Ack wrote:Went and spoke to the guy at the former Rhino Games location (now a Gamestop of course). First of all, I always had a good experience in Rhino, and of the three Gamestops, this one has continued to be solid. The clerk was helpful, even calling another store to double-check if they had GBA stuff available (apparently they keep them in a box behind the counter since there's not enough room in the display case). I did notice a few Gamecube and original Xbox games to my surprise, though the collections were quite small.
I also asked the clerk about the phasing out of PS2, which he figured would happen in the coming months, and also about Gamestop closing mall locations, but he said he hadn't heard anything about the corporate office forcing stores shut. It seems none of the three locations near me will be closing soon. And I asked about cases. He said he was having the opposite problem from most places, instead lacking cases, though he did give me three generic black cases (better than the rental cases I have a few games in).
So yeah...positive experience all around. I lament not going to that location more often.
The couple stores I went to the other day were all very helpful and they all surprisingly had a decent assortment of GBA games to be had. It was much improved over the one store that's closest to me. They also had a couple complete Gamecube games I'd been looking for that I hadn't been able to find for a while. So it was really a worthwhile trip.
They also said pretty much the same thing about the PS2 games, in that they were probably being phased out by the end of the year, though they did give me different time frames. One said fall, the other summer, and the last guy said by Christmas. So, obviously they aren't sure, but they're sure enough that it's going to happen by the end of the year.
