nukeWalmart to Try Hand at Used Games Market (Again)

by gotya ~ May 11th, 2010. Filed under: Dev.

There’s no doubt the used game market can be lucrative, it’s tapping into it that’s challenging. Just ask mega retail chain Walmart, which previously tried cashing in, on used games by renting out space for E-play, a third-party automated kiosk company.

That didn’t quite work out the way Walmart had hoped, so this time around the chain is partnering with a new start-up called Game Trade, which will lease space in select Walmart locations. To start off with, the new used game venture get a test run in five stores, with a national rollout to follow if all goes well.

Word on the Web is that customers will be able to buy, sell, and trade games for both store credit and cash, and that gaming might not be the only media to change hands. Moves might make their way into Game Trade’s section, and so too might gaming hardware. In other words, pretty much everything you can find at your local Gamestop.

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