O.o

Wow...

Oh lemon, you silly goose.

yea if anyone really wanted to, they could return any game within 7 days for cash back. its not really allowed, but the text on the receipt implies its fine.

Of course, the PS3 hasn't been getting that many original titles or exclusive games so turning Haze around within a week might not be that great of an idea.

I don't know, I checked Gamerankings.com to check out which games were rated at 80% or higher in the last six months.
360 = 25
PS3 = 21

That doesn't seem like a huge difference to me. Wii had 11 in the same time period, for reference.

I'm sure Sony is pissed about this. It doesn't really imbue a lot of confidence about the game in us when we read stuff like this, does it? Imagine if you could trade in MGS4 for a full refund... wars of flame would erupt.

I don't understand why not count multiplatform titles. Probably most PS3 owners don't own a 360, and vice versa. Why make snide remarks at the expense of one console when they seem to be doing pretty similarly as of late?

If we're making arbitrary qualifications about what should count as part of a console's game library, one could argue that most people who own either console also own a PC. This would tend to erode the 360's advantage on exclusives more than PS3, as most of 360's heavy hitters are also available on PC.

More to the point, why bother having the discussion at all? My modest proposal:
No Blank Check For Endless Console War!

The deal actually only applies to those who have preordered it.(I work at a ebgames) Just don't want anyone getting pissed when they try to trade it in and get like $10.

bait and switch?

I worked at gamestop, this is the policy for all games, only you have to tell them you don't like it to return anything else.

This is not news.

Although I have mine pre-ordered I'm pretty sure I'm gonna want to keep in longer then a week because the game looks awesome! Good to know if it really does suck though then I have a chance at redemption.

@Seanus: I'm in NZ and our eb's have the same deal. It's not only great for achievement whores but also Pirates. I used to work at an Eb a good few years ago and we had a guy that would buy a game and return it every other week. I heard him talking to a friend in the food court about burning him a copy of the game he just bought from me 25minutes earlier. He was refused his money back from then on in (though we had to get head office approval to do so). I'm not a big anti-piracy sort of guy but this customer was an asshole.

Working at Eb sucked the life out of me, but i will give them credit for that 7 day policy. It almost made you feel better about the fact that games cost $100USD. Took the risk out.

I kind of have ill feelings about pre-orders since CheapyD pointed out that eb makes instant profit from the interest your money makes sitting in their accounts.

It may also be good for free radical since once EB buy the copies from the distributor, free radical have their money. They may even buy more to cover all the pre-orders. BUT, you could also argue that in the long run it will mean Eb have to buy half as much because the second generation of customers will be buying the copies the first generation returned. double mark-up for Eb

I'm curious how Gamestop is planning to make a decent amount of money on this...

this would have been mildly nice except for the fact that EBGames/Gamestop blows.

I really try to avoid Gamestop whenever possible. I wish there was a store I could go to and purchase games without feeling bad about supporting the company.