{"id":11526,"date":"2011-09-06T16:02:04","date_gmt":"2011-09-06T21:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/?p=11526"},"modified":"2023-12-30T07:38:26","modified_gmt":"2023-12-30T13:38:26","slug":"gamestop-will-now-buy-your-used-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2011\/09\/gamestop-will-now-buy-your-used-iphone\/","title":{"rendered":"Gamestop will now buy your used iPhone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2011\/08\/episode-43-happy-birthday-vitto-thanks-for-sitting-this-one-out\/gamestop1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11364\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"607\" height=\"413\" data-attachment-id=\"11364\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2011\/08\/episode-43-happy-birthday-vitto-thanks-for-sitting-this-one-out\/gamestop1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/gamestop1.jpg?fit=607%2C413&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"607,413\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"gamestop1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/gamestop1.jpg?fit=602%2C409&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/gamestop1.jpg?resize=607%2C413&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11364\" title=\"gamestop1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/gamestop1.jpg?w=607&amp;ssl=1 607w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/gamestop1.jpg?resize=300%2C204&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/gamestop1.jpg?resize=602%2C409&amp;ssl=1 602w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/gamestop1.jpg?resize=180%2C122&amp;ssl=1 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 607px) 100vw, 607px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once upon a time mobile gaming was seen as a place where the less talented developed. After all who would care about games that only play on under-powered devices without an actual gamepad or buttons even?&nbsp;Turns out that mobile gaming has become as ubiquitous as&nbsp;(or maybe even more so) &#8220;hardcore&#8221; gaming; now GameStop is thinking how they translate the demand for mobile gaming to their pawn shop like business strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><del>Scammer<\/del> <a title=\"TWIFY: GameStop.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2011\/08\/twify-gamestop\/\">Re-seller<\/a> of all the things you once cared about, GameStop, had previously announced that they will be buying (and naturally selling) your used iDevice in the near future and according to a report in 9-to-5 Mac has already begun accepting iPhones and iPod Touch for trade-in. The belief is that GameStop will initially only offer used devices as Apple prepares to unleash the newest and most magical devices in October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What remains to be seen is whether or not GameStop will decide to <a title=\"GameStop hates OnLive. There I said it.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2011\/08\/gamestop-hates-onlive-there-i-said-it\/\">remove the actual device from its box<\/a> since you can&#8217;t buy GameStop wares in the iTunes App Store, you know, <a title=\"GameStop REALLY hates OnLive\" href=\"http:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2011\/08\/gamestop-really-hates-onlive\/\">like they did with those OnLive coupons<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2011\/09\/05\/gamestop-to-carry-ios-devices-soon-begins-trading-in-used-iphones-ipads-and-ipods-for-in-store-credits\/\">9to5Mac<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mobile Games Go Retail? GameStop Eyes Used iPhones &#038; iPods for Pawn Shop Hustle. 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