GameStop goes casual in 2008

[Bodhesatva]

Sorry to get a little annoyed by the sudden defense of Gamestop, but it seems like a completely sudden reversal of opinions.

Some thing seem to be commonly understood by most as bad or corrupt in the gaming industry, and are mocked constantly. Then, it turns out that things may change -- and in particular, they may change to the benefit of casual gaming/Wii/DS.

Suddenly, that bad thing isn't so bad anymore, and people start defending it and insisting that things are just fine the way they are. If you want another example: bringing in the non-gamers. In the PS1/PS2 era, gamers in general seemed very excited about the possibility of bringing in their girlfriends and dads to play games with them. Now that it's apparent that these girlfriends and dads want to play Wii Sports, Wario Ware, Wii Fit and Brain Age, suddenly people don't seem to like the idea of bringing in the non-gamers anymore.

 

I'm not pointing any fingers at anyone in particular, and it's completely possible I've misread people's general attitude towards Gamestop. I'm just pointing out that it seemed to me, at least, that practically everyone disliked Gamestop for a whole host of reasons (several of which I listed above), and now there's a sudden about face on how we feel about Gamestop the second they announce they may focus more on bringing in the Wii/DS audience.