I Traded In A PS4 To Save My Valentine's Day
It’s Valentine’s Day, a day to show the ones we love how important they are to us. This year I got my wife a box of chocolate-covered strawberries, and traded a PlayStation 4 for food. Let me explain.
GameStop Now Accepting Trade-Ins Of Select Retro Games And Gear
GameStop stores across North America are now accepting games and hardware trade-ins from as far back as the original NES, but not everything. They’ve got lists. I brought a sack of older titles to a local store to see which were worthy of trade-in credit.
Xbox Survey Wonders If You'd Trade In Your Digital Games For Store Credit
Refunds notwithstanding, digital video game purchases are normally a one-way street, but what if they weren’t? A question from a recent Xbox survey asks gamers if they’d part with their digital acquisitions for 10 percent store credit.
I Picked The Wrong Time To Buy A Used PlayStation 2
During January's sojourn to Kotaku headquarters in NYC, I stopped by the fabled Video Games New York, where I picked up a scratched but serviceable PlayStation 2 for $80. Today GameStop announced it is once again accepting trade-ins of the best-selling game system of all time. My timing sucks.
GameStop Now Accepting Old Toys For Store Credit. Great. [Update]
Remember back in 2012 when GameStop started allowing customers to trade in original Skylanders figures for store credit, and the customer service folk were completely miserable? Now GameStop is accepting Skylanders and Disney Infinity figures. Update: I traded some, check out what I got for them below.
Philadelphia GameStops Start Fingerprinting People Who Trade In Games
Some GameStop stores in the city of Philadelphia have begun to require customers to provide fingerprint scans if they wish to trade-in their used games. The new requirement is intended to serve as a anti-theft measure that can help local authorities track criminals who use GameStop stores as pawn shops.
Walmart's Finally Doing a Pre-Owned Game Trade-In Program
Next week, you'll be able to take your old games to Walmart and trade them in. You'll get credit for them—good for buying socks, giant liters of soda or cat food—but you won't be getting cash.
What Compels a Person to Trade In a Perfectly Good Video Game Console?
Perhaps angered by the large amount of used Xbox 360s and PlayStation 3s sitting around his local video game store, commenter Uncle Jesse can't help but wonder why someone would part with a perfectly good console in the middle of its prime. Let's find out in today's Speak Up on Kotaku.
GameStop Officially Wants Your iPhone, iPads, and iPods
Video game retailer GameStop officially gets into the Apple business today with the launch of its long-rumored iPhone, iPad, and iPod trade-in program. How much will they pay for your old Apple crap?
Gamestop Resurrects Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D Trade-In Hopes
It's hard to describe used copies of Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D as pre-owned when pre-played seems to fit the game so well. Despite the eternal save file, major U.S. retailers are still accepting Mercenaries trade-ins.
According to Retailers, Perturbed PS3 Owners are Ditching the Platform, Migrating to 360
They're sick of waiting. And now some are crossing over to the other side.
Trade Your DS In At Walmart, Score 3DS Credit
Walmart stores in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and South Carolina will be offering up to $100 trade credit towards the 3DS for your old Nintendo DS systems March 27 through April 30.
Trade Games For Food In The U.K.
It sounds like a U.N. relief program for starving gamers, but it's not. The U.K. supermarket chain Tesco has expanded a pilot used-games trade-in to 60 stores. Store credit can be used for anything, food included.
How To Trade-Up To The New Xbox 360 For $90
The new, smaller, sexier Xbox 360 is in stores now, and if you know where to go it can be yours for as little as $90.
GameStop Does The Extra 50% Trade-In Credit Thing
Starting today and running through at least next weekend, GameStop will be giving customers 50% extra trade-in credit for all used games. If you're looking to offload some games, now'd be the time.
Wal-Mart Launching Video Game Trade-In Kiosks
Wal-Mart has teamed up with kiosk company e-Play to test automated video game trade-in kiosks in several store locations throughout the Northeastern United States.
HMV Launches Used Game Initiative
HMV is pretty sure games are going to be bigger than music, and as part of their slowly shifting focus they're rolling out their very own pre-owned game program, HMV Re/Play. Launching this Friday across approximately 160 HMV retail locations, the company will begin accepting game trade-ins across all major console…
Bass Pro Shops Wants Your Video Games
Finally a way to get rid of all these damned Burger King Xbox 360 games I have laying around! The folks at Bass Pro Shops want your video games, and the trade-in value could be better than GameStop, depending on what you use it for.
