GameStop digital sales surge 27 percent

Wait, Gamestop is doing digital stuff now? Where the hell have I been?

Yep, we all know what's coming...

Someone please explain how they rip you off. i have never gone into one and had them put a gun to my head to trade any of my stuff. Beleive it or not you have free will to either go in and trade or walk right out the door. so to sit there and say they just ripped you off is your own fault, they tell you up front how much you will get, then you say yes or no. Take a little responsibility for you decesions. Of course this all falls under the child like society we live in now where most people cant make big boy decisons without mommy or daddy.

the worst thing eb/ gamestop does is the whole selling second hand as new. i know the excuse some people make "that happened to be the display copy" that happened far to many times to people i know for it simply to be a display copy. (i'm talking every new game purchased for the last 7 years) . in other stores a display model might net you a discounted price tag.   

Good for them, I guess. 

im guessin the ppl who complain about GAMESTOP are kids, or just plain ass poor as hell?..GAMESTOP IS BASICALLY A 7 DAY FREE RENTAL SERVICE, don't be mad at gamestop  because they did not give you the amount of cash you were EXPECTING when you sell your games for drugs..here's 3 advice: first, go to rehab..second, get a job..3rd, ask yourself, if i was the owner of a gamestop, what would i do..actually, scratch the 3rd one, cause you're not intelligent enough to make those kind of business decisions

Naaaaa... Call it what you want, but I think people are just getting lazy.

Evidently there are 27% more gullible people in existence than I believed to be the case.

I have a feeling that even with digital sales, Gamestop will find a way to scam the consumers.

People would buy more if they didn't shove pre orders down your throat, I avoid that store as much as possible because of it.

Sounds reasonable....

The push to digital also means more and more DRM. We pay a premium price for convenience. Ironically, companies save a lot of money going digital....and many times charge us the same price for less. It's only the smart consumers that only wait for sales, but I don't think there is enough of us to stop  the tidal wave trend of Digital sales.

Companies want it, it means more control and less costs to produce a game.

Typical Gamers want it for convenience, and aren't aware of the hidden cost of DD.

Only a matter of time before the big companies shut Gamestop out of the digital game.  Why let them download your product when you can do so yourself?  There is no need for a middle man like Gamestop.  We've already got Steam, Origin, Gog, and others that I'm sure I've forgotten.  We don't need Gamestop for digital purchases.

Gamestop will soon be going the way of the video store.  Couldn't happen to a nicer company.

Digital retail is surprisingly strong. I don't think it will catch up to physical retail....yet, but eventually I do see the focus shifting to digital copies.

Back in the 80's we had casette tapes, to CD's, and now we have mp3's.

We have physical books, to audio books, to e-readers.

Even comics come with a digital copy with the purchase of a physical.

I do believe that in the next 10 - 15 years we will see the video game industry move from physical to digital.

I've read several financial articles where GS reports big sales gains.  My question is who are the morons who are buying all this stuff from GS?  Have they not heard of Amazon or other better retailers?

I'm not against digital downloads for games, but I really hope it doesn't replace physical copies although I expect eventually in time it will. I like to buy the physical copy for collecting purposes. Also digital downloads often cost the same as a physical copy. Why would I pay the same amount when the company must be saving money on not having to make a physical copy, ship it, sell it, etc. I would fully embrace digital downloads probably for a discounted price, but until that happens, or I don't have a choice, I like to collect the physical copies. -jnerd84.blogspot

Fuck DD, if a game system goes 100% DD, I no longer buy for that system and play my truckload of backlog.

I like Gamestop and they are my direct competition.

People use GameStop's digital service? That's news to me...

Wait, people still go to Gamestop?! :0 

I would not be surprised if one day that GameSpot's digital sales will be the majority of the retailer's profits.

Aside from store credit, i'm not sure why people would pick gamestop's digital service over steam.

Fuck Gamestop

People using up their store credit.  The store and digital sales are both doomed.