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GameStop CEO Paul Raines has told Vox Games that it wouldn’t be console manufacturer’s best interest to shut it out over used game sales as the retailers relationship with customers is “deep and sticky enough” to warrant continued business.

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Gamestop has told investors it expects to have an internal beta for a cloud-based digital distribution service, based on its acquisition of Spawn Labs, in July.

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Retailer GameStop, who made two acquistions relating to digital game downloads last week, expects to see revenues from that sector of its business jump to a whopping $1.5 billion by 2014, via multiple platforms and devices.

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Engadget got hands-on time with Spawn Labs’ version of Slingbox, which is a HD-720 set-top box that you plug your consoles into, allowing for streaming games over a Wi-Fi through your PC, or laptop.

Basically, all you do is plug your Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, or GameCube into the box and voila – you are playing your consoles over the internet through Windows. Mac is in currently in the works

The AV cables (no HDMI at present) are then passed through to a TV, a USB connection is used to sync up the controller, and there’s an IR signal for turning the connected system on and off.

To log in, you go to the Spawn Labs website and play your own system or a friend’s for co-op or just to be a voyeur.

It’s out this November for $199.99, and there is loads more information through the link and via a video after the break.

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US firm Spawn Lab’s launched a $200 box that allows you to stream games from 360, PS3, PS2 and GameCube and play them on any PC.

It’s a Cloud affair: your PC must run XP, Vista or Windows 7 and have access to a bandwidth of between 500kbps to 1Mbps for SD and 2-5Mbps for HD. It works locally or remotely.

There’s more detail on BigDownload. The box, the HD-720, is available from Spawn Labs’ site now.