Best Buy Trade-In review

Best Buy Trade-In is narrow but handy when you are upgrading hardware. Its trade-in page lists gaming consoles at up to $375 and gaming accessories at up to $20, paid as a Best Buy eGift Card, and lets you look up what a device is worth before you trade. Video games themselves are not among the categories shown, so this is a place for the console and controllers, not the disc collection. The eGift Card payout only makes sense if you were going to spend that money at Best Buy, for example on a new console. For anything with no trade value, Best Buy also recycles tech of any age or brand. For cash, sell the console on Facebook Marketplace or eBay instead, and sell the games through DKOldies, Lukie Games or Decluttr. We compared documented features and published values only.

Who it is for

Console owners upgrading to new hardware at Best Buy

Price

No fee; gaming consoles valued up to $375 as a Best Buy eGift Card.

Gaming Consoles Up to $375
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 11, 2026.

Key features

• Gaming consoles valued up to $375
• Gaming accessories valued up to $20
• Paid as a Best Buy eGift Card
• Online lookup of trade-in values by category
• Recycling for tech of any age or brand

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: Clear top values per category
• Strength: Useful credit toward a new console at the same store
• Strength: Recycles items with no trade value
• Weakness: Payout is a Best Buy eGift Card, not cash
• Weakness: Video games are not among the categories on the trade-in page
• Weakness: Top values apply only to recent models in good condition

Key facts

• Consoles: Up to $375
• Gaming accessories: Up to $20
• Payout: Best Buy eGift Card
• Recycling: Any tech, any age
• Where: Stores and bestbuy.com

Where it ranks

Best Buy Trade-In is No. 9 in our Best Places to Sell Used Video Games verdict.