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I'm assuming this has something to do with the amount of gamers who may not have a good internet connection. If so, then that's great news! It's about time they got to share the fun | |
Something like this would be a godsend for me - I have a Visa Electron because I don't trust myself to not overspend, but that means I can't buy DLC without borrowing one of my mate's "proper" credit cards. If I could just buy it in store, that'd be brilliant. | |
I agree. I have had times when a simple download took hours due to my connection. Makes it easier. | |
Cool, so long as the prices are the same. | |
hooray! lets mess up one of the things that make dlc so nice | |
"will then initiate the download on the consumer's console at HOME" How is this helpful at all. All they are doing is pressing the download button for you. The only way I see them benefiting form this is by providing EBGames exculsive DLC that only they can download to your machine that you will not be able to normall see on PSN or XBox live. | |
A surprisingly good idea from such an evil company. The only thing that scares me is Gamestop having any sort of access to my console no matter how minimal | |
Well, umm. Thats good for people. Not really. I can just DL it myself. Heck, I can do it from my phone via Xbox.com. | |
I have trouble understanding why this is necessary... Now if it DIDN'T require my 'box to be hooked up to the internet to do it I'd be happier. | |
GameStop: Power To The Payers. | |
This smells like that one Best Buy's strategy of charging extra to upgrade an XBox's software, before it is even sold, without the customer's choice. I guess the one good thing is with this you can buy DLC with cash, but otherwise they are going to be providing a service anybody can do at home. | |
I actually think this is a great move. Currently I can't get connected to Live, which means I have a pile of DLC for Dragon Age just sitting on my desk, waiting for me to get off my butt and purchase a new wireless network adapter. I'd much rather just have it on disc form so I didn't have to do this. In the long run, it'll save me money, I think. | |
Sounds alright to me, if its way to get way from Microsoft points. | |
They won't be. This is Gamestop. They'll be higher and you'll have to preorder to get them or else they'll be 'out of stock'.
It is hard as hell to work at Best Buy. On the one hand I know why they do that with XBox's and various other hardware because I meet 'those people' who really don't get it. On the other hand you don't need more than one Xbox or one version of Each laptop presetup each day to cater to that vast minority of people. I hate when I look up a laptop and see we only have 3 of them because that means all 3 have 79 to 99 dollars in 'pre-setup' done on them which bothers me because not a lot of people want to buy something that someone else has already got their grubby fingers all over. | |
Seems like.... a pointless waste of time. | |
Can't wait to hear a manager tell me about this. "So you're trying to sell me DLC in store that I still have to download?" "You can trade-in stuff for it though." "When have ever done that?" Then again I only go to gamestop for ps2 games that aren't at walmart, as I can get any new game at walmart before I can at gamestop. | |
Beat me to it. I was hoping that digital distribution would kill gameslop but I guess they're going to adapt and even find more ways to separate naive kids from their money months before they have to give anything back in return. | |
This doesn't solve anything for people like me. I want the DLC on a disc. I want hard-copy add-ons that I can continue to use and install long after the game creators are bought out by EA, milked, canned, and buried. | |
HOLY CRAP! more news that doesn't effect me. I get my DLC from the PS3 store so i'm fine. Also no Game Stops here. | |
Ok the title does make it sound ridiculous, but as you said greg it does make more sense when you let the message sink in. It doesnt hurt to be able to pay real money directly at the store for DLC if YOU ARE ALREADY THERE FOR SOME OTHER REASON. To have that available venue sure would make it even more convenient. Brilliant forward thinking! *note to self: Buy some stock in Gamestop
Hmmm perhaps they can offer a hard copy, some machine that burns it on a disc for you in the store. Of course the question is will you be willing to pay some kind of nominal fee for this service? | |
When I read the title,I thought "They're going to be sticking DLC on discs now..sweet." After reading the 2nd paragraph..it doesn't make any sense. I can just see the cashiers trying to get consumers duped into downloading DLC.. | |
Except that all it does is purchase the DLC and start the download. Meaning that your box STILL needs to be connected to the internets to take advantage of this. | |
seems like a pretty good idea, i am lazy that way too and sometimes max out my ways of paying for said DLC and don't always want to buy a card | |
Hmm so they send you the files..? My friend has no internet connection that still completely removes him from purchasing dlc unless it comes with the game or they put it on the xbox there. So really I dont see the point you can do the same thing from home. | |
They probably will be the same price, maybe a tad more, because I'd imagine that Gamestop wants atleast some off it. | |
I'm gonna have to wait to see the pricing scheme game retailers give in comparison to what is given on Xbox Marketplace... | |
What's this? The world's worst and most customer-unfriendly video game retailer is trying to bring the source of their inevitable undoing to heel? I don't care what Mr. Tito says. I think the idea is absurd. Why would I pay to have a middleman dish out my DLC when I can easily download it myself when I get home and without having GameStop's pushy employees trying to hook me for other unnecessary gaming paraphernalia? | |
That's never gonna happen. If it did, then all of your extended friends can have the DLC without ever buying it. | |
I suppose that's ok. But like it was stated, why can't I just download them at home? I mean if it was cheaper at the store, sure I'd do it. | |
I'm assuming, since this is a partnership with Sony and Microsoft, that there is a sort of profit sharing that GameStop will benefit from. I really don't see the bad in this. If you don't want to buy it in-store you will still have Live/PSN. However, if you (like me) are tired of buying MS Points in bulk only to use a few of them then this is a great alternative. It will also make DLC news more accessible to gamers who may not check Escapist/Gamespot/IGN on a regular basis which will, in turn, lead to higher DLC sales. | |
..what are they messing up? | |
Wheres the advantage if you still have to d'load it at home? | |
Paying cash or trading in old games, as others have mentioned, seems to be the primary advantage. People buying gift games with dlc pre-bought seems like a possibility as well. | |
Yay, one more way Gamestop canshove it to gamers and rip us all off. | |
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GameStop Plans to Offer DLC In-Store in 2010
Finally, downloadable content comes to everyone's favorite brick and mortar retail chain. Wait...
In a statement from GameStop COO Paul Raines at the BMO Capital Markets conference in New York today, the retailer plans to offer the purchase of Xbox Live and Playstation Network downloadable content of large market titles from their stores. The service, created in conjunction with Microsoft and Sony, will be begin testing in early 2010.
The content will be available when you purchase the original title from your friendly local GameStop. The transaction can be completed with any cash or credit, including trade-ins, at the GameStop cash registers and the hardware providers will then initiate the download on the consumer's console at home.
"If you love X-Men Origins: Wolverine," Raines said. "Imagine being able to take home the physical copy at launch, plus have a few costumes and villains sent to your PS3 waiting for you when you get home."
Raines added that this service is part of GameStop's overall digital distribution strategy. Full downloads of complete games is not their focus as they are betting that gamers are more inclined to enhance beloved games with DLC than to try downloading untested new games.
While it seems like a good move for the largest game retailer to begin expanding into providing more downloadable content, I wonder why this service is necessary. It's quite a simple process to download the content you want from the console.
On the other hand, if you know that you are going to buy all of the DLC offered when you purchase the game, this will only make the process more convenient. We gamers are a lazy bunch and removing all possible stops between games and our wallets is probably a good thing. It is also a viable alternative for those of us without credit cards, such as conspiracy theorists who don't want to connect to the hivemind and children.
Actually, the more I think about it, this is a genius move for GameStop. Now I don't have to bother converting U.S dollars into points or "buttons" or whatever fake currency the console companies have been trying to force us to purchase all these years.
Source: Reuters & IGN via Gamasutra
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