LGR - PC Games at Sam's Club/Walmart in 2016
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ส.ค. 2024
- Since I talked about these stores recently and how they used to sell big box PC games, I figured I'd show how it looks today.
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I guess it's a universal law that every Walmart MUST have at least one copy of the GTA trilogy on ps2.....Despite the fact that the PS2 has been dead for years.
WeirdoTZero Well the last officially released PS2 game was released in 2013 (FIFA 14), so it really hasn't even been 5 years.
WeirdoTZero as far as I've seen, my walmart doesn't
people trade those games into Walmart a lot.
I went it to one about a year and a half ago and saw one, though "That's odd. Guess I'll buy it." Then a few days later I went back and saw 3, the next week they had about 20. I think they're breeding.
Hobjo153 My God. O_o
I remember being blown away by all those games as a kid in the early 2000's. Kind of sad sad to see it all gone.
Miss the old days of browsing trough games in electronic stores.
//Old man yelling at cloud
Meh. It's easier to just click download and wait a few minutes than deal with browsing through best buy for hours on end finding the game you want.
lol the simpsons xd
At the cost of giving up your actual ownership. Steam ever stops being a thing and all the cash you forked over becomes nil. lol
Plus...most games take a hell of a lot longer than a "few minutes" to download, dude. Hell of a lot longer.
Ya i remember going into the old Babages which then became EB games then game stop and spending hours just going through the PC games trying to find a game in my price range. a lot of the time when a new game came out me and a group of friends would go in on it together and then find a no CD crack. so we could all play it. Oh how times have changed.
even if steam dies, as long as the internet exists so to will digital copies.
Pick up a 36-pack of paper towels while you're there.
And a 24 pack of ramen xD
Or a 6 can pack of vienna sausages.
and a 35 pack of maxipads
Hank HIll would never shop at Mega Lo Mart if he could help it.
I read it in his voice
0:33 Who in the right mind would sell a BETA version of a game or program in a store?!?
You get a steam code and it updates so you dont need to buy it 2 times
beta? hahaha it still in alpha
Space engineers is a good game and has been on steam for over 3 years in Alpha. Since you need an internet connection and steam account to play the game it doesn't really matter that the disk version is incomplete as you can just update it through steam.
There's loads of early access games on the shelves in my local GAME. Also all the PC games are sold as steam codes on cardboard, and always higher priced than they are on steam. It's not like you're getting a disc or anything to make up the additional cost.
Spin Tires was abandoned by the devs years ago
It's weird that I feel nostalgic for going to a store and picking a game up off the shelf while at the same time I am all for the convenience of digital purchases. I think it's mostly due to the overall sense of mystery that used to accompany getting a new game since all we had to go on back then was a review in a magazine as well as what was displayed on the box.
Your videos like this and the LGR Thrifts series really bring me back to the days when consumerism was more fun. Thanks!
I miss buying actual game cartridges! Yes, they were more expensive, but the sound of sorting through them in order to find the game you wanted to play... classic. There's actually a store near me that still sells them, along with boxed PC games. Haven't seen too many big boxes in there though... I'll have to keep checking.
+Niki Groeger
I always go into Gamestop or other stores that used to sell N64 game cartridges and miss actually being able to look at them. Now it's mostly pawn and used/refurbished specialty stores that carry them, and a lot of them are Madden or other sports games that nobody wants. I once knew of a store called Movie Trading Company that sold actually good games, but at way to high of a price, and not even with the box, manual, etc., just the cartridge.
There's a refurbished games store in the mall near me called GameShack. They're pretty good, and have a decent selection. They were even selling Dreamcast VMU's a few months ago! I don't go in there often for fear I'll spend all my money!
Niki Groeger
Yeah, the store I mentioned in my first comment sells a lot of other cool stuff in addition to games, I think I also saw a Dreamcast VMU there as well. I don't live near that store anymore, but I will always remember it. Another place I went to get some of the games I wanted was a flea market, but, there's a huge chance you're not getting what you're paying for, (i.e. bootlegs, broken stuff, etc.), guess I was lucky, because everything I got from there was an actual game, I even got my own NES for about $30 (It doesn't work now, due to unknown problems).
This is like a bonus episode of Thrifts, hell yeah
To be honest, being German and all, I think videos showing American stores and how they are organized is oddly interesting by itself. Weird.
Glad to hear it! Personally, I really enjoy seeing footage of stores from other countries, so I'm glad I'm not alone.
Granted this is true for "big box stores" here. Pallets of cases of product are typically bought 12, 24, 36 packs at a time at them. The first store (Walmart) is not unlike any other electronics store in most areas, but this is only one section in the building so everything is more compressed to a smaller area (hence the TVs next to video games next to headphones). I remember stores banning video recording their stores b/c competition. I don't know if that's still a thing.
James Russell
But why should it be different for me? Everyone likes to see new stuff! I once imported a selection of cereals I cannot purchase here, just to get what it's all about :D Trix, Count Chocula 。。。。
@@jamesrussell2936 It's trippy to think about bro, but people from other countries are interested in foreign countries like ours to them.
Just weird to think about because we're so use to things.
Woah, they still sell PS2 games
+IEnjoyBeingNaked
Yes, but what's even more mysterious is that they sell them at some stores for at least $20, which is completely ridiculous if you look at some of the titles being sold. Less than the original retail price, yes, but worth 20 dollars? Heck no.
It's why they still have them in stock. No one buys them at that price it seems.
There's a couple of places here in Ireland that still do; and I laugh at them as I pass by, go in to a thrift shop, and buy the same games for 50c.
*****
Exactly, Walmart here in the States overprices some things that don't need it, such as the above mentioned older games, when, as you said, you can walk into a thrift store and even sometimes pawn shops and get the same stuff for far less. The problem with some thrift shops is that stuff is likely to be stolen or missing.
+IEnjoyBeingNaked I agree with your username.
Wow they still have computer games, not seen any in UK supermarkets for at least 5 years.
They just carry console games, even our Gaming specific stores like Game just have the most depressing and overpriced PC section ever.
Yeah, I haven't seen an actual PC game section in a game store in years, unless you count a section at the counter for cards with Steam codes on them. It's only the larger retailers like this that still carry them.
really goes to show just how ubiquitous steam and other digital distribution platforms have become. from a business perspective, why stock it in physical stores when everyone's buying it online anyway? it's just added cost for not a lot of return.
i do feel like something has been lost though.
I used to work for Special Reserve (Which was a mail order company converting to online sales and shops in the South East of England), the supermarkets did more damage years before Steam was even a thing.
Chris Smith yep, and Game have the UK monopoly. you'd be hard pressed to find an independent game shop or even a gamestation these days. Game staff are always obnoxious and wear Watch Dogs logos on their clothes and look at you like you just shat on the floor when you refuse to get your discs covered by their scratched disc scheme.
oh man don't even get me started on Game. how bad is it over here?
in my hometown, there was once a Game, a Gamestation and an Electronics Boutique.
by the time i left? all 3 were Game.
Where I live there are NO stores that stock PC games
Same
same here even walmart doesnt have pc game anymore ....
Where do u live? Vietnam?
I live in philippines and we do not have gamestop and no pc physical games
Hey LGR, I just wanna say your videos are great. In my country, the game industry isn't developed this high and they don't sell licensed game boxes in retail store as a consumer product like this. So it's very joyful for me to watch you going out and buy the games. It really gives me a taste of what is buying video games in retail store feel like.
Keep going man !
Just want to say that you did very well with choosing background music. That is some smooth ass jazz
Thanks!
if there is such a thing as love at first sight, than I am in love....with that outro it's awesome af!!
Thanks!
Agreed that outro was just frikkin' delicious.
Videos like this & the previous one regarding the same topic are one of the main reasons I like this channel..
Yeah I miss being able to go to the store to look at PC games... it was fun.
"Why does this this have a physical release... i just don't understand.....i'm gonna get it" I like you.
Went out to see how lame it was and got 2 games lol
You're really talking/voice recording INSIDE the stores?! Wow! I thought you dubbed it afterwards, as well because of the superb sound quality. The more you know.. Nice!
Normally it's added later, but here was just recorded with me talking into my phone.
+Lazy Game Reviews what phone do you have? hes right it sounds amazing
Tschimmi Cash agreed. first thing I thought of when watching this video too
Hate seeing Sam's Club not have that many games on sale. I remember buying a lot of PS2 games years ago there for cheap prices too. Games you couldnt find at EB games or Gamestop.
Likewise, they used to have a great selection.
great video, for someone who's not American it's always great to see things like these
Cool video. Talking about Sam's Club is a real trip down memory lane. I remember how excited I was as a kid to get in the store and break off from my parents and pour over all the PC games that I either couldn't afford or my computer wouldn't play.
I remember going to Costco as a kid, they had all the Big box games laid out on a huge table. You could see all the box art, and it was grand!
Yeah, a lot of my childhood PC gaming was based around the "jewel case" section of Walmart/Target. Used to have some really good games though.
First discovered Fallout 1/2 as a Jewel combo pack!
That combo pack was my introduction to Fallout 1/2 as well!
I bought the same Fallout 1/2 combo pack in a value bin at CompUSA. Definitely opened my eyes.
in Russia like 90% of games were sold in jewel boxes just until recently and for very low prices, my little collection is 90% jewel box as well. They started shifting to DVD boxes just around 2013 or smth, and the prices are now around $30. I remember back in the day you could get HoMM 3 for less than a $1. When Resident Evil 5 only came out, I got it for $4. Though, of course, the rates of money has changed. For example that HoMM3 was actually $2 by early 00s rates. Still, it's super cheap compared to US' prices and modern russian prices.
O know what you mean. Jewel Case games used to have some really great game selections like Battleship and Midway and some other good titles. Now it's all hidden object garbage.
oh actually, they're still selling like 40%-50% of new games in jewel boxes, I just opened the biggest russian web store and it sells, for example, Dishonored 2 (Jewel) for $31, and Dishonored 2 (DVD-Box) for $36.
I wasn't anywhere near a gamer of any sort during the days of big box stuff, but even I get nostalgia thinking of Costco's PC game section. They had big boxes for everything, unceremoneously, but neatly laid on their back on the same pallet platforms they keep clothing on. I have a distinct memory of Warcraft III during release, where they had a 2x2 square of each edition. Human cover, Undead cover, Night Elf cover and Orc cover. There was Fallout 2, Command and Conquer, Mechwarrior 3... Sometimes I regret not being into gaming during that era. Digital content is boring, and huge boxes with flip-open covers made me look even if I was only there to look at the books on the other end.
I've actually never been in a Costco, but I would've loved to have seen that back then. Sounds fantastic.
And I've never been in a Sam's club, but given the background in this video it looks like a similar environment. Probably would be competing chains regionally. Here's the costco book section l7.alamy.com/zooms/311e18b4bb3240ada5e95dfa81bb842c/customers-shopping-in-the-books-section-of-a-costco-wholesale-warehouse-d42nan.jpg Imagine that, but big box PC games. Heck, depending on the time of this photo, they might be just out of the right side of frame. You'd have had a ball.
I remember when Best Buy had two full isles of big box PC games on display.
I remember even 10 years ago, Sam's Club used to carry several rows of PC big box games. Times have changed!
Thanks for showing! When you're not form the US you have no idea what it looks like, so, great video!
Diablo 2 _never_ gets old.
A E S T H E T I C S. So much nostalgia, so many feels.
"There's a lot of crap in here I don't need." -LGR, 2016.
I'm pretty sure I could watch you go shopping for anything and still enjoy it. Take me more places LGR!
AHH :D please do this more often! that was awesome! WALTHRIFT, HISTORATHRIFT, MODERNTHRIFT, BOXTHRIFT
I mean it makes sense that physical copies are all but gone, but it still makes me sad...
Ya, used to go to Best Buy just to look around and check out new games...no reason to go now at all, unless I'm in the market for a computer.
Doesn't make sense to me.
I hate it.. and now tangible discs dont have a real game on them anymore. they just prompt you to go to steam, enter a code, and download through their client.
***** I've rarely had problems with scratching so I'd say the owner is usually at fault there, as for the environment you just need to properly recycle them. cdrecyclingcenter.org/
I enjoyed watching this short "Thrifts"-esque video, Clint! Well done :)
Late 90s and early 2000s Sam's Clubs...lots of fond memories of oogling over games my computer couldn't run and getting free samples. That was the life.
Sedan57Chevy sams club was the shit 10/15 years ago
I think it's great they are still selling Sims 3 games still they are not outdated, I still play it more then the Sims 4 !!..:)
WyntersFrost well duh sims 4 sucks. not everyone wants to downgrade.
WyntersFrost the only thing that excused (barely) the release of sims 4 was the performance fixes, because on sims 3 its hard to run it with all its dlc. even on my system which plays new doom on ultra i still have some issues even after throwing everything on a solid state. but still sims 4 is not worth it
Did I see GTA for PS2 at Walmart!? Wow thats old, whys that still there.
- Oh who am I kidding last time I went to Walmart in like 2015, I saw that they still had HyperScan controllers for sale. - which was weird because that Walmart actually moved from a different location only a few months prior.
No idea why but the Walmarts near me always have the PS2 era GTA games all in one bundle
All three of the ones around me have the PS2 games.
Two of them have been there for less than 10 years, one of them less than 5.
Why would you go to a store and buy a game case with a download code?
Matt skirble he could keep the case for collecting and give the code away.
impulse buying
I wasnt talking about LGR buying it. I think the game he bought was a actual physical copy. But has anyone else seen that Gamestop has been taking indie games like Bastion and other games a making physical copies and packing them in steel book cases.
I actually bought Doom (the new one) at Target using a Target gift card my soon-to-be former roommates gave me as a thank you gift for watching their cat one weekend. So, buying games physically is one way to use up gift cards or store credit you might otherwise not use.
I hate buying things online.
So awesome to see what it's like there for a Norwegian PC enthusiast who would probably never travel to America.
Well you're always welcome!! :)
Thanks :)
I like this first episode of LGR Clearance Retails.
There's stores near where i live in the UK which stock PC games but you'll only usually see the big AAA games like COD and The Sims 4 along with a shit ton of shovelware like hidden object games or those compilations such as "100 great family games!" or something like that.
Back in the 90s I used to be intrigued by the PC boxes in Wal-Mart because while console game cases were always behind the sliding glass that only employees could open (and they still are, I bought some Wii U games that were on sale at Wal-Mart a couple months back), the PC games were out in the open for anyone to pick up and look at. I always found it interesting that the boxes were typically bigger than the ones for console games, and of course some companies like Eidos had ones that were uniquely shaped (like the ones you showed off in that one video).
I haven't bought any games from Sam's Club since the PS2/Xbox/Gamecube console generation, and one of the only ones I recall getting from there was the Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King game for the Gamecube. Even so I do remember they used to have the games in one big section where the boxes were all lined up on shelves and these you actually could pick up and look at (though they were in anti-theft cases that only employees could open at the register of course), and since this was when demo units were still a thing I recall sometimes playing demos there while my mom shopped (I recall this was how I got to experience Metroid Prime and Blinx for the first time). Nowadays I legit can't even find the video game section in my local Sam's Club, not even a shelf with those cards you take up to a register. It's weird I can't seem to find it either because they do sell game consoles there, there's an area near the front of the store where they have PS4s and Xbox Ones in a locked metal shelf.
Wow, didn't think Spintires had a physical release! And wow, so much Sims 3.
This is super interesting. Here in Chile boxed PC games are more of rare sight these days.
There's a store that still sells the original Diablo 2 box, I'm super tempted to get it but by the exact same prince I could buy the base game + LoD digitally in battle.net.
For some reason I just love seeing boxed games.
I remember browsing the PC game shelf every time we went to Walmart growing up... And most of the games there were well worth owning, too! It's great to have any game you want at your fingertips with Steam and GOG, but I kind of miss those days. :(
Huh, I did not know Space Engineers got a retail release, and I have that game. Luckily, it is one of those Early Access Games that is still very actively being worked on by the developers; Version 01.165 DEV just came out this past Thursday and basically completely overhauled the game by replacing everything in the game with new HD models, added a couple new objects, added magboots, improved enemy AI, and updated multiplayer stability.
Best ending I've seen on YT so far. Congratz!
Love seeing the Diablo box at Walmart.
Over here in Holland you'll rarely see any big box games in the storeshelves, though interestingly enough you'll almost always see a Diablo 2 box pop up somewhere.
Which is great because I played that game for almost a decade straight.
I remember both Vampire The Masquerade Bloodlines and Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion came in those giant cardboard boxes. Really loved them. Especially the Oblivion one that had a front that would fold out to show you some in game pictures :)
Hey Clint, I am from the US but studying in a Canadian City, I went to a Wal-Mart for a new monitor for my PC a few weeks ago and while I was waiting for an employee to be free to unlock it for me I decided to check out the PC game shelf myself. It was mostly the same stuff, battle chests galore,a few sims 3 expansions and sims 4 copies, but there was a copy of Makin Magic, yes for the Sims 1. Selling for 32.99. How Crazy, I was tempted to pick it up but I didn't have much extra cash at the moment. Still though, Makin Magic. Kinda made me think of simpler times for the sims.
Whoa, what the fuck? Was that a physical copy of Ori and the Blind Forest?!? I didn't know those existed! I want one!
looks like the definitive edition too
Space Engineers is an awesome game. you won't regret that purchase. Even at the beginning it wasn't a typical "early access" game. It's been functional the whole time, they added planets and are finally getting around to optimizing the game for lower end hardware. You can do some really insane things using the systems in the game. Fully automated robots and complex systems. Definitely on my all time top 10 list.
I like seeing your "ehhh, I'm gonna get it" moments.
You actually talked while in the store!
That's a much bigger PC game collection than I've seen in most stores.
Oh man, that Sam's Club shelf takes me back. Haven't seen one of those in a decade.
LOL i thought i was the only guy who love to look at PC games in walmart and Sam Club.. What your saying is so true, Sams club used to have a huge row of big box PC games back in the good ol days.
Sams club pc game section of the 90's is why I am a pc gamer today. They had sales that rivaled steam's each Christmas.
Here's a hot tip:
Check out the Walmart clearance section for electronics. They often have a lot of good stuff since everyone buys their stuff on Amazon and Newegg. I got a Razr Abyssus 2014 for $15 and a Logitech G602 for $35 last spring (these are now normal prices for both of these). As an Employee I check it out weekly. Everything from flash drives, to mice and headsets.
Although a different topic that went through changes earlier, this reminds me of the complete defeat of arcades in western countries. I can remember how big basements at shopping malls were filled to the brink with arcades. Now... it's nothing.
I remember being at the Champs Elysees in Paris, two years ago, and one of the stores on that street was called Fnac. It was like a combination of Best Buy, Barnes & Noble, and any large comic book stores. They had an entire area for PC games that completely outdid any other retailer here in the U.S. I could go to Wal-Mart and Best Buy, and there would be a sad selection of physical copies; Fnac, on the other hand, had a wide array of different games, from old to new, even including a row for the Sims 2 and 3, with all their expansions. It's probably the best store I've been to, in Europe.
Didn't relize the shelves where so 'barren'. I haven't shopped for PC games in a store like that for years. I don't think I've shopped for any PC software in a store for years. Amazing how things change.
Where I live I don't see many PC games in stores anymore, any games that are sold as physical copies are mostly PS3/PS4, XBox or Nintendo 3DS games and maybe I'll find a few PC games but not many compared to console games. I miss the days of going into places and finding boxed PC games, especially since we didn't have broadband until around late 2004 and still were using dial up until then, so I couldn't go online and download games and preferred going to stores and buying physical copies like I always used to and maybe seeing games I'd never heard of or might not have got otherwise. BTW, still waiting for more Christmas LGR videos!
In 2019 I still see PC disk games at my local target and Walmart
The PC game section at Sam's Club used to be soooo good. I used to spend lots of time looking at the cool-ass covers while my parents went shopping
That Space Engineers game has been available in Australian stores for many months now. You certainly pay for the privilege of doing the developer's product testing for it.
Man, got a couple feels about this. I haven't been in a Sam's in years but I knew about Walmart. I remember getting the big box releases of Sim City 3000, the Sim Mania collections, and the original The Sims at Sam's Club as those were the only kind of games my stock Compaq Presario could play. I always looked forward to browsing the pc section while the rest of family looked at clothes and stuff.
From what I remember, my Walmart's PC gaming section is mostly Sims 3/4 stuff, Blizzard games, a few simulation games, a few modern games(like Fallout 4) and some other MMOs(As well as the puzzle/hidden object jewel case games).
"There's a lot of crap that I don't need" - LGR
The definition for every big box store in existence.
I remember getting TIE Fighter in one of these store's in Calgary, Canada.
Best times back then.
Spin tires, man, you made me remember I wanted that back when it came out all those years ago, but I forgot about it.
your last sentence is the best:
“theres a lot of crap in here that i dont need.“
you named it. thanks! :-)
Lawl watching your last video about big box PC games got me thinking "hey, I wonder if that Diablo II Battle Chest is still being sold..," and here it is.
same in the UK it was exciting going to pc world and seeing a whole library of big box pc games,
When I worked at Office Depot, we had physical copies of Amnesia: The Dark Descent, the first two Assassin's Creed games, Beat Hazard, and Rush Bros, in addition to the usual hidden object junk
I remember seeing the PC Game section of Wal-Mart in our area around the 1999-early 2000s era. It was two rows, both sides, and it had everything from new releases to releases from back in the 90s as well. You could find anything and everything when it came to PC games there. Now, like this, it's an absolute whimper of what it once was.
We had a lot of computer and electronic stores in this area of similar nature. Games for days. Even sometimes had games you could try out on PCs in the store (Best Buy).
Our current Best Buy stopped selling PC Games period. Meijer as well I believe. Which was another place to find games back in the day. Wal-Marts here look about what you saw in this video. I do not have a membership to Sam's Club so I can't tell you for sure in my area.
It's kind of a sad ordeal, honestly. A shame.
I remember buying Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 at Sam's. I was deciding between that and Petz 4. Then a few weeks later I found out that if you download the demo of Petz 4 and the two patches, it replaced any files limiting it to the demo and just became the full game. For those who don't know, the original games of that series before it was bought by Ubisoft were great.
Pretty interesting to see. I remember back in the early 90's shopping at Fry's Electronics here in so-cal with my pops. They'd have a nice section of 5.25" floppy games you could buy. It's funny to sorta see the state of retail PC games revert back to that point now after its huge apex just 10 years ago or so.
There's a chain of hardware stores called Menards in the midwest and in the early 2000s they sold older big box PC games for 3 bucks a piece. I remember getting a few games each time I went
I was just in Office Max recently, and I was devastated that their PC game section is gone. All though it was never huge, Office Max used to have a fun PC game section that Mom would drop my sister and I off in while she bought office supply-type stuff.
Should totally keep on doing videos like these!
I mean as when you get new Boxed games
perhaps a longer one with an unboxing (?)
if you open them I mean
I remember back in the 90s, Walmart had an entire aisle of just pc titles.
Also among those jewel cases you will still typically find AOEII: Age of Conquers, just like the Diablo II battlechest; it refuses to stop being stocked.
And there mixed in the shelves, a Grand Theft Auto bundle for the PS2.
I know most Walmart stores still sell PS2 games, mostly overstock stuff, but I just found it funny to see that and go "Huh, so it's not just mine".
Funny, last weekend I checked the PC games section of a major electronics store at the largest mall here in Vienna, Austria. There's still lots on offer, but besides the current releases it's often re-releases of re-releases. They also had the SIms 2(!) expansions still on sale at €14.99 a pop. :D
10 years ago I loved bargain hunting at those stores, sometimes finding elusive games in a cheap jewel case, or go to the little shop with its imported, overpriced US (i.e. untranslated) versions of games. But the last physical PC game I bought was Saints Row III, because in a store was 20 bucks cheaper than on Steam. I only opened the box to get the registry code, though.
Here, in Greece, we don't have GAME or Gamestop or some of those big stores. Some of our big chains have the standard stuff (CoD, Battlefield, FIFA etc) and some times you might find an indie game, like now there is Obsidian's Tyranny or The Dwarves or Warhammer End Times: Vermintide, or even Broken Age.
Some times, they are cheap or way cheaper than Steam, like a brand new Shadow Warrior 2013 is 10 euro, or standard price. It really goes by where you go and what they have.
I miss boxes of any kind tbh. At my location we have pretty much only console retail games. But i sure love my 1500 games collection on steam. :D But still, there always will be something about owning games physicaly. Its like you ACTUALLY OWN IT!!! I know, crazy, right?
BJ's (another wholesale club in my area) still has it's PC & Games section set up like some kind of artifact. They have games over a decade old on display, it's pretty great.
Here in Brazil, Saraiva (basically our own version of Barnes & Noble) still has Darkspore available in stock at full price. But yeah, here is the same thing regarding boxed PC releases. Lots of Sims 3/4, Blizzard games, games no one cares about (Syndicate for example) and Euro Truck Sim 2 and its expansions, which is pretty cool.
for a while, the Walmart pc games section almost completely disappeared. then they started carrying pc accessories and boxed games which is nice
I'm still thankful for physical PC releases because it was at Walmart that I found both GTA V and Doom (2016) for $20 each. A few years ago, I even found the Elder Scrolls Anthology for $30 too.
Interesting topic. I haven't been down to the PC section in a Walmart or Target in my area (DFW) lately since I buy everything on Steam, but I did get to go to a PC section in a Target in the Shreveport area around Black Friday last year. They had mostly AAA stuff - fourteen thousand copies of Fallout 4 (it had just come out around that time), StarCraft, WoW, things like that. They did have a few older things - I recall seeing a deluxe edition of Rollercoaster Tycoon - and it was a pretty good sized section.
The space the sims 4 expansions packs uses on the shelves is just enormous. it surprised me.
also didnt knew that there are Kodak printers
I still buy alot of my games physically It takes me back to when I was a kid buying those huge disk games in the boxes ahhhhh those were the days.
The kmart in my town is still selling PS1/PS2 games and original Xbox games alongside VHS players. It's like walking into a time capsule there.
At least they still carry some. Costco used to be where I loved to sift through the giant table of boxed applications and games. I remember asking my parents for a copy of Myst for Christmas. Last time I was there, I'm pretty sure that entire section was gone. :(
Back in the early late 90's, i bought some awesome RTS PC game from Sam's Club. It was some sort of desert warfare game. It may have been a desert storm game? Anyways, I miss the days of going to a store, and looking through what seemed like an endless collection of PC games. I also miss the amazing art work that went into the boxes.
Even though I miss seeing those rows and rows of game boxes shining to me in the stores, I prefer the way games are sold today. You can get amazing discounts on Steam and simply download them, no need to get in freaking huge lines to buy them on release date or christmas eve or whatever special date... or wait them to refil the empty shelves. This is coming from someone who used to love game boxes for their art and those chunky manuals that usually came together.
At all the Sam's Club I been to in the past, they would stack PC games on tables face up. They would also be placed by the books which were also stacked just the same.