Live near a Gamestop? Most likely since they’re more common than McDonald’s these days. The retailer is selling a new silver-colored DualShock 3 controller for the PS3 now. It’s $55 and will get you nothing but street cred*.
*- Actual street cred may vary.
GameStop, with its icy grip on the retail video game industry, has a new competitor coming up the pipelines. No, Funcoland isn’t making a comeback but rather Best Buy is trying out a trial program that lets customers trade in used video games for store credit. As Brian Crecente of Kotaku points out, this is a fantastic time to be in the used video game industry. No kid or adult has $60 to plop down on a next-gen game nowadays, save for Killzone 2.
I think this is a great move for Best Buy. It’ll force GameStop to become more competitive and will lower prices on used titles even further. Let’s see how Best Buy plays this out…
A site sniper over at the GoNintendo forums saw a new listing briefly listed on Gamestop titled Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition. With that product name, theres no denying the future plans for the Resident Evil brand. The question is, was this a site typo or was this a company mistake, giving us a little peak at the future? The game listing, which has since been removed, displayed that the fourth installment is set for a July 24th release for $29.99.
Sources who attempted to contact Capcom got neither a confirmation or a denial, further deepening the rumor. A Resident Evil game using the controls of the Wii has got to have some cool navigation. Maybe we’ll be able to really physically beat up zombies now. — Andrew Dobrow
