GameStop shuns away from replacements

October 29th, 2007

GameStop shuns away from replacements Woe to those who purchased their Xbox 360s from GameStop as the company has ended their replacement plan for Microsoft’s current-generation console due to the system’s unusually high failure rate. A flier has shown that GameStop will honor current replacement plans until they expire, but you’re out of luck if you’ve been searching for a new Xbox 360 there. Guess GameStop doesn’t have a cool billion to splash around, so this corporate move makes perfect sense. I wonder what potential customers would do next - will they use the money originally intended for an Xbox 360 on a PS3 or Nintendo Wii? Or will they take their money elsewhere and pick up an Xbox 360 from a store that provides extended warranty?