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gamasutra.com - 3/5/2009

News - Amazon Enters Used Games Biz With New Store Credit Program

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Online retailer Amazon is entering the used games space, launching a beta of a new service that offers credits in the form of Amazon gift cards to users who send in their games. Amazon users have long been able to buy and sell software themselves via its user Marketplace, but the retailer is ...

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digitalsomething.com - 3/5/2009

Amazon Launches Used Game Program

— digitalsomething.com — Another day, another story about a company trying to get into the extremely profitable used video game... business. GameStop has long dominated this market with their huge profit margins and aggressive growth. It looks like Amazon now wants a piece of that pie and now Amazon has introduced a new ... (more) Amazon Launches Used Game Program

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digitalsomething.com - 3/5/2009

Amazon Deal of the Day: Fallout 3

— digitalsomething.com — If you're a PS3 owner and haven't picked up Bethesda's latest action RPG, Fallout 3, you have... absolutely no excuse not to get the game now. Amazon is offering the PS3 version for a mere $35, thats 40% off list price. You might want to pick up this one fast though, as they could very easily ... (more) Amazon Deal of the Day: Fallout 3

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Amazon Enters The Used-Games Market
G4 TV - TheFeed — ... Although Amazon offers an easy process, the prices for trade-ins are pretty unimpressive after a cursory glance. It looks like you'd get more value for your used games selling them on eBay or waiting for a GameStop trade-in special. Unlike GameStop , you can use your trade-in credit to purchase lawnmowers and underwear. What do you think of Amazon's trade-in program? Will you give it a shot? Or will you stick with brick-and-mortar retailers? Source via Gamasutra ...

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GameDev.Net — ... . Now, the Internet is abuzz with details about Amazon.com getting into used games . According to source Gamasutra: "Amazon users have long been able to buy and sell software themselves via its user Marketplace, but the retailer is now directly participating itself through the new GameStop-like program. 'Good condition' game shipments worth $10 or more are eligible to be traded in, and consumers self-ship to Amazon in exchange for the store credit, deposited directly to their account." Amazon's entry into used games joins the site's ...