Gamestop has a niche, and that niche is people who want oddball games without waiting for shipping and don't care about paying a premium or their 'new' games being unsealed.
Gamestop has a niche, and that niche is people who want oddball games without waiting for shipping and don't care about paying a premium or their 'new' games being unsealed.
My local mall has TWO of them, one on each end. I always feel dirty whenever I go into a GameStop, they are so cramped its not fun to be inside. I wonder if they will get the 'Apple' treatment and go minimalist.
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monocle_layton said:
At the same time, do they really need 7x more?
If Best Buy had, say, 5000 stores, that means gamestop has 35,000. I am pretty sure you do not need 35k Gamestops in the US.
It becomes unnecessary and a headache. Get rid of stores with smaller profits and focus on doing well with every store. |
Don't get me wrong I am not saying they need them, but with what they sell and how they are structured; I can understand why there are so many. Its relatively easy setting up a gamestop in a myriad of places best buy will never consider being. Airports, hotels, malls, hell even gas stations.
Gamestop needs to partner with Sony, MS, and NIntendo to offer contracts for gaming devices. With yearly revisions looking like a real thing, having a 2 year plan, with PSN, XBL, or NN, for $20 a month, would be a good business model.
I don't think they can survive much longer without going to a Phone like business model, because the days of Physical games leading the market are numbered. Having a phone like model would give them steady revenue, and give them a huge stock of used consoles to sell for pure profit. Hardware and perphierals are going to have to become their bread and butter, with Physical software being a smaller side business.
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VAMatt said: Prediction - It will either shrink tremendously, and increase its focus on retro games, or Gamestop will cease to exist within the next 5 years. |
I wouldn't doubt this prediction, honestly
dahuman said: Nintendo will save them with the Switch used game market! |
Switch will deff help their sales, I think it might "prolong" their lives too, the store will obviously go down at some point because physical games will go down at some point, but not as long as the switch and potentially its sequl are around.
I think Nintendo will be the last to step from the traditional gaming route
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Welp, make sure you close the door on the way out! Gamestop is like almost 40% of console sales in the US though. If they dissolve, I wonder how that figure is going to be split up among other retailers when it comes to console shoppers?
I cant remember going to Gamestop this entire gen. Day one dl just so much better. And Gamestop killed the trade in market. Like how the fuck imma trade in dark souls 2 six months after release and only get $2 for it? I have no sympathy for them.
This Youtube Video nailed how I fell going into gamestop. Plus I get 20% off any new game I buy for only $30 every 2 years @ BESTBUY , Including collectors editions. For instance I bought a 250 collectors edition and it knocked $50 off. If I would have pre-ordered Zelda BOTW $130, I would have got it for $104 but I forgot as I'm buying a new house and my wife got pregnant, totally forgot after all that... The discount is dope and I encourage anyone who likes physical media to buy this way.
Podcast about shady business at Gamestop..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3Z5ePyM6BM