GameStop to start testing game downloads early next year
By Donald Melanson 
posted Nov 13th 2009 2:33AM
posted Nov 13th 2009 2:33AM
GameStop has been dropping hints about its digital download plans for a little while now, but it looks to have done its most extensive and official talking about the matter yet at the recent BMO Capital Management Digital Entertainment conference, where it confirmed that it will start testing the program "early next year" with kiosks in an unspecified number of stores. That program will apparently work in conjunction with services "such as Microsoft Corp's Xbox Live and Sony Corp's PlayStation Network," and will focus primarily on add-on content rather than full game downloads. Why's that, you ask? Well it seems that GameStop thinks "a large market for full game downloads is not imminent, (but) the add-on downloadable market will grow" -- a view that some would obviously beg to differ with.
Ebay or Steam thats all I do fuck GameSto pand their horrible antics
only if I find a better store that is local
Will Battletoads also be available as download?
Why would I drive out to Gamestop if I can DOWNLOAD it? Isn't that the point? If it really wants to make money on this shit they need a steamy thing for 360 and PS3. There's miles of red tape there though.
nothing beats Steams 75% off deals. I got Assassins Creed for $4.99 just 2 weeks ago. LOL
Best solution: just put everything on Steam
Amazon has awesome pre order deals such as a $20 dollar video game credit for Modern Warfare 2 and $10 for Assassins Creed and great trade ins usually around $30.
This is not a good thing. For anything you gain with downloads (time) you lose a lot more (owning the medium).
Maybe if I could burn the data at a affordable price (like I can with music downloads) it would be a different story.
Yes I love owning cheap optical media and having them get scratched and unusable.
OMG, that is the GameStop near my old house! Ahh, the memories...
I wrecked my car there, met my first boyfriend in front of it, abandoned my sister there once (whoops) and so many other things...
Pretty small town, eh?
@seriousam7
Fort Worth, Tx :)
UH....wait, didn't I download a game from them already? Are they talking about console games?
Way to understand the issue Gamestop.
What does this even mean? Am I going to lug my XBox360 to the nearest Gamestop to have them download something for me? Or am I supposed to pay for the download there, and then come home to find it waiting on my console? The first is stupid, and the second is unnecessary since I can plant my rear on the couch and do the exact same thing without Gamestop siphoning any money off the top.
Well at least that way they can't open the games and play them before selling them as new.
Gamestop comes up with more tactics to f*** he public more than serial rapist. Why hasn't there been any other gamestore franchises opened to compete with them?