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

[The_Liquid_Laser]

yvanjean said:

The_Liquid_Laser said:

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. 

Yes, if you take the games away, then stores won't want to sell hardware.  At least they won't sell it at current prices.  Most likely what you will get is hardware prices shooting way up, and then sales going way down.  Accessories alone aren't enough to sustain the current model without games.