Game Crazy To Close Its Doors In October

[Mod_Man_Extreme]

GameCrazy signed it's own death warrant when it stopped carrying retro.

I mean come on, a niche store not carrying niche products?

[J T]

I'm sorry to hear that. Some of my best deals came from Game Crazy stores. My favorite has already closed though. They pretty regularly had specials where PS2, XBox, & GameCube games were 3 for $10 and sometimes even 2 for $5. They had really nice customer service too. It's a damn shame, but I imagine it's hard to bring in money when your prices are that low.

[noiseredux]

I wonder if there's a list of which locations are closing.

[Hobie-wan]

I wonder if there's a list of which locations are closing.

There's a rumor list here.

[noiseredux]

thanks man. Exactly what I was looking for. My local isn't on the list. Yet.

[IcKy99]

i went to two local game crazys yesterday

ALMOST NOTHING LEFT

i picked up GTAIV for like $20 only good deal i found, i was gonna get GHOST IN THE SHELL for ps2 but they couldnt find the disk

[the7k]

Well, my Game Crazy closed a couple of months ago. They were having a "Everything under $30 is $5" sale, and they got rid of practically everything with that deal.

Granted, I helped them get rid of a lot of that crap, thanks to there being a GameStop right next to it that had a "Trade-in 4 Games and get an extra $20" deal going on. I did manage to get Psychonauts for the Xbox and Mega Man X Collection for the Gamecube to keep, though.

Aside from deals like that, though, they won't be missed. The store was always a clusterfuck, and their prices weren't as good as GameStop in most cases - sometimes even charging gross amounts of money for crappy shovelware on last-gen consoles. The only good thing about them is that they carried Xbox games after GS stopped, but there were hardly ever any decent Xbox games.

[Dakinggamer87]

Now all Game Crazy stores remaining will be closing within next few weeks:

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/108/1087301p1.html

[BoringSupreez]

Now all Game Crazy stores remaining will be closing within next few weeks:

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/108/1087301p1.html

I've never been to one. Now I never will.

[Jrecee]

Didn't know they stopped carrying retro stuff. I guess I should have assumed but I hadn't even thought about them since I haven't been to one since about 2004 when I moved. Classic stuff was probably the only good thing about them vs gamestop. Although I guess they get points simply for not being gamestop. With Rhino Gone, and Play N Trades going under left and right, there won't be any brick and mortar stores to buy classic stuff soon. Guess the business model just doesn't work.