GameStop Opening Deus Ex Boxes, Removing Free Game Coupon

[Eos]

If you purchase your copy of Deus Ex: Human Revolution at a retail store, you're supposed to receive a code that allows you to play the game for free using the online gaming service OnLive. It's a neat giveaway, and it certainly gives gamers an incentive to try the service, but a leaked memo seems to show GameStop's fear of digital delivery: employees are allegedly being asked to open every game and remove the coupon.

full article.

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2...-game-code.ars



Their justification for why they're doing it is pretty crappy.

[Ryukiroku]

A little late to the draw. They decided to pull the product from the shelves.

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/24/ga...s-from-shelve/

Should've been what they did to start out with instead of opening copies.

[Mark]

Power to the players!

[Eos]

Should've been what they did to start out with instead of opening copies.

Agreed. This was an idiotic ploy by someone who thought it'd never be noticed.

[NoJobNoRules]

While I could see GameStop taking some action if they had no information whatsoever regarding the free version for OnLive, removing that copy was definitely not the way to go. :/