Wal-Mart To Hold Trade-In Kiosks

Wal-Mart, the world’s largest public corporation, is bringing E-Play game trade-in kiosks to 77 of its 3,656 stores across America. Brought to us by the same third-party company who already have large number DVD kiosks in stores, which have been met with varying success.

The way the system works is, you scan the bar code from the box of the game you’re trading in, which then gives you an automatic price for the game. If users accept the fee on screen then they will be instructed to scan both their credit card and drivers’ license, or similar ID into the machine. After that it’s a simple case of inserting the disc and box into the appropriate slots and the money you receive for your order will be deposited into your bank accounting with the next couple of days.

People expecting to scam the system by bringing in discs that no longer work will be met with rejection, apparently the touch-screen machines have build-in playability checks, which test games to see whether they’re in a suitable condition.

The machines, in addition to accepting games, will also offer a variety of Wii, 360 and PS3 games for rental at $1 per day.

Craig Bryan, NoobFeed