you can still keep it(i.e never send it back) from them and they'll just charge you 50 dollars
as opposed to 90 from gamestop or 200 from amazon.
thats what i did
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Xenoblade Chronicles is now $90 [pre-owned] at Gamestop
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you can still keep it(i.e never send it back) from them and they'll just charge you 50 dollars
as opposed to 90 from gamestop or 200 from amazon.
thats what i did
Fox Mulder
Member
I think digital will make Nintendo cheap out on print runs even more. They can always just point you to the eshop if their stuff is out of stock or hard to find.
VivaciousSoul
Member
Obligatory glad I got it when it was $50
Anyway, I find it really suspicious that Gamestop basically had none of this game anywhere in the country and all of a sudden any city that I enter in the location finder has it within 100 miles. Have these Xenoblades all been recovered from people at a minimal price to be resold at a higher price? or is something even shadier going on here?
Anyway, I find it really suspicious that Gamestop basically had none of this game anywhere in the country and all of a sudden any city that I enter in the location finder has it within 100 miles. Have these Xenoblades all been recovered from people at a minimal price to be resold at a higher price? or is something even shadier going on here?
Fox Mulder
Member
Gamestop recently sent out an email advertising trade values for xenoblade and metroid prime trilogy.
I suppose it could be from that, but it would seem odd to even own that game to begin with and not have any idea of its value.
Maybe evil gamestop just converted all their remaining new copies to used so they could flip them for $90 instead.
Bought a new copy off of amazon for my nephew's birthday. PS4 savings nuked.
This is an incredibly aggravating mentality. Xenoblade is among the finest RPGs I've ever played, and I assure you, I'm not some starving man who sees a a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and thinks it's Kobe beef, and neither is XB simply a case of "the tallest dwarf". Like it or not, there are legitimate reasons for people seeing the game in the light that they do.
This is an incredibly aggravating mentality. Xenoblade is among the finest RPGs I've ever played, and I assure you, I'm not some starving man who sees a a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and thinks it's Kobe beef, and neither is XB simply a case of "the tallest dwarf". Like it or not, there are legitimate reasons for people seeing the game in the light that they do.
This is how I feel after having two copies of the game, one sealed.
Vaguely constipated?
are you sure about this? I have it from gamefly right now lol. is it really only 50?
Acerac
Banned
That's dirty... I like it!
sixteen-bit
Member
Project Make it Rainfall
MemoryHumanity
Member
I bought the Limited Edition bundle with the red Classic Controller Pro. It was the last one in a 30 mile radius, apparently. How much will that be worth in the future? It's not sealed.
The Mango Sentinel
Member
I have it from Gamefly right now, and I thought about doing that, but not having the case and instruction manual would bother me too much.
I used to work for Gamestop and I remember when we would get "used" copies of games as part of a delivery from UPS or FedEx. They were always new games but they were labeled as refurbished. So Gamestop could've just gotten another shipment of copies that were laying around and now they're selling them for huge profit.
terrisus
Member
This. Would have thought anyone who wanted it would have gotten it Day 1.
Yep, I ended up preordering it JUST because of that fact. Still unplayed... I should get around to it someday.
edit: i h8 this avatar omg so embarassing
terrisus
Member
Yeah, I only bothered getting around 5 hours into it myself.
Gillian Seed
Banned
Yeah but you only have the disc.
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
BUY THEM NOW!
Over on cag there is some conspiracy theories that GameStop got a bunch of new copies and gutted them to sell for $90. In support of that several people reported multiple stores around them getting copies all at once.
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
Just checked on my GS and 5 have them now
This is how I feel after having two copies of the game, one sealed.
Best beleedat plehboi, we gettin errthang ova hurr, CMBZfoSHEEZY whoadi
Franklinator
Member
I would believe this. I just checked the store locator on GameStop.com, and now every store near me has them in stock, when they didn't earlier this week. They could have just been sitting on a bunch of used copies until they could raise the price, though.
MichaelEM3
Banned
Funny since I bought that for £2, so about $3.
Fox Mulder
Member
there's no way this isn't happening. I could have believed that some people traded the game in, but there's 10 gamestops with it in stock in a 30 mile radius of me. You can also just buy it through the website as well.
Shady shit, but hey, fuck nintendo for letting it happen with how they released the game here.
The Mango Sentinel
Member
Nah it's probably not a conspiracy. I actually stated that in a post on this page. It's likely 100% true.
I didn't mean to imply it wasn't correct, just that it is a theory.
Rhomega Beta
Member
Saw a copy at my local Gamestop near Anthem. However, I did a bunch of trade ins, plus pre-orders for Pokemon X and Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, and since I'm being conservative with my spending, I had to opt out of buying it.
ZedIndyLil
Member
Sorry to bump, and sorry if old, but I see it's now down to $79.99 at Gamestop.http://www.gamestop.com/wii/games/xenoblade-chronicles-gamestop-exclusive/98535
This must be causing wreaking some havoc on ebay prices.
This must be causing wreaking some havoc on ebay prices.
Its actually more expensive now since the coupon people were using for gamestop to get $15 off has expired.
sixteen-bit
Member
Nice. Keep not buying this so the price gets lower.