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Credit Card Needed To Play The Wii At GameStop

Posted by: Kindrik - 10-04-2006 08:24 PM - Replies (16)

No Credit Card? No Wii for You!

Not long after we originally reported that GameStop would be the exclusive retailer with Wii demo kiosks, we found out through the rumor mill that GameStop would require you to leave your credit card at the front desk as collateral before trying out the Wii. Why you ask? So that no one would be tempted to run off with a controller when the clerks aren't paying attention. This way no one will be running out of GameStop with a Wii controller in their hands, at least not without losing a credit card.

A GameStop manager apparantly let this slip out after hearing at the GameStop manager's conference that credit cards would be required as deposits to play the Wii kiosks. The chance of users stealing controllers and hitting others may have been key factors that came into Wal-Mart, and other major retailers', decisions on not to support Wii kiosks.

According to Kotaku.com, Nintendo tried various security methods on the kiosk (notice the controllers are strapped to the kiosk above) but nothing worked well and they left it up to the retailers to police themselves. It would be nice if GameStop would allow customers to leave items such as debit cards, or even cash deposits as well, if they don't happen to have a credit card. It seems pretty believeable but don't forget that it's still a rumor and things could change very quickly.

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