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Gamestop knows they serve no purpose in the gaming world anymore. What's the point of buying physical, when it's just a disc with the game version 1.0, and manditory day 1 updates? It makes it essentially a digital download with ewaste.
Ebay on the other hand has a future still existing.
Right now gamestop is a glorified novelty shop with a video games and pop culture theme. They know that business plan won't last.
Ebay on the other hand, I can't see any reason why they would be interested in anyway in this lowball offer.
The main remaining purpose of buying physical is that you can lend, gift, or sell the game after the fact, and the recipient can then do so as well . This is part of why the GTA 6 plan of selling a code in a game box for $80 and calling it as "physical copy" is such a slap in the face.