digita1alchemy
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I need GameStop to exist, because they're the easiest place to pre-order hard to get stuff. I'm only competing with people in my area and not the whole damn internet.
You want video games to lose their biggest retail presence? Why?
As much as I hate Gamestop, I fear what would happen to physical games if they start to disappear.
I already see GameStops as Blockbusters.
Could they really afford to not stock an entire hardware line?
Pardon my hostility here, it's not directed at you, but the shopping experience is miserable at Gamestop. Being aggressively bombarded by sales pitches completely divorced from the products I'm actually shopping for, surrounded by tacky toys/merchandise that fill half the store space.
Gamestop can rot because the experience is bad. If that's what brick-and-mortar game shopping is to you, you have my pity. They only have the position they do from buyouts of previously established game shops, which could have had more opportunity to cater to individual markets if not for the adorementioned hostile, deliberate coprorate structure to buy and suppress competition.
So never then.
I primarily see Gamestop as a place kids drag their parents to and where teenagers trade in games. Do many adult gamers shop there? Don't they know better?
Yup.
Some are viewing this as a digital rental service, and I can see how. But, to me this reads like MS inserting itself between the user and the games, and shifting ownership along with control of access to MS's side, and away from the player. They made it crystal clear what their intentions were at the start of this gen, and I never believed they ever really abondoned their oiginal vision with Xbox1.
Mostly because people here are more on the 'cutting edge' of buying games, online pre-orders mostly, same day shipping, and digital.
They're in this bubble and think that's how the majority buy their games when launch nights at gamestop are still packed with people, but I guess fuck them cuz man they sold you a new game without the wrapper that one time.
Gamestop better hope Nintendo Switch takes off. If I was them I'd be pushing that machine like crazy. Nintendo is most likely to be the last company to put systems in place that make Gamestop redundant.
I need GameStop to exist, because they're the easiest place to pre-order hard to get stuff. I'm only competing with people in my area and not the whole damn internet.
So more pressure to make games free to play, or in this case, almost free to play. I wish there was some parental lobby trying to get gambling out of shit their kids play. I should tweet Trump.
Edit: although his bro helps run Zenimax. Maybe I'll tweet PM May.
Target walmart Best Buy. Think of GameStop like a toy store. If the used game market is cut off from GameStop, they're gonna have to survive in new games which everybody else offersIt certainly spells bad news for Gamestop longterm (hence their diversification through AT&T stores and Thinkgeek), but there will always be a marketplace for physical games sold in stores and that's where Gamestop excels - it's going to be hard work, but they'll make it through.
I could see their used games segment halved though as the subscription model takes more place in the marketplace, so they would need to capture that lost revenue through other sources of revenue - they've already started with game publishing, but they would need more than just that.
Gamestop should stop selling Xbone hardware and software in retaliation.
It's not a bubble anymore. 30% - 40% of games being sold are digital now. By the end of the generation that will be 50%.
Its not just the core demos switching to digital, its also casual. Flash Sales, Preloading, and ease / less hassle are the main reasons why.
Physical games will still exist for a long time. I expect the digital adoption rate to really start slowing down around 50%, but it will still account for a very large portion of game sales.
I was about to say this. GameFly should be taking a hit as well.
"Good luck making that money back" is what I'd say if that's true. My guess is that the reason they haven't been boasting about PSNow numbers is that the numbers aren't too impressive.
Honestly I think PSNow was/is at least a generation too early. Many folks still have Internet connections that are too slow to be able to use it.
Gamestop should stop selling Xbone hardware and software in retaliation.
It's actually a shame that Gamestop is going to be gone soon. There's a place for that kind of market for games, even still, but the awful management and bad business practices just make it so you can't root for them, ever.
Also, I REALLY dislike the idea of games as a service moving forward, and I know MS is going to push it really hard. Nothing but positives for them, for getting consumers to go along with it.
I think EA Access was dangerous, and so is Digital Pass.
From Australia. There's only one other place that's better to get your games from and they aren't nearly as big as Gamestop (EB Games). I just always had the view point that they are the leading charge for physical games after so many other retailers closed down years ago.You could sill buy them at Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart, etc for as long as they are being sold.
Not to mention their deals and prices suck. There's really no upside to shopping at GameStop unless you're super into midnight launches.Pardon my hostility here, it's not directed at you, but the shopping experience is miserable at Gamestop. Being aggressively bombarded by sales pitches completely divorced from the products I'm actually shopping for, surrounded by tacky toys/merchandise that fill half the store space.
Gamestop can rot because the experience is bad. If that's what brick-and-mortar game shopping is to you, you have my pity. They only have the position they do from buyouts of previously established game shops, which could have had more opportunity to cater to individual markets if not for the adorementioned hostile, deliberate coprorate structure to buy and suppress competition.
Last couple of years have seen printed books increase sales while digital has shrunk. Games may do the same at some point.
What would be better?
You want video games to lose their biggest retail presence? Why?
I'd be surprised if they didn't honestly see this coming. Any form of media that can be consumed digitally will inevitably kill its brick & mortar competitor. We've seen it with music, we've seen it with movies, and now we're going to see it happen to video games. The writing has been smeared on the wall in blood for a decade now.
Could they really afford to not stock an entire hardware line?
Sarcasm? Why wouldn't it have?
It's not pressure to do any thing. Companies have been looking to additional revenue streams forever. This is an opportunity for current methods to bear more fruit since they can reintroduce older games that have new content.
The pressure is to maximize profits. Addictions are wildly profitable (gambling, smoking, heroin). Executives love dem bonuses so making games more addictive is very appealing. Now I'm off to buy some ultimate packs, pick up a pack of smokes, and chase that dragon.
Walked into EB Games to buy $200 PSN card. Thanks for that, EB.
It's actually a shame that Gamestop is going to be gone soon. There's a place for that kind of market for games, even still, but the awful management and bad business practices just make it so you can't root for them, ever.
Also, I REALLY dislike the idea of games as a service moving forward, and I know MS is going to push it really hard. Nothing but positives for them, for getting consumers to go along with it.
I think EA Access was dangerous, and so is Digital Pass.
Gamestop should stop selling Xbone hardware and software in retaliation.
Yeah, that's been my only usages for GameStop in years.
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Best Buy and Amazon for one, which offer discounts on physical copies and pre-orders.
That's my fear. As bad as GameStop is, and it's bad, less safe spaces for video games in reality is a bad thing.
You want video games to lose their biggest retail presence? Why?
I'm surprised that MS didn't wait till E3 to announce this TBH.
As scummy as GameStop can be, I do hope a better outlet(s) can take it's place. I have no intention of going digital on console, and I don't trust Amazon to fulfill preorders on limited goods.
I'd be pretty surprised. You don't see that happening at all on the PC side, and really consoles are becoming more like PC's every day.
I don't think Sony will go this direction.
It will piss off publishers.