Re: Good Old... Gamestop?

On 29/08/2024 08:27, Werner P. wrote:

Am 29.08.24 um 09:26 schrieb Werner P.:

Am 29.08.24 um 04:06 schrieb Spalls Hurgenson:

But I suspect, like many of Gamestops recent attempts to re-invent
itself, this transformation won't save it either. Between ready access
to emulation and companies re-releasing their older titles to GOG.com,
there's no real need for a 'retro gaming store' except as a nostalgic
curiousity. It's the sort of place you'd go into only because you
happened to stumble across it, play around with their overpriced
artifacts for a while, then leave and buy it somewhere cheaper.

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Gamestop was always a ripoff, I visited 2-3 times bevore I noticed that I can get second hand games for consoles chaper by using the internet and the usual second hand whatever portals.
Too bad, with less customer gouging the chain really could have gone somewhere, it is failing on its own greed!
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PS: In the end gamestop follows the route of most other computer gaming related stores, the internet has taken over!
Not sure how you can save such a chain in the end, the rip off behavior from GS did not help either, their name is tainted!
 

I think the problem is I can't see what they can really offer that makes it worth using them. To take a different example, I make model kits and I far prefer going to a bricks & mortar store as the owner is highly likely to be a modeller themselves and browsing means you can find kits that take your fancy and you also get to look in the box to see what you're actually getting. For me I don't mind paying a slight premium for that.
I just don't see how anything like that translates to going into a game shop.