Is Gamestop Evil? The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

[GameMasterGuy]

This corporation needs to end.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/gamestop-c ... es-6393935

like retro games arent expensive enough, ill never get a copy of Earthbound for under $100 at this rate. Not that i even really want to play the damn game anymore.

We hated them if they didn't carry retro games.

Now we hate them because they do.

Wait, what?

[marlowe221]

This corporation needs to end.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/gamestop-c ... es-6393935

like retro games arent expensive enough, ill never get a copy of Earthbound for under $100 at this rate. Not that i even really want to play the damn game anymore.

We hated them if they didn't carry retro games.

Now we hate them because they do.

Wait, what?

No, we hate them because they will carry all their shitty business practices over to whatever unholy form their retro game business will take.

[BurningDoom]

HELL YEAH!!!

I'm all for GameStop carrying vintage games. Thank the gaming gods!!!

My local used game shops are all over-priced and woefully understocked. I get nearly all my gaming deals at the local Goodwill store, and those finds are few and far in-between.

[Jmustang1968]

I got Prime 5 years ago when I first started working for Amazon, and it's completely changed the way I shop. At this point instant gratification has shifted to "I can get anything two days from now". It's quite fantastic. Plus, I don't have to deal with the myriad of infuriating situations such as idiot in front of me in line, or idiot at the register, or idiot who doesn't know how to drive through a parking lot, or idiot who doesn't know how to park.

I've loved my prime account, except lately they have been shipping CE boxed sets in damn bubble mailers, destroying my boxes

[DinnerX]

HELL YEAH!!!

I'm all for GameStop carrying vintage games. Thank the gaming gods!!!

My local used game shops are all over-priced and woefully understocked. I get nearly all my gaming deals at the local Goodwill store, and those finds are few and far in-between.

It sounds like the gamestop retro stuff will be online only. All we'll get is some more manuals and boxes destroyed and higher prices due to gamestop buying up as many old games as they can get their grubby mits on and trying to sell them at ebay inspired rates.

Or at least that's what the cynical part of me says.

[BoringSupreez]

HELL YEAH!!!

I'm all for GameStop carrying vintage games. Thank the gaming gods!!!

My local used game shops are all over-priced and woefully understocked. I get nearly all my gaming deals at the local Goodwill store, and those finds are few and far in-between.

It sounds like the gamestop retro stuff will be online only. All we'll get is some more manuals and boxes destroyed and higher prices due to gamestop buying up as many old games as they can get their grubby mits on and trying to sell them at ebay inspired rates.

Or at least that's what the cynical part of me says.

The cynical part of you is stealing the words out of my keyboard. I used to wish Gamestop would carry retro games but that was years ago when I was naive and Gamestop was called EB Games. I cannot think of anything good that will come of Gamestop entering the retro game business. Retro gaming will take on an even higher profile than it's already rose to in the past five years, prices will rise even more, and irreplaceable original boxes and manuals will be forever lost. I'm fine with Gamestop as far as the current gen is concerned, but if the way they treat PS2 stuff is even a slight indication of what we can expect then this will be horrible.

[Michi]

HELL YEAH!!!

I'm all for GameStop carrying vintage games. Thank the gaming gods!!!

My local used game shops are all over-priced and woefully understocked. I get nearly all my gaming deals at the local Goodwill store, and those finds are few and far in-between.

It sounds like the gamestop retro stuff will be online only. All we'll get is some more manuals and boxes destroyed and higher prices due to gamestop buying up as many old games as they can get their grubby mits on and trying to sell them at ebay inspired rates.

Or at least that's what the cynical part of me says.

The cynical part of you is stealing the words out of my keyboard. I used to wish Gamestop would carry retro games but that was years ago when I was naive and Gamestop was called EB Games. I cannot think of anything good that will come of Gamestop entering the retro game business. Retro gaming will take on an even higher profile than it's already rose to in the past five years, prices will rise even more, and irreplaceable original boxes and manuals will be forever lost. I'm fine with Gamestop as far as the current gen is concerned, but if the way they treat PS2 stuff is even a slight indication of what we can expect then this will be horrible.

All the more reason to buy stuff now when you see it for a decent price.

[Flodder450]

Will they be smart enough to realize that if say, a N64/SNES game comes with the box and everything, the thing will be worth more?

or will they just trow out the boxes too?

that would be aweful!

[BurningDoom]

I'll take it anyways. They want to throw out the boxes, yeah, that's disappointing. But it's not gonna stop me from buying the games. Like I said, my local places selection sucks and it's overpriced. So I'm open to any other alternative. And we all know that eBay and Amazon are often overpriced and not always honest on condition.

[harper]

And we all know that eBay and Amazon are often overpriced and not always honest on condition.

But if you check out Gamestop's online selection, they don't even bother to tell you the condition in the first place. But hey at least it's guaranteed to work.

Just for the record, I don't have a problem with this idea of them selling vintage games. Not saying it'd be a good thing, not saying it'd be bad. Like I said in the other thread, I'm just curious how they'd go about pricing things (what their source for pricing would be). If they were to start selling these games in their actual physical stores then hell yes I would go check it out.