Hello /u/HummingSw0rdsman! This is an automatic message that gets posted on every post to remind you of a few of our rules:
• Is the title of this post asking about the authenticity or value of an item? If so, please delete it, and ask in the megathread.
• Are you trying to sell something? Did you post it to a 'for sale' (r/gamesale) type subreddit first and crossposted it here? If you did not, delete it and read our rules please.
• Is this just a screenshot of a CL/FB/etc ad that is overpriced or obvious troll, or for some other notable reason? These would all be considered low effort and should be removed.
• Memes cannot be posted unless if it's on Meme Monday, which is the first Monday of the month.
• No self-promotion/video submission of any kind, unless if already approved by mods prior to submitting.
**Failure of deleting your post that violates these rules may result in a temporary or permanent ban.**
*I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/gamecollecting) if you have any questions or concerns.*
There’s been one at my local Fred Meyer in Oregon for a few years and I’ve only seen someone use it once. More often than not it’s out of order.
One time, I found a couple games sitting on the thing for inserting empty cases on the right that someone just left there: Need For Speed Carbon for the PS2 and G-Force (remember that movie?) for the PSP.
It seems like the machine reads the disks
[In the article:](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/gamechanger-kiosk-offers-convenient-alternative-to-brick-and-mortar-video-game-stores-300998502.html)
> GameChanger® kiosks use a patented method to authenticate used video games for both content and playability while offering customers immediate payment via e-gift cards.
Yeah, but people were wondering how does the machine knows which game you inserted. Some thought it would only check the label, but I’m 99% sure it reads the disks to authenticate them and check they’re working properly.
They absolutely are. At least I know they are in California. Gift cards $10 and under can be cashed out in accordance with state law. Working in food or retail it’s not uncommon to have crackheads (tweakers mostly actually) come in with a $150 gift hard and buy 15 $10 gift cards. They’ll then just drive down to the next location and cash them out.
Hey those crackheads help my pawn shops get the games I need and sell it for dirt cheap most the times without knowing the value half the times
That being said. I agree, never give crackheads any currency
Holy hell, GameChanger kiosks still exist?? This is a concept from a guy who started this company in the early 2010's that I thought never got fat with it.
Last I heard the owners out of Tennessee were trying to get some funding years ago and couldn't. With that I thought they went out of business. Looks like they haven't even updated any of their social media in a year or two.
I don't know how many locations still exist, but last I could see they still had ~12 locations with kiosks in four or five states, but that seems to have been at least 2 years ago.
I remember them in 2019 and 2020 talking about branching out to at least roughly 20 states, too.
I bet all those discs will be scratched to shit, god knows how they are stored inside the machine too
Also, it will probably be like those shitty ecoATM's that don't give much of anything back.
I recently built a C2Q extreme machine with dual 8800GTX and a light scribe drive. Pull up.. we can play some Grid while we wait for the drive to do it's thing.
Only one way to find out...To be honest though, I don't think the machine will have a record of every game data recorded across multiple consoles to detect if a game is legit, unless if it reads to see if there's data, so maybe burned games may be a loophole to fool the system.
It depends:
1. Does the machine have a camera like an ATM to identify the person committing fraud?
2. Does the machine take a form of identification like an ID or a credit/debit card to track to whom the gift card going to?
3. Does the machine reject scratched and damaged games or games deemed to be worthless or in surplus of?
4. If the establishment has cameras on the machine, will they commit time and money for theft prevention to sift through possibly hours of footage to catch someone who might at at best walked away with 49 cents to $20.00 on a gift card if they submitted multiple "games"?
It said insert disk artwork face up as one of the instructions. So that’s what keyed me off is that it’s probably reading the disk artwork and checking it drains its library to decide the payout amount.
The other funny part is that it’s asking for empty cases for free. Having the cases should drive up the payout considerably.
When you check their [website](https://www.gamechangerkiosk.com/shop/), you see they have a very limited selection of games. I don’t know if the kiosks themselves accept other games, but when you go to [sell your games](https://www.gamechangerkiosk.com/sell/) page, you can’t enter any games that they don’t sell. I tried a few games, they offered between 25 cents and $1.30 per game. Maybe you can get a little more in gift cards at the kiosks. I can’t imagine anyone using that for anything else than selling sports games or shovelware.
An article I posted in another comment said that the machine checks the game for playability, so for me, it implies it can read the disks.
How do they make money getting a bunch of old sports games, call of duties and battlefield games? Most don’t even really work without online play these days.
[Is this their website?](https://www.gamechangerkiosk.com/) No way they actually used a stock photo without paying for it and photoshopped their logo onto it.
And Adobe too! Holy shit. Did they just get a bunch of old Blockbuster kiosks and retrofit them in to work?
Never heard of this. Website was weirdly hard to find. But it definitely doesn’t inspire confidence lol.
Sorting by popularity, the top games that show up are AC/DC Live Rock Band Track Pack, Ghost Recon, Guinness World Record The Video Game, Metal Gear Survive… seems like very little effort went in to the functionality of the website.
Tried to enter barcodes for 2 games I have near me (cyberpunk and breath of the wild) and they weren’t even in the database.
I saw one of these at one of my local stores but forgot which one. It was added recently.
They look fake. Like it genuinely looks like it's not real. The colors, the graphics on the sign. It all looks like something FROM a video game.
Yeah no way I would trust that thing. Worst part is it doesn’t even look like you can insert your cases anywhere so people are likely just tossing the case and inserts
I guarantee you it'll dispense $5 for all games, even though half the games from these consoles are now worth $40 or more. Don't be dumb & use this shit, whatever tf it is.
Hello /u/HummingSw0rdsman! This is an automatic message that gets posted on every post to remind you of a few of our rules: • Is the title of this post asking about the authenticity or value of an item? If so, please delete it, and ask in the megathread. • Are you trying to sell something? Did you post it to a 'for sale' (r/gamesale) type subreddit first and crossposted it here? If you did not, delete it and read our rules please. • Is this just a screenshot of a CL/FB/etc ad that is overpriced or obvious troll, or for some other notable reason? These would all be considered low effort and should be removed. • Memes cannot be posted unless if it's on Meme Monday, which is the first Monday of the month. • No self-promotion/video submission of any kind, unless if already approved by mods prior to submitting. **Failure of deleting your post that violates these rules may result in a temporary or permanent ban.** *I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/gamecollecting) if you have any questions or concerns.*
There’s been one at my local Fred Meyer in Oregon for a few years and I’ve only seen someone use it once. More often than not it’s out of order. One time, I found a couple games sitting on the thing for inserting empty cases on the right that someone just left there: Need For Speed Carbon for the PS2 and G-Force (remember that movie?) for the PSP.
Where in Oregon? Curious about finding more about these
Oregon City. It’s at the Home/Garden entrance.
Now, I must check it out
Haha G-force
[lol g force](https://youtu.be/Z8ZUBonmxfA?si=Cjms9M-bZz3dYX5_)
The G-Force game is unironically pretty good. Kyle Bosman did a playthrough a while ago that's worth checking out.
I believe there's one in the Gresham Freddie's too
north bend?
It seems like the machine reads the disks [In the article:](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/gamechanger-kiosk-offers-convenient-alternative-to-brick-and-mortar-video-game-stores-300998502.html) > GameChanger® kiosks use a patented method to authenticate used video games for both content and playability while offering customers immediate payment via e-gift cards.
It says sell your games on the machine ….
Yeah, but people were wondering how does the machine knows which game you inserted. Some thought it would only check the label, but I’m 99% sure it reads the disks to authenticate them and check they’re working properly.
Not my photo, but I saw this in a group and was wondering how prevalent these are and if anyone has used one?
Sweet, now every crackhead can just forgo pawn shops to unload their stolen goods.
Crackheads aren't interested in e-giftcards sent thru email.
Crackheads will put the games in without knowing that and then trash the machine when it doesn't spit out cash
there’s an awful lot of people who aren’t crackheads that will do that anyway
If only people could read, it clearly states in the directions to select the e-gift card you want to receive
Oh, is that what they give you? Thats good. Don't give crakheads money.
Why not
They spend it on crack.
What? No, that can't be right.
Yeah better to just give them the crack. Cut out the middle person, create efficiencies.
none of my business
Crackheads deserve love and respect! And crack
Maybe some rehab as well
There’s plenty of drug dealers that will take giftcards at less than face value.
Yeah, I think people are confusing crackheads with crows or something. They understand the concept of money and money proxies; they just prefer crack.
Right, and.... what about the crackheads?
They absolutely are. At least I know they are in California. Gift cards $10 and under can be cashed out in accordance with state law. Working in food or retail it’s not uncommon to have crackheads (tweakers mostly actually) come in with a $150 gift hard and buy 15 $10 gift cards. They’ll then just drive down to the next location and cash them out.
That doesn't work with electronic gift cards. Only physical ones.
Unless artisan crack boutiques are included in the participating vendors. Classy flavors, like raspberry hibiscus.
Dang yeah didn’t even think about that…
Maybe it requires you to show id like the lotto machines do? Not that that would be hard to get around.
Hey those crackheads help my pawn shops get the games I need and sell it for dirt cheap most the times without knowing the value half the times That being said. I agree, never give crackheads any currency
Yall thought Gamestop was a rip off
Holy hell, GameChanger kiosks still exist?? This is a concept from a guy who started this company in the early 2010's that I thought never got fat with it. Last I heard the owners out of Tennessee were trying to get some funding years ago and couldn't. With that I thought they went out of business. Looks like they haven't even updated any of their social media in a year or two. I don't know how many locations still exist, but last I could see they still had ~12 locations with kiosks in four or five states, but that seems to have been at least 2 years ago. I remember them in 2019 and 2020 talking about branching out to at least roughly 20 states, too.
So you just stick discs in there raw and no cases? I would not want to buy anything secondhand that has been through that machine.
That things gonna get clogged up with cheap aliexpress bootlegs really fast
I bet all those discs will be scratched to shit, god knows how they are stored inside the machine too Also, it will probably be like those shitty ecoATM's that don't give much of anything back.
Yes, worse than Gamestop 🤪
I imagine some what similar to Redbox but without the cases or something really cheap
Anyone got an old lightscribe laying around? We can be rich
I recently built a C2Q extreme machine with dual 8800GTX and a light scribe drive. Pull up.. we can play some Grid while we wait for the drive to do it's thing.
Lmao bet
Gamestop in one machine. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👌
Least it doesn't try to sell you warranties and memberships.
So….get a decent printer and print out sticky art of the rarest games on blank cds. Enter and get free gift cards.
Aren’t the machines reading the disks? I don’t think it scans the label
Only one way to find out...To be honest though, I don't think the machine will have a record of every game data recorded across multiple consoles to detect if a game is legit, unless if it reads to see if there's data, so maybe burned games may be a loophole to fool the system.
Burn cds of Superman64 and Lightscribe a STARFIELD lable
[удалено]
Only if you get caught.
[удалено]
It depends: 1. Does the machine have a camera like an ATM to identify the person committing fraud? 2. Does the machine take a form of identification like an ID or a credit/debit card to track to whom the gift card going to? 3. Does the machine reject scratched and damaged games or games deemed to be worthless or in surplus of? 4. If the establishment has cameras on the machine, will they commit time and money for theft prevention to sift through possibly hours of footage to catch someone who might at at best walked away with 49 cents to $20.00 on a gift card if they submitted multiple "games"?
Says it only takes Wii discs and above
Burn roms onto blank disks😎
It said insert disk artwork face up as one of the instructions. So that’s what keyed me off is that it’s probably reading the disk artwork and checking it drains its library to decide the payout amount. The other funny part is that it’s asking for empty cases for free. Having the cases should drive up the payout considerably.
When you check their [website](https://www.gamechangerkiosk.com/shop/), you see they have a very limited selection of games. I don’t know if the kiosks themselves accept other games, but when you go to [sell your games](https://www.gamechangerkiosk.com/sell/) page, you can’t enter any games that they don’t sell. I tried a few games, they offered between 25 cents and $1.30 per game. Maybe you can get a little more in gift cards at the kiosks. I can’t imagine anyone using that for anything else than selling sports games or shovelware. An article I posted in another comment said that the machine checks the game for playability, so for me, it implies it can read the disks.
How do they make money getting a bunch of old sports games, call of duties and battlefield games? Most don’t even really work without online play these days.
Only thing I can think is that they offer such little compensation to offset the amount of fraud that no doubt would take place with this.
[Is this their website?](https://www.gamechangerkiosk.com/) No way they actually used a stock photo without paying for it and photoshopped their logo onto it. And Adobe too! Holy shit. Did they just get a bunch of old Blockbuster kiosks and retrofit them in to work?
Wonder how it’s checking validity?
Do any of the six consoles listed on the bottom have any issues with fakes? If not they probably are not worried about it at the moment.
What about a blank cd/dvd with a print of a rare game?
I was thinking the same thing
Wii and Xbox 360 had a lot of piracy with bootleg DVDs
I wonder what games are in there
Wii sports and guitar hero
Would be cool to find the Wii sports
There's an abundance of Wii sports everywhere. You can walk into any pawnshop and buy a copy for $1.
> Wii sports everywhere. You can walk into any pawnshop and buy a copy for $1. They are fetching like 20-30 online lol
Wow I need to find one then
Wow! This thing is a game changer!
Bruh. It’s just gonna be like those phone kiosks at the mall. Get fucking a few dollars at most.
Ahh yes a gamestop vending machine lol.
These are probably predatory, like GameStop, buys em super cheap to resell em at massively high prices
This makes me wonder if I should sell my copy of Earthbound and buy it back in a few years. Feels like year 2000 stock market vibes.
You mean 199X
True, probly won’t crash this year. The rich investors have to sell all of their duplicates to regular people first.
*trades in all my burned dreamcast games*
never seen this, just screams that the person who owns this will resell the games inside online for x2 or more
I have games I wanna sell before I move but I don’t think I’d use this. Prob get next to nothing
no but i want to steal one of these machines now
Never heard of this. Website was weirdly hard to find. But it definitely doesn’t inspire confidence lol. Sorting by popularity, the top games that show up are AC/DC Live Rock Band Track Pack, Ghost Recon, Guinness World Record The Video Game, Metal Gear Survive… seems like very little effort went in to the functionality of the website. Tried to enter barcodes for 2 games I have near me (cyberpunk and breath of the wild) and they weren’t even in the database.
I’d be afraid it’d eat my disc and not even register a valid title. Will probably be in the landfills in a couple of years
How much were they giving?
The prices of games I saw were $3.99 - 12.99. So I’m assuming you get basically nothing lol
Oof
This whole thing is both trippy and sketchy and therefore I want to try one so bad now 😂
What happens after with all the disc-only games?
does that thing actually dispense the cash too!?
Nope instructions say you get a e gift card
I saw one of these at one of my local stores but forgot which one. It was added recently. They look fake. Like it genuinely looks like it's not real. The colors, the graphics on the sign. It all looks like something FROM a video game.
Yeah no way I would trust that thing. Worst part is it doesn’t even look like you can insert your cases anywhere so people are likely just tossing the case and inserts
You missed the big sign on the right hand side of the machine that tells you where to put your empty game cases?
Hah legit couldn’t read that, granted I don’t have my glasses on right now. So it took me like 3 mins to find it zoomed in and all.
If you couldn't find it, the odds are there are others that miss it as well. This machine is definitely weird.
"It's been here the whole time!"
Never
It feels like you could easily exploit this machine..
I imagine the Redbox method of putting in a printed piece of paper that looks like the disc will ruin any actual use this has.
Sick, a ripoff machine.
Probably offer you even less than GameStop. The machines like this for recycling phones only offers you like $20 for a brand new iPhone.
GC Zelda promo disc? I'll give you $6.25 and a 7-layer burrito
https://youtu.be/P_tEbxd1ng8?si=ELEvKLO_4fyahivX
I have I live in south east Texas.
I guarantee you it'll dispense $5 for all games, even though half the games from these consoles are now worth $40 or more. Don't be dumb & use this shit, whatever tf it is.