14 DAY TRIAL // Specialist retailer chain GameStop announces that it will implement a new system for the purchase and the sale of used games on August 18, which is designed to introduce four new price points and to offer the player more options when he aims to get credit for his future purchases.
Jason Cochran, the senior vice president in charge of the company’s pre-owned business, is quoted by GamesIndustry.biz as saying that “What we're doing in moving from 10 possible price points to four is removing complexity, making it easy for our associates to convey the value of games we buy back and that in selling us their items they are gaining a unique form of currency to buy new products.”
The variation in prices for used games will be linked to the PowerUp Rewards Pro service that GameStop is running and the differences between the amount of money or credit a customer can get might be as high as 40 percent.
The company has recently stated that in 2013 customers made trade-ins worth no less than 1.2 billion dollars (830 million Euro) and that 70 percent of those who took advantage of the option then used the money to get access to new titles, home consoles, or other types of electronics.