"Ultimately, we want to reduce even more of that friction, so when you buy that map pack in our store, we're going to be able to associate your Xbox profile with your GameStop profile, and then automatically push that to your download queue."
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Thursday, January 13, 2011
GameStop Planning Integrated XBOX 360 Support.
If GameStop has their way they could soon have their hands on your XBOX 360 information (with your permission only I assume.) The plan calls for your details so when you pick up a card in store and make a purchase for anything like say a Microsoft Points card or a Map Pack the purchase will automatically queue up the download on your console at home. As convenient as this may be, I don't know how trusting I am of allowing GameStop access to my account details. Here is the full quote: "Today you pick the card up off the rack that's associated with that map pack, we ring it up as part of your transaction in the store, and then we give you the code that allows you go home and [access the content]", GameStop's Shawn Freeman tells Ars Technica.
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