Retail giant Best Buy is making a big play to become the number one retailer of video games, and that means a job opportunity for you, Reader. The company plans to hire dedicated gaming clerks to work at sales desks within their video game departments in fiscal year 2012. They are looking for "dedicated, informed, and engaged employees focused only on gaming," which sounds to me like a pretty primo job.
Calling it a "gaming transformation" as part of a "drive toward number one industry position," Best Buy laid out their plans in a presentation document obtained by Gamasutra and presented by senior VP Chris Homeister.
The new game pros from Best Buy will try to drive customers to preorder titles, purchase DLC, and man in-store gaming desks, which will "create the destination for trade, preorder and digital offers."
To make room for their new gaming desks and larger video game sections, Best Buy will take some space from the music department.
Best Buy is currently third in video games, behind GameStop and WalMart, but plans to turn that situation around, by (among other things) offering trade-in credit that can be used for any items in Best Buy.
Source: Best Buy
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Mook777
I see where your going but, BestBuy has exclusives if you preorder not only in-game exclusives but on alot of the preorders they give you a $10 gift card just for pre-ordering a game. And their ONLY on used game card is ok but its not all that good that 10% is nuthn unless you buyin a high priced used game that they ripping you off already for. Best buy rewardzone gamers club is ok but i bet pretty soon theyll come out with a card thatll be just as good as gamestop. Aaaaand there @gamer magazine have crazy discounts off of games and accecories (used games too). In the end best buy is gonna drown gamestop. and youll get better trade in value as well as used game prices @ BestBuy. :))
Mook777
I see where your going but, BestBuy has exclusives if you preorder not only in-game exclusives but on alot of the preorders they give you a $10 gift card just for pre-ordering a game. And their ONLY on used game card is ok but its not all that good that 10% is nuthn unless you buyin a high priced used game that they ripping you off already for. Best buy rewardzone gamers club is ok but i bet pretty soon theyll come out with a card thatll be just as good as gamestop. Aaaaand there @gamer magazine have crazy discounts off of games and accecories (used games too). In the end best buy is gonna piss all over gamestop. annnnnd youll get better trade in value as well as used game prices @ BestBuy. :))
d4rk5ky
So how do i apply? lol
Ckyline
I do have to say Best Buy does some better deals compared to gamestop
friedx100
Pretty primo job, yes, pretty primo career, no.
jamaicaninja23
i think ive gt all the training needed for this job
homicidalmunky
if i wasn't currently employed i would definitely do this. i remember having to answer people's questions when i was just shopping there, and i wasn't wearing khaki pants and a blue shirt.
TD_ThA_MoNsTa
To quote Candace Bailey; "OOOO hell yea!". Think I just found a new place to look for a job. My days of dealing with snarky Gamestop employees just might be over.
VGKen
Time to take my lazy butt off the couch and go get a job. :)
bigbadvoododaddy
I think this will be just like so many other of the tests that Best Buy has done that has not worked out.
All I can say is I will continue to shop at Play N Trade...they are the best video game store out there.
I love them and will continue to shop at Play N Trade forever!
DaRhino
Probably won't be much of a difference, all of the Best Buys in my area have employees who are all up on the 360. Every single time anyone goes looking for another console they try and change their minds so they can get a 360. Just one example ,there was a little girl looking for LBP and a PS3, and he was looking in the wii section then he told her father the 360 is better than the PS3 and told him to buy one instead (he doesn't even know what he is doing but he can make a fair judgment?).
Or it could be like Gamestop where they don't know anything. I went last week and they didn't even know their own sales better than I did. I work a low wage job too and I know company sales just to improve customer experience, and my positions are include Janitorial work/security/stock not a clerk. There are plenty of people like me out there, who knows why they hire idiots.
Symicide
There needs to be a test that applies the year when you apply that consists of gaming information to that specific year. If they had employees that actually knew about games they would at least beat Gamestop in that way.
nhhs18
Amazon is great if you don't want to play games on the day they come out and pay for shipping. I like gamestop for midnight launches and you can return any used game within 7 days for a full refund which is great for those campaign only games that I am on the fence about.
camaro72toy
Let me guess, minumum wage jobs, right? I can't support 4 kids and a wife on minumum wage...
camaro72toy
Best buy gave up on selling Death Metal, so they can go bankrupt for all I care. the only possibility of getting this wonderful music, gone. Kinda like DirectTV screwing themselves by getting rid of G4.
__Monkey__
My mom asked me once if I ate all the left over meatloaf. And I said ma look, I hate meatloaf. Then she cries. WHAT! You don't like my meatloaf!?
__Monkey__
Tight. I don't even really like to play games any more. But for some reason I love to read everything about them. I mean I still play them but I don't really care to buy em any more. I'm really good at lying to peoples faces.
macross2012
Shocking to say the least.. Maybe i will be able to find someone in the game dept now.. LOL
crocodilius
Any one else listening to Rebecca Black's- Friday?
NOhara24
Amazon release date delivery for the win.
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