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Me: "One game please."
Retail Salesperson: "Here's a QR code to download the game."
Me: "If I didn't want physical media, I could get it without your QR code."
Retail Salesperson: "How would you manage that?"
Me: ๐ดโโ ๏ธ
have a sticker printer, tempted to print qr codes for game's fit-girl page and hit GameStop
Bring back bootleg street dealing with this one neat trick.
Gamestop Stockholders Hate It!
Even outside of that, why would I go in person to a store just to buy a thing I could get for the same amount of money instantly without leaving the house? Like, I know that's pretty much the point of the digital stores, but retail stores playing along as if they aren't the biggest dupes is baffling to watch.