I Spent $100 On Retro Games At GameStop And...
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- Buy used retro games from GameStop, they said. It'll be fun, they said. Learn from me and move on!
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Matty’s enthusiasm when he got that complete box Dante’s Inferno is infectious! I was excited for him too!
It honestly feels like this just ordering off of Amazon anymore as well. Sellers rarely use the condition guidelines properly, and then they use a stock image and leave no notes. When the game is complete it’s like OH WOW I got one! Total gamble.
@@residentevilclone Same with Ebay on certain posts
@@MJForever1999 I ask people for pictures and they say “it’s like every other used game/console” total red flag
GameStop deserves blame for plenty but expecting them to be a hub for gaming collectibles when they are only re-selling what other people trade in, I honestly think is expecting a bit too much.
Soon they will all be out of business world wide. They closed their doors here in Norway about 2 years ago.
^ “GameStop is going out of business” talk has been happening since 2018.
Same. It’s not like people trade these in perfectly then they go and ruin them on purpose.
Agreed. They are reselling based on gameplay, not collecting.
@@puppethound Not in the US. People has been buying their stocks like crazy
I worked at GameStop for like 7 months back in 2016 and they would literally throw out perfectly good cases for DS games. Also, online orders come in and you have to pack and send them out if you have them. Even if you notice the game isn’t going to work, you have no option to send the purchase to another store that has it in-stock. I would never advise anyone to buy pre-owned games from GameStop. They’re the Cheeto-finger friend touching your controller of games retailers.
haha "Cheeto-finger friend" I literally snatch my shit out of their hands if they touch it.
if you notice that the game isnt going to work then thats your fault and the other employees fault. If a game is too scratched up either send it to the warehouse in defective or don't take the game in for trade.
Can’t imagine doing a gamble like that without seeing the condition lol. Pretty funny for content, but Matty playing Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood for a review would be too.
Hearing 360 and DS games referred to as retro makes me feel so incredibly old lol.
I actually used to work at Gamestop back when the DS was the current handheld, and back then we were told to throw out any cases so that we could put the carts in one of those little glass counter displays. We were carrying PS2, PS3, Xbox, 360, PSP, DS, Gamecube, Wii, and even in-box PC games at the time. So they opted to get rid of DS cases to save space. I'm not sure how long they did this, but it's going to be very difficult to find DS games with a box at Gamestop. There was a certain point when we carried PS2 games that we were told to put the stickers directly on the artwork under the plastic as well. Eventually I was able to convince my GM to let us not destroy the artwork, but I don't know how many other stores did this or for how long. So be careful when trying to buy PS2 games especially. If you're looking to collect, rather than just play, I'd definitely recommend avoiding gamestop though. You can find some good deals if you don't care about the case and just want to play the game on original hardware, but the vast majority of the time you're looking at no box. Or at the very least a bad condition and/or incomplete game.
💯 % Accurate
Lol i worked in a gaming shop when snes was current
Hey man, ive been super busy at work and im sorry ive missed most of the retro rebound content as it has dropped, i love the passion and dedication to growing this alt channel. Keep it coming man and im gonna be catching up over the holidays. Thanks for bein you!
Man, I miss when games had manuals. I was thrilled when there was an art book in Hades.
If you ask me game instruction manuals were more than just a luxury. I honestly thought they were essential, seriously some games don't explain the controls very well.
@@Rotodojo-yf9sq Totally agree 👍🏼
I'm currently a SL for gamestop. These retro games aren't completed by the warehouse. It's usually individual store who may have it in store. The first disc condition was a huge miss from whatever store was taken by. That's a big no to me, I usually decline those type of conditions on a disc. Second, unfortunately when games are traded in by a guest, they do not have the original case or cover art. People usually throw away the original case And we're left with the cartridge. There's nothing we can do about it. Period. Thirdly, we are required to throw away the insides due to CDC guidelines blah blah blah. Most of these rules are coming from California... figures. Lastly, we aren't much of collectors, gamestop is only good with games. I know they try to get the rights of the vinyl pops, actions figures, statues etc. But they have a long way to go for that.
GameStop charges the same when you trade disc-only as when you trade in a complete copy, and their Wii trade values are still really good on a lot of titles. Most stores don't even bother to check if the discs are scratched. Most people I know who do game hunting trade in crap scratched discs but keep the cases for when they get good condition cases, so my guess is that most discs don't even work even if resurfaced.
Honestly, I would return all of these to a local GameStop and stay clear from their used stuff online where you can't check condition. GameStop also was infamous for throwing out DS cases and manuals to save space back in the day, so DS stuff is a complete wash.
I used to work at a GameStop, and I’m not sure how this was different at other GameStops or if I just worked with a manager that required more of her employees than most, but I was required to check the condition of any games that were traded in to my store. We would hold them up to the light to check if they had any scratches, and if they did, if the scratches were see-through, it meant that we were 100% supposed to reject them as a trade-in. The games didn’t have to have their own cases, but the condition of them was always very important.
@@910iAmHuGs I think it might just be that the managers at my local stores don't care any more. They've all been there for 10+ years now and I think they're done with it.
I recently found out what older gameboy games are worth. I have a soul silver, fire red, leaf green, diamond, platinum, ruby, emerald, and more than I can't recall right now, all complete with their boxes basically untouched. I could literally sell them right now and buy a car, wish I was old enough back then to have bought much more.
Those generic cases are used if the games are traded in or sold to the stores with a broken or missing case. Sounds crazy but alot of people, mostly kids, lose or break them. Used to work for GameStop after highschool
Doesn't sound crazy at all. Unfortunately most people don't care about their games and treat discs like crap. My sisters BF, who's a big gamer, just stacks his discs in a messy pile on their coffee table, covered in all sorts of stuff, and just crams the cases in a corner somewhere and forgets about them.
Also, GameStop does not incentivize trading the game in with the case. They give you the same value anyhow so you might as well keep them, sell them, or even throw them away. I simply dont get why they don't require complete games to get the same value.
@@HunterAtheist Just a theory, i think it’s because people already give them shit for trade in values
@@HunterAtheist they use to before they bought babages and funco land every game with no box was 2 bucks less this was late 90s early 2000
Duh
You know, I've questioned before how costly it must be to purchase all the games/consoles to be a gaming youtuber. Now I understand that you can totally write it off as business expenses!!! As a fellow small business owner, I salute that lol. Keep up the awesome work dude
FYI on used games now orders are not fulfilled by the GS warehouses, they are fulfilled by individual GS stores.
The exception is retro stuff is from the GS warehouse as stores that take in the limited amount of retro games accepted are supposed to immediately send them into the warehouse.
Don't even remind me about that cliffhanger for The Darkness 2. Good lord is that frustrating even more now considering there's no Darkness 3.
I remember pretty vividly around the time the 3dsxl launched , gamestop was cleaning all their shelves off of their actual game cases for ds games just due to the size of the actual game. A bunch of my gamestop’s eventually only had those plastic cases that just hold the games in a cabinet
Why are you surprised old pre-owned games aren't complete and perfect? It's this your first time buying from GameStop? 😂
i think the point of the video was to see how many of the games actually came with the original case. honestly i dont know how people lose the cases for games considering how expensive they are.
@@kigeruse Some people/kids have those folder things that you put cds/DVDs in and they discard the case. So when it's time to trade they just take the folder of games to the store to trade.
@@DejayTheDon And those people are fking stupid. They are a detriment to gaming.
Well gamestop doesn't give people extra for selling the game with the case, they give same amount. Why should people care if they sell their games to gamestop complete
@@dragonfistX200 They should care by respecting and preserving our hobby, regardless of what some soulless corporation does.
I’ve always liked “greatest hits” or “platinum hits” because they include the most recent patches to the game and occasionally even all the DLC. But man is it disappointing when you get one like that with no original case or manual or anything! This was very entertaining
With game stop purchases I always buy in store so I see what I’m getting. And I always use trade in credit and most stuff I trade in is from goodwill outlet s and I’m usually in the profit with the stuff I trade in. So for me any GameStop purchase s are little to no risk. Gotta shop smart
Easiest way to determine if a dS cartridge is legit is if it plays on a 3DS since it has latest software that will detect and not play a fake cartridge.
Maybe I'm crazy but I wouldn't care about the case or manuals or whatever, as long as the games are playable that's the only thing I care about lol. And having goofy ridiculous GameStop used-game packaging is a funny conversation starter if someone sees it on your shelf
i could not stop laughing man! Good lord this was terrible.. you are so unlucky everything was just plain garbage straight up going in the trash.
My last Gamestop transaction was last year, when they tried to sell me a "new" PS4 game that had no plastic seal and a sticker directly on the case. After I had to explain in person that breaking the plastic seal on a game makes it no longer "new" condition, I pried my FULL refund out of them and have avoided them like the plague since that.
Anyone who sells me a non-new game as new gets immediately blacklisted and banned from my business for eternity.
I legit will bring back my entire order if at least 50% of my order doesn’t come in case.
Don’t bother with DS games. 95% chance they tossed them because for some reason they typically toss the cases when they receive them in store.
You should do some Ebay random lots :D Could be a lot of fun for you and the viewers!
I ordered Diddy Kong racing and Mario party 3 over a year ago through GameStop online. They came pretty fast, and looked super clean! I was wondering if they put a new label cuz it was to nice. But I checked the boards and it's legit! I think GameStop is hit or miss now, unless you actually see what you want physically or if it's new. Gamestop even has better deals on older games compared to retro shops, but good luck if they are in stock for that price.
yeah, buying these from a major retailer in 2021 is probably not the best idea. good lesson though. I was fortunate that a gamestop in my area somehow ended up being a dumping ground for pristine ds games 5 years ago. I got 30+ titles like-nib, manuals, the works, etc, for basically peanuts. Thats never happening again.
I’ve gotten some great pickups via GameStop. Someone was nice enough to even write a handwritten note about there not being the case for it, and the girl also wrote “Nice pick” for a professor Layton game I grabbed. Can’t beat their prices most of the time honestly. Sucks you didn’t get boxes for the DS games but I never expect boxes for those or anything 2 generations back.
Matty your the shit! Merry Christmas my dude! Thanks for the quality entertainment!
I have had really good luck and also absolutely abysmal luck buying used games through GameStop. Most of my 3DS/DS library has come from them aside from some of the more difficult to find and pricier games. Like with anything, if you aren’t satisfied you have a window of time to return the games. I wish they would do better too.
From all the mystery box videos I consume I would recommend ebay next time
They need to separate the used games they're selling by quality and completeness. The people trading in the games also need to take better care of their stuff.
Dante’s inferno is the most underrated video game of the PS3/360 era. Period.
When it comes to mystery boxes, there's companies where they have a good reputation for generally good stuff, unknown companies where it could be good or bad, but I think this is the only one where I expected it to be dissatisfying.
I’m pretty sure no one buys any preowned games online at GameStop expecting collectible cib condition. GameStop promises you a working game nothing more.
I've only ever seen serial killers crying about how good or bad something is wrapped up and stored for collection.
Coolest things I found in GameStop was Donkey Kong Jungle Climbers CIB and Kid Icarus Uprising CIB. Uprising even had the cards- never opened! I naturally put everything in my carrying case.
Even though the find was cool, I feel like the boxes are wasted on me. I feel guilty for considering to just throw them away, but I'm also too lazy to sell them online and they're just taking up place in my tiny ass studio. For now they sit uselessly on my shelf.
Swear to God, this happened to me last time I went to GameStop (which was about 4 years ago now). I trade in all my 360 games and a couple retro controllers my brother was given by his wife's brother-in-law because I was getting an Xbox One from OUR brother-in-law the next month for Christmas so I wanted to get a few games in advance. I pick out Dark Souls III and Witcher 3 and I was actually expecting the infamous pre-owned boxes for them because those were what I pulled off the shelf. No... this is not what happened at all. What happened was the clerk actually gave me the Day 1 Edition of DS3 (not the version I pulled off the shelf) CiB with manual and cover jacket and Witcher 3 CiB as well. I did have to go back after getting my Xbox because the Witcher 3 disc kept stopping halfway through installation and wouldn't continue (nbd, got a replacement that works fine). I like thinking about this a lot because, even though it was the last time I stepped into a GameStop and probably will be the last time, it was an awesome feeling to walk away that day with the best customer service.
Brother that trim is a criminal offence
I got a used copy of windwaker for the Wii U from GameStop recently and it came in the original case no scratches on the disc
Gamestop consistently let's me down. I can't stand those garbage cases and not knowing if it's cib. I stick to EBAY and local game shops when I'm picking up older games.
At least the price doesn't seem that bad to me 100 bucks for like 8 or 9 games seems not that bad to me.
As someone who used to dig in GameStop dumpsters to get free games, books, etc. They most likely threw away the cases especially for the DS games always seen those.
Damn Matty my gamestops no longer carry any pre owned pre Xbox one games it’s just sadness I tell you
These are from the online store I think
@@dustinsterling3248 for sure but I’m saying irl it’s a graveyard
Honestly I’ve been pretty pleased with GameStop. Even for cartridge/disc only some of their retro stuff is underpriced. For example I got an authentic copy of Soul Silver for $75 this Fall when it was going for up to $120 on eBay. I just look out for good deals assuming it will be a loose game
Recently bought 2 360 games, both had blacked out stickers on the front, both when taken off were covering stickers saying they were defective essentially. Both discs don’t work lmao
I've always completely understood the Gamestop pricing and what rhey offer for used games. No bad blood there at all from me. I managed books and music and video stores most of my life and was a corp buyer for said product and piloted video game product for my company. I understand the margins and lack of returns.
But the kdea that they don't have some pricing structure that takes condition and boxes and manuals into consideration is just bizarre to me. They could sell a complete package for triple the price of just a disc.
Now that all gaming is going Cloud, they are about to lose that revenue stream except for collectors, who usually want the complete package. Since they didn't train their customers to keep the whole package in order to get the best price when selling used games to the store, they didn't better cement their ability to sell these now collectible games at higher prices.
More fool them.
Good ol GameStop even some of the games in stores were in bad condition. I got GTA IV back in the day during a “buy 2 get 1.” The game was unplayable and they refused to exchange it because it was free. That location was one of the first stores to close in my area during their downfall.
been shopping at my local game stores ever since.
Dantes Inferno is an absolutely amazing game
When I hear “older games” I don’t think Xbox 360 or DS. I think SNES or SEGA or Ps2, or even GameCube! 360 doesn’t feel old to me.
You must live in another world I just assume I’m not going to get it complete when I order by mail from Gamestop.
quater way in and laughing my ass off with you because of the badness hahahaha
try signing your name as Spawn Wave next time you make an order from GS xD
What I learned from this video; DS prices are ridiculous
Sometimes I don't even care if a game even works, I just want the 'ownership license' to make my conscience feel better for playing the roms all these years xD
Funny thing is, take them in to a local Gamestop and try to sell them or trade them back and see what you get back. $5 total I bet IF you are lucky.
Love this channel and your main Matty been watching you since fallout 4 speculation videos and I’m still enjoying your content
Think the white marks on the center of the orange box is paste they put on the disc reading side when they resurface the disc i hate that!!! It helps the game work if there are bad scratches but man it makes the disc look awful in my opinion and i know old video but im new here 😊
I hate hate hate the generic cases and cover art. I don't even bother ordering used games online from gamestop anymore. I always get ripped off.
GameStop sent me the wrong game three different times this year including twice last week. They've also sold me a "new" game without the case and of course numerous times they have sold open games as "new". It's not worth buying from GameStop if you can help it unless you don't care if you get a case with the game.
I wanted to take advantage of the sales but not knowing if I would get the case I passed.
ordering ANYTHING before the 8th generation from GameStop, shouldn’t even be thought of. they WON’T come complete. just take PS4/XBO/Switch and newer games. that’s it.
Matty I saw the same deal and I bought diamond and pearl for ds and got new super mario bros and the orange box for free. Unfortunately both diamond and pearl were fake so I had to return them 😔
I'm in the UK. I'd be pissed with them. Sod no case no manual games. Can you not get a refund?
GameStops online shopping sucks. I ordered something during their cyber week and it was a disaster. Ordered 2 PS4 games in one order and was sent 2 different packages . The first came without any type of case for a game only about a year old which is pretty ridiculous and then the second game came almost 3 weeks late. NEVER AGAIN
GameStop is extremely hit or miss I've realized. I also did the buy 2 get 2 deal this past sale. I bought 4 Xbox 360 games myself. 3 of them came with original case 1 did not. But not one of them was complete in box. So sad...
I purchased the final fantasy xiii in used condition from a store in my country when I received my copies I saw the box was from a WWE game, it had the official sticker. But when I opened it I was surprised the disc was in perfect condition it had the manual and an unused square register code for 15 bucks it was perfect. Then the xiii2 lighting returns were just the case and the disc but I bought them from different stores
As a physical collector, those generic cases are the reason why I don't order online from Gamestop.
Like, I know that they have a version of that game with its box art and case.
Not necessarily. Online orders first get fulfilled from stores that have the product. They have no choice but to fulfill the order no matter the condition or the case when an order like that comes in. So no, they don't necessarily have a version of that game with its box art and case sadly.
Gamestop BIGGEST Issue is GAMESTOP!!
There’s so many better places to buy retro games besides GameStop anymore. I also think the word retro games gets used to loosely anymore. It used to be anything that was 25 years or older was considered retro I’m seeing a lot of people call things retro that’s 10 or 15 years old now.
Yeah I dont really consider 360 retro
Solid video idea, I just recently got FF13-2 with the green case and Gravity Rush 2 with a slightly messed up case from GS online
Platinum hits doesn't matter if you really only got the disc...
It's a shame that the dominance of digital distribution has made physical media something of a niche hobby. I mean the money i could've made on my physical games I got when I was a kid.
I got in on a buy 5 get 50% off on Christmas or something and the VERY next day I got 3 games in retail box, one was in a steelbook case in fact (last of us 2- yeah it's not a gold gem but I was SHOCKED to ever find a steelbook...) I guess I was just lucky. Now the next game took over a week and Mario + Rabbids came in a generic switch case and my 5th most anticipated game has yet to arrive (I hope I didn't miss 13 sentinals and throw it away!! I'm pretty sure I double checked everything though). At 50% off I'm fine with whatever (I'd like a disc at LEAST though!!) so I'm good that none of my games came with manuals, as recent as they were I wouldn't be shocked if that's just how they were sold, SO many games nowadays (like 100% of them) don't have manuals anyway. Mr. Pete Door (Dor?) convinced me to try it saying if you get reletively new games you might have better luck. And I did. Dude's a legend.
edit: I actually just got my last out of 5 games today, over 2 weeks after the sale (just checked when Pete Dorr's video was, Dec 20)! 13 Sentinels came in retail box though so I'm good -_-.
There's a second-hand chain store in New Zealand (which I can't name because RUclips will delete my comment), they have almost as much selection of preowned games (if not more) than EB games (GameStop). They're probably just as bad in terms of packaging games and the awful condition they're in. They often don't even test the stuff they trade before selling it. What's worse is that they offer refunds on faulty items, but don't reimburse for return shipping, so it's not even worth returning to get the refund. You just lose your money because they couldn't be bothered doing a couple of minutes testing. I also ordered a 'rare' PS4 controller which was in mint condition, one of the transparent blue ones from the PS4 Pro Limited Edition anniversary console, and they shipped it loose in a bag with no protection, and obviously it arrived broken...
You need to review Dante Inferno .. one of my all time favourites ❤ 🤧🤜🏻💥🤛🏻
And the sad part is, some person that traded that $25 game in, only got $2 back worth of trade credit for it.
Not sad. If they don’t have a use for it then who cares. Better than nothing or going through the hassle of shipping the game.
Evolution worlds for the GameCube you gotta try it! I comment on every video about it and won’t stop till it gets the review it deserves lmao
I wish some of the content wasn't cut.
GameStop threw out all the Nintendo DS Game Cases over half a decade ago 😭
Lol they did ya dirty
If you want to fault GameStop for anything, it would be not requiring original case, etc. on trades & not offering the same amount on disk only as complete games. Even the resellers flipping the newer Walmart clearance games will keep the cases & just trade the disks on brand new XBox & PS4/5 games.
This is why I'll never get into hardcore collecting. The game is enough for me because I can play it.
Okay so i'm a UK viewer but i watch a lot of these pickup videos around RUclips and people always say that GameStop is pretty bad for used games so with this stigma being out there, why do people still go there for used games?! lol :'D
Idk why either lol, like they're advertised as a high-end collectors store so idk why people always seem shocked when the USED games look USED.
Its mainly for people that aren’t collectors and just want to play the game. The problem for gamestop is that many of those people have just moved to digitial. Physical game enthusiasts go online or to local retro stores.
@@dustinsterling3248 yeah the key word here is "used" so of course they are not going to be in top condition but i would say that i would still want a case with them, i can't have loose games, unless it's GBA where the cases are cheap cardbaord and are therefore not built to last
I think part of the reason is that occasionally GS does have better prices on retro stuff than you will see in smaller retro stores, but at least in my area, they don't stock the retro games in the actual stores, they are online only, and on GS website they don't list the condition or what all is included with the game so its basically a gamble on whether you get something decent or not.
GameStop reminds me of a shop that used to be in Preston UK ( don't know if company is still going) That's entertainment, it was primarily for Used DVDs, Games and CDs never did I get a disc / case in decent condition.
I ordered guardians of the galaxy pre-owned earlier this month and the front and back of the transparent sleeve literally looked like it was sliced up with an X-Acto knife handled by a 9 year old , then taped together with shitty scotch tape. The case itself couldn’t even fully snap close.
When I took it to GameStop, the employee who helped me looked mortified. Said that who ever did this straight up deserved to be smacked.
Wasn’t GameStop the company that had that disk cleaner? Remember back in the day we would give GameStop / Play and Trade 5 bucks and they would clean your disk and actually fix it, they can’t even use a service they use to have to fix their own games??? And they wonder why everyone chooses digital
With Gamestop, I would say probably 7 out of 10 discs are completely unplayable that you buy used, and you rarely get the actual case for the game (They give you a generic Gamestop case)
Hey, man. This was fun, and it's gambling, which is fun, but... you didn't expect anything else, did you? I mean, if you wanted something in particular, I'm sure you would have ordered it, and if you wanted a surprise, you would have ordered that (you did). It was a fun segment, and I hope you do something like this again. If you want to see how places compare, Bullmoose Music out of Maine does something similar. See if they're better than Gamestop at this point. Cheers.
I bought 3 ps4 games on black Friday from gamestop and 2 of the cases where ruined. One was covered in pen marks. Had to buy replacement cases.
The whole “I don’t like greatest hits” thing is ridicules. Just if someone doesn’t know. For a game to be a “greatest hit” title it needs to sell X million copies. Then they do 1-2 more print runs at “greatest hits” which means that they are actually more rare than regular label.
GameStop is supposed to be #1 video game store n they don’t even take the time to clean the cds or cases
I never buy used games online from gamestop you just never know if you're gonna get the generic case
They're USED GAMEs..dude. What else did you expect ? You can also RETURN them
within 2 weeks ( even if you didnt purchase insurance for them) It's hit and miss buying
used games...but all the games I got from GS works...aside the Crew or a couple of other game...that the developers dosnt support anymore. I have over 150 games for xbox360
most I got from GS. I only had to order games a couple of times...I guess I got lucky.
They were complete with orginal art..Hell, I got Quantum Break with the Alan Wake
in original Box1, ( looks new to me..becuase it's an ADULT GAME. An adult took care of it)
for 99 cent. It works like that too...because they dont keep track of all the hinden gems
I purchase over 40 xbox1 games from GS. They all work. Some I had to clean..but SHIET DUDE...I dirty the disc myself from time to time. FFS
They always treat me nice in GS becuase Im not a nit picking little biotch..expecailly
if I purchase USED GAMES.
There's a thing call a color PRINTER..if you need to print covers for cases :-P
Why would you want them as a hub for gaming collectibles? They buy used games... With or without box and inserts
That is one of the reasons I never buy used games from the website.
I must be one of the only gamers out there that doesn’t care that much about cases. I mean, yeah, it’d be nice to have them but for the right price, screw it.
Please do a review on Dante’s Inferno I’d love to know what you think of that game
Buying from GameStop is like opening a loot box... where's your sense of pride and accomplishment?!?!
About 3 or 4 years ago when they had the elite program I used gamestop for so much. Buy 2 get 1 free all the time with 20% discounts. So many ps2, Xbox, n64 and GameCube games I got for free and most of the disc games were cib. Crazy to think I got games like thousand year door complete for free.
Of course Dante’s Inferno is the one complete in box. LOVE that game forever.
could you open up a retro shop someday? i need dragonball games :/ i want your raging blast for the ps3 so bad
Sad. I’ve found old dvds/games in better condition in thrift stores.
Got a pristine copy of The Simpson hit and run for PS2 at a Hospice store for $1. Along with a collectors edition of DBZ digitally remastered season 1-9 and all of DBGT for like $10 total.
ALWAYS check your local thrift stores
Toy story 3 is probably the best game based on a movie ever