Showing posts with label Gamestop. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gamestop. Show all posts

Saturday, August 27, 2011

The War Against Gamestop*

It took me way too long to Photoshop the damn gun out of the guy's hand.
*Unfortunately, the majority of people who purchase games from Gamestop, namely parents and grandparents looking to buy a whiny 12 year-old a birthday present, will not participate.

If you follow gaming news even in the slightest, it seems the biggest headline this week was NOT the aftermath of Gamescon or the impending Penny Arcade Expo, but the handling of a simple coupon in the PC version of Deus Ex: Human Revolution.  For the uninitiated, in short, the PC DXHR included a coupon to redeem a copy of the game on OnLive.  Gamestop, citing it as Square Enix promoting a competitor, opened the sealed games and discarded the coupons.  Once this fact hit the internet and following gamer rage, Gamestop pulled the game from store shelves and later issued a $50 giftcard as an "apology."  So, in the wake of Gamestop's shady tactics, will you continue to buy games from Gamestop?  And if you are, WHY?