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GameStop Now Offering Android Tablets at 1,600 Locations

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GameStop, the retail chain whose traditional forte has been selling gaming consoles and gaming videos, is changing their business model. The company has leaped into carrying android tablets, since these mobile computing devices have now emerged as the preferred devices to try out the latest video games. GamesStop is wise to have its presence maintained in the tablet sphere as well, and the move is already paying off.

As of now, 1,600 of GameStop locations are offering Android tablets. Besides the market leading iPad, the gaming retailer also offers a bunch of tablets from Asus, Acer, Samsung, and Toshiba.

Also, coming from a retailer that has a commanding presence in the gaming sphere, it is a given that GameStop has pre-loaded all the tablets it sells with a few games such as Sonic CD, Riptide, or the Kongregate Arcade app. As part of its changed marketing strategy, the retailer is also offering downloadable content in stores. Further, if there are any games that you’d like to trade off, those can be used to gain some in-store credit to bring the tablet price down.

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  • msliberty

    Well, I have to let the word out that I was able to purchase my 32 G Asus 300 new tablet, hot off the press, at a Game Stop store and was really surprised they had one, since my pals at Best Buy only had a 16 gig and could not tell me when they would get the new model in. Opened up a whole new world of products, caring, informative sales staff, and quite a few accessories for me. Not much of a gamer, myself, I have never entered the store. They had supply of tablets in place, and now I understand why that was the case. Can’t quite see them being a big presence in Android, but y’know, I applaud their creative thinking and love companies that look for growth outside of the box. Preloaded games got by husband’s attention and he has downloaded a bunch of aim and shoot war games onto my tablet. Didn’t I buy him some Play station toys in the past that he hardly ever plugged in?
    msliberty 

  • This place is as crooked as the come the way they run their trade-in program. Someone should file a lawsuit against them.