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Thread: Videogame Sales Are Fading and Its Crushing GameStop

post 1484077421 02-18-2017, 11:20 AM
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Fuk Game Stop. You can get like 3-4x as much money by trading your games in to amazon
post 1484077511 02-18-2017, 11:20 AM
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surely it has nothing to do with rehashing the same crap over and over again, ignoring bugs, rushing development, focusing on graphics over gameplay, etc etc.. big box games are going the route of movies and sticking to formulas that have worked in the past without any inclination that people just get bored of the same old ****
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post 1484077551 02-18-2017, 11:20 AM
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Used games at gamestop are $5 cheaper than new ones lol

Trade in a ps4 and they offer you $90 then they sell it for $275

Transactions are slow, "hey man you wanna add disk protection for $5? You wanna sign up for power rewards card, you wanna sign up for credit card? Nooooo I just want the damn game!
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post 1484077571 02-18-2017, 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted By TheAdlerian⏩
There are no games over that last couple of years that are awesome.

Many games, at least for Xbox are online multiplayer games, which suck because there's no story, players do not act like it's real, so they run around killing, jumping up and down, and it's so repetitive.

Or you have depressing open world games like Fallout. I read almost no one finishes these games. They are boring with no sense of mission, and so they seem cool at first, or appeal to autistic people who cannot take intensity and focus.

Game companies seemed to have given up and/or are going for making boring stuff because they sold in the past. That's great but if you make all games like that they won't appeal to a broad fan base and sales with die. When they start making games with a great story, a need for tactics, etc then sales will increase.
What you say about fallout is pretty true. Probably same goes for skyrim. You have to get REALLY into those games for it to be fun. You can't just casually play it or else you wont know what the **** you are doing.
post 1484077961 02-18-2017, 11:25 AM
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People complaining gamestop is bending over their customers, I won't deny it

But the studios and developers are the ones really fuking you guys over with the digital copies. How are you going to complain about resale value with that?

Games are probably the one item I'd prefer to have to buy a physical copy of, especially if it's a good game. Have the digital option there for convenience. Publishers certainly wont pass on any savings they're experiencing
post 1484078121 02-18-2017, 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted By albeezy512⏩
why the fuk would anyone buy games from gamestop. Complete ripoff.
I buy from them all the time. As long as I know the game is good, idc.

Am I the only one who continuously buys physical games? That's like taking all cash out of the economy and everyone using cards. No thanks jeff
post 1484078131 02-18-2017, 11:26 AM
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if i was a hardcore gamer i'd turn to craigslist and pawnshops for games.. just sayin.
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post 1484078221 02-18-2017, 11:27 AM
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Just lol @ not buying physical copies, how am I meant to get my new game smell with a digital download?
post 1484078421 02-18-2017, 11:28 AM
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Pc master race... Its worth the price of a pc just to not have to deal with gamestop anymore. Haven't been there in like 4 years.

They are a **** company and I see them being gone or downsizing like crazy over the next few years. Even best buy is a better option then them these days.
post 1484078591 02-18-2017, 11:31 AM
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Originally Posted By Groce⏩
Just lol @ not buying physical copies, how am I meant to get my new game smell with a digital download?
Not to mention having something to actually hold. Something that has value that you can resell.
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post 1484078801 02-18-2017, 11:34 AM
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GameStop just blows period.

They never have any "sales" (so if you want to buy a new game, you're paying full price whereas you could easily go to Amazon and get something for your troubles) and they desperately try to rip you off at any costs.

They're done and have nothing left to offer except to those who aren't up to date on how to acquire games.
post 1484078811 02-18-2017, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted By Groce⏩
Just lol @ not buying physical copies, how am I meant to get my new game smell with a digital download?
When your mother buys you a new game and on the way home you're in the back seat reading the manual
post 1484078881 02-18-2017, 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted By 97Camry4Lyfe⏩
What you say about fallout is pretty true. Probably same goes for skyrim. You have to get REALLY into those games for it to be fun. You can't just casually play it or else you wont know what the **** you are doing.
im a casual player of fallout and used to be for skyrim too... they can be fun games but yeah the storylines kinda blow... its all about the modding and doing fun stuff with those
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post 1484079321 02-18-2017, 11:40 AM
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last game I bought from there was MW3.
post 1484079331 02-18-2017, 11:40 AM
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post 1484079791 02-18-2017, 11:45 AM
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Good, fukk that place

There's a few reasons for it that I can tell

-New games are expensive as fukk nowadays and people are just buying less in general. Back in the day the average ps2 owner would have like 50 fukkin games. Nowadays most average people who own the new generation consoles own what, maybe 5-6 games. It's a combination of games being way more expensive and also having way more replay value now.

-People getting hooked on games like LoL and dota 2 which consumes 95% of their gaming time. Those games are highly addicting and once you're hooked on em you have no desire to really play anything else usually

-Gamestop's trade in bullshiit is a fukking rip off and everyone knows it. brb selling them a game for $3 and they turn around and sell it for $20. u wot m8

-Why go to gamestop for new/used games when there's ALWAYS a better deal somewhere else online.

These useless stores like Gamestop need to get with the times or they're going out of business. They aren't needed anymore.
post 1484080531 02-18-2017, 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted By CoolKnees⏩
All of the things you buy are not sealed, game manuals missing,
I was fine shopping at GS until they pulled this chit on me.

Seeing some jabroni fishing through and getting a disc out of this drawer and then giving me the display case and calling it "new". I just looked at the dude and was like, "I wanted new, not used"...THIS IS THE NEW COPY. I sort of just stared a bit and then walked out of the store. Yes, maybe no one has "played" it before, but some greasey mother fuker opening the plastic, taking the disc and manual out and then giving me the display case after putting it all back together again...fuk off.
post 1484080621 02-18-2017, 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted By 97Camry4Lyfe⏩
What you say about fallout is pretty true. Probably same goes for skyrim. You have to get REALLY into those games for it to be fun. You can't just casually play it or else you wont know what the **** you are doing.
What I'm saying is just true and that's it.

If you're "into" those games you're either fooling yourself, I'm playing Fallout, or there's something wrong with you. Skyrim was the same thing only with a better setting as Fallout is depressing.

Games are like interactive movies and used to be better than movies. No one would go see a movie, especially over and over, where the character just wanders around doing random things over and over. That's what many games are today and they're boring. I will certainly not run out and pay full price for any game that has been out in the last few years.

I have enjoyed the recent line of Batman games, as there's some kind of story.
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post 1484080761 02-18-2017, 11:55 AM
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all about digital copies
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hmm wait in line at release at midnight standing with plebs or sit at home and pre-order a digital copy that takes up no space... no brainer.
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Originally Posted By albeezy512⏩
why the fuk would anyone buy games from gamestop. Complete ripoff.
Why buy games when you can download them from chinese websites
post 1484081011 02-18-2017, 11:58 AM
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Video games sales are not fading, not even close...... Gamestop sales yes, digital sales and other outlets are eating Gamestops market share.
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post 1484081491 02-18-2017, 12:04 PM
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id probably honestly give them more business if they had a better rep and were a nicer place, but when i buy the worst game ive ever played, mlb 2k5, and the next day return it and because i was like 15 or 16 stupidly accept under a dollar in return for the $30 game i bought the day before, phuck them.
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Originally Posted By YWOC⏩
Good, fukk that place

There's a few reasons for it that I can tell

-New games are expensive as fukk nowadays and people are just buying less in general. Back in the day the average ps2 owner would have like 50 fukkin games. Nowadays most average people who own the new generation consoles own what, maybe 5-6 games. It's a combination of games being way more expensive and also having way more replay value now.

-People getting hooked on games like LoL and dota 2 which consumes 95% of their gaming time. Those games are highly addicting and once you're hooked on em you have no desire to really play anything else usually

-Gamestop's trade in bullshiit is a fukking rip off and everyone knows it. brb selling them a game for $3 and they turn around and sell it for $20. u wot m8

-Why go to gamestop for new/used games when there's ALWAYS a better deal somewhere else online.

These useless stores like Gamestop need to get with the times or they're going out of business. They aren't needed anymore.
Garbage post. Everyones moving to digital downloads. Has nothing to do with any of that
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post 1484082941 02-18-2017, 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted By juvefan⏩
Garbage post. Everyones moving to digital downloads. Has nothing to do with any of that
Wrong.
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There's literally no reason to go to a gamestop when you can

1: Download games off steam (or other platform), and from the xbox and ps4 stores online
2: Order a physical copy off amazon
3: Grab it at wallmart or some **** while you buy dog food or cheap chit.

The only people I ever see at gamestop are moms with their 9 year old brat kid when I drive by. That's literally the only reason the store exists nowadays: so parents can get their kid videogames.
Lol, lmfao
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Originally Posted By AndYUKnowThis⏩
When your mother buys you a new game and on the way home you're in the back seat reading the manual
Good memories (srs)
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well they should try and go into partnership with PC hardware companies and sell graphics cards and ****. of course an old business model like that in a digital age will die if they don't keep up with change
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More like Gameover
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