NS11 GameStop Game Card Availability? [Archive]

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ItZMuRdA

2012-11-28, 05:14 PM

So I've scoured the interwebs thoroughly for a place to purchase one of these online (including most obviously gamestop.com), and have come up short. I then decided to go to two pretty popular GameStop locations (in two different states, mind you, when I was out of town for the holiday and when I was back home). The staff there looked at me like I'm crazy and didn't even know what PlanetSide 2 was.

Why do you make it so difficult for me to give you money, SOE? And while we're on topic, do some more marketing/advertising!

Seriously, though, has anyone seen one of these cards at their local GameStop location, or does anyone know where I can actually buy one of these cards (online even)?

Thanks!

Hamma

2012-11-28, 05:25 PM

Jennyboo was able to find some in a Gamestop without issue on Black Friday.

The staff there was just as ignorant and had no idea what it was. Good that they keep up on recent games. :lol:

ItZMuRdA

2012-11-28, 06:25 PM

Interesting. Well thanks for the info, friend. Good to know that they at least exist, now to find one.

lMABl

2012-11-28, 07:55 PM

My bro and I found them at the GameStop near us, its a pretty good deal with the bonus, I absolutely love the NS11, great accuracy and range. Just keep looking I guess, they're out there. best of luck.

Electrofreak

2012-11-28, 08:57 PM

Of course they don't know what PS2 is at GameStop; its not something they can sell.

Electrofreak

2012-11-28, 09:05 PM

Of course they don't know what PS2 is at GameStop; its not something they can sell.

ItZMuRdA

2012-11-28, 09:42 PM

Of course they don't know what PS2 is at GameStop; its not something they can sell.

They still are selling these game cards for it, and I think they should still have a general knowledge of current games. Honestly though I blame SOE more for the lack of promoting the game to people that never heard of it before. The "advertising," for lack of a better word, was pretty low key for the original game as well and as a result people who didn't play it didn't really know about it.

TheSaltySeagull

2012-11-29, 03:35 AM

I work at a gamestop as my second job. The card can be found there but it can also be kinda rare at times because its not something there is a great demand for so we only get a couple of cards at a time.

As for the "ignorant" part thats more on SOE than gamestop. Other bigger developers send us tons of promotional stuff and send reps to the annual managers meeting to hype up their products and make us aware of them and what they do. SOE as with most PC developers has little to no showing at these things. They dont send over reps, they dont give us informational stuff about the game, they dont do anything.

And gamestop also does not make an effort to learn about them either. And the reason for this is because PC games are not something gamestop is overly interested in because there is no real money in it compared to console games. Like 80% of gamestop sales is from used products that we buy from people and then resell. You cant resell PC games. And because of that gamestop as a company cares very little about PC gaming and only stocks the big name titles like starcraft, wow, diablo, the sims, etc. There is also the fact that PS2 is a free to play game and there is nothing besides station cash cards that we can sell for it. And again gamestop makes little money of of those cards.

And also people need to learn that just because I work at a gamestop does not mean I know everything about every game ever made. I know about the popular mainstream titles because thats what we sell as a retailer and thats what I need to know to do my job. If you come at me asking about some niche title(which ps2 is when looking at gaming in general) then yeah you will get a lot of confused looks just like you would if you asked your average gamer that question. This is like me walking up to you and asking some off the wall questions about hello kitty island adventure or some other random title. People need to keep that in mind.

ItZMuRdA

2012-11-29, 08:59 AM

ziegler

2012-11-29, 12:18 PM

Thanks for the info, that is mostly what I figured. I doubt I'll have much luck with local GameStops, so I'm kind of hoping we see this online at some point. Do you know if there's a given day of the week that all/most GameStop's get shipments in? Figuring Wednesday or something. Just wondering when I should bother them to see if they have it.

my post from the official forums on this......
I bought two of them on black friday from my local gamestop. The front desk dweeb didnt have a clue. The burnout hippy manager knew though and had to go in back and unbox them and break open the package to sell them to me.....

Never accept what the guy behind the counter at the game stop says. ESPECIALLY when it comes to Computer games. They dont deal in computer games, and rarely do they have any idea what is coming on PC or been released on PC, but they can tell you about the freckles on a soldiers arse in Halo.
I may be just lucky though with my gamestop as I think the manager dude is actually a PC gamer or at least keeps track of them as well. But I have shopped gamestops across half a dozen states the above is always held true for myself.

Dragonskin

2012-11-29, 12:43 PM

I feel sorry for Gamestop if the rumors are true about the next gen consoles having keys for all games like they are starting to do with some games now on console.

Of course I say that, but I also feel sorry for all the money that developers/publishers never see because of Gamestops re-selling of used games.

It's going to be interesting to see how this all turns out next year with the Xbox 720 rumored to be officially announced at E3 and releasing 4th quarter next year.

Anyway, on topic my local Gamestop had 20 or so of these cards in stock because no one knew what they were. When I asked to see if they had them the clerk didn't know what they were, but they did help me find them. Good luck to you guys looking for them. I would try the smaller gamestops because the larger ones usually run out of popular things faster.

EVILPIG

2012-11-29, 02:17 PM

Thanks!

I don't know if you have a Gamestop near you, but you can call and see if they have them in stock.

I do have to ask why you want it? Do you really see that weapon as a better option for you? Perhaps for a specific class you play? You can buy it outright in game. Is it more worth it with the card? Of course, the best answer is, buy the card and then wait until at least a double Station Cash day to cash in for it.

ziegler

2012-11-29, 03:46 PM

I don't know if you have a Gamestop near you, but you can call and see if they have them in stock.

I do have to ask why you want it? Do you really see that weapon as a better option for you? Perhaps for a specific class you play? You can buy it outright in game. Is it more worth it with the card? Of course, the best answer is, buy the card and then wait until at least a double Station Cash day to cash in for it.

Yeah I picked them up on black friday because it was a double station cash day. The actual gun...I didnt think was that great a thing, and only difference is that the card one has a shinier skin on it.

EVILPIG

2012-11-29, 04:18 PM

only difference is that the card one has a shinier skin on it.

oh reallllly????

Brb

VaderShake

2012-11-29, 04:23 PM

I stopped at a Gamestop in a pretty populated Mall yesterday and the nose picking kid behind the counter had no idea what I was talkig about.

ItZMuRdA

2012-11-29, 04:51 PM

I don't know if you have a Gamestop near you, but you can call and see if they have them in stock.

I do have to ask why you want it? Do you really see that weapon as a better option for you? Perhaps for a specific class you play? You can buy it outright in game. Is it more worth it with the card? Of course, the best answer is, buy the card and then wait until at least a double Station Cash day to cash in for it.

It's more just the fact that it's effectively free since you're buying 1500 SC for $15 anyway and getting a free gun. I was also under the assumption that it went to all characters on a given account, but I'm not sure on that second part.

EVILPIG

2012-11-29, 10:15 PM

It's more just the fact that it's effectively free since you're buying 1500 SC for $15 anyway and getting a free gun. I was also under the assumption that it went to all characters on a given account, but I'm not sure on that second part.

Where do you live? I can pick one up for you.

Sifer2

2012-11-30, 02:04 AM

I went to Gamestop, and they didn't have them on the rack with the other gametime cards. Guy asked me the name, and he looked in the drawer, and had a whole stack of them still in the plastic wrap.

Just a heads up too you don't get the 500 SC for choosing Membership time with these things. That only applies if you have auto-renew activated which these don't.

ItZMuRdA

2012-11-30, 08:45 AM

Where do you live? I can pick one up for you.

lol, thanks for the offer, but NY. Based on your west coast server history, I assume you live pretty far away. :P

I'll try some other GameStop locations when I get around to it. Unfortunately there's only one that is very near to me.

ItZMuRdA

2012-11-30, 08:45 AM

I went to Gamestop, and they didn't have them on the rack with the other gametime cards. Guy asked me the name, and he looked in the drawer, and had a whole stack of them still in the plastic wrap.

Had a feeling something like this may be the case -- I'll be a little more persistent next time as well.

Electrofreak

2012-12-01, 11:41 AM

I went to a GameStop at a mall yesterday and they had 2 stacks of the cards on the rotating gift card display. They were the ones with the NS-11 included. I'm debating whether to wait until a double SC day to cash it in or not.

james

2012-12-01, 01:19 PM

EVILPIG

2012-12-01, 01:45 PM

lol, thanks for the offer, but NY. Based on your west coast server history, I assume you live pretty far away. :P

I'll try some other GameStop locations when I get around to it. Unfortunately there's only one that is very near to me.

I have 8 of them in my hand right now. We give them away during our outfit rallies. If you need one, you can Paypal me and I'll just send you the code.

Sorakh

2012-12-01, 04:58 PM

Hi,

will these gamestop card codes work for EU servers too ?

Phalanx

2012-12-07, 05:55 AM

Hey guys, sorry to pull up an old(ish) thread, but I was wondering if someone might be kind enough to allow me to send them some cash (paypal or something) to get hold of one of these cards?

I'm based in the UK, but would love to get hold of this special offer if someone would be so nice as to be able to buy a card in the US on my behalf? Thanks! :)

bjorntju1

2012-12-07, 06:24 AM

Phalanx

2012-12-07, 06:26 AM

OMG how blind of me. Why thank you sir. :) I shall PM EvilPig forthwith. :)

Graywolves

2012-12-07, 08:36 PM

My local gamestop had a ton of these cards and the guy almost knew what PS2 was.

Phalanx

2012-12-08, 10:02 AM

Graywolves, could I paypal you for one? I can't seem to get hold of EvilPig. :(

FrankAetheria

2013-01-04, 04:07 PM

Hi all, I'm also looking for a Gamestop Planetside 2 card with the NA11 Platinum. If anyone has a spare I'd love to buy if from you. Please drop me a message so we can discuss the price.

RogueAU

2013-02-27, 12:00 AM

I've been searching for ways to get a hold of one of these for months :(

Being an Aussie at the ass-end of the world really sucks sometimes; we pay twice as much for games, cars, and everything. At least in PS2 $15 Game Card here is the same 1500 SC, which is the same $15 over there.

Does anyone still have one I could paypal an NS11 GameCard for?