All these publishers trying to dull the second-hand games market and now this.

wow try to stay calm jb, but looks like supermarkets are turning into indies !! ha ha ha ha ha, that means we can get rid of all our scratched games, load of faulty games etc etc, this week just gets better and better ! and then we can get our new games even cheaper ! wow thanks tesco every little really does help !

Very interested to see how this develops and the affect it has on the wider market place.
Looks like another kick in the nuts to the idie's though.

let's be honest, eBay had this sewn-up years ago and I don't see them skinking away from this business, nor the consumers who fuel it. I can't see Tesco and the yanks selling second hand clothes anytime soon, so I really don't think they want any other grubby products in their sterile shops, do you?

Another passing fad

The sooner we move to a full digital distribution model, the better. These parasites add nothing to the game industry

Frankly its about time somebody legitimate entered this space. I'm personally fed up of my local CEX, with their obscenely inflated price/credit system, their pubescent staff, the raging metal music... talk about reinforcing the cliché!

If done well it should provide for a recycling of money from, and then back to, a more mainstream gamer. With luck, this more mainstream shopper will eventually buy more new games, more often, which is only a good thing for this over-supplied market.

Thieves? Are you sure?

Same old same old. 'We want a cut of the second hand market that peddles the utter crap we punted out there in the first place' give it a rest will you.

Yes lets herald the DD model. Lets also see how many people buy into full price downloads. Not half as many as publishers seem to think. Yes loads of downloads are happening, but for utter dross and at a few quid a pop. pocket money basically.

As for Asda and Tesco doing pre-owned. Its interesting, but they'll need to invest in proper staff who know their onions or it'll be a disaster.

The more Tesco take over the World the more that two things come to mind.
(1) If they ever go bust that will be 50% of Britain out of work!!!
(2) Microsoft got kicked in the spuds for being a monopoly. When will Tesco get told to **** off and stick to fruit and veg?

It'll be interesting to see what this does to Game and Gamestation- unable to lean on the second-hand market so much because it's been spread thinner means they'll have to start carrying a better selection of games, and actually hold onto them for more than thirty seconds, rather than just buying in two or three copies of something that'll be a big hit and waiting for them to come back.

Result? New sales up, prices down, second-hand undermined. Presuming, of course, it works for Tesco- it didn't for Walmart.

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Well said Link1983. But I think its worth considering the fact that this big announcement comes at a time when The Game Group shares are at an all time low. Is this purely coincidental? Its well documented that selling new games at supermarket prices = zero profit and that Game Group only make money through preowned. Which direction will their share price head now? It's already hit a 52 week low today.

Walmart, tesco el at are certainly living up to expectation. Wiping out the traditional high street retailer. Did anyone else notice the aggressive attack they made on Florists and the restaurant trade during Valentines Day ("week" as it is now). I hope these hypermarkets have planning for larger car parks....

Well considering i try my hardest not to go into either places i won't have to ever see how badly they implement this.

Let's be honest... Game and Gamestation are terrible at it as it is, they charge so much for a pre-owned title its untrue hell even my local game in Aylesbury now has more pre-owned titles in its PS3 and 360 Sections than new ones, walking into that store now just feels like a cash convertors...... lol

HMV have also really done this badly and almost no-one in my town even takes that place seriously unless they need to palm off old crappy Wii games.

Supermarkets have no idea what they are doing about almost anything they just happen to be everywhere and stock such a wide range of things that they take a piece of everyone's market by pure fluke and because a growing number of people are too lazy to look around their own town to find better shops.

Hey we all know that inside the next decade all this is over anyway, considering how a 99 year old company like woolies went recently don't bet on places like Game and Gamestation to even be around that long as it is. Digital distribution is a fact, the software companies want it and so do the publishers so even if you personally don't want it or even like the idea it's all tough cookies, we are all society lemmings when it comes down to it and eventually even the strongest will has to bend to the inevitable....... Even me and im mega stubborn!

I wonder if tesco's are hiring............ lol lol lol

(i'd rather die)

This is pathetic, All Tesco wants to do is destroy all the small indendant shops. Soon Tesco will be everywhere! I work in a independant games shop with 2 tesco's in the area. If they both start doing pre-owned - the frustration level will be high up.

Jonny

that's stupid. i should imagine Tesco's motive is the increasing of profits, not the eradication of indies. I doubt they're even aware indies exist if I'm being honest.

Paul, I would just like to say thankyou for your following comments with regards to the supers moving into the pre-owned market:

"that means we can get rid of all our scratched games, load off faulty games etc etc, this week just gets better and better ! and then we can get our new games even cheaper"

Why the thanks? Well, you have, in your utter stupidity, just justified everything I have ever said about the indies. What a tool you are.

Yes, heres hoping this move by the supers will eventually be the final nail in the coffin for the rip off, underhanded indie sector.

"Supermarkets have no idea what they are doing about almost anything"

They know enough to undercut the high street at every turn and still make a profit. Can you do that? No, thought not.

i know how to take all my faulty consoles up to tesco and faulty games and get refunds from these idiots, even done it a few times with no reciept, the women let me do it since she has seem me in te store loads, lol !!! we just buy a new console or game then return the faulty one, saves sending em back to suppliers or amazon, thanks JB hope to see you working in the next supermarket i use

Have phoned the TESCO in question, and here's what they are doing:

They accept games for store credit only for the current consoles only

They do not give cash, nor accept PS2 or PC games, or Consoles/Hardware at all. I forgot to ask RE PSP games (HMV do not take these).

They are also not accepting DVD's, CD's, iPods, or any older stuff.

Their store credit however is for the entire store, so you can trade your games for beans.

It is annoying they are doing this but it isn't the end of the world, as long as you diversify your offering and keep an eye on what they are doing. Methinks it will impact the other non specialist & limited pre-owned stores (hmv) more than indies.

Haven't contacted ASDA

Wow, you really told me there, paul! And there was me thinking independent game stores were run by unsavoury types who go out of their way to con everyone and anyone to make a profit...(sarcasm)

Something tells me other indies wont share your enthusiasm for proving my point-again.

Oh, and just so you know Ive screen grabbed all your revelations and once Ive found what the name of your business is, (which wont take long), will be forwarding the information to the relevent people, including your local Supermarkets. No one likes thief, which is exactly what you have admitted to being.

Firstly, I CANNOT BELIEVE I AM ABOUT TO SAY THIS.

I agree with jb.

That is a first - and probably only. We've had numerous run-ins in the last few weeks, but jb is absolutely right.

Paul - how the HELL can you justify doing that? Taking your faulty games and consoles to trade-in anywhere just isn't right. You would be the first to complain if someone did it to you - just because Tesco are a huge company with massive profits does NOT give you the right to take advantage of it.

jb - first intelligent comment I have EVER seen you post mate! ;)

As a consumer I find what this independent retailer, Mr Paul Johnson, is doing utterly offensive. The man shouldn't be allowed to practice business as he's clearly a crook and a thief.

MCV should disallow him from posting on their site and forward his details to trading standards, even the police, as he is openly addmitting to stealing from his local supermarkets. I can see why do many people won't miss the independents if this is how they practice business.

Dont waste your time mate. Paul Johnson and others like him are, as you say, a bunch of crooks and because of that they dont care who they screw over. Paul and many other indies constantly bemoan the crimes of software pirates and yet see nothing wrong in returning their faulty stock to supermarkets and the like for cash refunds, which is, in itself, theft.

Sad thing is many a user on here support their actions. All a bunch of hypocrites.