ChefWinduAZ

I was curious if any of the video game trade in stores (Funcoland, EB Games, Game Stop, etc.) will accept PC games as trade ins towards credit for new games? I have a lot of old PC games I would love to get rid of. I know for a fact that Game Crazy doesn't deal with PC games but I think I remember seeing Game Stop selling PC games.

joltaddict

I dont think so. Everybody would go install them and return it.

aeron

EB will sometimes accept PC games...but only newer games. If you have some newer titles, just bring them in and have the EB salesperson scan them to see if they are in the computer...

joltaddict

Im pretty sure they only take sealed PC games back.

Absolute Zero

The last time I traded in a bunch of old PC games. Eb gave me $2 per game. It never hurts to take in some games and give it a shot.

J-Dubya

You could try a thread in the trade forum.

aeron

This has not been my experience. Unless they've changed their policy recently, they do accept some used PC games. For example, I've traded in Half-Life Pack, Star Wars: Phantom Menace, Star Wars: Pod Racer--all used--for store credit.

Wolfchild

Every time I go to EB to get some new PC games the guys ask if I have any old ones to trade in...they get those used ones somewhere

MrKen

The EB I usually go to (Skokie, IL) accepts just about any PC game they can resell, although it seems to be dependent on what is still in their register computers.

Tuan Jim

Where do you live? Here in NC there are a few different "Ed McKay's Used Books" stores around and they take books, CDs, dvds, video games and software. Not always a great deal, but at least you can unload anything you have lying around. Think I sold "The Longest Journey" (boxed) for $15 or so after I beat it. I've also sold other games there in the past, but I wouldn't buy from them -- too expensive.

Tuan Jim

darqleo

Last August I went to Electronics Boutique and traded in all of my old PC games (13 of them) and they took 9 of them for $60.62 store credit. I used it towards a PS2 system. Here was the rough break down at the time to give you an example of what the going rate of some games are:

Baldur's Gate : $10.00
Baldur's Gate 2 : Collector's Edition : $3.00 (I know, I know, I got ripped off on this, the clerk had no idea why the sequel was going for less than the original, but that is what the scanner said!)
Baldur's Gate 2 : Throne Of Bhaal : $5.00
Delta Force : Land Warrior : $2.00
Diablo 2 : $10.00
Fallout Tactics : $10.00 (even without instructions!)
Wizardry 8 : $9.00
Icewind Dale : $5.00
Icewind Dale : Heart Of Winter : $2.00

They didn't take my Baldur's Gate : Tales Of The Sword Coast, Pool Of Radiance 2 (big surprise) or Dungeon Siege (the UPC was cut out for a rebate).

One of the employees gave me $5 of his own cash for my Fallout/Fallout 2 2-pack.




I just gave them PR2 and BG:TofSC for free and I'll hock Dungeon Siege on eBay.

joltaddict

What the hell? All three of my EBs have the no return for PC games policy. I figured it was like that everywhere.

darqleo

I didn't "return" them, I traded them in "used", like used CDs, for store credit (which BTW has to be used the day you are there). EB then sells the Used games instore and online. They keep a database of the going trade-in rate for each title, hence why they scan them in.

fujishig

Hmm... for many of the newer online games, isn't it one registration per game? So why would you buy something like Warcraft III or Diablo 2 used? I mean, unless you weren't planning on playing online.

A similar thing with Phantasy Star Online for Dreamcast.