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Videogame Sales Are Fading and Its Crushing GameStop
02-18-2017, 12:46 PM
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02-18-2017, 12:55 PM
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Who even buys games any more?
I got world of tanks absolutely free.
Then dropped thousands of dollars on micro transactions over the years!
I got world of tanks absolutely free.
Then dropped thousands of dollars on micro transactions over the years!
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02-18-2017, 12:58 PM
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I've only been to a Gamestop 3 times in the past several years and every time they manage to piss me off.
Tried to buy a PS3 online years ago from them. They asked for my fukcing bank account info "for validation purposes" or something. They suggested I could email them a scanned copy of a bank statement. fukc outta here with that. Even the employees at the physical store said that seemed sketchy.
Go to a physical store to buy a PS3, buy a new copy of a game. Guy behind the counter suggests I buy a used copy for like $8 less. Would rather spend the extra cash for something I know is going to work. He keeps giving me crap for it ("Nah brah, it's guaranteed!") but I tell him I would rather buy a new copy. He opens a drawer and hands me a used copy, I ask what the fuk, he pretends like he's perplexed why a new copy is covered with scuff marks. lol retard.
Last time I went there I bought a PS3 game and they badgered me to death about signing up for some premium rewards program. Pay like $100 a year and get a 10% discount on video games. Told him no, he wouldn't take no for an answer and kept trying to talk me into it. Wouldn't gtf off it for about 5 minutes. he finally cut it out when there was a line of people behind me.
I don't buy games that often but that **** was enough for me.
Tried to buy a PS3 online years ago from them. They asked for my fukcing bank account info "for validation purposes" or something. They suggested I could email them a scanned copy of a bank statement. fukc outta here with that. Even the employees at the physical store said that seemed sketchy.
Go to a physical store to buy a PS3, buy a new copy of a game. Guy behind the counter suggests I buy a used copy for like $8 less. Would rather spend the extra cash for something I know is going to work. He keeps giving me crap for it ("Nah brah, it's guaranteed!") but I tell him I would rather buy a new copy. He opens a drawer and hands me a used copy, I ask what the fuk, he pretends like he's perplexed why a new copy is covered with scuff marks. lol retard.
Last time I went there I bought a PS3 game and they badgered me to death about signing up for some premium rewards program. Pay like $100 a year and get a 10% discount on video games. Told him no, he wouldn't take no for an answer and kept trying to talk me into it. Wouldn't gtf off it for about 5 minutes. he finally cut it out when there was a line of people behind me.
I don't buy games that often but that **** was enough for me.
02-18-2017, 01:04 PM
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02-18-2017, 01:21 PM
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Haven't been there in 8 years back when their sales associates were pushed to sell preorders. MSRP everything, shiitty trade-in values, selling opened games as new. Fuk em
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02-18-2017, 01:23 PM
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Originally Posted By albeezy512⏩
Agreed with red. I can't wait to hear the good news when they're going out of business. It may be the only time I ever go in is during the out of business sale.why the fuk would anyone buy games from gamestop. Complete ripoff.
02-18-2017, 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted By YWOC⏩
You'd figure they'd realize this by now but they haven't or refuse to change. Can't wait for them to rot.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.
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.
02-18-2017, 02:14 PM
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Someone aware me on where to buy physical copies of games besides online. Like what's so good about getting it from Best Buy instead of GameStop?
02-18-2017, 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted By AndYUKnowThis⏩
pawn shops , srsSomeone aware me on where to buy physical copies of games besides online. Like what's so good about getting it from Best Buy instead of GameStop?
02-18-2017, 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted By TheAdlerian⏩
It's because why by a game you have to download anyways when you can just buy it from home and save the time/gas. I'll admit developers are in a bit of a rut but I think this shows more how physical copies and stores are dying and online sales are taking over. There are some great games out if you don't buy the B's like CODThere 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.
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.
02-18-2017, 02:21 PM
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I was a HUGE fallout fan. I was hyped for Fallout 4 until I read there is NO multiplayer.
To this day, I haven't played Fallout 4. And that's coming from a huge fan of FO3, and New Vegas. I played those games into the ground as a kid.
Most gaming companies nowadays are just dumbasses. They are unoriginal.
There are only -2- video game companies left that I believe in :
- Rockstar (GTA Online is GOAT, and can't wait for Red Dead Redemption 2)
- Naughty Dog (Last of us 2 hnnnghhhhh)
To this day, I haven't played Fallout 4. And that's coming from a huge fan of FO3, and New Vegas. I played those games into the ground as a kid.
Most gaming companies nowadays are just dumbasses. They are unoriginal.
There are only -2- video game companies left that I believe in :
- Rockstar (GTA Online is GOAT, and can't wait for Red Dead Redemption 2)
- Naughty Dog (Last of us 2 hnnnghhhhh)
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02-18-2017, 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted By CalmWind⏩
Why would you expect fallout to have multiplayerI was a HUGE fallout fan. I was hyped for Fallout 4 until I read there is NO multiplayer.
To this day, I haven't played Fallout 4. And that's coming from a huge fan of FO3, and New Vegas. I played those games into the ground as a kid.
To this day, I haven't played Fallout 4. And that's coming from a huge fan of FO3, and New Vegas. I played those games into the ground as a kid.
02-18-2017, 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted By F1exAppeal⏩
Nah because if you buy online, then you can't re-sell the game later.It's because why by a game you have to download anyways when you can just buy it from home and save the time/gas. I'll admit developers are in a bit of a rut but I think this shows more how physical copies and stores are dying and online sales are taking over. There are some great games out if you don't buy the B's like COD
For example, I bought Madden 17 for $60 and played it a little bit until around January.... then re-sold it for $30.
if I had bought a digital copy, I wouldn't be able to get some money back when I'm bored with a game.
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02-18-2017, 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted By CalmWind⏩
http://store.steampowered.com/steam_refunds/Nah because if you buy online, then you can't re-sell the game later.
For example, I bought Madden 17 for $60 and played it a little bit until around January.... then re-sold it for $30.
if I had bought a digital copy, I wouldn't be able to get some money back when I'm bored with a game.
For example, I bought Madden 17 for $60 and played it a little bit until around January.... then re-sold it for $30.
if I had bought a digital copy, I wouldn't be able to get some money back when I'm bored with a game.
02-18-2017, 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted By freeburn⏩
Because multiplayer is required for all games now. It's where the replay value is in a game.Why would you expect fallout to have multiplayer
Even The Last of Us (2013) had a freaking mulitplayer mode! And that's from a MASTERPIECE of a story game, that didn't even need a MP mode to be a great game. It still had one. It was pretty good too.
You would think a 2016 Fallout game would incorporate Multiplayer in some really creative way.
Heck, I would have taken the following :
- Make it so when you are playing the single player story, anyone can join your game and play as a "RAIDER" and hunt you down
- Every player has a "RAIDER" level, with customizable weapons loadout, and a base hideout that you pick somewhere on the map. This is where you spawn every time you join someone else's single player game.
- Then you're given a map with a general location of where the Single player is at, and you gotta go there and hunt him down.....
- This adds intensity to your Single player story, because online strangers can join your world and play as a Slave Raider and hunt you down
- And it adds fun for players who like to troll and grief people doing their storyline, or people who like to Hunt other players in a big world
stuff like that.
I mean, I'd have even taken some generic Call of Duty multiplayer in which you have 2 teams and just shoot each other.
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Originally Posted By BioDiver⏩
Read your own link."The Steam refund offer,within two weeks of purchase and with less than two hours of playtime,applies to games and software applications on the Steam store. "
Meanwhile, I kept Madden 17 for like 3 months and played alot more than 2 hours, and still got half my money back when I re-sold it.
The only way I will ever buy digital games is if they pass on the savings to me and stop charging $60 for new games. Digital copies don't have to deal with manufacturing a disc, and shipping it to stores, etc. So why are they charging me the same price? Nah, I'll buy physical copies only and get half my money back later when I'm bored with it.
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02-18-2017, 02:36 PM
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fuk gs. they're rip offs
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gamestop is the GNC of video games. always hated their business
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until pretty recently i was all about physical copies of games for consoles, something seemed nice about having the actual disk/box etc to look at... last 2 full retail pricing games i got were digital, and im off the physical copies now. lol changing disks is such a minor, tiny inconvenience, but not needing to do it rules hard
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02-18-2017, 03:21 PM
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02-18-2017, 03:32 PM
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Originally Posted By DogHero⏩
Interesting. I'm like you, like copies for that reason but I might try my first digital copy of something based on this. Might try Elite Sniper 4.until pretty recently i was all about physical copies of games for consoles, something seemed nice about having the actual disk/box etc to look at... last 2 full retail pricing games i got were digital, and im off the physical copies now. lol changing disks is such a minor, tiny inconvenience, but not needing to do it rules hard
Does suck that I can't see the case and can't resell that game but oh well
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Originally Posted By CalmWind⏩
this. Physical copy trade ins mean I never pay full price for games. Cant do that with digital downloadsRead your own link.
"The Steam refund offer,within two weeks of purchase and with less than two hours of playtime,applies to games and software applications on the Steam store. "
Meanwhile, I kept Madden 17 for like 3 months and played alot more than 2 hours, and still got half my money back when I re-sold it.
The only way I will ever buy digital games is if they pass on the savings to me and stop charging $60 for new games. Digital copies don't have to deal with manufacturing a disc, and shipping it to stores, etc. So why are they charging me the same price? Nah, I'll buy physical copies only and get half my money back later when I'm bored with it.
"The Steam refund offer,within two weeks of purchase and with less than two hours of playtime,applies to games and software applications on the Steam store. "
Meanwhile, I kept Madden 17 for like 3 months and played alot more than 2 hours, and still got half my money back when I re-sold it.
The only way I will ever buy digital games is if they pass on the savings to me and stop charging $60 for new games. Digital copies don't have to deal with manufacturing a disc, and shipping it to stores, etc. So why are they charging me the same price? Nah, I'll buy physical copies only and get half my money back later when I'm bored with it.
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Good. Been all digital for two years now and never going back
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Gamestop will go the way of Blockbusters...mark my words.
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Buy from amazon and wait 2 days than drive to game stop and play instantly.
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Does anyone actually like Gamestop/EBGames? Ask any gamer and they will all tell you some bad stories about those stores, if not about their prices then about their awful, neckbeard employees. Their demise can't come soon enough.
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