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Fake Pokémon Cartridge Spotted At GameStop Raises Concerns Among Retro Gamers (www.retronews.com)
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A Reddit post in the GameBoy subreddit caught some eyes. It showed a fake yellow Game Boy Pokémon cartridge displayed at a GameStop. The post received many comments, pointing out the poor quality of this bootleg Pokémon game.

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[–] Gennadios@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

The GameStop problem is that the corporation has a trade in quota for each store. Even if the employee knows that someone is trying to trade in a repro they're encouraged to buy it to meet the quota. That shit gets sent to a centralized warehouse anyway.

GS as is will be an absolute shitshow of chinese knockoffs