You folks who work in Game, Gamestation etc

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

According to the website, yes:

http://www.gamestation.co.uk/

5th down on the right, wait for it to change. More purple than pink tho.

Just out of interest, does anywhere still sell new Xboxes?

Microsodt don't provide new consoles or games anymore. The only new controllers are third party. The XBox IS officially dead and has been for a year or so. It's kinda zombified and lumbering around eating brains for the forseeable future though.

[- Trips -]

According to the website, yes:

http://www.gamestation.co.uk/

5th down on the right, wait for it to change. More purple than pink tho.

Just out of interest, does anywhere still sell new Xboxes?

[Vincent K. McMahon]

Do games need the booklet included for trading / selling?

[Steeb]

The amount of times I've bought a second-hand game without a booklet, I would assume not.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

No they don't. I inwardly die a little inside when games don't get traded in with manuals though cos I have to ask a would-be-purchaser if it's ok.

[Kaney]

Might be a bit of a daft question, but it's easier asking you Hamster than calling them up >_>

You don't bother selling/trading dvds, right? I got a PS3 with Resistance and Oblivion and didn't actually realise till I got home that it was the bundle with X-Men 3 on Blu-Ray. I already have that on regular DVD and while it's nice to have a HD version, it's not really that much of a difference on my ten year old portable

Anyway, do you think they'd take the Blu-Ray disc back, and do you think it'd matter that I got it from them in the first place?

[Scott McFly]

If there's a CEX store near you, they'll give you £9 trade in or £7 cash for it:

http://www.cex.co.uk/product.php?sku=5039036032094

The ebay prices don't seem to be that high, probably because there's a few people in your position and there's been loads listed.

[Kaney]

Nah, pretty much the only stores that I'd imagine would give me anything are Gamestation and Blockbusters, who apparently are only willing to give me £4 trade in

Thanks, though.

[Scott McFly]

And now that I check the store list, there's only 1 store in Scotland and it's in Edinburgh, where you are not.

Although you can sell over the website with them by posting your stuff, but it may take a week or two:

http://www.cex.co.uk/sell/help/faq.php

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

We take Blu-Ray in. We don't take DVDs in our store although a large number of Gamestation stores do. Our manager hates how messy a big rack of useless DVDs look. All we end up getting traded in are those cheap DVDs from poundland and skanky trashy stupid films...We are in Northfield afterall - a major working class white area with a high level of dole-monkeys.

[Guest JamJamish!]

I went to buy a Mario shirt in game statio. It cost me 1p. ^_^

Great times.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

We got a useless delivery yesterday or FFXII figures, Yuna from X-2, World of Warcraft caps and WoW t-shirts.

My manager was grumpy about all the non-game trash we're having to fill the store with. I saw the WoW t-shirt, pointed at it as he was pricing it up and said "I bet all those Warcraft t-shirts are XL".

They were.

Bwahahahahahaha.

I stereotypes.

[Guest Zeokage]

According to the website, yes:

http://www.gamestation.co.uk/

5th down on the right, wait for it to change. More purple than pink tho.

Just out of interest, does anywhere still sell new Xboxes?

Microsodt don't provide new consoles or games anymore. The only new controllers are third party. The XBox IS officially dead and has been for a year or so. It's kinda zombified and lumbering around eating brains for the forseeable future though.

[kliq]

Remember when GAME bought out Electronics Boutique? I want to at least have SOME variety of choice when I go game shopping.

I know this is a bit late, but GAME didn't buy Electronics Boutique. EB bought GAME back in 1999, then decided to rebrand in 2002.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

I always thought EB looked less tacky than Game...I hate the bright purpley-pink

[Scott McFly]

But I suppose Game is a better name for a place that sells... well, games. Electronics Boutique always gave me a Radio Rentals image in my head. :/

[stokeriño]

You have to think that buying out another company and changing your image to match theirs would be something of a knock to the ol' ego, as far as the directors are concerned. Sort of "I know we're the ones buying you out - but really, you're better than us."

[kliq]

The reason they changed to GAME was because they had to pay Electronics Boutique (the American company) a 1% sales royalty every year to use the name.

[- Trips -]

Quick question for any of our resident Game / Gamestation workers: What's the purchase price for a preowned Xbox? It was about £35 last time I checked, and I'm thinking of grabbing one in case my 360 goes Red Ring again.

[Guest Zeokage]

At the GS-turned-BB, the black XBox is something like £44.99 with the 4/2 for £20 deal on top for a total of £54.99. Surprisingly the green and crystal XBox versions of the deal are £10 cheaper. I might be £10 over with both deals though. The price dropped soon after the new systems were put in and I don't think we corrected them.

That said, we got the new computer system in yesterday, we can now look at the gaming websites for backward-compatibility lists, release dates and other news. I was so glad it was slow yesterday. Can't get on here or other forums for real opinions though.