As store closures mount up, is there hope left for physical games outlets?

[yvanjean]

The_Liquid_Laser said:

yvanjean said:

Who do you think pays for the Big retailer profit margins of 25%-35% the end users. If we don't have any big retailers anymore and the price stays the same, it just means that the developers get much more money for any games they sell. Which is better for the industry or you can sell for cheaper.

If we cut out the big retailers and all cost associated with physical media (cost of product, shipping, storing, selling & mark up), than you can sell the same product for much cheaper and still make a profit. 

You actually believe that people will stop buying video games if there no more Brick and mortar store? Do you think PC games sales are non existent because they don't sell physical copies? 

In the previous post you talked about hardware.  I gave an answer about hardware.  Now this post ignores everything I've said about hardware.  You know that people are going to need hardware to play these games right?  That is why I made a point about hardware.

You think that the Walmart, Costco, Groceries super store and Amazon are going to stop selling hardware. Hardware sales have been switching from mostly brick and mortar to online store like Walmart online, Costco online, Amazon, Ebay & Microsoft store. I personally bought 3 consoles from online store last year, Xbox one S and PS4 slim from Amazon and Xbox one X from Microsoft store.

There always going to be store or online store to sell Hardware because you're ignoring accessories which have a much greater margin compared to Hardware. Have you been to a best buy lately, their gaming section is now a small fraction of the total store space.