GameStop has just issued an official statement regarding the 'Infinite Money Glitch' that was first spotted by YouTuber RJCmedia earlier this month. This 'Infinite Money Glitch' saw RJCmedia trading in a Nintendo Switch 2 and using a pre-owned promotion to earn a profit in GameStop store credit.
RJCmedia's channel dates back to May 2022, with the creator's first few videos following his attempts to earn money via DoorDash. After a year-long hiatus, RJCmedia returned to YouTube in 2023, this time focusing his content on retro gaming collections. Since 2023, RJCmedia has continued to publish gaming-related videos regularly, including quite a few that revolve around GameStop, such as hunts for GameStop pre-owned 'holy grails' and videos that see the creator using GameStop sales to expand his personal collection.
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"Our Stores Are Not Designed To Function As Infinite Money Printers" — GameStop Puts Abrupt End to 'Infinite Money Glitch'
On January 17, 2026, RJCmedia posted a video with the title "I Found The GameStop Infinite Money Glitch." The first half of this 13-minute video sees RJCmedia and fellow content creator WoodmanClassics using several GameStop promotions to make the most out of their bulk trade-ins. These include GameStop's long-term promotion where GameStop Pro members can get 20% extra trade-in value when they put it towards a pre-order, and a current promotion that gives customers an extra 25% trade-in value when they use it to purchase a pre-owned item.
The second half of this video, and the part GameStop is concerned with, details the 'Infinite Money Glitch' referenced in the YouTube video's title. This section sees RJCmedia trading in a Nintendo Switch 2 and purchasing a pre-owned game to earn an extra 25% trade-in value. RJCmedia purchases the Nintendo Switch 2 for $415 and trades it in for $385 store credit. However, when the pre-owned game is scanned, the promotion kicks in and that $385 store credit becomes $445. This is $30 more than RJCmedia paid for the Nintendo Switch 2, meaning that they'd made a profit by using this GameStop promotion.
On January 20, three days after RJCmedia posted the original video, GameStop published an official statement regarding the glitch. GameStop's statement begins with a succinct summary of the 'Infinite Money Glitch' discovered by RJCmedia, and goes on to confirm that this glitch has been "patched." As GameStop's somewhat tongue-in-cheek statement puts it:
"Trade promotions have been updated to ensure customers can no longer convert basic arithmetic into an endless revenue stream, and balance has been restored...While we applaud the creativity, we gently remind everyone that our stores are not designed to function as infinite money printers."
The replies to GameStop's official statement on X are quite varied. While some speculate on how much RJCmedia made using this glitch before GameStop found out, others are calling the creator a "legend," and one even says that this is "a huge win for society." Over in the YouTube comments, other customers are sharing how much they allegedly made using this GameStop infinite money glitch, with some claiming they're now sitting on almost $1,000 of "free" store credit.
Despite only being a few weeks into 2026, GameStop has already made headlines a handful of times, not including this one. On January 9, GameStop confirmed that it was closing down almost 300 stores, seemingly without giving many of its employees any prior warning. And just a few days ago, GameStop received heat online for criticizing the first official image of Sophie Turner as Tomb Raider's Lara Croft. GameStop's X account (the same one it used to make the statement above) reposted IGN's image of Sophie Turner, giving it a caption that read, "This is not Lara Croft." Many Tomb Raider fans came to Turner's defense, turning the tables on GameStop by posting pictures of GameStop toy shelves with captions like "This is not a gaming store."