I Spent $200 On Old Games At GameStop And...

I'll just spoil it for you here. This was a downright miserable experience... and I'm totally going to do it again.
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[@4nimeJax]

As a GS employee in regards to the DS games, I'd say about 90% of our trade ins from customers don't include their cases. Most people either bring them as cartridges in a travel case, or they just bring them as a handful of games. It's definitely the most frustrating system to try and collect for as a game collector. PS3 and 360 games are a 50/50 in regards to getting a real case versus the fake ones we print out

[@MSUHitman]

But then when games came in with the cases we were instructed to throw the cases out because the planogram had nowhere to put DS games except for the small locked glass case that only had room for the now infamous clam shells. I collected almost 200 empty DS cases between 2018 and 2019 from trade-ins and donated them to Pink Gorilla in Seattle.

[@4nimeJax]

@@MSUHitman I suppose it would depend on store then. Back when we had a dedicated section for the console and could have cases on the wall both DS and 3DS. The cartridges were gutted and put in the drawer. Once they removed them from the wall and we kept them behind glass, my store would always display the valuable games. And then keep the extras in a drawer (like what we do with PS3/360 now). If a customer came in looking for DS games, we'd print them a list of our inventory. Since 2019, I feel as though I've only seen a handful of cases traded in with their game. I'd feel terrible throwing away game boxes outright. I'm glad you could donate the ones you saved. As a collector, I've resorted to some mom and pop retro stores and occasionally ebay for my collecting of DS/3DS games

[@magneisuemwinterjuice7810]

I shamelessly use to dumpster dive my nearby Gamestop 7+ years ago and what I would get everytime i went were empty cases. I still have em in my shed which include 50+ 3ds game cases with manuals. I'm glad i kept them all this time because now people will pay just for the case and manual.. lmao

[@brad3]

@Jaxson Shoemaker How do you like working at GS?

[@Koders333]

I’m glad you said this because I felt attacked for throwing out my DS cases lol It made no sense to me as a kid to keep them when I had all my games stored in a travel bag. I am sorry to all collectors getting my caseless DS games now!

[@user-lo4wm2pu3h]

I been on a physical media kick lately with my music, movies and games I love my pc but forgot how rewarding it feels to actually own things

[@freddymeisner]

Hell yeah !

[@jbhoy4953]

exact same man, I've been picking up 3ds and ds games again and it feels great to have a more bolstered game collection that isn't just the few switch cases.

[@TKaz10]

Owning them physically is the best

[@battlezgaming3972]

Definitely satisfied with getting it especially with it basically being new and having the physical copy just makes it better

[@leeartlee915]

Yeah, I’m not with you at all. I have relished not being so tied down with physical possessions. It’s like the saying from Fight Club goes “the things you own end up owning you”.

[@Awwsteen]

Seen a few comments on these and want to echo the sentiment: it'd be really cool to see a video of a haul from a small / local game shop to see what you can find. Or maybe an interview with a small / local shop owner on the retro game market.

[@MrBrandog88]

This series is addicting. I’m thrilled to see he keeps spending more and more each time

[@itsoldtyde]

Gamestop should absolutely be a RetroGameStop. I needed to get a DualShock 3 controller to play the Metal Gear series, my local gamestop didn't have one, neither did the city over. Bought a fake one online, returned it and bought one from an old friend.

[@itsoldtyde]

By the way - they did you so dirty on the Legacy collection. I luckily got a new sealed copy from amazon.

[@itsoldtyde]

@David!? it was weird but familiar for me. Haven't held a DS5 but out of DS4 and 360/xone I think DS3 is the best, for my use personally.

[@lolcat]

@@itsoldtyde Strange, I used all of them and DS3 is easily the worst. DS4 is my favourite

[@ConditionUpgrade]

Use that PS5 controller on your PS3.

[@Terminal_Apotos]

My PS3 controller got drift so I bought a Genuine Used one from eBay for 20$. Deep Cleaned it and it was basically brand new

[@JCity17]

GTA 4 was seriously ahead of its time. It’s really blurry on FPS boost but it is still great to play in 60 FPS. The physics are still the best to date for GTA

[@mohammedtali8027]

Man the 007 reloaded box had me dying fr🤣🤣💀

[@BrD4GOD]

I've been into these lately. Thank you! I haven't watched it fully yet but I love these. Please keep the videos coming. These are great unboxings to watch because of the detail you go into about each game. Can't wait to see the others in action. Thanks man!

[@fritzzorn9086]

It's crazy how much difference a few years makes for the video game market. It was only about 5 years ago that I was able to get stuff like Shadow Hearts, Xenosaga, Silent Hill Shattered Memories (PS2), and Kuon for around 10-15 bucks each. Now you would be lucky to get just the box and manual for a decent price.

[@spaghetti_o_yeah9550]

Its crazy to think there was ever a time where retro gaming was a budget friendly hobby. The DS and Wii games being so pricey hit especially hard for me. Games that sold millions of copies less than two decades ago are selling for close to or higher than retail now.

[@lolcat]

@@spaghetti_o_yeah9550 What's stupid is how they have the audacity to sell pokemon for high prices. It's literally one of the biggest franchises in the world there's copies everywhere

[@spaghetti_o_yeah9550]

@@lolcat Literally some of the best selling games on the DS which sold over 100 million. The prices are all artificially increased

[@sevenchambers]

It’s because of these KZbinrs hyping games with their pretentious video essays.

[@jakisfly]

None of those games were 10-15 dollars 5 years ago man. No chance, not at all. Not those ones.

[@joshsmith6995]

These videos are really fun to watch Matty, keep up the great content man.

[@theunchartedwolf9480]

Something to note about blue label ps3 games, Drakengard 3 and Spiderman weren't the only games to get it. Around the time of the PS4's launch PS3 boxarts were changed to match the color of the PS4's branding at that time from late 2013 to around the end of 2014. Other games with the blue label include Gran Turismo 6, MLB the show 14, Murdered Soul Suspect and a bunch more.

[@sheardisfusion3843]

Yeeeees The only unboxing videos I enjoy. Thanks dude. I needed this today.

[@Ji99i3]

Andddd you're first 🤣

[@TreasureBoxReviews]

Printout manuals, missing disks, no DS boxes. Truly the most tragic episode yet.

[@RawWrath]

Lmao

[@jo12danjames]

The golden eye 360 print out was pure gold! Love the content Matty!

[@TheOnlyLucatoni]

Love these videos Matty!

[@brettjurs3910]

Yay i love these videos. Thanks for doing these, there so entertaining. Keep up the great work Matty

[@matthewbarrios1028]

These are some of my favorite videos! Awesome

[@curtislinden9297]

After a few months of subscribing [edit:to MrMattyPlays] I was finally suggested a retro rebound vid. Subbed! I hardly even play games anymore and haven’t owned an Xbox since 360 but always keep up w your Xbox news 😂 appreciate you MrMatty

[@johnleonard3748]

GTA 4 had a weird arc, It went from being criminally over rated to criminally under rated

[@madmatt7231]

For Metal Gear Solid the Legacy Collection I'd say get your money back and buy it brand new on Amazon for $40. Just picked it up myself and it was still sealed with everything. Definitely worth every dollar I payed!👍🏻

[@finloq2758]

I paid 30 for a new one a month ago and the ps1 classic codes are still active too. crazy

[@GaggleofDoozies]

The version with the slip cover and artbook is the best.

[@filmfan_2]

$40 for a sealed copy is good considering that game stop is selling a used copy for $30 to get it brand new for $10 more is definitely worth it nice find.

[@BoxingGamesAndComics]

@@finloq2758 that's fucking sick!

[@Rezo2486]

These videos are the best 😂 ended with a banger there lol

[@obiwankenobiepisodeI]

Great video once again. Please keep it up!

[@cult-of-carl]

Hey Matty instead of doing GameStop videos. Why don’t you do videos about local game stores in your area.

[@slashyslasher1248]

Retro couldn’t handle Roman saying “Let’s go bowling!”

[@pathfinder5145]

Woohoo! Love these videos! Can’t wait to see what you got and the ratio ha ha

[@AaronVillalobos]

This channel is BINGE worthy man. Gonna watch all ur stuff now lol dope vid man

[@stashmerkin9576]

I don't have a grudge with Gamestop, they've come through for me in the past. That said, if you paid the CIB price for them they should arrive CIB. If you paid loose price & got that...fair play.

[@Welter117]

Love these videos

[@jurg4697]

You should call this mini series Gamestop Gambling

[@jurg4697]

Babe, wake up, another Retro Rebound video just dropped

[@KonohaRamenNoodles]

I usually enjoy these videos for the rare gems you get but this was painful and hilarious at the same time.

[@elenaecheverria2838]

Sly cooper brought me here, now I'm a new subscriber, love the content on this channel and the videos on Last Stand Media. Keep it up

[@elenaecheverria2838]

This unboxings are fun, I thought I was the only one that was that picky on the cases and cover art, that legacy collection case almost made me threw up, I have that one brand new and sealed, if you would like mine copy let me know

[@IronBuddha80]

Years ago when I worked at Gamestop I'd say more than half the time the customer would trade in DS games without the box. And the few that did have the box were usually disgusting. You could tell it was some kid who had his sticky hands all over or spilled his juice on it etc. We would keep the boxes if they were in at least decent shape, but that was a very low amount

[@mikeromei9141]

For the DS/3DS cases, I think it’s actually GameStop who threw out the cases. It’s likely they were traded in CIB, but to save space, GS would trash all the cases and manuals and then out the game cards in glass display cases. Truly heartbreaking…

[@TucBroder]

I'm kinda glad they went bankrupt here in Denmark...

[@leeartlee915]

Sometimes. But people also throw them out and/or lose them. I’ve thrown out boxes before. And a lot of people just don’t give a shit about packaging.

[@SoulProphet]

I second this comment. I used to work at GameStop during the end of the DS/3DS lifecycle, that I was told to only keep the cartridge and throw away the boxes. I would try to save the ones that seem to be rare and worthwhile.

[@TyWashdaddy]

@@leeartlee915 yes, some kids and people don't care for the box but it's definitely more than sometimes with GameStop. I remember when they started doing the Great DS BOX Purge. I immediately told my local GameStop to put them on the side for me to pick up, glad they hooked me up.

[@TyWashdaddy]

@@SoulProphet you and the people I know are the true MVPs to the collector market

[@AllHailShadow117]

MGS1 isn’t on the disc for the legacy edition sadly. It’s the reason I didn’t bother to pick it up. It included a download(unless some actually do have it on disc after complaints or something)

[@elidasilva5558]

8:58 - You were suposed to be the chosen one MaTty!

[@benscott6247]

That last one would have had me crestfallen lol.

[@HindsightWithHustle]

You’re going to love gta 4 and the dlc

[@hemocorekid939]

I love these videos lol

[@jorruskurren9408]

When's the most relatable collecting video coming? As in "I spent another $200 on shelving and still don't have enough space for all the games"

[@blaynesea8816]

I love these videos..... Its like watching a card game pack opening only theres a 20% chance of getting a normal card, a 30% chance of getting a card that was chewed by a dog beforehand, a 40% chance of a faded ink printing and a 10% chance of literal rubbish in the shape of a card. 😂.

[@CheapCreep]

That $200 could've been used to buy...1 gallon of gas.

[@codymason8196]

I’m addicted to this channel lol

[@VirtuaMaster]

Matty loves his air horns 😂

[@ObjoGaming]

You can take the stuff you aren't happy with back to any GameStop location and they'll refund you. When I was spinning the GameStop roulette I ended up taking a lot of it back which at least made it a lot less painful.

[@ThemeParksAndAttractions]

Nice video retro rebound !

[@billioncash]

Just caught my first RR show and sorry to say, I did laugh a bit when the bad games come out of their packaging. Interesting and sad news about the DS boxes! Looking forward to the next show!

[@PotbellyPunch]

GameStop threw out all their DS cases at every store to save space and put them in those plastic cases. Since most shipments come from the stores (that's why you get 10 packages when you order 12 items most of the time) you're 99% gonna get loose DS and 3DS

[@MSUHitman]

I’d say the percentage is better on 3DS since the pandemic wiped out the supply before stores implemented the same throwing away of cases on 3DS games, but I’d say at best it’s 50-50 on 3DS games being complete.

[@iwatchDVDsonXbox360]

I love this gamestop lootboxes videos. Also never played GTAIV more than 2 hours. Excited for Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 video.

[@baileyharris6913]

Dopeeee, looking forward to this

[@SkeletonHandss]

I used to work for GameStop and when people would bring in DS games with the case, we’d toss the case because we would displayed the games in a giant glass case instead. So stupid if you ask me. I can’t tell you how many cases we threw out. Rip.

[@MatticusFinch1820]

Theres actually quite a few blue label PS3 games, i went and collected all of them before people figured it out lol. For some reason Sony switched the PS3 games to look like PS4 and people got confused and complained so they went back to the black. So only a handful of games got the blue label.

[@naysgameopinions]

I'm sorry for your rough pull, but it was very entertaining! 😅

[@jpixels4042]

I’m sorry I just can’t with that sheet you hang up behind you…🤣

[@adamdam]

That was an atrocious lot, all said and done....jesus.

[@ItzGlitchyy]

I used to buy used Wii games from GameStop And there was only 1 time where I got a GameStop case, it was Mario Strikers Charged. Most of the time when I got them they didn’t have a sticker or anything on them and they even had the manual, AND THEY WERE LIKE 12 BUCKS CUZ THEY WERE USED

[@nathanbardaji8180]

I love these unboxing videos, have you thought of ordering eBay bundles or maybe just retro game collecting suggestions or opinions?

[@rickyandre7757]

Nice video! But ouch, that MGS Legacy! Disc 1 just contains MGS 4, disc 2 contains Peace Walker, 2 and 3 (also known as the MGS HD Collection). All the rest of the games are on a download voucher unfortunately. Blue Label PS3 games there are a total of 14 released (not including variants).

[@hobosoap2371]

i remember mystic doing a video where he bought used games from amazon. might be a fun video

[@noobsaibot2255]

GTA IV has SOUL

[@macdiggitty]

“I went bowling and it was wack” lol

[@CorbinDoesStuff]

These videos are addicting

[@Calebmcquaig]

Former GS employee. To be fair for the DS Games. That’s the smallest bubblemailer we had it goes to a different store each order. And almost none of our DS and GBA games have cases. And the box art issue is a corporate policy. They made us print out covers for a lot of these. It’s all incredibly dumb

[@MarkGrouch]

I bought a lot of PS3 games from GameStop about a year ago. I’m not joking when I say this, half of them arrived water damaged and the other half were sequels to the games I actually ordered.

[@ryker3508]

You're lucky you got a print out and a case. They usually send my games in dvd slips no matter what system they're from, when I order used.

[@ToolsnTechvids]

Would love to see a video on your whole collection of games

[@cruelwraith2games926]

OK the intro video beat was fire

[@RavenousSpectre]

Legacy collection also comes with a download code for a couple of the other MGS games as well so you got double screwed

[@lordmolag45000]

In a year and a half, Matty is going to spend $1000 on Gamestop items. Oh how torturous this series must be for him.

[@polishprince47]

Damn It Mr Matty!! You got me to buy a PSP-3000 Plus a few sweet games for it 🤓

[@CoyoteBongwatah]

Idk if anyone has said this before. But as a former GS employee we were actually told to throw away DS cases when we would get trade-ins in order to save space in the drawers we stored them in. "no one cares about the cases anyways".

[@lonnielozano4975]

This is great

[@StoneAgeWarfare]

I ordered like 5 games during last year's Gamestop Christmas sale. Most of them (usually the amazing ones) came in a disc sleeve and the rest were in the cheap knockoff 360 cases, one of which was broken. Only one intact with the original case was Splinter Cell Blacklist. Wonder why.

[@narfin2676]

I feel like people take their games for handhelds in some sort of carrying case and probably end up throwing out the cases.

[@mrbuckets1106]

FYI: You can still get the MGS:Legacy Collection brand new from Amazon. Its the 2nd edition of the game so no art book. I got one for $25 late last year but it looks like its gone up since then

[@spaghetti_o_yeah9550]

Back in 2019 I got a Genesis with about 5 games from Gamestop and it was honestly a pretty great experience. The prices were decent, everything worked fine, and it was packaged well. My only gripe is some less than beautiful labels but thats fine. I'm just upset that specialty stores have been closing. Toys R Us, Gamestop, even Radio Shack. Not to mention the decline of malls. Very sad to see all around.

[@NerdorDieNews]

When i worked at gamestop the made us throw away the case and manuals of DS games. We only displayed them in the glass cases anyway so they didnt care. When i became manager i started saving everything for the customers but a lot of the customers didnt bring them in anyway

[@Aceboy270]

That metal gear solid legacy collection is a dagger if I’ve ever seen one. Absolutely dreadful, you have my condolences.

[@tloz171nfs]

I've actually gotten pretty lucky with Gamestop lately. Bayonetta 2, Kaze & The Wild Masks, and LittleBIGPlanet Karting all online ordered, all CIB.

[@stupiddumboidiot1]

Dunno if you'll read this, but you can get the MGS legacy collection on Amazon brand new for $35. I got that and code for the PS1 original even still worked.

[@slamchrist8611]

i work at gamestop. they cant guarantee a case or the manual or anything because we just take whatever is traded in. those ds clamshells are only if the customer trades it w/o the case. we dont even carry the proper cases for them. hence why its called preowned. we cant control what the customer trades in

[@michaelh3715]

At least it ended on a high note😂🤣😂

[@feeamerie5011]

Bad luck overall matty. Next time will be amazing when the karma fairy comes to visit you and you bag all CIB games like 100% no copium needed other than to 420 afterwards xx

[@MrRhysReviews]

Nice, I also picked up 007 Legends not that long ago on PS3 (along with the Goldeneye Remake on PS3) pity that the "Final Level", or just the level based on Skyfall I think it was? for 007 Legends was added through DLC Post Release and has since been Delisted so you can never get that now 😥

[@einfachtot6017]

10 years ago my parents got me a small case for all my ds games because the cases took up so much space. Ended up throwing all the cases away. I regret it today but back then it saved so much space

[@thomascaddy4529]

My last online GameStop purchase was on their 4 for $20 deal. Only 4/11 had original case I returned 5 of those without original artwork.

[@lunch_trey]

It's like watching someone dig up either buried treasure or fossilized poop

[@offlnegamer]

Great video! $200 for this is sad but the Golden Eye print out was worth it

[@TalentedTacoTrex]

I'm pretty sure you can get the metal gear legacy collection new for like $25 on Amazon still. I got one just a few months ago

[@naotosenpai2789]

The luck I get with GameStop online is pretty insane lol. Just off the top of my head ive gotten cib soul silver, trails of cold steel 1-2, Metroid prime trilogy, Mario party 6 and vita games in cases

[@FiteLVI]

worked for several years as a store manager/ Leader (they couldnt make up their minds on what to call us xD) All youre doing is buying it online and it ships from the closest gamestop store that has the inventory. Only rarely are you getting anything from actual warehouse.

[@DoctorOctoconapus]

Holy shit, all that for $200? Honestly awful value for money imo . I wouldn't drop $5+ for anything but GTA4 C

[@MrBoop4345]

I was told by my friend who is a GameStop manager that she has been instructed by her boss to throw out all 3ds & ds cases. That they take up too much space.

[@yougo2878]

Matty, you should really play that GTA 4 also as the 2 Dlcs, it is great and it just works. For me that is clearly the best game of the GTA series and i will be so glad to see a "i have finally played GTA 4 on this channel"

[@tyronewilliams2638]

Man the MGS one hurt

[@craigachuff6087]

Does the cross-buy still work with games between vita and ps3? Didn't know that existed.

[@austinkoeppen6122]

I use sports games as replacement case fodder. For PS1 games I go to goodwill and pick up sealed cds to use their cases.

[@lazyPawdy]

That’s the usually thing too, when they sent a wrong one, everytime it will not have GameStop stickers and will be on a generic case, so it would not say if they scanned the actual item you bought. It seems to me this is the usual thing they do if they are sending a wrong item. I hate when they do this.

[@SUPERTROOPER89]

Even though times are tough for most folks this is a fantastic way to spend 200 dollars, they say gimmie shelter, I say gimmie games bro, followed by a serious salute

[@TheViper4Life]

I always wondered about things like Manuals and boxes being missing. Like if I'm buying say a NES, SNES or N64 game...okay I get it, those boxes weren't exactly meant to be kept. But why do so many people not have boxes for things like the Switch? You can find so many listing for just the cartridge (and selling it at a complete price at that). Or I've been on a bit of a PS1 and PS2 buying spree lately...the number of listing with the disc in it's case with no manual, is just weird to me....what are you doing with these manuals?

[@CarlC9898]

Yeah I recently bought Xenoblade Chronicles 2 from GS preowned and it didn't include the OG box, like wtf, did the original owner feed the case to their dog or throw it in the garbage upon beating the game? Luckily I was able to get a replacement case for it

[@battlezgaming3972]

Seeing just the mgs4 disc and not even the actual case saddens me cause I picked up the legacy collection a month ago everything there the case both discs and even the download codes that come with it