Is GameStop using its position as the sole US distributor of a critically acclaimed Japanese RPG to bilk customers for an extra $40 per copy, selling newly printed copies as used? Kotaku writes that numerous players are seeing a glut of the once hard-to-find Xenoblade Chronicles for the Wii at GameStop stores, where they’re selling used for $89.99 — not a shocking price for a collector’s item, but nearly double what the game sold for new in 2012. A post on GoNintendo shows that the copies now making their way into stores are packed inside new cases, providing further evidence that the games are part of a new production run and not some newly-discovered stash.
So what gives? GameStop responded to the original Kotaku story saying...
via The Verge - All Posts http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/13/4619410/gamestop-uses-market-power-to-charge-90-for-year-old-wii-game
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