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Ok so before Defience came out gamestop employees were all like " get this game its gonna be huge!" Or "Its gonna be great!" This isn't the reason I bought it but I heard it a TON! I went in to the gamestop with a friend because he wanted it himself ( because its awsome) and the dude at gamestop was telling me ow terrible it was and that the resale value on it was the lowest he has ever seen. WHY ARE PEOPLE BASHING THIS!?
3 things come to mindQuote:
Originally Posted by Epicspazm
1) He played it himself and hated it.
2) He's trying to push you off that game to get something that's worth more for a trade value. (Happened to me in the past)
3) He's going by what reviews say and hasn't even touched the game which is extremely sad and bias as hell.
The dude was being a shtako about it. Its none of his buisness what I want.
He said that because Gamestop has no quality employment requirements. The people that work there need to know next to nothing ad it is very rare to find an employee that knows what you are asking and actually puts out valuable information.
the person was be a "s h I t a k o" that make no sence... why would use that Japanese word... :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Epicspazm
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what does schitako mean in Japanese?schitako = name of food :p japanese octopus :o
look at top right see name :p
http://static1.id.orstatic.com/UserP...0A6E36AA7l.jpg
It's also a word in the game and show meaning poop since I cannot say ****. Why do I have an urge to go to Japan all of a sudden?
Haha. That's an alien language to me, and I tried to learn Japanese. Haha. Chinese killed me along with Russian.Quote:
Originally Posted by Serina
The tv show uses it in place of a nasty word. Could we have a translation please?
Sh*t is also known as shtako!
That Gamespot employee was giving their honest serious opinion. If anything you can trust it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Epicspazm
At most stores they are trained to only use the salesman appeal.....smile, suck up, give all favorable things you can think of........but they've never even played it.
Critical reviews of people who sell something are often times more honest than their positive reviews.
Shtako just mean s.h.i.t.Quote:
Originally Posted by Serina
sometimes, but not in the case of gamestop. because employee discounts are almost non existent and becaus they can only check out used games you have as much of a chance of a gamestop employee forming his opinion on the game based on an ign review as you do finding someone who actually played through all the story and side missions. maybe more of a chance.Quote:
Originally Posted by baelrusk
So is that the translation from japanese or just the show translation...
. Show translation but it would be cool if it were Japanese too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nerotic
Seeing as I am an employee for a video game retailer, and I'm willing to admit it and take criticism over it if someone doesn't like that, I don't think it's hard to find valuable people that know what they're talking about. In this case, yes, I'd say the employee probably doesn't like these kinds of games or hasn't tried it themselves. I love Defiance and I tell people about it all the time, it's a fantastic game with a lot of stuff to do. When the servers go down it sucks to deal with but it's not the end of the world.Quote:
Originally Posted by mbergeron
Just to be fair, my opinion is my opinion and not that of any retailers or their affiliates. <Like my disclaimer? ;)
I asked Serina from Japan and she indicated it means, schltako means octopus. Pretty neat eh?Quote:
Originally Posted by Nerotic
be very, very careful. one of the store managers in my district was fired for posting on his facebook "damn what a crazy day at work. why do they insist in overloading us with this much paperwork during the holidays?". reason? representing the company in an online capacity without prior permission.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Pecktacular
So it was only ok when you agreed with what he was saying? Okies.Quote:
Originally Posted by Epicspazm
My boss at gamestop also tells ppl "o thats game sucks ign gave it a 5.5" and i just tell him to **** off and play it before you put in your two cents in.
when I was younger, I was actually DENIED employment at a Gamestop, the reason given was that I was too much of a gamer. they didn't want to hire actual gamers because they were concerned that they would spend their time playing games and not working, or whatever.Quote:
Originally Posted by mbergeron
I found it utterly ridiculous.
I bought this game soley on the fact that the dude at gamestop was totally geeking out about this game while i was there. He made it sound amazing and told me all about it and was informed. Most of the people at the gamestops in my area are well informed or atleast fake it well enough lol.
I agree, but hopefully you all see it as my opinion and nothing else. But yes, thank you, I do appreciate the concern and I will leave it at that to not speak of again. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dixa
Either way, I think games need to be played before you can give it a final judgement. Games like ZombiU for the WiiU got terrible review scores and I purchased it anyway despite the criticism and to this day its my one true reason for liking my WiiU so much. ZombiU is a fantastic game that got pulled through the mud even though its fantastic, just like the disputes with Defiance.
Fantastic games.
Until last month, I was employed with GameStop for about 7 years. While not every employee is informed or with out bias (as are everybody else on earth) they do in fact attempt to hire as many informed and personable people as possible. However, as does any employee of any businesses, they have a professional agenda. From what the original poster said, it sounds like his was personal. To the person that said he was rejected for knowing too much. They probably just didn't want you there. I'm not being mean, but you have to possess the right personality, and they have to simply want you there. Each store is run by a small group of people whom probably have a good rapport with each other.
As I've seen most GameStop employees come in three flavors: high school kids, high school drop-outs, and older high school drop outs I don't know if I would care for their 'professional' opinion very much.Quote:
Originally Posted by baelrusk
This has also been my experience with GameStop. One of the reasons why whenever I go in there, I get what I want and get out and ignore the sales pitches ( somewhat easier with growing up in a family where my father sells product for a living) . So, I am used to the usual tricks of the trade and how to counter.Quote:
Originally Posted by Buruko
Easiest counter is to know exactly what you are looking for and if they decide to give their own opinion, let them talk. Btw, the word "ok" is your friend here. It is a neutral word that neither means no or yes. Also, if your not in the mood to hear their opinion, go straight to the counter, request what you want if its new or stored be hind the counter, pay and get out. Its really as simple as that.
I never trust anyone anyways. I expect most GameStop, heck any sales employee from any company to have biased opinions.
OP ran into an honest Gamestop employee. Shocker.
if you hate this game (considering almost every post is whining) go play something else and quit posting about it, it's just that simpleQuote:
Originally Posted by Wrenito
because you are only honest if you say that its the worst game ever created. shocker.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wrenito
I bought my copy on launch day from Gamestop.
None of the three employess bashed it by any means, however, none of them really knew what it was when I handed them my Pre-Order receipt.
They had to search for a copy for a couple of minutes.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinions of any businesses but it sounds like the areas y'all go to are a little rough. I like finding out all the stuff on the upcoming titles to share with the people that come to see me, most are like family these days. As much of a business as it is, it's more about informing than anything else.
Just a quick note, I have a college degree so please don't think that all retailers are like that. ;)
i am not new to gaming i have played many third person shooters. But i have to say in a nut shell defiance is not entirely a bad game. i mean it does have some flaws about it (at least on the 360). i mean trying to connect to the server all the time and the sever cuts you off for like 3 hours, or i had to wait a week before i got my pre order content, but it was cool when i got it no lie. i do love this game for real it was a great idea and nothing like i have seen since. truly i do think it was kinda rushed but with a couple of major patches maybe it would get better (on the 360). i am just saying a game like this needs time to perfect it ain't going to be a five star game from the get go we can hope but reality says differently so play the game if you hate it sell it if you like tell more people to try it cause i will this game will have great things to come i am sure of it.
I had to stop going to one of the gamestops in my area because of this 1 employee. No matter what game I wanted, everytime I went in there to buy something this dude would literally refuse to sell to me, hed be like you cany get that, it sucks. Thats a terrible game, I wouldnt wipe my *** with that game. Thats a game for my grandmother. Every single time no matter what, and 9 times out of 10 I loved the game. But it didnt matter since I buy most games used that dont have a good special edition package and have a week to try em out that wY. But this dude was out of this world annoyin because thered be a whole line of ppl behind me at the counter and here I am bieng told the games I like are crap and I should buy something else because its a sissy game, which was not the case at all. But the embarassment this big fat cupcake eating twinkie mad me feel back then in front of a full store was unacceptable. The point bieng that most gamestop employees are either hipocrits, bias, dont play games themselves and just dont know which are the guys going by review scores, some simply dont like certain types/same types of games you would like and give unfair opinions based on that... Then theres the smaller population of gamestop employees that know thier **** and are spot on , they are the type who will be honest and tell you reasons why they dont like it or do like it. Not just the no that sucks short answer. Next time your in one, ask the guy what type of games hes into, and what elements he/she enjoys in a game. Some good employees will tell you its a good game for what it is, but they themselves just couldnt get into it. Theyll say you should try it though yourself because it might be more to your likin. Good employees will ask what your into as well. I used to work at a gamestop in ct, and I still have many friends that do that I just go there and hang with to talk about whats new every week. Gamestops not a bad place to go if you know who your dealing with, but sadly alot of those ppl there just took the job because its all they could find for work. I see some ppl there who you can tell simply do not care, and dont care to answer customer questions. Its no different than radioshack, the guys who work there dont know a resistor from a capacitor.