I Spent $400+ On Old Games At GameStop And...

We're back at SantaStop and... what's this? GameCube games?! Black Friday sales?! Missing games?! This one is off the chain as we get into our biggest GameStop unboxing yet.
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[@Splicer87]

Matty is single handedly keeping GameStop alive lol.

[@dalethomas3277]

Him and Mr. Wright way

[@ghostlegit]

Nah I shop at gamestop. Alot of people do.

[@Meme-mw7nq]

true gamestop whale

[@jaroslawratajkowski3901]

Nope, i spend there all of my money too....GME is the the best and fuk Amazon or any other retailer ...only GameStop for me!!!

[@austinkoeppen6122]

@@jaroslawratajkowski3901 Fuck Gamestop, they deliberately throw away DS and 3DS game cases.

[@Hanke86]

Army of Two games are so underrated. Love the local co-op aspect of them. Wish the publisher would do a remaster of all 3

[@babylonisfallen4411]

Woah there's a third one ?!?

[@Greyhats]

@@babylonisfallen4411 yeh. The third one you take down a cartel

[@babylonisfallen4411]

damn a remaster of all three would be great. I never knew about the third one but I loved the first two. The second and third games aren't even backwards compatible.

[@Major_han]

Not underrated they made 3 of them

[@kagetaz8534]

The moment when Matty found out that the disc for KH: Melody of Memories wasn’t there was like when we watched Sora disappear in KH3 😂😂

[@leeartlee915]

Thank you for going back to the “what’s in the box” format. It’s just such a different beast than “my recent video game pick ups… that I knew exactly what I was getting”.

[@statesminds]

I got the dishonored definitive edition code! I never played the dishonored series. Thanks Matty! Have a great new year. Love watching your videos bro!

[@littlegreen9274]

Enjoy it! It's such an awesome game, up there with TES and Fallout for me

[@TheFleaX]

I ordered a stack of "new" games from GameStop over the holidays and I'd say 70% where opened. The worst was one in a pre owned case with pre owned scribbled out and they wrote in new. My local GameStop employees are great though and they are helping me get a case for that one game. While most where $10 games a couple where $30-$40 and of course those where not sealed. One had the cover art ripped, again my local GameStop fixed this and exchanged it for a sealed copy.

[@masteroflight7296]

Game stop opens new games to put the disk behind the counter so people cant steal

[@iimuffinsaur]

​@@masteroflight7296 yeah. Usually its only one copy though and the rest is sealed behind counter

[@Killbana]

In regards to the new games not being sealed and or have dints and other damage on them. I worked for a major video game store in the uk and how we sorted new games that we got from a delivery, for example: Say we get 10 copies of a game, we would unseal one of the new copies, remove the discs and manuals etc, put those into a a case or sleeve of their own and use the game case that we just unsealed as a display box for the shop floor and the guts of that game would be put aside in storage with the other 9 copies. And when the unsealed game case is on the shop floor they could get damaged or gain wear and tear from people browsing, and when all 9 copies from storage are sold, the last copy of the game is sold with the game case that was on display. It may be the case that GameStop uses a similar work model or it could be just unfortunate 😅

[@buchii8710]

that is the exact same case actually

[@phantom8157]

Whenever I get a bunch of games from GameStop online, I take any game that doesn't have original case back to my nearest store. The best part is, they will give you full value back, even if it was free or at a discount.

[@GotCamel]

Every time I watch these videos I love them and I get to thinking… “When is Matty going to iron his backdrop?” 😝

[@GibbsBro]

One time I traded in 3 switch games to Gamestop. I mistakingly left one of the cartridges at my house. They didn't even open the damn things and gave me trade credit for all 3. I didn't realize I pulled one over on them til about 2 months later when I found the cartridge under my entertainment set.

[@murderman8578]

Damn I should do that

[@alexcalixto4422]

😂😅

[@gaerielbourassa7970]

As someone who works at Gamestop Canada, the new/preowned game is something that actually happens quite often behind the scenes. Like when Gamestop buys new games at a discount from dead video games stores, they put them in "used" condition for whatever reason, probably to push people to buy them faster.

[@SPNarwhal]

It's probably to cut the publisher's cut out of the price.

[@Eliterubberduck]

There was a pretty big controversy when the first Xenoblade came out on Wii in NA because I believe it was exclusive to Gamestop and in limited numbers. So what Gamestop would do is open all these new games and sell them for $90 USD used instead of $60 USD new like they were supposed to. I think there were some news articles about it. They may have done a similar thing with the Metroid Prime Collection on Wii as well. There's a good reason why Gamestop is so hated lol.

[@SPNarwhal]

@@Eliterubberduck True, and I thought about that, but that was them marking used so they could choose the price and make it higher-- these brand new / marked as used games would make more sense to be marked as used to not include the publisher's cut. I assume in their system it separates the used and new games into sales numbers since the margins from the used games are purely GameStop's to keep. If they purchased games from another store and then co-mingled the inventory with their main supply it would likely mess a lot of things up.

[@mcm426]

@@Eliterubberduck Oh damn. I never knew that about Xenoblade and it's one of my most favorite games ever lol

[@MrJobocan]

If they're buying games from other stores, they're used right at the moment of purchase.

[@leoncrabtree]

Buying a mystery game box from eBay is always good content to watch!

[@HumongousBeastBoi]

This!

[@MSUHitman]

The version of the Power Rangers fighting game you bought it the one to get physically. It comes with everything except the 4th season of character DLC on the disk. (You get the first 3 seasons and the Ryu/Chun Li pack on the disk)

[@leeartlee915]

How in the hell did he even find GC for sale? I check on Gamestop pretty frequently and I never see retro games on there anymore. Ever since the pandemic they have been cleared out. Very confused.

[@Jgiuly999]

I’m from the U.K so not familiar with GameStop but this outlets genuinely seems so amateur. It’s crazy to see how inconsistent they are with their orders.

[@leeartlee915]

They aren’t amateur, they are corporate in the worst ways possible.

[@hemocorekid939]

Gamestop is just the US name for GAME in the UK. Same company

[@Jgiuly999]

@@hemocorekid939 ohhh thanks for clarifying 👍🏼

[@statesminds]

@@hemocorekid939 i don’t think so GameStop is EB Games and the old Babbage’s

[@Zoogi.e]

@@hemocorekid939I’m looking into it, and not finding anything indicating they’re related…

[@leeartlee915]

“I need to support Atlas” buys the game used…

[@DMurcielago]

HOLY SHIT!! No game in the box is a new low wtf i almost had hope for gamestop 😂😂😂

[@thatssomegoodpie]

That version of Demon Souls is actually a 2019 reprint edition of the game and doesn't come with a manual. You can tell by the ps4 looking icons on the back cover. I have the same one. I think it's honestly a pretty rare variant of the game.

[@MSUHitman]

Sadly you won't ever get a manual from a PS2/GC/OG XBox game if it came from the GameStop factory in Texas. Since the manuals from that era had the section in the back to write notes in, someone at corporate decreed that the manuals should be tossed b/c if one had naughty stuff written in it and it was sold to someone they were afraid the parents would go to the press and raise holy hell about it. When the former lead person of the GameStop TX warehouse posted that in the GS Reddit a few years ago all the employees in there went full shocked Pikachu face. Nothing they could say would convince corporate to change that policy. In other words, start stockpiling manuals and inserts from that era ...

[@MSUHitman]

The stuff in the middle of the disk isn't from the customer that traded the disk in, it's residue from GameStop's terrible resurfacing machine. If you go to a retro store with a good resurfacer (as long as theirs has the ability to do Gamecube as not all do) you'll be able to get that cleaned up no problem.

[@Official_RetroMania]

@@MSUHitman This could have been easily avoided if the GameStop employees were trained better. What you do is you tape the inner circle part with tape, so that the part doesn't get damaged while the disc is resurfacing. Maybe the employees knew that and were just lazy to tape it out, to be fair by they low paychecks I don't blame them.

[@GriffosRetroGaming]

Here in the UK our Game Stop (Game) binned all their manuals as a customer found some drugs in the instructions

[@MSUHitman]

@@Official_RetroMania The resurfacing is done at the factory in Texas. GameStop stores don't have resurfacing machines.

[@Official_RetroMania]

@@MSUHitman Ohhh ok

[@AstralFrost]

The Matty content I crave!

[@mattmanver1]

I had the same reaction to Balan Wonderworld lol

[@hwcmazdamatt835]

Former GS employee here, the reason some “new” games are open is because they were the gutted copy that was displayed on the wall in a store. They’re supposed to put a sticker on the side or put them in a re-seal bag. It sucks, but that’s how they do it

[@PunkRockZombie205]

Opened isn't new no matter what reason they give. I turned down several copies of that nonsense over the years before I finally walked away from GameStop for good. Idk how they stay in business tbh with all the scummy things they do

[@RideRedRacer]

lol i worked at gamestop, we took home the new games to play them and just told people it was the last display copy...so ya, the "last copy" excuse is really cuz an employee took it home lmao

[@Aenima308]

Agree with your take on limited run. Want your item shipped in a box? Pay up! And they’ll send it in a couple of months if they feel like it.

[@chasejackson7248]

Limited run and gamestop can die and go away.

[@AlfredFJones1776]

I’d love to see a review of Total Overdose, Midway’s NARC from 2005, Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction, and Metal Arms: Glitch in the System. Forgotten bangers from 6th gen.

[@naysgameopinions]

I know you are getting a lot of "former GameStop employee" comments so one more wouldn't hurt I guess. Ha. Whenever we got games, we would have to open them and put the disc in those white or yellow envelopes and lock them in a drawer behind the counter. This is known as "gutting". Then the case goes on display. If someone sees the case on display and brings it up to the counter, the disc is taken out from the drawer and then put in the game case and sold. Then another case from the back will be put up on display. So there's definitely been conversation of what counts as new since the game hasn't been played before so the condition of the disc is new, but the package of the game case itself has been unsealed. I guess it may make the process faster between the worker and consumer with getting the game and protection of the game. Like someone can't just come in and grab a game and run out since they aren't behind glass cases or tied down like in other stores. But the register process has always been sort of convoluted so I think you could throw that theory out the window. Ha.

[@Retrodan680]

If you trade in a brand new game game stop still considers it pre-owned. I bought a ps5 bundle with MLB and traded in instantly even still sealed they put the pre-owned sticker on it.

[@Not-Great-at-Gaming]

Gamestop has sold new games as pre-owned before. Besides the obvious Xenoblade on the Wii, I've bought Vita games that were new but they marked them as used since they no longer had a new price in their system. The new Dishonored was apparently on the shelf in a store at one time.

[@octo-gaming1316]

As a gamestop employee: the games that are labeled new but are opened are usually the display case that was opened to put on the shelf, we usually send out or sell the opened new copies when there are no other sealed copies

[@octo-gaming1316]

Its still a new game its just not a sealed game

[@XenokaiX]

The white gunk in the middle is the stuff they use when it’s in the resurface machine. If you see that it’s a dead giveaway that a disc has been resurfaced.

[@MSUHitman]

Pikmin CIB is $62-$75 on price charting and SMS is $42-$61 CIB so you actually got great deals on those.

[@leeartlee915]

I just can’t believe those were available. When was this video made? Feels like it’s from 4 years ago.

[@lonreed9743]

I got Mortal Kombat complete for genesis a year ago. Even had the original receipt in the case. GameStop does come through every now and then.

[@johnmehlman5195]

I think that kh one was them telling you to continue to avoid it, honestly from the gameplay ive seen theyve done you a service

[@Tht1guy63]

i ordered some n64 games back when they started to sell n64 games again and they were actually decent. no messed up stickers even

[@kcjc]

I can attest to the “new pre-owned” existing. When Fallout 4 released I bought my copy a few days after release and it was listed as used for $50. I didn’t know what was up with it and the employee was equally confused but congratulated me on getting a brand new game for a discount lol

[@koilamaoh4238]

FO4 kinda sucks, I have it for PC(pc a lot better), and it came for free with my ps4 system with other games free: ( and still in plastic. Consoles tend to give out beginner freebies; I still have a lot of them from ps3/xbox freebies and others. I tend to get rid of the boxes, takes up too much space in my home.

[@MrRhysReviews]

I remember Fallout 4 just being a strange release overall, here in Australia EB Games (GameStop, same company) sold the game on Launch Day for like $69... Usually games are $100 New (especially a big release like F4) and I also got the couple hundred page Strategy Guide AND Art/Lore Book for FREE with it 🤷‍♂️ no idea what the hell was going on there 😂

[@leeartlee915]

Am I the only person on planet earth who doesn’t make a big deal about “Greatest Hits” cases? I get it, they don’t match. The reactions to them just seem so disproportionate to what the actual situation is.

[@guillaumeinjjuz1744]

Niagara falls? Didnt know you were canadian matty. Im from Montreal canada

[@craigachuff6087]

I researched the Demon's Soul's no manual because I got the same thing earlier this year. Seems to be a reprint (2019) greatest hits. Notice the back is PS4 box art style and not PS3.

[@GaggleofDoozies]

The cheaper GH version didn't come with a manual.

[@sweetgregt]

Matty, maybe try Whatnot next for used retro games. The prices aren't going to be any better than Gamestop but you'll probably score some much better quality cases/discs.

[@MichaelMashpotato]

Matty is definitely becoming one of my favorite podcasters and KZbinrs. Shout outs 🙏 Edit: My bad to Matty. My iPhone auto corrected and said Marty lol 🤦‍♂️

[@jasonblanke321]

MCFLY!

[@brandoncavallaro4982]

mrmartyplays

[@MichaelMashpotato]

Yikes I didn’t realize it said Marty lol. I blame myself and my dumb iPhone for auto correct.

[@brandoncavallaro4982]

@@MichaelMashpotato it's all good bruh no need to apologise just havin fun

[@aaronvasseur6559]

You do know Yuji nakka will end up leaving prison soon as his money will bail him out no one stays behind bars these days

[@GamerLive247]

got a bunch of gamecube from gamestop got 15 in original case and art. nice games

[@KamPOV01]

The demon soul's one is easy to explain. Basically - if the disk is loose and they can hear it rattling around, they aren't allowed to sell it as new. It's classed as either defective or pre-owned. The more you know. 😊😊

[@chasejackson7248]

That's 90 precent of new games a buy are rattling around.

[@nfmjcn2687]

I like these videos but can’t help but think they add to the reasons why retro gaming is getting outta hand price wise. I don’t collect, so just my thoughts.

[@CameronForrester]

Have to imagine the gunk in the inner ring of the discs is possibly the resurfacing compound

[@t00thnnailzgaming]

The new sticker and opened cases are displayed to people that hey yeah we have it new. So they sell through the sealed and then sell the display case with game. The game wasn't played just used the case as a display so people can read about the game and so on.

[@th00perman_]

Good thing you purchased Balan on cartridge, so that you will forever have access to the best game ever. *(Dancing Farmer intensifies)*

[@metalxslimes]

I assume Demon Souls got rid of the manual for the greatest hits to save money lol

[@motherbrainisthename]

That gunk in the ring of Monkey Ball is remnants from someone not covering the ring properly when resurfacing.

[@RideRedRacer]

i worked at gamestop, we took home the new games to play them and just told people it was the last display copy...so ya, the "last copy" excuse is really cuz an employee took it home lmao

[@drowningin]

I bought and started playing Pokemon Black. I've only played red. It's actually kinda challenging I always made fun of the series for being watered down and easy. Oops

[@gracekim25]

You have it?! I lost my game

[@statesminds]

I recently bought black 2! $130 oof luckily i did have white 1. They’re my favorite games in series and been playing since og games

[@MegaMar14]

You're not burning money for us. You make money from the video and you keep the games...

[@tatokainjones9029]

That’s the greatest video game juke of all time 😂😂

[@krisfrederick5001]

You know you're getting old when you think there really aren't "old games" at Game Stop... 👀

[@bzking24]

*"I spent a lot of money you give me on used games I'll only touch once maybe twice! Thanks for your money now go starve!"*

[@RideRedRacer]

a new, used game happens because people trade in their games and sometimes they are still sealed. gamestop has to sell it as used even though its sealed. and actually they are supposed to open the seal, not sell it sealed. employee mistake

[@MysticShadows86x]

Try Double Jump Videogames mystery box just tell them what systems you want

[@iwatchDVDsonXbox360]

Merry Christmas! (Even though it's like 10 days until Christmas here in Russia) Some amazing pick ups! Really excited to see reviews on them.

[@psyber_spaced1192]

Hello mother russia :)

[@aaronvasseur6559]

Balan is actually a decent looking character but that’s about it I tried to play this game and I gave up so early on one of the only games I could not finish

[@itskee7659]

Seeing people break factory seals on XB360/PS3 or older hurts my soul

[@MrThanefull]

Can you not return things in your country? In the UK, we have a 30 day return window for online purchases by law. Surely just return the games that aren't complete?

[@_tomtomtom]

GC/PS2/OG xbox games are direct from the corporate warehouse in Texas! They have a policy of not sending retro games with manuals b/c retro games had the section at the end to add vour own personal notes. I assume they were worried someone would draw or write naughty things & parents would go to the media about it so corporate decided to just throw out retro manuals to be safe?? He doesn't post there anymore b/c I don't think he works at GS anymore…but one of the lead people at the warehouse originally posted this on the GS Reddit & it blew everyone's mind.

[@orionschutt]

These videos are entertaining, but please stop. Stop supporting their broken and corporate business model. In my opinion.

[@666Deicide]

I Live in Saskatoon Saskatchewan Canada and GameStop doesn’t sell any old games anymore they haven’t for a Long time just newer consoles that is why I don’t shop there anymore unless I need a new game I wonder why they would stop selling older games?

[@MatticusFinch1820]

I love these videos lol

[@weliveinasociety863]

When he said he bought random Gamecube games. I was waiting for Paper Mario and The Thousand Year Door to be one of them just so I can strangle him from behind my computer screen. If he got that for $40 or less. I would have flipped my shit.

[@TragedyAtBest]

I think this was the last GameStop stock for retro Nintendo, if you look it up on the site, they don’t even list these games anymore.

[@CONMAN-gx1qr]

Please review the Shining Force series!! It is truly a retro series that started in the early 90s on the Sega Genesis and they are super fun with lots of variety in game play! They re released it for the gameboy advance too! Its free on mobile app stores as well

[@animedrawer69]

When games sit for too long Gamestop will sell sometimes sell new games as preowned

[@matthewbraith0411]

SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom needed to be humbled and so do its fans.

[@Official_RetroMania]

I LOVE these type of videos!

[@absentmind2943]

gamestops price on most older games is awesome they barley try to compete with ebay prices like all the other game stores

[@lordmolag45000]

Matty: *Spends $400 on GameStop* Me: Dear god. May God have mercy on his poor man's soul.

[@elanband6173]

CEX in the Uk don’t seem too bad compared to your game stop nonsense

[@kylogreen7889]

Great video Matty. You think we’ll ever get a video on your game collection sometime?

[@coolchannelize15]

They did him wrong with the kingdom hearts game 😭😂

[@Things_n_Stuff]

Lol I spent half that on 1 game just the other day… granted it was a flawless copy of Smash 64 (cib), but still. Apparently my local retro game shop had someone come in and dump several untouched games from the 80s and 90s that were gathering dust in storage for years like a time capsule. They even had a flawless cib copy of Mega Man 1 on NES running for $800 😭 I’d have happily bought it if I was stupidly rich

[@xDylanTjx]

Ngl I laughed so hard when you didn’t get kingdom hearts 😂

[@vicfran0120]

I had the same experience. i bought demon slayer ps4 preowned. Ended up receiving that game sealed completely new. I was like ok, paid a fair price for a $60 and got it half price

[@K_Rob]

So I own the greatest hits version of Demon’s Souls. I bought it new from Target back in 2013. It had no manual. Although that seems to be an anomaly and a later print because I watched an unboxing of that game and it had a manual slip. Could be a legit final print copy that they skipped the manual on.

[@TheBamBeans]

Red is my favourite colour so I actually like the PlayStation hits cases 😂

[@Dogmaguy74]

Got *Chibi-Robo* for game from goodwill. The case was shockingly near flawless along with the disc.

[@thewhyzer]

So what do you do with these after filming the videos? Take them back to gamestop to recoup a tiny fraction of the cost?

[@Zackmanshark]

Just a little tidbit about that Demon's Souls copy. It could've been an unsold New copy that was moved to the Pre Owned distribution status in their system because they get rid of the New SKU as they do with most old titles after a certain amount of time. The new Dishonored game was definitely new, but it was a floor copy where the game was opened and the case was displayed on the floor while the game was in a sleeve behind the counter. It is still sold as "New" because it's never been played or even left the store in most cases. The reason you get them from online orders is because most online orders are actually pulling inventory directly from store shelves and packaged/shipped by the enployees instead of from a distribution center Source: I worked at GameStop for a year in college and these were very common instances that always confused customers

[@speedwaynutt]

Honestly I'm down to watch you buy for any console/handheld.

[@mikaela5938]

the red ps3 game cases im really conflicted on bc on the one hand red is my favorite color but on the other a lot of first party ps3 games had more artwork on the reverse side of the box art which you can't see in the red cases. if they were transparent red it wouldn't quite have fixed it but it would've been better at least

[@Elvisbackpack]

See, generally if I buy new at GameStop, I take the case from the shelf to the register, then they hand me a sealed copy from behind the counter.

[@VioletElite4]

Yooo man that's a lot of money to be giving to gstop, but Merry Christmas man, I hope you had a good day with your fam and friends and hope you got some cool games!

[@Preskryption]

I recently bought Pokemon Platinum during GameStop’s buy more save more promo and they sent me a fake copy. I also picked up some 3DS titles as well with that order and what they sent was covered in permanent marker and what I can only describe as “gamer cheese” overall a big L

[@DankerTVTimeCapsule]

Did anyone manage to claim the code or was it a case of GameStop handing out a used package.

[@rogregg29445]

I just tried it says it was redeemed today lol

[@TheViper4Life]

I don't know why, I can't explain it...but whenever he removes the plastic wrap from new games, it messes with me. I also hope you're going to give Gamestop some shit for them not giving you that Kingdoms Hearts disc, don't let them get away with that.

[@SuperiorRecords]

u spent..... oh nonononono ohhh nonononon

[@jeffbandy7065]

Yayyyyy!!! Pickups!!!

[@Groglor]

You might like to try a mystery box from double jump video games. U can choose the consoles and price.

[@matthewphelan5066]

Please do a retrospective on the power ranger games

[@thatssomegoodpie]

The white stuff in the center of the discs is some of the resurfacing paste that got in between the layers of the inner ring.

[@TatsuMakiSeppuKyaku]

Former Gamestop Employee here, Demon's Souls was "moved to used", which is a thing they will sometimes do with new games that sit in their inventory for an outrageous amount of time. Often times this is because, since Gamestop can set their own prices for pre-owned games, the game's used price outstrips its massively depreciated new MSRP. Like back when Xenoblade Chronicles was only on the Wii and was a Gamestop exclusive in the US, they would have brand new copies marked as "used" so they could sell them for upwards of $70. This also happened with Metroid Prime Triolgy. As for any "New" game that is opened like the Arkane collection there, that's because it was a display copy from a retail location and you got what was their last copy. Displays are made for new games by cutting open sealed copies, putting the contents inside a differently colored (white) envelope than the (yellow) used games, and then keeping them in a separately filed drawer. None of this is me excusing their actions- I hate gutted store displays, they suck- just explaining why they are how they are. Some speculative insight on Demon's Souls not having a manual- it also has the much later PS3 branding than a game from 2009 should have- Demon's Souls originally had the vertical PS3 lable with the "spider man" font and the red PS3 spine stamp. That greatest hits copy is using the post-slim PS3 branding that they used up until the PS4 came out, and my best guess is that they reprinted a bunch of copies of Demon's Souls in late 2012-2013 maybe after Dark Souls got big, and they avoided reprinting the game's very thick and expensive manual as a cost saving measure.

[@OpaqueNihilist]

Interestingly enough I bought a used copy of Demon Souls with the manual from GameStop back when they had a huge clearance on PS3 games circa 2017.

[@GRH_Roadhouse]

I like these types of videos Roadhouse

[@polishprince47]

Merry Christmas Mr Matty!! 🎅 🎄 🎁

[@ClOuD006]

That super Mario was a steal 25$ with a case

[@Sonic171K]

Stupid GameStop. Robbed my man KH rhythm game.