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Don’t Showroom in the Showroom

Josh Zyber — Mon, 04 Aug 2014 19:00:02 +0000

GameStop wants to stop shoppers from “showrooming” by bombarding customers’ phones with annoying advertisements. I can’t imagine how this brilliant plan could fail. Ever since the widespread availability of smartphones has made it easy for people to connect to the internet anywhere and everywhere they go, traditional brick-and-mortar retailers like GameStop and Best Buy have...

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How Sony Killed Downloadable Vita Games Before Launch Day

Dick Ward — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 14:00:58 +0000

There’s a sort of poetry to it, and I can’t tell if it’s wonderful or horrible. Sony announces a brilliant piece of hardware and then does something to muck it up so badly that people stop caring. Take the PS3, for example. In 2011, it’s a great piece of hardware that’s well worth $250. In...

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Preorder Bonuses and First-time Buyer Incentives

Wayne Rowe — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:00:12 +0000

Not that long ago, you could preorder a videogame and get a groovy action figure or other collectible item to go along with your purchase. Nowadays, if you’re into that sort of thing, those items are only available in bundled super-special editions that usually cost twice as much as the regular game, and come with...

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GameStop Taking 3DS Preorders Now

Dick Ward — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 20:00:50 +0000

We know that Nintendo’s hot new glasses-free 3-D gaming handheld is on the way, but Nintendo still hasn’t announced anything about a price or a release date for the system’s U.S. launch. It could be seen as promising news then that GameStop is now taking preorders for the system. Sure, GameStop is notorious for taking...

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Hands on With Kinect – The First Few Hours

Dick Ward — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 13:00:29 +0000

So, I’ve spent some time with Microsoft’s Kinect. I played with the bundled games and demos, controlled ESPN with my hand, and even set up the device to recognize my face. How does it work? There’s only one way to find out. All right, you could buy it for yourself, so I guess there are...

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Gearbox is Working on Something for Old ‘Duke Nukem Forever’ Pre-Orders

Dick Ward — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 15:00:44 +0000

I hope you held onto your pre-order receipt. It turns out that the $5 you laid down on ‘Duke Nukem Forever’ may be worth something after all. This just might be the classiest move of all time from a game company that’s rapidly becoming my favorite. Gearbox Software, the folks that are finally finishing the...

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