It would appear international toy store chain Toys R Us wants a piece of GameStop's billion-dollar used game action. In a recent trip to his local Toys R Us, Cheap Ass Gamer user phear3d snapped pics of a new in-store promotion offering to purchase used games in exchange for store credit.
Following up on the story, Joystiq spoke with a Toys R Us representative, who confirmed that the new trade-in program is being tested in a number of stores throughout New York state, but refused to give further info on plans to spread the program nationwide, or what the current "testing" phase entailed.
A nationwide trade-in program could be a boon not only for the struggling retailer, which suffered the closure of 87 stores and the elimination of 3000 jobs in 2006, but also for gamers, providing an alternative to GameStop's used game monopoly.
[Cheap Ass Gamer via Joystiq]
Tue, Mar 3, 2009
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