NE Interview: Gamestaq CEO/co-founder Joseph Gindi
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CEO and Co-Founder of Gamestaq.com discusses the used game market, downloadable add-ons, and how pricing of secondhand titles is getting out of hand.
The used game market is slowly and slowly getting more and more out of hand. If you plan on selling a game to retail giant GameStop, for instance, chances are that you’ll get less than a fourth of full price for it. This is fairly ridiculous considering that GameStop sees no problem in taking what they paid five dollars for and reselling it to those same gamers who support them for three, four, or even five times that. Some may say that you can’t blame companies like GameStop for this, because it indeed takes two to tango, but the fact of the matter remains that many gamers just don’t have much a choice when it comes to selling their used games.
That, however, is about to change because of a company called GameStaq. Joseph Gindi is the CEO and co-founder of the company which offers gamers an alternative to places like GameStop, and it allows you to get upwards of 70 or 80% of retail price, as opposed to the usual 30 to 40%. I had the privilege of interviewing Mr. Gindi, and I asked him a variety of questions on his company, his outlook, and the industry as a whole. Check it out after the break…
New Tales of the Abyss screenshots
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Dead or Alive: Dimensions details
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– DLC costumes include:
Cheer Girl Lei Fang
Personal Clothing Kokoro
Ninja Attire Ayane
Personal Clothing Kasumi
Personal Clothing Hitomi
White Cat Costume La Mariposa
White Cat Costume Tina
– 28 costumes will be distributed gradually through SpotPass
– Game will have a costume that you can only obtain if you buy it on the first day of release
– Genra, Alpha-152, Kasumi Alpha, and Tengu are making their first appearance
– Costumes will each be available on one day, from 10:00 am the following day at 9:00am
– Last costume download on April 24
– No costume downloads on Mondays
Off-screen nintendogs + cats footage
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3DS unboxing video
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Thanks to Alex S for the tip!
Nintendo of America twitter says situation at NCL HQ is stable
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This information comes from Nintendo of America’s Twitter account…
“Thanks for your concern! During the earthquake no one at Nintendo HQ in Japan was injured and there was no apparent structural damage.”
Well, at least that’s some good news. Other developers have also confirmed that they haven’t been affected by the tragedy in Japan, including Hideo Kojima, Platinum Games staff, Suda51 and his staff, as well as Q-Games’ Dylan Cuthbert.
Dead or Alive: Dimensions screenshots/art
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Iwata: Ocarina of Time 3D “crammed with interesting things” not found in N64 version
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Right now, we are aware of a few changes with Ocarina of Time 3D: the interface, the graphics, gyro support, and inclusion of the Master Quest. But perhaps there are more additions to the game than we originally thought. Speaking in the latest Iwata Asks interview, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata teased other additions by saying that Ocarina of Time 3D “is crammed with interesting things that weren’t in the Nintendo 64 version”. Unfortunately, he wouldn’t elaborate. It looks like we’ll have to wait until the title is closer to launch before we find out about other changes.
“Well, I feel that I’ve started to understand, little by little, what makes Ocarina of Time special. Of course, the Nintendo 3DS version of Ocarina of Time is crammed with interesting things that weren’t in the Nintendo 64 version, but we’ll wait to talk about those the release.”
