GameStop Late to the “Digital Download Party”

GameStop may have arrived unstylishly tardy to the whole “digital download party,” but maybe we should all extend our courtesy and forget we’ve been practicing this immediacy via Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network since, well, a while now. It’s simply another case of weighing each service against another, so let’s see if GameStop has anything Earth-shattering to offer, shall we?

Going nationwide this week is a DLC Center offered by GameStop and it’ll grant consumers the ability to purchase digitally delivered add-on content as well as full-blown video game titles. Tony Bartel, President of GameStop, mentioned “The beauty of our DLC Centers is in the convenience and options it offers our customers when they are looking to purchase add-on packs or full-length DLC content of top-selling titles for console games or popular Xbox Live games.” A code for immediate console download will be printed on the receipt and trade-in credit is accepted.

With limited titles to offer and no immediate plans to even consider Nintendo, Bartel still fished for an intriguing incentive to persuade us consumers to use GameStop’s service, adding “Customers pay only for the specific content they want, such as $14.99 for the Lara Croft game, rather than buying bulk points they don’t immediately need and will subsequently have to manage. Also, customers can pay for DLC with any form of payment we accept, including cash, credit or even trade credits.” Essentially, I’ll have to get dressed, get in my car, and drive to my local GameStop to purchase an invisible copy of a game I may as well get a physical copy of. What do you think?

[Source: IGN]