Latest Gamestop trade in deal

Burning Eclipse

Details on latest Gamestop trade in deal can be found here.

Before last Saturday I traded 1 game in my life, but there is some serious value to be had from trading in games from this list (imo).

5 games gets you €90 in store credit - which could be handy considering Metal Gear Rising, Tomb Raider and Bioshock Infinite are all out in the next 5 weeks.

As an example of some of the older games on the list, trading in Arkham Asylum, GTA 4, Marvel Ultimate Alliance (?!), Toy Story and Lego Batman would net you €90.

Plenty of other oldies on the list, of if you're a PS+ subscriber, plenty of games you now own digitally, so trade in your old physical copy (LBP2, Crysis 2, RDR, Arkham City, etc.)

ShadowHearth

Burning Eclipse wrote: »

Details on latest Gamestop trade in deal can be found here.

Before last Saturday I traded 1 game in my life, but there is some serious value to be had from trading in games from this list (imo).

5 games gets you €90 in store credit - which could be handy considering Metal Gear Rising, Tomb Raider and Bioshock Infinite are all out in the next 5 weeks.

As an example of some of the older games on the list, trading in Arkham Asylum, GTA 4, Marvel Ultimate Alliance (?!), Toy Story and Lego Batman would net you €90.

Plenty of other oldies on the list, of if you're a PS+ subscriber, plenty of games you now own digitally, so trade in your old physical copy (LBP2, Crysis 2, RDR, Arkham City, etc.)

I just checked my console games and i manged to get 4 games out of the list: Mortal kombat, MVC, MW3 and BF3. I dont have fifth game.... I would really love to do this deal and get Bioshock and Starcraft 2 expansion.

Glenn220390

ShadowHearth wrote: »

I just checked my console games and i manged to get 4 games out of the list: Mortal kombat, MVC, MW3 and BF3. I dont have fifth game.... I would really love to do this deal and get Bioshock and Starcraft 2 expansion.

Maybe buy the cheapest game on the list so you will have 5

meoklmrk91

God I am so pissed I traded in sleeping dogs now!

ShadowHearth

Glenn220390 wrote: »

Maybe buy the cheapest game on the list so you will have 5

Was thinking that. Or just go to local extravision and see what they got in bargain bin!

Burning Eclipse

ShadowHearth wrote: »

Was thinking that. Or just go to local extravision and see what they got in bargain bin!

Looks like there's a "trade 2 games and get a new release for €9.99" promo going too... maybe look into that (x2)?

theavenger

Cant believe assassins creed 1+2 are on that list for ps3, I'm sure I have them somewhere

savemejebus

theavenger wrote: »

Cant believe assassins creed 1+2 are on that list for ps3, I'm sure I have them somewhere

could be the doublepack.

Wonder can you mix formats, say 3 ps3 & 2 xbox 360?

RedXIV

theavenger wrote: »

Cant believe assassins creed 1+2 are on that list for ps3, I'm sure I have them somewhere

Pretty sure that's for the double pack only.

Wonder if this scales up? I've 9 straight away I'd be happy to trade, would definitely pick up another for 180 credit

meoklmrk91

theavenger wrote: »

Cant believe assassins creed 1+2 are on that list for ps3, I'm sure I have them somewhere

I have them as well, going to bring them in with me anyways, hope it's not the double pack.

PhilieQuinn

theavenger wrote: »

Cant believe assassins creed 1+2 are on that list for ps3, I'm sure I have them somewhere

I think that they're talking about the double pack with AS1 & 2 together.

theavenger

PhilieQuinn wrote: »

I think that they're talking about the double pack with AS1 & 2 together.

Ah ok cheers for that, I'll chance them anyway. You never know

Burning Eclipse

RedXIV wrote: »

Pretty sure that's for the double pack only.

Wonder if this scales up? I've 9 straight away I'd be happy to trade, would definitely pick up another for 180 credit

I've traded in 5 so far, am planning on trading in another 10 (I'm a hoarder). €270 should get me Bioshock Infinite, and hopefully a discounted PS Vita once the price drops.

3 Gamestops in Limerick, so I should be fine if the first one refuses to take any more.

theavenger wrote: »

Cant believe assassins creed 1+2 are on that list for ps3, I'm sure I have them somewhere

Definitely the Double Pack, no question there I reckon.

savemejebus wrote: »

could be the doublepack.

Wonder can you mix formats, say 3 ps3 & 2 xbox 360?

I traded in 4 Xbox and 1 PS3, so yes, no problem.

savemejebus

Burning Eclipse wrote: »

I traded in 4 Xbox and 1 PS3, so yes, no problem.

sweet, thanks, will head to the parkway after work.

pasta-solo

I also traded in mixed formats (ps3 and xbox360) with no problem, brought in ten old games this morning for €180 store credit on a giftcard!

Burning Eclipse

savemejebus wrote: »

sweet, thanks, will head to the parkway after work.

Same as myself, might see you in there! :pac:

Kilteragh

Brilliant. I have 7 games on that list. Thanks OP.

The Sparrow

I do love these Gamestop trade in deals. I remember they had one where you got a ridiculous amount towards a pre-order for some very old games. I had 5 of them and I picked up another 5 crappy DS games in Smyths for 40 euro and traded in the lot for a pre-order of a PS3 slim the day before it was released.

That was a good day!

I would not hold on to the store credit for long. Use it up!

kendragon

Deleted User wrote: »

I would not hold on to the store credit for long. Use it up!

Thats actually quite a good point...

RedXIV

Deleted User wrote: »

I would not hold on to the store credit for long. Use it up!

I realise that following the recent debacles with HMV and Game that this may be your line of thinking but I have to admit, of all the game stores going, GameStop is the one I'd be least worried about. As someone who used to work in the seasonal market for games, GameStop is the go to shop for countless parents who don't know any better.

I'd be surprised if they were indeed in dire financial trouble.

Burning Eclipse

RedXIV wrote: »

I realise that following the recent debacles with HMV and Game that this may be your line of thinking but I have to admit, of all the game stores going, GameStop is the one I'd be least worried about. As someone who used to work in the seasonal market for games, GameStop is the go to shop for countless parents who don't know any better.

I'd be surprised if they were indeed in dire financial trouble.

I got stung with HMV vouchers recently... €120 worth to be exact.

I think Gamestop are safer, and my reasoning is similar to yours above, but also the fact that their business model derives money from selling pre-owned games, as opposed to new stock, with much better margins. Still, not going to hang about on the voucher front. 5 weeks tops, i.e., Bioshock Infinite's release date, I'll unload them all, PS Vita price drop or no!

RedXIV

I can't see them failing so this is going towards my PS4

donmeister

Just traded in three games of the list and got €63 store credit instead of €50! Not that im complaining.....:)

Burning Eclipse

donmeister wrote: »

Just traded in three games of the list and got €63 store credit instead of €50! Not that im complaining.....:)

Mind me asking which games? Maybe they're new enough to still be worth something.

I traded in another 5 this evening. Lady behind the counter offered €46 credit or €32 cash. When I asked if they qualified for the 5 for €90 she hit some key and said, Oh ya! :pac:

Last 5 tomorrow.

kendragon

Do they still do Steam vouchers? I wouldn't mind being able to transfer some of my console games to steam games (in a sense).

Tij da feen

kendragon wrote: »

Do they still do Steam vouchers? I wouldn't mind being able to transfer some of my console games to steam games (in a sense).

I was just thinking the same thing. There's nothing that I'd want on Xbox that's coming up as I'd much rather have everything on PC.

kendragon

Just want to warn people who might be availing of this offer in Limerick of some hassle that I went through.

Tried trading in my five games from the list in the William St. Branch in Limerick and got a load of hassle. They claimed two of the games weren't on their print-off and thought it was very smirk-worthy when I told them that I had seen the games on the online list. They told me that the list was subject to change every day. I ended up leaving the shop fuming. :mad:

Completely different experience in the Parkway, Limerick branch. Girl there knew what she was doing and traded in the games without a bother. Even transferred the credit off an old gift-card I had into a new card with the extra credit. Nice to find someone who knows what they are doing.

Mr E

Going to trade some over the weekend (to get ready for Tomb Raider and Castlevania 3DS at the start of March).

Which two games did they not accept?

RedXIV

Just about to go in with 10, let's see how we get on

kendragon

Mr E wrote: »

Going to trade some over the weekend (to get ready for Tomb Raider and Castlevania 3DS at the start of March).

Which two games did they not accept?

It was Sonic Generations 3ds and Rabbids travel in time 3ds but it doesn't matter. It was the store that was wrong. The online list is correct up until march. I posted my grievance on the Gamestop Ireland Facebook page and Gamestop replied saying that the store was using a wrong list or something. Gamestop parkway was a pleasure to deal with and took all the games without issue.

RedXIV

Just had a similar issue in liffey street, Dublin. There must be a few lists going as the one I picked my games from was posted here.

They had one list on the counter missing a load of my games, and girl was looking at one on the screen and some of the missing games were being accepted and some weren't. Was going to get 171 instead of 180 so didn't say much but mentioned the list online and she said she knew it'd cause issues. But she gave me the 180 in the end without me realising so can't complain

PhilieQuinn

I popped into the store on Henry st in Dublin to trade in 3 for €50. They said that I had to pick a game on the day to trade agasinst and couldn't have a gift voucher for the amount.

So, I strolled around the corner to the one on Liffey st. and they gave me a voucher there. Actually got €57 for them which was decent.

The 3 games were Portal 2 and Dead Island on the xbox. And Mario Kart on the 3DS.

Seems it depends on the staff.

RedXIV

Was trying to find the old list to compare it so people could see what was changed but them sneaky buggers changed it First post has a different list to the one I had yesterday

FutureGuy

The one thing I have learned about Gamestop is that the procedures followed by one store have absolutely no bearing on other stores, even if they are in the same geographical area. One store will refuse to do something that another store in the same city will do without fuss.

discombobulate

DOes anyone know if Gamestop credit expires? I've a couple of cards with money on them from about 3 years ago. May go trade a few games in with this offer and check.

kendragon

discombobulate wrote: »

DOes anyone know if Gamestop credit expires? I've a couple of cards with money on them from about 3 years ago. May go trade a few games in with this offer and check.

Girl I dealt with today actually took the credit off an old tatty giftcard I had and transferred it onto the new one so its worth asking them. You wont even need to buy anything.

PerrinV2

Is there a leaflet in-store with a list of games or it? I can bring that to the counter with my games circled then.
I have about 25 on the list(can spread them between family members if thats too many for one person)

RedXIV

PerrinV2 wrote: »

Is there a leaflet in-store with a list of games or it? I can bring that to the counter with my games circled then.
I have about 25 on the list(can spread them between family members if thats too many for one person)

Ask them if they mind printing one out for you. Like I said, the official one seems different to the ones on the counter

Shoutcast Ireland

Considering these games cost about 50 euro each.they want to trade in 5 games for 90 euro credit? so €250 = €90 ???

scudzilla

Shoutcast Ireland wrote: »

Considering these games cost about 50 euro each.they want to trade in 5 games for 90 euro credit? so €250 = €90 ???

Not many of them games on the list are worth 50, i'd say most aint even worh half that

CR 7

Shoutcast Ireland wrote: »

Considering these games cost about 50 euro each.they want to trade in 5 games for 90 euro credit? so €250 = €90 ???

They might cost that much in Gamestop. I just traded in 7 games for €120 credit. Before I went in, I checked and I can buy all of them for around €10 each on amazon.

PerrinV2

RedXIV wrote: »

Ask them if they mind printing one out for you. Like I said, the official one seems different to the ones on the counter

Good idea

Burning Eclipse

CR 7 wrote: »

They might cost that much in Gamestop. I just traded in 7 games for €120 credit. Before I went in, I checked and I can buy all of them for around €10 each on amazon.

And that's exactly why I posted this.

Trading in Far Cry 3 as part of your 5 games is probably a silly idea. Trading in Marvel Ultimate Alliance however, is great value.

Shoutcast Ireland

But arent most games about 50 euro new,some of the games listed seem fairly new?

RedXIV

Shoutcast Ireland wrote: »

But arent most games about 50 euro new,some of the games listed seem fairly new?

Plenty of them are old, GTA IV is over 4 years old at this stage!

Hogzy

Dont hold on to your credit for too long folks. You saw what happened with HMV. It wouldnt surprise me if Gamestop were to follow in the footsteps of Game and HMV. I wouldnt see them around for too much longer.

CR 7

Hogzy wrote: »

Dont hold on to your credit for too long folks. You saw what happened with HMV. It wouldnt surprise me if Gamestop were to follow in the footsteps of Game and HMV. I wouldnt see them around for too much longer.

Just as long as they stay open til my Bioshock pre-order is ready, I don't mind.:pac:

Actually, I presume I'm right in thinking that a pre-order will be as useless as vouchers if they do close?

Hogzy

CR 7 wrote: »

Just as long as they stay open til my Bioshock pre-order is ready, I don't mind.:pac:

Actually, I presume I'm right in thinking that a pre-order will be as useless as vouchers if they do close?

Yup. You'll become an unsecured creditor.

mdwexford

Will they take a platinum version of Racedriver Grid anyone know?

Im one short of the five, any game going cheap in Xtra Vision to buy and trade in there?

mdwexford

Just traded in NCIS, Sniper Elite v2 and Racegrid Driver for 51.68 euros credit in Wexford no problem.