ea7447 No.16742125
Despite news earlier in the month week that Gamestop had hired to design firm R/GA to revamp their business and give "stores a unique layout and purpose that appeal to gamers", the company has struggled to convince shareholders that the retailer has any value left.
Currently Gamestop stock is sitting at $3.90; an all-time low for the company and a whopping 91% lower than what the company was trading at in the summer of 2015. In real numbers that's $3.4 BILLION in market capital gone to the wind.
The death of Gamestop was always seen as inevitable but general consensus was the company would at least survive into the next generation. Looking at the latest figures, it seems that company wont even last long enough to see the much needed shot in the arm that new hardware releases bring.
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8c6451 No.16742155
Can't wait for the close out sales so I can get some shit for real cheap.
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951bcf No.16742163
>>16742155
>Close out sales
While all you normalfag sheep are going to "close out sales" I'll be busy finding PS4s and Xbox Ones in the dumpsters out back.
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86408f No.16742164
>>16742155
It's not like they sell anything good anymore.
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9ca451 No.16742167
Hopefully some actual good game stores take their place, but considering the trends of the west, something far worse will replace them and people will be wishing for GameStop 5 years from now
For what its worth, I rarely had a problem with them myself; the ones near me always treated me well and I got loads of games for cheap
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1eb0ba No.16742170
>>16742163
>he thinks they won't burn the consoles
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a8eb91 No.16742172
>>16742167
>inb4 Tencent opens a physical retail game shop
<inb4 it's an extension of the EGS "brand"
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425cb1 No.16742176
>>16742155
And little did the peasant knew that the close out sales will be their bank accounts…better stock up on video games, lad.
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795f4e No.16742179
>>16742155
Have them haul 1 of each item they've left in stock to the register and then offer to pay them in store credit and walk away.
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951bcf No.16742182
>>16742172
>>16742167
No new Game stores will take its place, evidently this business model isn't profitable. It's much more profitable and makes more sense to just have games sold at big box stores like Walmart.
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406def No.16742190
I cant believe that one anon will no longer have a bank.
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a8eb91 No.16742196
>>16742182
Are other game stores also suffering? The only other one I know is GAME in Bongistan, but I haven't heard much of them doing poorly.
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951bcf No.16742198
>>16742196
Not a bong, but wasn't GAME going through some tough financial shit recently too?
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38732b No.16742249
Invidious embed. Click thumbnail to play.
>>16742125
>hire this
>go bankrupt
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9b423a No.16742260
>>16742164
Just get some consoles for $20 and sell them elsewhere for $50-$100 then use the money to buy more external hard drives to store your pirated games on.
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0b52aa No.16742263
>walk into past gamestop
>200GB game torrent done
>play for 10 minutes
>it sucks
>replay tony hawk's pro skater 3 for the billionth time
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1a2808 No.16742287
haven't even walked into one for at least a decade, no interest since they stopped selling pc games
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cb576a No.16742304
GAYME STAHP going the way of Blockbuster soon.
F
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cd2a8a No.16742356
>>16742125
If there not retarded they can pull this off. Reinvest in the retro pay pig wave but do it right.
The issue isnt physical games stores its that gamestop is like the blinded cyclops but he's extra retarded
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cd2a8a No.16742363
>>16742182
I have seen the reemerging of games stores. Not as many but there is room for ma and pa. We have a chain called gamestar around here and they have been opening stores.
Its definitely doable just a niche and hard market to crack. Modern corporations seemed to have undergone icepick lobotomies.
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0b52aa No.16742385
>>16742356
Gamestop succeeded in the past when corporations were working with them. Nowadays, the PC market has almost completely removed physical media, Microsoft literally made a discless Xbox (and will continue pursuing that), and Sony and Google want to work on streaming. Even Nintendo is making some push for digital sales, usually through deals like the online voucher, or double "coins" (money back) for some digital releases.
Games companies are now working against physical media, since they get more money back. If gamestop wants to make money, they have to look to the few consumers still buying physical, who aren't buying things off Amazon.
The issue is physical stores, they can't compete, they will bleed to death, it's only a question of how long it takes.
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d678b1 No.16742401
>"I want to trade in some stocks I bought in 2015"
<"Best we can do is $3.90"
>"The fuck? I paid $47.44 for these!"
<"Well if you buy a membership card we can give you 5% more, in-store credit only"
serves them right
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cff1b9 No.16742402
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195af9 No.16742442
Reminder that gamestop blew shitloads of money buying up mobile phone stores.
I can only imagine they did it because they bought the "mobile games are the future" bullshit.
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3dcc22 No.16742464
>>16742356
>>16742363
Its almost like forcing your employees to heckle every single customer into joining 10 monter energy pro-consumer mega card programs and into pre-ordering a dozen worthless AAA games is a bigger issue than the switch to digital.
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0286ee No.16742623
>>16742125
>Be gamestop
>Customer wants a used game
>Gamestop doesn't have many due to destroying consoles and games in the back of the store
>Gamestop offers the customer shitty funko pop figurines instead
>Customer gets upset and leaves
>Gamestop's stock crashes
Finally this piece of shit company can die. Maybe they should've thought about not destroying games and not push their crappy "lol i'm such a nerd" crap.
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0286ee No.16742642
However, this will fuck many over who want a physical copy of a game. While the (((EULA))) digital copy demon will prevail. Polite sage for double post.
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6d0f39 No.16742689
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cc58e1 No.16742721
>>16742623
Man I remember when I went there last. I was grabbing a switch cause I didn't feel like ordering one online and the girl with dyed red hair at the cash got visibly upset when I said I wasn't interested in the "gamer" merch she was trying to get me to check out. Not sure why she'd get upset but whatever.
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b00a7b No.16742736
>>16742721
because they must still have quotas for how many memberships they sell. gamestop employees dont make commission, mind you, but they're supposed to sell an arbitrary amount of gameinformers and other crap. only retards actually care about the quotas or their job at gamestop that much to get pissed, since they don't get anything in return, it's just drilled into their heads during training.
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6d0f39 No.16742740
>>16742721
She probably thought that she could bewitch you with her female charms like an obese siren and make you buy more stuff.
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cc58e1 No.16742762
>>16742736
Yeah that's what I don't get. Why even give a shit if you're not doing "good" according to standards for a shitty dead end minimum wage entry level job.
>>16742740
Surprisingly not even fat. Would probably have been okay looking if not for the red hair and facial piercings.
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2d1cf5 No.16742815
Isn't Gamestop just Hot Topic but with video games nowadays? Last time I went they had shit that wasn't actual vidya like funko pops and t-shirts
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fcda00 No.16742868
>>16742167
>something far worse
It's won't be another company moving in, it will be the death of physical game sales. That's a large part of why they are dying, as well as people ordering games online from amazon.
Of course, logically speaking, ordering physical games online will die out eventually in favor of digital only on everything.
Anyone championing Gamestops death should keep in mind that it is linked to the death of physical games as well.
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884a0c No.16742885
>>16742125
>Gamestop announces its shutting down
>Closing sales ensue
>Get stuff that's normally full price due to scarcity (Like StarFox 64 3D) for dirt cheap
This is only a good thing if you ask me
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f52753 No.16742907
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734869 No.16742922
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dda976 No.16742932
Invidious embed. Click thumbnail to play.
I'm surprised no one has posted this. Dude's a wanker if you look at his full channel but it's an interesting video.
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50fdec No.16742939
>>16742868
>Anyone championing Gamestops death should keep in mind that it is linked to the death of physical games as well.
They made their own hell.
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fc5fb7 No.16742948
>2007
>me and about 300 people are all waiting outside gamestop at 11pm in the middle of winter
>all to get access to the midnight release of a game
>2019
>You can pre-patch and download almost everything
>it just unlocks at midnight on release day and is immediately ready to play
GameStop is a pointless middleman these days. And the merch they try to plug to make up for the lack of game sales can easily be found cheaper on things like amazon.
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4dc6e0 No.16742956
I predicted this 3 years ago, saying they would be bankrupt in 5 years. They fucked up by changing their old rewards card system and limiting the more favorable trade in values to current and just released titles, titles that were obviously shit and took 8 to 20 hours to beat and be bored with. They could have easily survived by giving 40% value to older RPGS and enticing collectors to shed their collections for new consoles and games, but they got greedy and stupid in the worst time to get greedy and stupid– during a new game drought.
Good riddance, I am glad I crop dusted their stores every chance I got.
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46d619 No.16742963
>>16742868
Like Gamestop was even trying to keep it alive with the way they threw away old games, over priced new games, ripped opened new packages plastic. Also have in-game exclusive pre-order shit that has to be
FUCKING DOWNLOADED IN THE FIRST PLACE
God knows how much of those stupid bonuses were "preserved". They had as much regard for the physical medium as much as every other AAA company.
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86408f No.16742971
I wonder if they could have survived by using their shelf space for buying and selling actual good games from prior generations, instead of funko nerd shit.
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b00a7b No.16743159
>>16742956
they've been doing this for forever. they would buy mw2 for $20-$30 and flip it for $55 almost immediately after release, or buy original xbox games for $0.25 after refurb fees around 2007-2008. meanwhile gamecrazy at the same time would refurb discs with a quality process for free in 20 minutes, and actually get scratched to hell games working again. gamestop was always shit. i wish gamecrazy was still around but i think they tanked just because they were associated with hollywood video and we all know what happened to video rentals.
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f52753 No.16743179
remember EB games? When I was a kid there was EB and Gamestop on two different levels of the mall
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951bcf No.16743206
>>16743179
GameStop bought EB Games and converted all EB Games in America to GameStops, however I think there are still EB Games in Australia. Can any Aussies confirm?
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86408f No.16743207
>>16743179
I remember when it was Electronics Boutique, with Babbages and Funcoland as competitors.
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21c5bd No.16743212
>>16742190
I know what this is a reference to.
(Or at least I think we're on the same page)
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b6f616 No.16743295
>>16742385
They got complacent when it was obvious how fucking popular Steam, mobile and then console digital was becoming.
Instead of actually trying to compete and delivering DRM free physical on PC as well as some free trinkets and bonus stuff on all physical copies with all the money they had from literally buying out nearly every single retail store, paying their employees like shit and nickel and diming their customers, they kept shafting the consumer and their own employees
They made their own bed, I cackled when they pretended like the Switch physical sales were going to fucking save them.
Fuck them, I"m glad they're dead, they essentially killed game retail with their centralization bullshit, seems like everybody on mass market faggotry is out of touch nowadays, they can't even milk the normalniggers right anymore.
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b6f616 No.16743303
>>16742815
GameStop is literally nothing but FIFA and Funko Pops.
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bdce57 No.16743315
>>16743206
Can confirm, though they seem to be barely holding on. Most EB stores I walk past have "SALE" signs everywhere but no customers to sell to.
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b3aa28 No.16743317
INDUSTRY CRASH
INDUSTRY CRASH
INDUSTRY CRASH
But seriously, it's about time that the malignant tumor that GameStop has been for decades gets excised from the industry.
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fa7942 No.16743342
On the one hand, fuck Gamestop and all the shit they've pulled over the years. On the other, I'd rather them going under not impact future physical availability in a market that's increasingly looking to cut production corners. While Walmart, Target, and Best Buy are admittedly still around, the latter two have pathetic vidya selections and Walmart has a tendency to keep games at nearly full price for years after release.
>>16742164
On rare occasion, they can have something worthwhile I can't find at any other local options and/or are more expensive online, or the occasional exclusive like Xenoblade was for the Wii. But those cases are few and far between, and they're still a last resort.
>>16743179
Yeah. And I remember when Gamestop bought them out and suddenly there was a Gamestop inside the mall and one across the street. Ten fucking Gamestops in a five mile radius at one point.
>>16742815
They pretty much want to be "Geekstop" these days, considering how much space is devoted to merchandise. In comparison, while the independent game stores around these parts might also have some funko, it's much, much less, and they're still very much game focused. Prices and availability can be a crapshoot though.
>>16742442
They tried pushing it pretty hard on the consumer too. I remember those fucking radio ads back when I was rooting around them for particular DS games half a decade back. Claiming that the chain had all the mobile accessories any "real gamer" needed and such. They even trashed their DS cases and manuals to make shelf space for them, and the employees had the gall to act like you should be grateful they even still had them cart only.
>>16742971
Probably. One local chain where I am does quite well stocking for every generation, but predominantly older. However, the trade off (for better or worse; probably better) is that they can't really get new releases in unless an employee picks some up as preorders from other places like Amazon or Walmart (not Gamestop though), as distribution companies are loathe to want to waste the time sending small fry anything.
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766190 No.16743431
>>16743207
>Babbages
Holy shit, I remember that store.
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8ebf86 No.16743439
>>16743207
>>16743179
Yeah I remember EB, I think everyone does cause it was popular as hell at the mall
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cc87d9 No.16743455
shit and its the only place that sells cheap steam cards, everywhere else there is a bottom price of 20 dollars for a card.
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cc87d9 No.16743459
>>16742932
I love his Ram Ranch accent.
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9ca451 No.16743549
>>16742868
Unfortunately that has a lot of truth to it.
I'm pretty worried about the future, at least there's at least some groups of people who are still interested in physical copies who are taking advantage of the middle market companies like TheIndieBox, LRG and EastAsiaSoft/Play-Asia.
Right now its just hoping that Japan and asian countries don't fall for the same plague that is digital gaming; at the very least it will take more time and effort there to be ruined like things were here.
I wish convenience wasn't so valued here at the price of literally everything else
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cf0b12 No.16743739
>>16743549
What is the point of physical games when every game is released partially broken and needs a day one path? What is the point when a good chunk of the game is multiplayer?
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485043 No.16743775
>>16742196
>>16742198
Game bought out its competent competition and stopped selling any PC games outside of WoW and endless Sims packs since they didn't have to compete and console games seemed more profitable at the time. This drove their entire PC market to (((Steam))) and has left them with a declining share of the few normalfags who still buy physical vidya sports basically as even the half-normalfags have mostly moved away from consoles. The shops are now a good 50% non-game shit like funko pops.
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485043 No.16743786
>>16742385
>Nowadays, the PC market has almost completely removed physical media
Again speaking only from a bong perspective but digital PC sales wouldn't have taken off if the physical shops hadn't abandoned the market first: steam was wildly unpopular when it was first announced but once physical purchasing was basically dead for PC anyway people moved over. It used to be the case you could walk in and there'd be giant buckets in the centre of the shop of cheap second hand vidya with a ton of PC games but that space was gradually replaced with consoleshit. If they'd kept up the obvious visual reminder of the benefits of physical sales i.e. second hand market people would have continued supporting them.
I miss Gamestation which were the only real rival to Game and had a much bigger emphasis on better prices on older games and on second hand. Fucking Blockbuster selling them to Game is what ruined the physical market in this country. No points for guessing what year that happened in.
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6c6793 No.16743857
>>16743809
Reminder that advocates for only digital are advocating for every one to take it up the ass.
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dd50c7 No.16743862
Record low? More like ideal time to invest. You'll never see their prices at [HTTP ERROR 503: BAD TOKEN] again. Buy buy buy! Its undervalued and will be worth more than Activision in 4 years. Screencap this post
**This isn't a bot post, inb4 some autist reports me for having a "503 error"
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ee9206 No.16744002
>>16742196
>Are other game stores also suffering? The only other one I know is GAME in Bongistan, but I haven't heard much of them doing poorly.
Pretty sure gamestop own GAME its just the same company under a different brand.
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ee9206 No.16744006
>>16743786
>Again speaking only from a bong perspective but digital PC sales wouldn't have taken off if the physical shops hadn't abandoned the market first
No drm killed pc sales if it were not for the stupid codes the consoles would have never beaten pc game sales.
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e90ca6 No.16744018
>>16743809
is this some crappy leftypol meme, or is there some meme I'm not aware of here?
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fe3c6e No.16744028
>be at work one day
>randomly decide that my 3DS is shit, want a 3DS XL
>drive to gamestop and buy one during break
What will I do with my random urges now?
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1eb0ba No.16744042
>tfw have a locally owned video game store less than half an hour away AND they sell plastic crap too
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b6f616 No.16744068
>>16744006
>No drm killed pc sales
Another cucksole underage pretending he even used the fucking platform back then.
PC physical was dying way before Steam or GFWL were a thing.
Gamestop and GAME bought all the competition, consoles were getting extremely popular, all the normalfags flooded in and accepted shit like pre order bonuses, and later on, DLC, so consoleshit and non game shit took the shelves and PC games got shafted.
Yet you still had some independent or other retailers which had a PC space, with plenty of older games as well, which were usually older stock.
Yet at the same time you had Microshaft forcing GFWL down peoples throats.
The Orange Box released around the same time, showed people a service like that could actually work so everybody flocked to Steam.
It didn't have shit to do with DRM and everything about retailers essentially abandoning the PC space.
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115f88 No.16744070
>>16742155
Why do normalfags think this is a thing? Have you ever actually been to a "close out sale" for anything larger than a local business? It all gets bundled up into lots and bid on by online retailers like Amazon. Unless you roll up to the auction with thousands of dollars to spend on a lot of Nintendo Wiis, you aren't getting anything.
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8c6451 No.16744073
>>16744070
Why do dipshits come here and act like they know anything at all about things?
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b6f616 No.16744085
>>16744073
Because they do
Gamestop literally throws stock in the garbage.
You won't get diddly shit
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4f74f0 No.16744097
>>16744085
>when you're so Jewish you'd rather destroy something than give it away for free
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32414b No.16744098
>>16742721
Because their job literally depends on it. I had to threaten to walk out last time I went to GameStop because the guy fucking argued with me about the philosophical merits of pre-ordering and whether or not it's similar to gambling. Most unbelievable customer service I've ever seen. I was buying a PS4 for Bloodborne, it was a mistake in hindsight. They have to make the "circle of life" (bullshit sales speak for selling someone on everything) at least once every two weeks or they get fired. All of the district and regional managers are petty assholes that constantly troll around stores managed by new managers they don't like and tell them that they aren't up to standard, that they should just resign, even if they're doing well. This is all hearsay from former employees but I believe it, given that it explains so much of the behavior I've seen.
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fa7942 No.16744100
>>16744097
Something about not having to pay taxes on destroyed merchandise, or so I've heard.
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9e3c1d No.16744104
>>16744100
>Destroying something instead of giving it away for free to dodge paying shekels.
This, too, is also Jewish, anon. And so is the law encouraging the destruction in the first place.
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32414b No.16744107
>>16744068
Remember when the journo mantra was "PC gaming is dead" and CliffyB was saying the same shit? That was my first serious clue that not only are all journos bribe-taking scumbags, they also coordinate their faggy opinions for the benefit of corporations. Even then I could see the writing on the wall, that every major publisher wanted to publish on console exclusively because it would be cheaper and more profitable, although I was already in my late teens at the time
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fa7942 No.16744112
>>16744104
Yeah, I'm not arguing that it's not. just that that's apparently the "logic" at hand.
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b6f616 No.16744119
>>16744107
Oh yeah, I remember
I also remember him apologizing for that 8 years later and then making Lawbreakers avaiable on the PS4.
I also remember it flopping just like all Overcuck clones.
Good times
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51831b No.16744122
At least they finally lived up to their namesake.
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4f74f0 No.16744124
>>16744119
I am just patiently waiting for Cliffy's gold digging whore of a wife to cuck him.
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b6f616 No.16744158
>>16744124
>Implying it isn't happening right now
Son, the guy paints his nails just like John "I love my wifes son" Romero
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cb784c No.16744211
>>16743207
I still have a Funcoland branded CD holder..case.. whatever you call it.
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e57670 No.16744221
>>16744028
Amazon has same-day delivery now, you'll be OK
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efd89b No.16744233
Oh no, where will the ten-year-olds trade in the games they get as presents from their parents to now? What will they do without the $3 store credit and the discount on the subscription to Game Informer? Who will mark up the games to $34.99 used for any old piece of shit shovelware title that's actually $20 new? Won't someone think of the children!
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cb784c No.16744241
>>16744221
They're going to go back on that until they get better technology/automation up and running.
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1b7bbf No.16744252
>>16744070
I went to RadioShack when it was closing and everything was 90% off, so yes.
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4a6594 No.16744278
>>16744070
>Have you ever actually been to a "close out sale" for anything larger than a local business?
Sears and Kmart, nigger.
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1a9889 No.16744332
>>16744278
Don't forget Toys R Us.
>ALL VIDEO GAME SOFTWARE 2% OFF
>ALL VIDEO GAME HARDWARE 5% OFF
>ALL POWER RANGERS TYRANNOZORD SHELF WARMERS 10% OFF, WHY CAN'T WE SELL THESE FUCKING THINGS
>ALL SHIT NOBODY WANTS 70% OFF
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32414b No.16744346
>>16744070
I went to Circuit City when they were closing and got free music because they forgot to put a price label on it. What planet do you live on where going out of business sales don't exist for consumers? Is that a Yerrup thing?
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0a356b No.16744509
>>16744332
>ALL SHIT NOBODY WANTS 70% OFF
doubt people bought nuwars shit for even 70% off
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51831b No.16744513
>>16744509
Some eceleb is getting a blank check to buy it up wholesale just to instill the fake notion that people actually want that crap.
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98d636 No.16744552
>>16744509
One guy actually went around recording all the Star Wars shit clogging retail shelves, even on deep discount nobody wants the stuff. He also went into dollar stores and Goodwill to show off all the brand-new unopened SW garbage that had shifted there after the original stores couldn't sell it. It was mostly a nu-wars hate video but I believe it was around the same time Toys R Us was closing.
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51831b No.16744568
>>16744552
And places like Toys R Us died because nobody wants the toys. It's a negative feedback loop that kikes can conveniently pick from to form a "it's not our fault" narrative.
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b6f616 No.16744572
>>16744568
ToysRUs died because kids are too busy gambling on their iPhones nowadays.
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51831b No.16744577
>>>/v/16744572
See, like this. Completely ignore the entire point of the post, even going as far as to actually agree with it, just to deflect from the fact nobody wants the toys.
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b6f616 No.16744618
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play.
>>16744577
I'm not saying Nu Wars shit didn't help or that anyone wants that garbage merchandise.
I'm just saying that the big thing that killes ToysRUs and is still killing physical toys, is mobile phones since they're easier to carry around and provide the same amount of entertainment.
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1a9889 No.16744638
>>16744572
That, and their prices were typically 10% higher than Wal*Mart and Target, and they refused to stock shit people actually bought. The only reason I went to TRU was to get stuff for Lego trains, and a Masterpiece Optimus Prime that I gave to a friend. There was no reason to go there for games.
>>16744618
What kills toys is the usual jewery. Hollowed-out figures with fuck all for articulation. Transformers ten years ago were amazing. Now they look okay from the front, but turn them around, and it's mostly empty space, like SUPER CHINESE TRANSMOGRIFYING SOLDIER bullshit from the dollar store. GI Joe doesn't exist. Mattel has been going hard into the Autismo the Great, Neckbeard Extraordinaire market by releasing expensive shit online. Hasblow has just been cheaping out and fuck-stocking everything. Joe nerds want army-building shit? Short pack Cobra troopers and vipers. Ten Dukes per case!
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52db09 No.16744674
>>16744552
yeah, remember that one. it was hilarious (and much deserved)
>>16744568
>>16744638
>>16744577
>>16744572
to be fair a large part of it was their owning company fucking TRU over, which gave them not a lot of wiggle room. banking on star wars wasn't even a bad idea because that shit usually sold loads - usually.
no one could see disney producing literally shit and toy companies getting retarded out of desperation (apparently those license contracts are a bitch, like if you want marvel stuff you have to take a certain amount of sw) or even simply greed as mentioned in >>16744638
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51831b No.16744676
>>16744674
One look at the cast for episode 7 would tell you the toys were going to sell worse than ever.
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884a0c No.16744702
>>16742948
That's the thing. No matter where you go, most websites that sell video games offer release day delivery. And they usually do it with 90% less Funko pops shoved in your face. If I wanted, I could pre-order a game on Amazon, Play-Asia, whatever and get it delivered straight to my house before I get home from work, saving me the 1 hour round trip to the embarassing display that is gamestop.
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b6f616 No.16744706
>>16744676
They couldn't even get the Starships/Vehicles right, look at the godawful design on this hunk of shit.
It's like an 8 year old tried to draw an F-117.
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dad65b No.16744712
>>16744706
That has to be one if the most blatant size jokes that I have ever seen.
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52db09 No.16744716
>>16744676
by then toy companies already contract noose around their neck (iirc contracts are made for a few years, not yearly).
plus apparently people buy phasma the most, no idea if she was even on the poster or did much marketing. heck the few seconds she shows up is simply to be able to sell new toys (and why she will come back in 9 for the same reason, which makes the whole flynn/phasma arc fucking retarded)
>>16744702
retail is dying, gamestop is just collateral damage - and it's days were counted from day one because it was only a matter of time till shit goes digital on top of that.
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1cd9d5 No.16744727
>>16744712
>>16744706
>j-just make it bigger!1
truly brainlet designs.
tbh part of me can't wait to see with what shit they come up with in ep9.
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51831b No.16744738
>>16744727
They already showed pictures of space niggers shooting laser boys while riding space gazelles. They don't know what the fuck they're doing.
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00d1e8 No.16744746
>>16742401
underrated post
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b6f616 No.16744785
>>16744727
The Eclipse was great
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32414b No.16745029
>>16744746
>>16742401
<Would you like to preorder $60 worth of stock for next quarter?
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b824fe No.16745392
>>16742401
Why the fuck should they pay full price for your used bullshit?
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ac798e No.16745479
>>16742932
According to him his old bosses saw the videos and got super paranoid about them. They started firing anyone who knew the guy. Really makes you think.
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e90ca6 No.16746785
>>16742932
wew, how are they still in business?
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837421 No.16746843
>>16742164
This. The last Gamestop I entered was 90% pop vinyls and FNAF plushies/shirts.
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fa7942 No.16746867
>>16742956
>rewards
Sometimes I've wondered just who they intended the audience to be for those. Obviously normalfags, but then there's shit like this.
>>16746843
The ones out where I am are about half and half, with the games on the walls while the floor racks are mostly merch aside from discount bins and a few spinners of Wii games. But that's still way more than it should be, and delves into shirts and shit for anime and films as well.
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32414b No.16747323
>>16746867
Those panties are actually kinda funny in the light of Bethesda's recent terrible classic Doom ports
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ac6f17 No.16747346
>>16746867
>boy
The only time you're meant to design ones to be seen is if you're a wife, or an anime schoolgirl.
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b19aac No.16747962
>>16743459
He's got a nice accent, but he's too pasty for my licking. He looks like that one fat blonde kid from monster house lost some weight.
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65d759 No.16747976
>>16747323
>login into play Doom
>also have to login to 3DPD
>3DPD is a form of Doom
checks out
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32414b No.16748051
>>16747976
>remove panties without logging in
>girl screams like a revenant
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86d51e No.16748156
>>16748116
jarjar is just angry has to fix his own mystery box shit for the first time and that his SW dream project made people figure out what a hack he is (more than lost ever could).
>They’re going to send Mary Sue BACK IN TIME to be the person who starts the entire Jedi Order in the first place and rewrite the entire fucking history of the franchise.
don't really care about leaks, most of the time they're fake anyway and I'm in no hurry to see it anyway. even if true the whole franchise has been mangled to the point no one gives a shit anymore, so all it would do is make people shake their heads once they hear about it and move on.
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a55c0e No.16748188
>>16744716
>(and why she will come back in 9 for the same reason, which makes the whole flynn/phasma arc fucking retarded)
not that the actress refused to have a body double and do all of her own "stunts" and couldn't for the life of her learn how to beat a nigger with a night stick, instead having some random storm trooper take her spot. and in turn (the random storm trooper) becoming the most memorable character in the show.
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cd007d No.16748193
>>16742125
>a whopping 91% lower than what the company was trading at in the summer of 2015.
HOLD. I wonder how many brainlet small time investors held their gamestop stock during these years. Probably over a hundred thousands. That must really hurt.
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cd007d No.16748207
>>16742815
They're really desperate.
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cb784c No.16748246
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a55c0e No.16748286
>>16748246
cant find it right now with all the flack of the episode 8 "showdown" but come on, named sidekick villain not taking random #2 hero on 1v1?
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86d51e No.16748762
>>16748188
isn't she the same one from GOT? dunno if she did her own stuff there but can't imagine walking around in a chrome armor be any more difficult
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246868 No.16748873
>>16746867
You get 500 points of activating the card and establishing a library whatever that means. Assuming you own the free version of the card and only buy used games that comes out to $422 for a pair of panties.
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690c4b No.16748922
>I'll love long enough to see gamestop die out
>I was around when they were at their prime
Fuck man
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b6f616 No.16749272
>>16748922
<Born too soon to explore space
<Born too late to explore the world
<Born too dumb to explore the sea
>You will live long enough to see Gamestop die
Feels good
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782c95 No.16749585
>>16743317
>excising a tumor from cancer
I suppose having them all die one by one is a viable option.
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57e160 No.16750113
>>16748116
Mmmmm. I hope they reach a new level of not caring and do a sloppy job of editing the shoots where the cast shall be visibly intoxicated from being in Hollywood.
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ac6f17 No.16750233
Invidious embed. Click thumbnail to play.
>>16744552
The video in question because it's so unsparingly brutal and a glimpse to the fact that despite the narrative, most people actually don't care for all the DIVERSITY cast. My personal highlights would be 14:38 for the shelf ballast movies and 17:05 for the most soy-faced Chewie in existence.
Somewhat relatedly I've no real pain to feel since this will likely also mean the death of EB Games as they're a subsidiary, and while their smaller ones (think maybe a bit over living-room-sized) typically focus on games, the ones occupying what might as well be a typical house block? Part game, part plastic crap. Those fucking Funkos in particular are like cockroaches.
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002d85 No.16750240
Know what this thread is missing? Some good ol spaghetti stories. Just spilling your spaghetti all over the place.
All over the consoles, all over the other customers, all over the employees. Just fucking spaghetti everywhere.
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49ff31 No.16750250
holy shit, should i invest? if another company buys up gamestop, then the gamestop stock will become the new company's stock, which is likely much more valuable.
i feel like i should drop atleast $3k
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b5f384 No.16750254
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49ff31 No.16750263
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5ac791 No.16750268
>>16750250
the next evolution of using gamestop as a bank
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49ff31 No.16750285
>>16750268
look, when people see a strong horse and a weak horse, by nature they will take the weak horses meat, and use it to befriend wolves that will in-turn murder the strong horse.
-mohammud ghandi: civ 4 loading screen
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cb2b6e No.16750443
One of my roommates used to work at GameStop in 2004-2005. He was a colossal douchbag and the entire circle of friends grew to hate him. He was promoted to assistant manager extremely quickly due to his top-tier salesman skills. He was a slimy, manipulative bastard that conducted himself like a reality-TV drama character. That fucker would tell stories about how he'd toy with customers and get them to pre-order.
For those that appeared somewhat less-intelligent, he would flat out lie to them and say "Sorry, we don't have any GameX in stock anymore. You should have pre-ordered." and go through all the games they were looking forward to for the entire year. He'd convince them to preorder each one there on the stop, including ones they were on the fence about.
For those that weren't retarded, he would pause transactions and casually say, "So what games are you looking forward to?" This was the beginning of a flowchart he perfected. Depending on what you said, the conversation would purposely take as long as possible until you pre-ordered, became belligerent, or proved to him that you were worthy of having your transaction finished. This would require you mentioning a niche game that he was also one of his favorites.
In the past 4 years or so, whenever a GameStop thread comes up, a bunch of you respond how you never have any troubles going there. How the staff doesn't try to bait you into preordering or hassle you about whatever magazines they're hawking. Gamestop greentext stories also seem to have become obscure. Wondering if this is because of a general push to be less ballbusting by corporate or just so little people are going there anymore. Prolly a combination of the two judging from the stock price. Some of these shitty numale youtubers are even showing nostalgia for GameStop like it was ToysRUs in the late 80's early 90's. Seriously, don't do that. If you were shopping at GameStop during the 00's, fuck that franchise.
One last thing about that shitty roommate. Learned something amazing through him. My strategy of getting through the pre-order hustle: give a well-executed joke. When asked, "So what games are you looking forward to?", I would respond, "None really." Guy behind the counter, going through the flowchart would respond, "None? Not even [upcoming game]?" To which I'd go,
>Naaaah. [Game I"m buying] is going to hold me to prolly next year. I spend most of my time in Second Life convincing middle-aged central and south american women to participate in furry gangbangs. It sounds kinda weird, but the most fucked up thing is I'm not even a furry. I just like seeing them slowly spiral into madness and eventually end their night with low-poly red rockets being slapped all over their slut faces.
That usually gets you a free pass. Fucking gamestop.
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86408f No.16750464
>>16750443
>In the past 4 years or so, whenever a GameStop thread comes up, a bunch of you respond how you never have any troubles going there. How the staff doesn't try to bait you into preordering or hassle you about whatever magazines they're hawking. Gamestop greentext stories also seem to have become obscure. Wondering if this is because of a general push to be less ballbusting by corporate or just so little people are going there anymore.
Maybe it just depends on the cashier, that's never happened to me, though to be fair I haven't been there in years.
Though if the faggot behind the counter started talking to me about games I would just brush him off. I'm there to buy something, not have a conversation with someone I don't even know.
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cb2b6e No.16750682
>>16750464
I never mind doing small-talk with the employees as long as the store isn't busy and I'm not in a rush. Not to derail the thread, but finding offline friends is a nightmare unless you're into some hobby that gets you out of the apartment. Hell, even finding quality online friends is difficult if you're not playing the flavor of the month/year game.
Contrary to the flowchart, if they don't hassle me about preorders and seem like a legit nerd, I would even specifically ask them if they need some pre-orders to boost their numbers. I used to preorder 5 games, then when picking up the one I wanted, have them move all the money to the current game.
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61bb28 No.16751398
GameStop Lays Off Dozens Of Regional Managers As It Searches For A Future
http://archive.fo/RRHns
>On Tuesday, several GameStop employees took to Reddit to report that their regional sales supervisors had been laid off. These anecdotal reports, combined with tips to Kotaku about some layoffs, have since been bolstered by an email from GameStop management, whose authenticity Kotaku has confirmed, that surfaced stating more than 50 people had been let go across the company’s regional sales teams.
>“As part of our continued GameStop Reboot transformation initiative, a dedicated team, including the Retail Vice Presidents, HR, LP. and the U.S. Store Operations leadership team, have been working diligently to realign our current field regions and districts in an effort to reduce our cost structure and build efficiencies into our field leadership organization so that we can reinvest in the business,” reads an email sent to employees at affected stores on behalf of Gary Riding, the company’s senior VP of US stores.
>“Unfortunately, with these changes, there are more than 50 field leaders who have been impacted and will be leaving the GameStop team,” it continues. “This includes regional, district, HR [Human Resources, and LP [Loss Prevention] leaders. These decisions are not easy, but necessary to help us reduce costs to enable investment in revenue-driving initiatives that will help grow the business once again.”
>One of the affected employees, who spoke to Kotaku on the condition of anonymity, confirmed the email was real. “It was wide spread. 50-plus DLs [District Leaders], 6 RLs [Regional Leaders], multiple Hr [Human Resources] and Lp [Loss Prevention] staff,” the person said in an email. The individual believed that most of the people targeted in the layoffs were high paid District Leaders, responsible for coordinating several individual stores, as well as under performers.
>“Most districts and region are massive now,” the now former employee said. “Dls have 20 plus stores and quality of living I would assume is going to go down.” Prior to the restructuring, they said district leaders oversaw 15 stores or fewer on average. Earlier this year, GameStop reportedly laid off a dozen employees in charge of marketing and website maintenance for ThinkGeek, the toy brand acquired by GameStop in 2015 for $140 million.
>The “revenue-driving initiatives” mentioned in the email could be a reference to company plans to pivot to esports. In July, GameStop announced it had partnered with a design firm to drastically change how some of its stores operated including making some that would cater to “home-grown e-Leagues” and others that would be entirely focused on retro games.
>In June the company’s share price dropped by 30 percent down to $5.04, its lowest point in over a decade, following an announcement that it would get rid of its quarterly dividend to shareholders in order to save $157 million a year. Nearly two months later its share price sits at $4.02.
>At least some part of GameStop’s recent financial troubles, which prevented the company from being able to find a potential buyer earlier this year, likely stem from the shift away from physical games this console cycle. In an June 4 earnings call, CEO George Sherman reported that used game sales had dropped 20.3 percent. And earlier this week, Sony announced in its earnings call that for the first time ever that digital game sales had surpassed 50 percent of all games purchased for the PS4 during the previous quarter.
>This week’s layoffs come just ahead of the company’s annual GME business conference for store leaders set to take place at the end of the month in Nashville, Tennessee.
>GameStop did not respond to a request for comment.
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>In July, GameStop announced it had partnered with a design firm to drastically change how some of its stores operated including making some that would cater to “home-grown e-Leagues
I can not STOP laugh! Can't wait to see the cringe unfold before it blows up in their faces.
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