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Questionmarktarius 07/17/19 8:03:01 PM #51:	SolKarellen posted... Space taken up by an old PS2 game worth 5$ that stays on the shelf for an uncertain amount of time could be a new game for 60$ with nearly guaranteed sales. As opposed to what? Fifty copies of last year's Madden? <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:924830658] in GameStop r... [t:77869004]...</cite> <quote><cite>SolKarellen posted...</cite> <quote>Space taken up by an old PS2 game worth 5$ that stays on the shelf for an uncertain amount of time could be a new game for 60$ with nearly guaranteed sales.</quote> As opposed to what? Fifty copies of last year's Madden?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Shablagoo 07/17/19 8:04:34 PM #52:	berlyman101 posted... MabusIncarnate posted... This is kind of like how Funcoland was, which I really liked in the mid 90's. Damn I miss it Its funny because isnt GameStop the reason Funcoland isnt around anymore? --- UnfairRepresent: "wut? who are you?" Ivynn: "DAYUM Shablagoo made you meltdown so hard you blocked it and him from your memory!" <cite>Shablagoo posted [p:924830728] in GameStop r... [t:77869004]...</cite> <quote><cite>berlyman101 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>MabusIncarnate posted...</cite> <quote>This is kind of like how Funcoland was, which I really liked in the mid 90's.</quote> Damn I miss it</quote> Its funny because isnt GameStop the reason Funcoland isnt around anymore?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Makeveli_lives 07/17/19 8:07:09 PM #53:	SomeLikeItHoth posted... Northlane posted... Here's my solution Gamer's Club, $30 for 2 years of 20% off all new game purchases Best Buy axed it but many stopped going to gamestop for many years due to it, myself included This. I would buy all my games from GameStop if they did that. I still have my GCU until next March but not many games come out between now and then. Your trolling. The lineup is fucking stacked the next 6 months. --- Switch FC: SW-3917-4425-6106 PSN: PiKappaPhi769 <cite>Makeveli_lives posted [p:924830815] in GameStop r... [t:77869004]...</cite> <quote><cite>SomeLikeItHoth posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Northlane posted...</cite> <quote>Here's my solution Gamer's Club, $30 for 2 years of 20% off all new game purchases Best Buy axed it but many stopped going to gamestop for many years due to it, myself included</quote> This. I would buy all my games from GameStop if they did that. I still have my GCU until next March but not many games come out between now and then.</quote> Your trolling. The lineup is fucking stacked the next 6 months.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 07/17/19 8:08:20 PM #54:	Shablagoo posted... Its funny because isnt GameStop the reason Funcoland isnt around anymore? That's not funny at all. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:924830858] in GameStop r... [t:77869004]...</cite> <quote><cite>Shablagoo posted...</cite> <quote>Its funny because isnt GameStop the reason Funcoland isnt around anymore?</quote> That's not funny at all.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Makeveli_lives 07/17/19 8:08:23 PM #55:	Ki_cat_ posted... I like this direction compared to all the non-gaming merchandise taking up most of the room. That stuff is a quick sell but selling retro stuff, exclusive rewards... that keeps people. It isn't a quick sell, the action figures and statues take up space for months on end. --- Switch FC: SW-3917-4425-6106 PSN: PiKappaPhi769 <cite>Makeveli_lives posted [p:924830860] in GameStop r... [t:77869004]...</cite> <quote><cite>Ki_cat_ posted...</cite> <quote>I like this direction compared to all the non-gaming merchandise taking up most of the room. That stuff is a quick sell but selling retro stuff, exclusive rewards... that keeps people.</quote> It isn't a quick sell, the action figures and statues take up space for months on end.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 07/17/19 8:08:55 PM #56:	Makeveli_lives posted... Ki_cat_ posted... I like this direction compared to all the non-gaming merchandise taking up most of the room. That stuff is a quick sell but selling retro stuff, exclusive rewards... that keeps people. It isn't a quick sell, the action figures and statues take up space for months on end. Even the clearance takes forever to move. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:924830889] in GameStop r... [t:77869004]...</cite> <quote><cite>Makeveli_lives posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Ki_cat_ posted...</cite> <quote>I like this direction compared to all the non-gaming merchandise taking up most of the room. That stuff is a quick sell but selling retro stuff, exclusive rewards... that keeps people.</quote> It isn't a quick sell, the action figures and statues take up space for months on end.</quote> Even the clearance takes forever to move.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Shablagoo 07/17/19 8:11:57 PM #57:	Questionmarktarius posted... Shablagoo posted... Its funny because isnt GameStop the reason Funcoland isnt around anymore? That's not funny at all. Funny that Funcolands tortured ghost quietly lie dormant inside of GameStop all these years and is now retaking control from within, I mean. --- UnfairRepresent: "wut? who are you?" Ivynn: "DAYUM Shablagoo made you meltdown so hard you blocked it and him from your memory!" <cite>Shablagoo posted [p:924831018] in GameStop r... [t:77869004]...</cite> <quote><cite>Questionmarktarius posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Shablagoo posted...</cite> <quote>Its funny because isnt GameStop the reason Funcoland isnt around anymore?</quote> That's not funny at all.</quote> Funny that Funcolands tortured ghost quietly lie dormant inside of GameStop all these years and is now retaking control from within, I mean.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Jiggy101011 07/17/19 8:14:50 PM #58:	Northlane posted... Here's my solution Gamer's Club, $30 for 2 years of 20% off all new game purchases Best Buy axed it but many stopped going to gamestop for many years due to it, myself included Pointless. Digital sales rise year over year over physical, 20% would be nothing. Ask yourself, why would Best Buy have stopped doing it if it was apparently so lucrative? --- Gamertag: F1RE v2 PSN ID: F1REx There he go that Jon Snow <cite>Jiggy101011 posted [p:924831158] in GameStop r... [t:77869004]...</cite> <quote><cite>Northlane posted...</cite> <quote>Here's my solution Gamer's Club, $30 for 2 years of 20% off all new game purchases Best Buy axed it but many stopped going to gamestop for many years due to it, myself included</quote> Pointless. Digital sales rise year over year over physical, 20% would be nothing. Ask yourself, why would Best Buy have stopped doing it if it was apparently so lucrative?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Questionmarktarius 07/17/19 8:16:57 PM #59:	Jiggy101011 posted... Ask yourself, why would Bet Buy have stopped doing it if it was apparently so lucrative? Because Amazon stopped. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted [p:924831229] in GameStop r... [t:77869004]...</cite> <quote><cite>Jiggy101011 posted...</cite> <quote>Ask yourself, why would Bet Buy have stopped doing it if it was apparently so lucrative? </quote> Because Amazon stopped.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AvantgardeAClue 07/17/19 8:18:05 PM #60:	SomeLikeItHoth posted... Northlane posted... Here's my solution Gamer's Club, $30 for 2 years of 20% off all new game purchases Best Buy axed it but many stopped going to gamestop for many years due to it, myself included This. I would buy all my games from GameStop if they did that. I still have my GCU until next March but not many games come out between now and then. While I'd love this to come back, Best Buy canceled it because they were losing money over it. I doubt Gamestop would fare much better --- Sometimes I say things and I'm not voice acting. <cite>AvantgardeAClue posted [p:924831267] in GameStop r... [t:77869004]...</cite> <quote><cite>SomeLikeItHoth posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Northlane posted...</cite> <quote>Here's my solution Gamer's Club, $30 for 2 years of 20% off all new game purchases Best Buy axed it but many stopped going to gamestop for many years due to it, myself included</quote> This. I would buy all my games from GameStop if they did that. I still have my GCU until next March but not many games come out between now and then.</quote> While I'd love this to come back, Best Buy canceled it because they were losing money over it. I doubt Gamestop would fare much better</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Darmik 07/17/19 8:19:15 PM #61:	I wonder if they could work out some sort of rental/subscription system. --- Kind Regards, Darmik <cite>Darmik posted [p:924831309] in GameStop r... [t:77869004]...</cite> <quote>I wonder if they could work out some sort of rental/subscription system.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Makeveli_lives 07/17/19 8:52:22 PM #62:	Questionmarktarius posted... Makeveli_lives posted... Ki_cat_ posted... I like this direction compared to all the non-gaming merchandise taking up most of the room. That stuff is a quick sell but selling retro stuff, exclusive rewards... that keeps people. It isn't a quick sell, the action figures and statues take up space for months on end. Even the clearance takes forever to move. Nah man, those 10 dollar statues from a month ago hauled ass out the door from stores nationwide. Questionmarktarius posted... Jiggy101011 posted... Ask yourself, why would Bet Buy have stopped doing it if it was apparently so lucrative? Because Amazon stopped. Not true really. The deal was meant to entice them enough to come in, and buy stuff other then games. It's a common tactic in retail to take a loss on one item in the hopes that customers will buy more. But gamers are notoriously cheap and that didn't happen. At the 60 dollar price point margins are already shit. What fool in this day and age with developmental cost shooting through the roof every generation believes there's enough profit to be made by slashing the retail prices by 20%? And Amazon has long since had the strategy of cutting prices and losing profit solely to choke out the competition knowing they couldn't compete with the price and convenience of themselves, only to raise prices later. --- Switch FC: SW-3917-4425-6106 PSN: PiKappaPhi769 <cite>Makeveli_lives posted [p:924832626] in GameStop r... [t:77869004]...</cite> <quote><cite>Questionmarktarius posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Makeveli_lives posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Ki_cat_ posted...</cite> <quote>I like this direction compared to all the non-gaming merchandise taking up most of the room. That stuff is a quick sell but selling retro stuff, exclusive rewards... that keeps people.</quote> It isn't a quick sell, the action figures and statues take up space for months on end.</quote> Even the clearance takes forever to move.</quote> Nah man, those 10 dollar statues from a month ago hauled ass out the door from stores nationwide. <cite>Questionmarktarius posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Jiggy101011 posted...</cite> <quote>Ask yourself, why would Bet Buy have stopped doing it if it was apparently so lucrative? </quote> Because Amazon stopped.</quote> Not true really. The deal was meant to entice them enough to come in, and buy stuff other then games. It's a common tactic in retail to take a loss on one item in the hopes that customers will buy more. But gamers are notoriously cheap and that didn't happen. At the 60 dollar price point margins are already shit. What fool in this day and age with developmental cost shooting through the roof every generation believes there's enough profit to be made by slashing the retail prices by 20%? And Amazon has long since had the strategy of cutting prices and losing profit solely to choke out the competition knowing they couldn't compete with the price and convenience of themselves, only to raise prices later.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Makeveli_lives 07/17/19 8:55:41 PM #63:	Darmik posted... I wonder if they could work out some sort of rental/subscription system. They had one. 60 bucks for 6 months to switch out preowned games and you'd keep the last game you rented out or something like that. It was advertised in the magazine and signage, but the day it was supposed to go live or close to it they canceled it with no notice or reason. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.engadget.com/amp/2017/11/14/gamestop-halts-powerpass-unlimited-used-game-rental/ --- Switch FC: SW-3917-4425-6106 PSN: PiKappaPhi769 <cite>Makeveli_lives posted [p:924832748] in GameStop r... [t:77869004]...</cite> <quote><cite>Darmik posted...</cite> <quote>I wonder if they could work out some sort of rental/subscription system.</quote> They had one. 60 bucks for 6 months to switch out preowned games and you'd keep the last game you rented out or something like that. It was advertised in the magazine and signage, but the day it was supposed to go live or close to it they canceled it with no notice or reason. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.engadget.com/amp/2017/11/14/gamestop-halts-powerpass-unlimited-used-game-rental/</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
voldothegr8 07/17/19 8:57:02 PM #64:	Are they under new ownership or management? Might be too little too late but good idea either way. --- Oda break tracker 2019- 4 (3) \| THE Ohio State: 13-1 \| Oakland Raiders: 4-12 Super Mario Maker Profile: 1237-0000-0073-02FE <cite>voldothegr8 posted [p:924832800] in GameStop r... [t:77869004]...</cite> <quote>Are they under new ownership or management? Might be too little too late but good idea either way.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Makeveli_lives 07/17/19 9:01:51 PM #65:	voldothegr8 posted... Are they under new ownership or management? Might be too little too late but good idea either way. New ceo I think, been here like 6 months. --- Switch FC: SW-3917-4425-6106 PSN: PiKappaPhi769 <cite>Makeveli_lives posted [p:924832998] in GameStop r... [t:77869004]...</cite> <quote><cite>voldothegr8 posted...</cite> <quote>Are they under new ownership or management? Might be too little too late but good idea either way.</quote> New ceo I think, been here like 6 months.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
voldothegr8 07/17/19 9:04:34 PM #66:	Makeveli_lives posted... voldothegr8 posted... Are they under new ownership or management? Might be too little too late but good idea either way. New ceo I think, been here like 6 months. Interesting. If they stop playing 20 questions at checkout I might give them another shot. The few times a year I buy physical anyway. --- Oda break tracker 2019- 4 (3) \| THE Ohio State: 13-1 \| Oakland Raiders: 4-12 Super Mario Maker Profile: 1237-0000-0073-02FE <cite>voldothegr8 posted [p:924833105] in GameStop r... [t:77869004]...</cite> <quote><cite>Makeveli_lives posted...</cite> <quote><cite>voldothegr8 posted...</cite> <quote>Are they under new ownership or management? Might be too little too late but good idea either way.</quote> New ceo I think, been here like 6 months.</quote> Interesting. If they stop playing 20 questions at checkout I might give them another shot. The few times a year I buy physical anyway.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SrRd_RacinG 07/17/19 10:16:07 PM #67:	"We had a massive diversification strategy [previously], but the new management team, under George Sherman, our new CEO, is myopically and maniacally focused on gaming, he says. We need tofocus on becoming a cultural center for gaming.If [E3] is the Vatican [of gaming], why arent we the local church? --- https://media.giphy.com/media/l3vRn3I4UyDoKyWLC/giphy.gif <cite>SrRd_RacinG posted [p:924835716] in GameStop r... [t:77869004]...</cite> <quote>"We had a massive diversification strategy [previously], but the new management team, under George Sherman, our new CEO, is myopically and maniacally focused on gaming, he says. We need tofocus on becoming a cultural center for gaming.If [E3] is the Vatican [of gaming], why arent we the local church?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Rika_Furude 07/17/19 11:03:53 PM #68:	ProbablyaCat posted... Rika_Furude posted... MabusIncarnate posted... Rika_Furude posted... TheVipaGTS posted... Rika_Furude posted... His posts often make little sense im sorry that comprehension is hard for you. there are some classes you can take for that. Judging by your posts ITT you need some English classes. Stop acting like this. Sometimes words get mixed up, I do it too. Chill the fuck out. Except Vipa has a history of hostility so IDGAF. He's always harassing me over something or other and making up lies. Reap what you sow I agree. Which is why i find it odd why mabus is defending him. --- Posted with GameRaven 3.5.1 <cite>Rika_Furude posted [p:924837477] in GameStop r... [t:77869004]...</cite> <quote><cite>ProbablyaCat posted...</cite> <quote> <cite>Rika_Furude posted...</cite> <quote> <cite>MabusIncarnate posted...</cite> <quote> <cite>Rika_Furude posted...</cite> <quote> <cite>TheVipaGTS posted...</cite> <quote> <cite>Rika_Furude posted...</cite> <quote> His posts often make little sense </quote> im sorry that comprehension is hard for you. there are some classes you can take for that. </quote> Judging by your posts ITT you need some English classes. </quote> Stop acting like this. Sometimes words get mixed up, I do it too. Chill the fuck out. </quote> Except Vipa has a history of hostility so IDGAF. He's always harassing me over something or other and making up lies. </quote> Reap what you sow</quote> I agree. Which is why i find it odd why mabus is defending him.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
FFVII_REMAKE 07/17/19 11:14:18 PM #69:	Didn't they do 2 out of 3 of those before? I remember they've always hosted smash tourneys and other events before midnight releases. They also sold retro games such as GBA and PS1 games. IIRC, this was during the peak of the business. --- LA Clippers fan since 2019 https://i.imgtc.ws/UOwpJCI.jpg <cite>FFVII_REMAKE posted [p:924837849] in GameStop r... [t:77869004]...</cite> <quote>Didn't they do 2 out of 3 of those before? I remember they've always hosted smash tourneys and other events before midnight releases. They also sold retro games such as GBA and PS1 games. IIRC, this was during the peak of the business.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Makeveli_lives 07/18/19 8:38:34 AM #70:	FFVII_REMAKE posted... Didn't they do 2 out of 3 of those before? I remember they've always hosted smash tourneys and other events before midnight releases. They also sold retro games such as GBA and PS1 games. IIRC, this was during the peak of the business. That's a random tournament that never went beyond the store. They now want to do tournaments for e-sports which is exploding because streaming is exploding. --- Switch FC: SW-3917-4425-6106 PSN: PiKappaPhi769 <cite>Makeveli_lives posted [p:924848795] in GameStop r... [t:77869004]...</cite> <quote><cite>FFVII_REMAKE posted...</cite> <quote>Didn't they do 2 out of 3 of those before? I remember they've always hosted smash tourneys and other events before midnight releases. They also sold retro games such as GBA and PS1 games. IIRC, this was during the peak of the business.</quote> That's a random tournament that never went beyond the store. They now want to do tournaments for e-sports which is exploding because streaming is exploding.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SrRd_RacinG 07/18/19 2:06:13 PM #71:	GameStop 4 Prez 2020 --- https://media.giphy.com/media/l3vRn3I4UyDoKyWLC/giphy.gif <cite>SrRd_RacinG posted [p:924860614] in GameStop r... [t:77869004]...</cite> <quote>GameStop 4 Prez 2020</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mr_Karate_II 07/18/19 2:24:39 PM #72:	This won't get me to shop there more than i already do which is maybe twice a month. They have some shit business practices like selling opened copies of games as new or charging $30 for a used game that is $20 for new at Walmart. --- Currently Playing: Resident Evil 4 Mercenaries Mode,Resident Evil 6 Mercenaries Mode & Call of Duty Ghosts <cite>Mr_Karate_II posted [p:924861359] in GameStop r... [t:77869004]...</cite> <quote>This won't get me to shop there more than i already do which is maybe twice a month. They have some shit business practices like selling opened copies of games as new or charging $30 for a used game that is $20 for new at Walmart.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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