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# How Gamestop cleans up old consoles.
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/how-gamestop-cleans-old-consoles/
- Published: 2012-08-07T21:30:10.000Z
- Updated: 2015-11-17T14:58:09.000Z
- Description: Not every Gamestop trade-in remains in the store where you sold it. Many consoles end up in a Texas facility where they are cleaned and tested. Kotaku has an interesting set of photos that show much of the process, which should assuage any anxieties about buying germ-ridden controllers.
- Author: Rachel Helps
- Tags: News, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

Not every Gamestop trade-in remains in the store where you sold it. Many consoles end up in a Texas facility where they are cleaned and tested. Kotaku has an interesting set of photos that show much of the process, which should assuage any anxieties about buying germ-ridden controllers.

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