GameStop Kills 'Infinite Money Glitch' In Wake Of YouTube Video
Kotaku • • technology
Key Points:
- A YouTuber named RJCmedia discovered a glitch at GameStop allowing customers to generate infinite trade-in credit by repeatedly buying and trading in a Nintendo Switch 2 with a pre-owned game, exploiting a promo that valued the trade-in above the retail price.
- GameStop acknowledged the glitch, explaining that their system temporarily valued the trade-in higher than the console’s retail price, creating a loophole for customers to accumulate unlimited credit.
- The company announced on January 20 that the glitch has been patched and trade promotions updated to prevent exploiting this error, restoring balance to their system.
- While the glitch appears genuine based on the YouTuber’s video evidence, uncertainty remains due to GameStop’s history of unusual marketing tactics and
