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There are a couple of retro gaming stores in my area that deal in everything from as old as the NES and Sega, all the way up to games for consoles two generations back, such as PS3, Xbox 360 and the Nintendo Wii. I've noticed these stores see a lot of traffic, more busy than I ever see GameStop get, except for during the holidays.
GameStop could get out of their multi year decline by dealing in both retro and current gen. They can absolutely cater to both markets and do it efficiently. Perhaps some locations would have to move to a bigger store to accommodate this inventory, but I've also seen GameStop where a good 60 percent of the floor and wall space is non-game merch, such as t-shirts, stuffed plush toys, trading cards and board games.
But taking a video game store and trying to reinvent themselves as a toys and collectibles store clearly hasn't turned them around in the last several years. And as a regular customer, I don't see very many people walking up to the counter with these items. Seems to me if they filled all that space being used for alternate merch with retro game cases, they'd have more sales. Especially with modern games going more and more digital. The fact that Sony and Microsoft decided to offer physical copies of games for the fifth generation consoles arguably saved GameStop.. for now. Good chance that won't be the case next time around. At that point, either they've become known as the only brick and mortar retro gaming store that exists in every town in America, or its curtains for GameStop because they'll have nothing left to sell.
The writing is on the wall for GameStop.
Just look at the astounding popularity of the Xbox Series S and how that spill over into the next generation.
Gamers are slowly, but surely, moving on to an all digital future, with the XSS acting as a whetted Trojan Horse.
Either GameStop adapts or they'll be unceremoniously left in the dust.
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GameStop could get out of their multi year decline by dealing in both retro and current gen. They can absolutely cater to both markets and do it efficiently. Perhaps some locations would have to move to a bigger store to accommodate this inventory, but I've also seen GameStop where a good 60 percent of the floor and wall space is non-game merch, such as t-shirts, stuffed plush toys, trading cards and board games.
But taking a video game store and trying to reinvent themselves as a toys and collectibles store clearly hasn't turned them around in the last several years. And as a regular customer, I don't see very many people walking up to the counter with these items. Seems to me if they filled all that space being used for alternate merch with retro game cases, they'd have more sales. Especially with modern games going more and more digital. The fact that Sony and Microsoft decided to offer physical copies of games for the fifth generation consoles arguably saved GameStop.. for now. Good chance that won't be the case next time around. At that point, either they've become known as the only brick and mortar retro gaming store that exists in every town in America, or its curtains for GameStop because they'll have nothing left to sell.
The writing is on the wall for GameStop.
Just look at the astounding popularity of the Xbox Series S and how that spill over into the next generation.
Gamers are slowly, but surely, moving on to an all digital future, with the XSS acting as a whetted Trojan Horse.
Either GameStop adapts or they'll be unceremoniously left in the dust.
Thank you for reading my post and make sure to like, comment, and subscribe!
