joystiq.com - 1/6/2009
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GameStop will no longer accept trade-ins on original Xbox games, systems, or accessories beginning Febuary 9, 2009. Although GameStop corporate wouldn't verify this information during its "quiet period" leading to Thursday's holiday sales report, several local shops confirmed the policy when ...
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Come February, Gamestop will shun Xbox trades
Joystiq [Xbox] —
... If you've been thinking about unloading your old Xbox games or even your big black box at Gamestop in hopes of getting some coinage, you best be getting to it soon. We just learned that effective February 9th, Gamestop will no longer be accepting original ...
GameStop Doesn't Want Your Old, Dusty Xbox
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... on whether the company is planning something similar for the PlayStation 2 or GameCube, but the day has to come eventually.
I usually give my old systems away to friends who are always a generation behind, but I've held on to my Saturn (I'm old) and a 2600 I bought at a thrift store a few years ago (Combat, baby!). What about you? Do you keep old systems for nostalgia's sake, or are you more like, "Out with the old, in with the new!"
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