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"Maybe they're making space for more Vita games. Nah, couldn't be. There isn't any!"
Lol. I'm still playing Lumines.
Lol. I'm still playing Lumines.
i love the psp
and the gamestop i frequent is probably the largest in the state so i dont have to worry
the psp had a nice run, its 7 years later, it had a wonderful life
and the gamestop i frequent is probably the largest in the state so i dont have to worry
the psp had a nice run, its 7 years later, it had a wonderful life
It had a great run, but I understand this move.
For me, my PSP purchases have been nearly all digital for the past 2+ years, which is a big plus since now most of them are nice and snug on my Vita.
For me, my PSP purchases have been nearly all digital for the past 2+ years, which is a big plus since now most of them are nice and snug on my Vita.
Think about all those discs they're going to throw into a furnace to drive up prices. XD
At least that's what I hear they do to (or did to PSX) games as silly as that sounds.
At least that's what I hear they do to (or did to PSX) games as silly as that sounds.
Umd was a poorly designed media storage solution. I cracked the casing on multiple games simply removing them from the storage case.
I'm pretty sure one of the Gamestops around here stopped selling PSP games. At least, they don't have their old space. The entire PSP 'corner' has been redevoted to the Vita.
My closest GameStop just has a small rack of PSP games in the corner. I probably should go ahead and grab that copy of Half-Minute Hero before it disappears forever into that furnace L10nH3ArT is talking about.
I can say that yeah, we are supposed to destroy the games and send the pieces to corporate for verification. It's sad.
@Dale: Yeah dude. Thats what happens. At least in my region. Fucking stupid. Gamecube games were the last ones we did. I dont understand why they dont just go to a warehouse and be sold online. But I don't run the company. I just get dicked out of promotions and told my numbers aren't good enough. yet I have the best numbers. Logic. Oh well evil corp is evil and all that. Can't wait to quit that part-time bs.
@Phil
DESTROY???
WHY?!?!?!?!
That is like punching babies and kicking puppies. Why can they not put them on deep, deep discount. The GS stores around here never do so, so I cannot understand why they would resort to taking that sort of hit when they could at least recoup some money.
But I am with you, at least sell them online through a warehouse deal. Crazy beans.
DESTROY???
WHY?!?!?!?!
That is like punching babies and kicking puppies. Why can they not put them on deep, deep discount. The GS stores around here never do so, so I cannot understand why they would resort to taking that sort of hit when they could at least recoup some money.
But I am with you, at least sell them online through a warehouse deal. Crazy beans.
PSP games are increasingly discounted that the isn't much point to getting them used. Generally I wait for a game I want to drop below $20 and generally I don't have to wait long, and usually I pay closer to $15, as opposed to $10 for a used game at GameStop.
Unless you are doing used games or don't have a credit card or don't have a mailing address I find less and less reason to do GameStop over Amazon.
Unless you are doing used games or don't have a credit card or don't have a mailing address I find less and less reason to do GameStop over Amazon.
@PhilK3nS3bb3n
Do you still have the right to keep some games for yourself before you destroy them? Probably not, and that's very sad/stupid...
Do you still have the right to keep some games for yourself before you destroy them? Probably not, and that's very sad/stupid...
@Ogoda: Nope. corporate has to see the disc title in the pieces. I saw an asst. manager get fired for taking an xbox game when we destroyed them.
@Ogoda: Makes me sad too. We should be preserving games, not destroying them. It's not like there is no way at all to profit.
Over in the UK, the PSP shelves in GAME and Gamestation have slowly been getting smaller and smaller, mostly to make room for Wii/PS2 preowned sections. It's a shame, because there is usually a good selection of PSP games at cheap prices, such as Daxter/Ratchet/God of War for Ł5.
@PhilK3nS3bb3n
Happy: I wasn't completely off base.
Sad: The rest...
Things like that are the reason I'm glad my local used gaming store, Gaming Generations (Where's my ad money BITCHES?!?!), exist. They are there to run a company to help fuel our passion. If I wanted to, I could go there right now and pick up the original NES, maybe even in the original box. Complete with a selection of NES games that even make mine feel puny XD. That's a great thing.
The other side is that emulation is a nessisary evil to continue to preserve the memories of gaming days of old. In 50 years, I don't think gaming will be the same form that we know of today, along with used stores drying up from the lack of being able to sell things new.
But I'll still have an old dusty PC to give a fanatic young gamer, if he wants to see where gaming came from, and what made it great. Original controllers and all.
Happy: I wasn't completely off base.
Sad: The rest...
Things like that are the reason I'm glad my local used gaming store, Gaming Generations (Where's my ad money BITCHES?!?!), exist. They are there to run a company to help fuel our passion. If I wanted to, I could go there right now and pick up the original NES, maybe even in the original box. Complete with a selection of NES games that even make mine feel puny XD. That's a great thing.
The other side is that emulation is a nessisary evil to continue to preserve the memories of gaming days of old. In 50 years, I don't think gaming will be the same form that we know of today, along with used stores drying up from the lack of being able to sell things new.
But I'll still have an old dusty PC to give a fanatic young gamer, if he wants to see where gaming came from, and what made it great. Original controllers and all.
One look at my PSP screen vs my Vita screen and it was clear to me I would never play the PSP again.
PhilK3nS3bb3n
Wow. That's messed up.
They should just sell boxes of unlabeled bulk games for like 50-60 bucks.
Wow. That's messed up.
They should just sell boxes of unlabeled bulk games for like 50-60 bucks.
Can we get a list of said stores with locations? No? I guess that's too much to ask for when you're pulling stories from Kotaku of all places....
Now's a good time to go out and... b...b...b..u...y... some of the PSPs better offerings like Lunar Silver Star Harmony, Half-Minute-Hero, Trails in the Sky, the two Mega Man games,and a few others out there.
Of course, this is assuming that anyone with a PSP hasn't already jailbroken that thing.
Of course, this is assuming that anyone with a PSP hasn't already jailbroken that thing.
Doesn't surprise me. The thing is over 7 years old at this point, America is its weakest market, and software has never sold all that well due to rampant piracy by so-called "homebrew" hackers. With the Vita on store shelves now, this doesn't surprise me. The smaller store need shelf space.
"There isn't any" what? Wouldn't be so glaring if it wasn't the last line of the post. Just thought I'd mention it.
@PhilK3nS3bb3n
You're like a celebrity yo, everyone wants to talk to you. Seriously that's terrible about the games. They could at least donate it to a children's hospital, thrift stores, or something. Poor PSP games.
You're like a celebrity yo, everyone wants to talk to you. Seriously that's terrible about the games. They could at least donate it to a children's hospital, thrift stores, or something. Poor PSP games.
@Scissors: Heh. My 15m and its tied to fucking gstop. But yeah i tried to get them to donate the hospital I used to work at. I put an original Xbox, cube and my ps2 into there. They wouldn't (corporate), but I've gotten lots of donations through customers and friends. Those kids are rolling in games.
This is kinda sad. I have tons of PSP games and I play that sweet little system all the time. I really have Atlus and NIS America to thank more than anyone else.
@SalParadise: Antecedent to that was games. So, it is your job as a reader to assume he meant games.
Bum, since apparently you weren't smart enough to read what I meant and instead decided to attack me by telling me what my "job as a reader" is, let me point it out to you. It's a simple thing called subject and verb agreement. Yes indeed he was referring to games (plural), so it should have said "There aren't any!" I was just commenting figuring Dale might want to correct that. I'm sure people will come out with grammar nazi comments or whatnot, but that's ok. For just a blog, I understand, but I think these guys are considered journalists and would want to correct the error and leave it at that. But then again, the community also has alot of young kids who enjoy jumping on every comment possible instead of keeping it civilized. Thanks Bum for the response I figured would be coming.
Every time they do this I'm reminded of the final days of them carrying NES, SNES and Genesis. It's sad. For me it's better not to have a shit-ton of those carts lining up my walls, (and have so many at such easy access from downloads on the current consoles) but when eras end it's hard not to think back on them with some fondness.
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