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MoominTheFirst t1_j1zqkh1 wrote

Reply to comment by LetterheadOwn3078 in Activision's Boston studio workers announce unionization by No-Drawing-6975

Why do stores do this? Like, stores where you can’t trade in used to have their own corporate covers with the games cover shrunk down or surrounded by Walmart, Target, etc. designs.

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Bulletpointe t1_j20br0b wrote

The cover is IP so they can't just print it, it needs to be meaningfully modified into a clear fair-use reference.

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Clofan t1_j20e1m7 wrote

Lol what? What about the game right next to it, or any games sold in the last 30 years?

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Bulletpointe t1_j20e8d1 wrote

If the disc is sold or returned without the case they do that.

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MoominTheFirst t1_j20etm8 wrote

Yeah, but specifically stores where you can’t do trade-ins do this. And when I worked at one of these stores you couldn’t return a disc without a case that has a barcode.

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Wizard_Tendies t1_j20lel7 wrote

In merchandising, that is done for high theft items or when there isn’t shelf space for the entire product (product is stored where cashier grabs it).

For video games, I assumed it was done when there is so much stock it couldn’t fit or for high theft games. I don’t quite know so Best Buy employee, where you at?

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TheElderFish t1_j219web wrote

>What about the game right next to it

"what about the game right next to it that's clearly in its original packaging?"

Best Buy can't just print the cover art lol

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GngrBeardMan t1_j21sehs wrote

Okay okay. Ex Best Buy employee here. Cold War on the left is a print off utilized to represent that the game is available for purchase but not the actual game in the case. This is done for high theft items. Take that to the checkout, they grab you the actual game. The reason it’s in a security case is because you can’t just easily place a piece of printed cardboard into the same kinda slot as an actual video game, so this helps it sit in the pockets. Now, as far as why this particular Best Buy has the actual Vanguard copies out and not Cold War…shrugs. It’s 100% at the discretion of the store for specific games whether they put the actual game out or not. This could just be an line level employee not stocking properly or adjusting to what their actual high theft games are. This has 0 to do with it being open games.

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