Is GameStop Retro STILL a Scam?

[00:00] - GameStop have their retro program

[00:02] where they offer "high

[00:06] at a reasonable price."

[00:07] Now we looked at them last

[00:09] The selection was incredibly minimal

[00:11] and the conditions were

[00:13] Now that a year has passed,

[00:16] and most importantly, how do they stack up

[00:18] to the real benchmark

[00:22] (laughs) I'm in danger.

[00:24] So if we go to GameStop Retro,

[00:26] we got everything from NES through Wii U.

[00:29] PSP, Vita, Xbox, you name it.

[00:31] Oh my god. $399 for a new 3DS XL.

[00:36] The price on these things just

[00:39] Let's take a look to see

[00:40] if I can find a 3DS on DKOldies.

[00:43] DKOldies has a 3DS,

[00:48] - [Alex] Are you sure

[00:49] - I hate to say this,

[00:52] Original 3DS from GameStop is $260.

[00:56] (exhales) About to spend $600

[00:59] buying a couple of dumbass 3DSs.

[01:01] - [Alex] How about we

[01:04] - Let's actually looking at like a model,

[01:07] maybe like a model 3,

[01:08] but does DKOldies have the same thing?

[01:09] I actually need to make sure

[01:11] No Genesis 3s, they have some model 2s.

[01:14] GameStop actually feels like

[01:16] Okay, let's just pick a

[01:21] Are they using the same photo?

[01:22] They're literally using the same photo.

[01:27] Okay, so GameStop Retro has a

[01:31] They show a photo of

[01:33] Can I find a PS2 from DKOldies?

[01:36] Wow, DKOldies are way more expensive.

[01:41] Can I say that GameStop is maybe good?

[01:43] Is that like a series of words

[01:44] I don't think I'm supposed

[01:46] Alright, so with that, it is time

[01:47] to place the identical

[01:50] and GameStop to see exactly

[01:54] And so let us take a closer look.

[01:56] As you can see, while DKOldies

[01:58] just gave us everything in a single box,

[01:59] GameStop shipped it in

[02:01] Now I was told that GameStop

[02:05] some of their retro policies

[02:07] to source more of their consoles

[02:09] from their like main

[02:11] But let's see if that's actually the case.

[02:13] (sighs) Aw (duck quacks).

[02:16] Here we go again.

[02:17] Alright, this is not terrible.

[02:19] So well padded and that is

[02:23] I mean it looks pretty good.

[02:24] Now with GameStop, they

[02:27] sort of details on the

[02:29] We've gotten some consoles

[02:31] We've seen a lot that

[02:33] This one was just called pre-owned, right?

[02:36] - [Alex] That is correct.

[02:36] - So the screen lens,

[02:38] I would look for in these,

[02:40] So the other thing I look

[02:43] this little piece of metal on the inside

[02:45] as a Game Boy's being used, you know,

[02:47] you put games in and

[02:49] So not only the piece of

[02:51] you know, kind of putting it in and out.

[02:53] It looks really minty.

[02:54] This was not a Game Boy

[02:55] that I think saw like a ton of hours.

[02:57] You see it's yellowed,

[02:59] that that's actually real.

[03:00] That is a good sign.

[03:01] Let's take look at what

[03:04] So this is our DKOldies Game Boy Pocket.

[03:08] Something is off on the

[03:12] It's gonna be really hard

[03:14] Oh, when they put it in,

[03:18] of like foam to keep the glass

[03:20] from touching the actual display.

[03:21] I can see a little bit of that foam

[03:24] popping out on the inside.

[03:25] I don't wanna like ding them

[03:27] Like that's good, right?

[03:29] Like there's no reason

[03:30] should just be scraped because

[03:32] But that's a shoddy job

[03:34] to like not install the

[03:36] I mean to be fair, if

[03:38] it's definitely a reproduction,

[03:39] 'cause you can see the difference

[03:41] So if you look at the plastic on the top,

[03:43] you see all those like little scuff lines.

[03:45] That's really common

[03:46] you put a game in and

[03:48] I guess let's go ahead and fire these up

[03:50] and see if they actually work.

[03:52] So let's start by trying

[03:55] So there's a little bit

[04:00] I can see a shadow.

[04:01] That's not uncommon in

[04:03] if I'm honest with you.

[04:04] The screen is certainly a

[04:07] but it is definitely a

[04:09] So now let's try with

[04:12] I'm just gonna hit the screen

[04:15] You know what? No.

[04:18] This doesn't have a new screen in it.

[04:19] I think what they did was they

[04:22] and that screen lens probably came

[04:23] with a little bit of foam.

[04:24] Dude, that kind of bothers me though, man.

[04:27] - [Adriana] That would bother me.

[04:28] - It is actually almost the same

[04:29] 'cause it's got the same

[04:31] I think I've seen what I need to see here.

[04:33] So basically GameStop definitely delivers

[04:36] a much cleaner and mintier console,

[04:39] but I don't think they had

[04:41] Someone traded in a nice

[04:43] they turned around and sold it.

[04:44] Alex, let's start with GameStop.

[04:45] How much did I pay for my Game Boy Pocket?

[04:49] - [Alex] We paid $90.

[04:51] - Not cheap, but ballpark.

[04:54] What about DKOldies?

[04:56] - [Alex] We paid $100.

[04:57] - So we paid more for

[05:01] that was modified and upgraded

[05:04] This first round is a very

[05:07] Cheaper, better quality console.

[05:09] I don't know that that's gonna hold up

[05:12] though as we continue.

[05:13] My expectations are...

[05:15] down here.

[05:16] Next up, let's take a look

[05:20] specifically the model dos.

[05:22] That's what they call it, the cool kids.

[05:23] They call it the model dos.

[05:25] - [Alex] So then what

[05:26] - Before I told you to open it.

[05:28] (box rattles)

[05:29] Yeah, I just opened so

[05:32] There were like an Xbox thrown

[05:35] that it's nice to actually get someone

[05:36] who actually gives somewhat

[05:38] This also does seem like it's coming from

[05:40] their like main location.

[05:42] Oh and look at it, it's

[05:45] We've got a controller, which

[05:48] Okay, so that was one

[05:49] 'Cause DKOldies specifically

[05:51] to get an original controller.

[05:53] The original like first

[05:55] weighs like 75 pounds.

[05:56] That's ridiculous. This is a

[05:59] I guess as long it doesn't catch on fire.

[06:01] Whoa.

[06:02] They gave you like an RF tuner, really?

[06:04] And we have ourselves the Genesis Model 2

[06:06] and nothing else.

[06:08] So again, this is in pre-owned condition,

[06:10] so definitely had like some

[06:12] It's very like sticky here.

[06:14] I mean I think most Genesises

[06:15] were sticky at some point.

[06:18] What? Huh?

[06:18] - What? Why?

[06:21] Oh my god.

[06:23] - [Alex] Oh my god,

[06:25] before you even try it.

[06:26] - It doesn't sound good.

[06:27] You know what? Maybe

[06:29] I'll just trust that the

[06:32] Again, pretty encouraging, right?

[06:35] For DKOldies we have ourselves,

[06:37] this is gonna be an Old Skool controller.

[06:39] It is a six button controller,

[06:40] but this is a brand new controller.

[06:42] I mean I always like

[06:44] The third parties aren't really

[06:47] This one does come with the

[06:50] Ha. Yeah, this is what I'm talking about.

[06:52] This is the original power adapter.

[06:54] (adapter thuds)

[06:55] It is incredibly heavy.

[06:58] (glass shatters)

[06:59] - Oh.

[07:00] Let's, oh gross. What the hell?

[07:03] Ew. It's still like actively sticky.

[07:05] My guess is that this

[07:08] and what this stickiness is

[07:09] is they actually tried to fix it.

[07:11] I appreciate the fact

[07:13] but the problem is the

[07:15] they put on it presumably is different.

[07:18] - [Alex] Yeah, that looks bad.

[07:19] - It does not look encouraging.

[07:21] So it still has the feet on it,

[07:22] which I makes you realizing

[07:24] Does this one pop off?

[07:26] (console clicks) Look at that.

[07:27] See this is what you're supposed to do.

[07:28] What condition is the DKOldies one in?

[07:31] And please tell me it's not good.

[07:32] - [Alex] The DKOldies is

[07:35] - Okay, cool. That is

[07:37] Again, GameStop doesn't let

[07:40] The other thing I'm noticing

[07:43] they didn't really take the three minutes

[07:44] it would've taken to like

[07:46] Like it looks like there was like a label

[07:47] or like some tape on

[07:49] I think if I was gonna

[07:51] just on physical appearance,

[07:54] Alright, so let's start out by trying

[07:55] our GameStop SEGA Genesis.

[08:00] Hey immediately.

[08:02] ♪ To-Doo-Doo-Doo-Doo-Do ♪

[08:04] (laughs) Original controller for sure.

[08:07] It works, but I'll tell

[08:10] like the right side of the

[08:14] The left side actually like depresses,

[08:15] the right side is just depressed.

[08:18] Am I just dumb?

[08:18] Why does every button

[08:20] Can I not charge right now?

[08:21] - [Alex] I don't think you

[08:23] - Oh. Okay.

[08:24] Yay. I mean, no complaints

[08:28] I think the console clearly works.

[08:30] Let's try our DKOldies console.

[08:33] Boom. Works.

[08:35] - [TV] SEGA!

[08:37] - Yeah, so I will say

[08:39] the Old Skool controller here.

[08:41] This one is fresh. Even if

[08:44] What did we pay on GameStop

[08:49] - [Alex] We paid $75.

[08:51] - [Austin] Which seems about right.

[08:53] - [Alex] So for DKOldies we paid $70.

[08:56] - If I'm gonna give

[08:59] Rare opportunity. They do

[09:02] Now whether or not they will,

[09:04] and whatnot, that's a little

[09:06] But generally speaking,

[09:08] is a very nice thing.

[09:09] GameStop has a like a week or two?

[09:12] - Seven days.

[09:14] I still generally think

[09:16] that the GameStop console

[09:18] but this one's a lot closer, right?

[09:19] Like I think GameStop

[09:21] Round two, it's a little

[09:24] Moving right along.

[09:25] We should have our Nintendo 3DS.

[09:28] We've talked about this

[09:30] 3DS values have absolutely skyrocketed.

[09:33] I remember when we did our

[09:36] one of the main things

[09:37] with one of the vendors was how 3DSs

[09:39] are almost impossible

[09:41] (static buzzing)

[09:42] (upbeat music)

[09:44] If I would've put in a

[09:47] and Nintendo stock, would

[09:51] - [Alex] Nintendo stock actually

[09:53] has gone slightly down, technically.

[09:56] There's no better place to

[09:58] into a bunch of Nintendo consoles.

[10:01] Okay, so this is an original Nintendo 3DS.

[10:05] So a launch model in the red colorway.

[10:08] The top of it is fairly scuffed.

[10:11] Ooh, some like gunk and some like residue.

[10:13] It's got like some just,

[10:16] It does have a stylus.

[10:17] Sometimes these things have gone missing,

[10:19] but that looks okay.

[10:20] It does actually still have

[10:21] the original two gigabyte SD card,

[10:23] but the big question,

[10:25] are what do the screens look like?

[10:28] Oh yeah. Oh yeah, that's fine.

[10:31] Again, GameStop, man, this is

[10:34] The screen's not really like yellowed.

[10:35] Sometimes that happens.

[10:37] Off. Never, ever 3D again.

[10:40] Dude, I looked at that

[10:42] I immediately got a headache.

[10:42] Ugh. Alex can I turn on

[10:45] - No.

[10:47] (camera clicks)

[10:48] Beautiful.

[10:49] Okay, this 3DS seems to be in good shape.

[10:52] We'll actually try to play

[10:53] I cannot believe that

[10:56] but we're basically three for three

[10:58] on GameStop Retro right now.

[10:59] DKOldies has their work cut out for them.

[11:04] Oh, third party power adapters.

[11:07] Alright, so when it

[11:11] a little bit cleaner on

[11:13] Some scuffs, but not too bad.

[11:15] Oh no stylus.

[11:17] DKOldies didn't give me a stylus.

[11:18] And also DKOldies took

[11:23] which is strange.

[11:24] Does this have an SD card in it?

[11:25] It does and it is this same two gigabyte.

[11:28] I don't like the fact that

[11:31] but (sniffs) I mean it feels

[11:33] like they did clean it moderately well.

[11:36] And pretty good on the inside.

[11:37] Oh, you know, there's like little bits

[11:39] of like something on here.

[11:40] So like around the A button,

[11:42] the like finish is sort of worn off.

[11:43] Like I can actually feel

[11:45] has been sort of rubbed off of it.

[11:47] Alex, this one is in

[11:50] Not acceptable.

[11:51] This one is in good condition.

[11:53] in good condition, yeah.

[11:54] - Which I generally agree with,

[11:55] but the problem is there's no stylus.

[11:57] And while yeah, the stylus

[12:00] you get for like $2 on Temu,

[12:04] - [Alex] The description says

[12:05] that a compatible stylus is included.

[12:08] - Yeah, so I would assume

[12:10] I mean if Ray Tracy

[12:13] they would probably ship a stylus.

[12:15] But it's a pain, right?

[12:16] (camera clicks)

[12:17] that's a sure photo if I've ever seen one.

[12:20] Yeah. This is looking a

[12:24] If you can imagine.

[12:25] Let's start out by trying

[12:28] Make sure that our good buddy Luigi

[12:30] is still afraid of things.

[12:32] Scary world out there, y'all.

[12:33] - [Alex] It's a scary world in here.

[12:35] - Cite several examples please.

[12:38] Can we get something

[12:42] (Austin speaking gibberish)

[12:43] Man, you know what?

[12:45] Nintendo kind of cooked with the 3DS.

[12:47] I've seen enough.

[12:48] I think that GameStop console

[12:49] gets a complete and total pass.

[12:50] Let's try our DKOldies console.

[12:53] This one's fairly close as

[12:57] isn't in terrible shape,

[13:00] It definitely has more wear on it.

[13:02] And if I remember correctly,

[13:05] How much did we pay?

[13:07] First and foremost for our GameStop 3DS?

[13:11] - [Alex] $260.

[13:14] - It's a lot of money,

[13:15] but I don't think that's

[13:18] - [Alex] The range starts

[13:22] and then it'll go up to the 250 range.

[13:27] - So this is a reasonable deal.

[13:31] - [Alex] (sighs) We paid $330.

[13:36] - Ohh.

[13:38] - [Alex] That's a big jump.

[13:40] - Look man, I know that this

[13:43] and like that is worth something.

[13:45] It is not worth $70.

[13:47] It's not a good look when

[13:51] All right, now we should be taking a look

[13:54] at our slim PlayStation Dos.

[13:57] Okay, that's not a great sign.

[13:59] - Urgh!

[14:01] (duck quacks) is this?

[14:02] - Urgh.

[14:04] How about peepee?

[14:07] I can almost break it with my hands.

[14:08] It's got this like fake like rubber,

[14:10] like sort of like leather texture to it.

[14:12] It does smell interestingly of Febreeze.

[14:15] We have the original power

[14:19] Oh, a little dirty.

[14:21] There's like residue on the top.

[14:24] It looks like toothpaste. Ooh, dust.

[14:26] Ooh yeah, we got a lot

[14:29] Oh, this is an...

[14:31] Wait, they shipped a PS2 Slim

[14:33] with ethernet and a 56k modem?

[14:36] - [Alex] Apparently that was a thing

[14:38] on like the early only

[14:42] - Interesting.

[14:42] Short of the fact that it's dusty,

[14:43] which I do think a little

[14:45] would probably knock out stuff

[14:46] like on the inside of the vent.

[14:47] And you might actually have to put some

[14:49] like elbow grease in to

[14:50] But there's no forgiveness

[14:52] for this piece of (duck quacks) though.

[14:53] No.

[14:54] So if we look at DKOldies.

[14:56] Okay, so this is a third

[14:59] with these ugly buttons on it.

[15:01] It actually looks pretty new.

[15:03] How much were they charging

[15:04] if I wanted the original PS2 controller?

[15:06] There was a big upcharge.

[15:07] - [Alex] Yeah, they charge an extra $30.

[15:11] - I will say, not in

[15:13] but DualShock 2s are actually

[15:15] kind of expensive controllers.

[15:16] Okay, so sure.

[15:19] Now this is supposed to be

[15:22] - [Alex] This one actually

[15:24] It just says refurbished.

[15:25] - It's just refurbished, period.

[15:26] - [Alex] It just says refurbished, period.

[15:28] - Ooh, little scuffed.

[15:31] They actually have almost the same amount

[15:33] of sort of dust buildup.

[15:34] Whoa. This one also has the 56k modem.

[15:39] I feel like I look at a

[15:41] That's crazy that both of

[15:45] Condition-wise, I think these

[15:49] (sniffs) It smells like

[15:51] Well, let's fire them up and

[15:55] Let's start out with our GameStop console.

[15:58] This feels like heresy,

[15:59] but I'm gonna play some

[16:02] Okay cool.

[16:05] These sound mostly like happy PS2 noises.

[16:08] Oh god, this control is

[16:10] ♪ Ya ya ya ya ♪

[16:12] (rock music)

[16:14] - Anyway, let's play some-

[16:16] - [Announcer] Crazy Taxi.

[16:19] - Don't be a dork.

[16:19] - [Alex] I mean, is she wrong?

[16:21] - That was a clean run. Clean run.

[16:22] Oh, that was a clean run.

[16:25] (Alex laughs)

[16:27] We can confirm pretty simply

[16:28] that the GameStop

[16:31] Let's try with DKOldies.

[16:33] (video game music)

[16:34] It's a good sign.

[16:35] In fact...

[16:37] No bad sign. No, it's not loading.

[16:41] Disc is not spinning. Oh no.

[16:43] If I pop it, watch. Oh, it is spinning.

[16:46] - [Alex] Oh, so it just

[16:49] - I mean, you saw, I literally pulled it

[16:50] outta the functioning PS2

[16:52] (disc scrapes)

[16:53] - I don't like that.

[16:57] That that.

[16:58] - [Alex] Oh yeah. It's like a scratch.

[17:00] (disc scratches)

[17:01] - That again. That, that.

[17:02] Also, the vibration on

[17:07] It's vibrating all right.

[17:08] Obviously it's a new controller,

[17:10] but I mean, just listen to it.

[17:12] (controller rattling)

[17:13] Stop, stop, stop, stop,

[17:16] Ah!

[17:16] This one I think is a pretty clear win

[17:19] for GameStop, right?

[17:20] And even though I don't like this

[17:21] sort of janky dumb controller,

[17:23] the vibration on this is like four times

[17:25] higher than a normal controller.

[17:26] Like my hand literally feels a little numb

[17:28] because of how like hard it was shaking.

[17:30] I also am concerned about that disc drive.

[17:32] The fact that it didn't

[17:34] we had to restart it.

[17:35] So Alex, help me out here.

[17:37] With the PS2, how much did we

[17:41] - $160.

[17:44] That feels like too much, right?

[17:45] Like what does, what

[17:47] - [Alex] If you buy from like

[17:50] and stuff like that, it

[17:52] Around the 200s.

[17:53] If you're just buying

[17:55] it's probably in like the low 100 range.

[17:58] - Now if this would've

[18:00] I actually would probably

[18:02] But it's in the ballpark of almost okay.

[18:05] How much did we pay for

[18:10] - [Alex] Well if you didn't

[18:13] we paid $240.

[18:20] - What?

[18:23] Okay, I thought we did bad

[18:26] This is worse. I should be

[18:29] And while I could, I might not

[18:33] that I've been trying to

[18:34] Alex, what did we pay

[18:35] for all of our consoles

[18:38] - [Alex] We paid a total of $585.

[18:42] - Whereas at DKOldies?

[18:44] - [Alex] $740.

[18:47] - That's a crazy swing.

[18:49] So how do we sum this up?

[18:50] Well, I think in many

[18:54] and I don't think it's really that close.

[18:56] They were almost

[18:59] generally speaking as good

[19:02] front across all the

[19:04] And the biggest downside

[19:06] that they don't really

[19:08] It's just you got a

[19:10] And obviously GameStop as a company,

[19:12] may or may not be a company

[19:14] But compare it to when we

[19:16] this is a legitimately big improvement.

[19:19] DKOldies...

[19:22] (sighs) I mean, what do we say?

[19:23] If GameStop makes your prices look bad,

[19:27] you know that you (duck quacks) up.

[19:29] What do you think my friends?

[19:31] Has GameStop redeemed themselves?

[19:33] Have DKOldies dug themselves

[19:35] Subscribe to the channel.

[19:36] Ring-a-ling that ding-a-ling.

[19:37] And if you'll excuse me,

[19:38] I'm gonna go play some more "Crazy Taxi."

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