Aielyn said:
Again, it's not about Gamestop "making an agreement" or not, but about them "yielding". Here are their options as I see it, assuming that Sony goes the same route as MS: 1. Give in, sign up to the used game system, go all-in on it, and die a slow lingering death as used game sales profit all gets funnelled to MS/Sony and third parties, with Gamestop getting a tiny cut. 2. Get some sort of extra concession out of Sony and MS to make sure that they get a bigger cut of the revenue, in which case we're sure to see higher game prices, which will probably again result in Gamestop dying a slow lingering death as they end up being undercut by retailers who don't depend on gaming to make a profit. 3. Refuse to sign up, and simply push ahead, resulting in Gamestop dying a slow lingering death. 4. Create a deal with Nintendo that sees Nintendo systems given priority and special deals done, resulting in bigger cuts for Gamestop on new games as well as getting most of the original cut of used game sales. This is the only situation in which I see Gamestop surviving. So tell me - if you were Gamestop, which choice would you make? Or do you see a different option for them? |
I would do what they are doing, branching out into digital downloads, they bought Impulse a while ago
I think you are possibly simplifying the problem. The fundamental problem is that consoles are threatened, sales are down across the board. So far the Wii U has failed to excite consumers and I don't see it as being enough to save gamestop in its current state even if the games do come and get consumers interested again.
The problem is, it is just not clear what Sony and Microsoft's demands are, or if it is really the publishers. I think there are too many unknowns to make a proper prediction
