The game trading scheme that Tesco have been trialling is about to go nationwide. A press advert has been running in a number of national newspapers today which announces the trade-in values of a number of key titles. £14 for Alan Wake, £17 for Mario Kart and £12 for FIFA World Cup on PS3 all seem like reasonable prices to us.
Tesco say that the credit can be redeemed against anything in store and that customers will also be able to buy pre-owned games at applicable outlets (we assume they mean the huge stores with seperate entertainment departments). You can use the Tesco website to check, via their store locator whether your local supermarket wants to pay you for old games.
This is surely a bad sign for traditional games retailers who have been doing brisk business on pre-owned titles in recent years. Supermarkets muscling in on your business strategies is never a good thing for smaller retailers and with Asda and Argos both planning similar widenings to their pre-owned trials this is sure to be something that specialist retailers will be watching closely.
Source: MCV
Spence1115
I do find the idea of taking in a game and trading it for food, or even alcohol, a little weird, but also amusing.
cc_star
It’s a shame I can’t trade in a couple of cupboards full of food* for games.
*Not actual edible food like pizzas and cake, but the sort of stuff that sits in cupboards for months on end
jimmy-google
We have about 6 shops selling games in our area. 3 are Game stores, 1 is Gamestation and 2 are hmv.
If there were some independent stores near me then I’d be worried but I’ve though for a long time that specialist game stores days were number as online is so much cheaper.
Soon the competition will be between online shops, supermarkets, department stores and digital download stores.