Yeah, just about the only stores that sell games around here now are major electronics stores or hardware outlets. Other sectors have taken a pounding as well, several chains of clothing stores are on the brink of bankruptcy here as well. Even sporting goods and overall electronics have taken a hard beating.

Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft should do the following:
-Buy 33% of GameStop shares each to have complete control over the stores.
-Use stores as places for consumers to come in and try latest games and consoles in person. Increase space with numerous consoles for anyone to come in and play, as demo booths, and eliminate or reduce most retail items to sell. Make the stores solely focused on showing off devices in person to impress people so they buy the device. Stop the focus on games and eliminate used sale of games (this alone would justify the purchase of shares by the Big 3 as it will significantly drive profits up by them not losing sales to people buying used games as they will be way less accessible).
-Rebrand it as Consoles too. Interested in checking out current or next gen devices? Want to play prefered games on those devices to see if you like them? Then come to ConsoleStop!

I mean, look at what the PS5 DE and the Xbox Series S represent.

For the same price as a PS4 Pro now, you can upgrade to next gen, just sacrifice your disc drive and get $100 off. As for the Series S, you can get a next gen experience and have every Xbox game you own digitally on their smallest console ever. No matter which side you are buying from, you have to admit that anyone in a low income family is going to be eying these options