Sony offers rewards to Gamestop employees to push PS3 units

Our source at Gamestop has come through for us again, folks. We know how this sounds, but trust us, we have the documents to back it up. Apparently, Sony is currently running a behind-the-scenes contest with Gamestop that is resulting in employees pushing the Sony console on consumers. The contest works as follows.

Sony assigns a target sales number for each Gamestop store. This figure is obtained by using at the average PS3 sales numbers from April of this year, and manipulating it a bit. Then, the store manager in each district that sells the most PS3 units above the Sony assigned goal will be recognized as the winner. The manager who wins is then awarded 20,000 points to use on the Sony/Gamestop rewards website. On top of that, the manager of the number one store in the entire company wins an additional 10,000 points. Since we cannot access the reward site, we cannot tell just how much junk 30,000 points can buy, but we expect it is a decent amount. If anyone has any more info on this program, let us know. In the meantime, you can read it for yourself by clicking the link.

*Update1: We got some more information on the Gamestop point system and what it can buy you, thanks to reader FragNemesis!

Playstation 3 games (and they only offer Sony-published ones, so Motorstorm, Resistance, Genji, and NBA '07 are the only ones currently offered) cost 3450 points to purchase. Since these games are $60, the point/dollar ratio is 57.5 points per dollar. 20k points is almost $350 in games. They do not currently offer the purchase of PS3s on their website.

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While a good idea to push consoles (needs better rewards though...), it's probably illegal.

And here comes the Lemkids to bash Sony:

 Me:  *shrugs* That's our Sony!

Sony: *smiles and winks at camera*

Audience: *wild laughter and applause*

hahahaha

Sony is Lame.

and desperate.

LOL.

HAHA.

:O Im sure this is illegal if true. Is this illegal?Arsuz

There is nothing illegal about it, but you can argue that it's unethical. Gamestop has been doing deals like this with other manufatures(Nyko/Madcatz) for a while now. 

Didnt MS reps used to push EB Games maangers to endorse the xbox and its games over PS2 and GC?Kahuna_1

Didnt MS reps used to push EB Games maangers to endorse the xbox and its games over PS2 and GC?Kahuna_1

lol yes they did.  And to hear these people say how low for sony.  ITs how many of these companies are working. Including yours!

And how is this worse than Microsoft blatanly covering the cost to reconstruct a gamestop store i go to just to have its own basement level to itself. Even the workers at the cash registers all wear Zune shirts (with Zune products behind them)

that left the main floor (which is identical in size) to squeeze together all the PS2, PS3, Wii, and PC games.

you tell me...how is this Sony 'contest', which is stupid anyways, a new low for anyone?

This is a few days old and in the other thread, I had stated this fact.

This would make Sony better than Gamestop and EBgames themselves.  Gamestop and EBgames employees are treated like garbage from their employers.  They see no benefits of working in a game retailing business such as testing out games for themselves so they'd actually have an opinion on them or having priority on preorders.  They get nothing.  In fact, if they break any Gamestop/EB laws, they'd be fired on the spot.  And that spot would be filled by an unsuspecting unemployed gamer who thinks he's working the dream job and get all the games he wants. 

:O Im sure this is illegal if true. Is this illegal?Arsuz

Nope. Its not. Microsoft has(had? its been a while since i worked at gamestop) a retail reward website too. same deal. except instead of selling units, all you had to do was read primers then take a quiz. your score on the quiz reflected how many points you got.

And how is this worse than Microsoft blatanly covering the cost to reconstruct a gamestop store i go to just to have its own basement level to itself. Even the workers at the cash registers all wear Zune shirts (with Zune products behind them)

that left the main floor (which is identical in size) to squeeze together all the PS2, PS3, Wii, and PC games.

 

you tell me...how is this Sony 'contest', which is stupid anyways, a new low for anyone?

bkslayer

It's teh conspiracy!!11!1!!

[QUOTE="Arsuz"]:O Im sure this is illegal if true. Is this illegal?jigglebilly1983

Nope. Its not. Microsoft has(had? its been a while since i worked at gamestop) a retail reward website too. same deal. except instead of selling units, all you had to do was read primers then take a quiz. your score on the quiz reflected how many points you got.

And how is this worse than Microsoft blatanly covering the cost to reconstruct a gamestop store i go to just to have its own basement level to itself. Even the workers at the cash registers all wear Zune shirts (with Zune products behind them)

that left the main floor (which is identical in size) to squeeze together all the PS2, PS3, Wii, and PC games.

 

you tell me...how is this Sony 'contest', which is stupid anyways, a new low for anyone?

bkslayer