3 million, possibly prompting the departure of chief financial officer Olav Sandnes. More » -
#advertising
Report: Game Industry Spent $823M Shilling Games In '08
The video game industry racked up impressive sales in 2008, pulling in more than $21 billion in sales in the United States alone. That make for a similarly impressive marketing tab. More » -
#money
Budget Management - The Pocket RPG
In these difficult economic times we all need to take control of our finances. Trouble is, saving and budgeting is DULL DULL DULL. How best to motivate an easily-bored gamer? More » -
#japan
Piggy Banks You Can Play
Gaming...banks? Saving money is a game, so hey, why not. There's an article I wrote in the latest issue of Wired about Japanese piggy banks that incorporate gaming elements. More »
