I've met some wonderful employees at gamestop. One time I went to a gamestop recently casually looking for pokemon plushes. One of the employees noticed that I was buying a totodile plush that was heavily discounted, and he was like "hey, do you want another one? We really want to get rid of it, so it'll literally cost you only 2 cents," and it was a chikorita, and I was trying to complete my Johto starters so I was like hell yeah dude, and he brought it out from the back of the store for me. There was another gamestop employee that literally got me into Persona and SMT. I went to a gamestop a while back to stock up on some nostalgic RPGs for me (FFIII on the DS, Rogue Galaxy, Radiata Stories, etc.). I asked the employee if they had any of the games I listed and he said no. As I was about to walk away though, the guy said "c'mere. I got some games I know you'll like," and he brought me over to the ps2 games where he had SMT Nocturne and Persona 4, two of my now all-time favorite games ever. I never saw that employee again after that...which was a shame cause that man was a goddamn salesman. I bet he got fired cause he didn't shove preorders down your throat, but who the fuck cares about that when he knows how to sell franchises to people that they may not know about. THAT'S a true game store salesperson.
@@CrimsonOptics As a 25 year old woman, if I were to choose to date you or this creepy ass @moeMMA305, I'd totally pick you. A guy with plushies is a green flag to me, especially if they're Pokemon! It makes perfect sense that you have a girlfriend and "get pussy" lol -- not sure about this other guy tho
@@pokelover02 I was fortunate to find someone who loves the same things I do and supports my interests as much as I support hers. In fact the first story I posted about finding Pokemon plushes was when I was going to a gamestop with her lol. I've always loved plushes, I don't understand why it's gotta be weird for guys to be into them. I just wanna live my life surrounded by the pokemon (and woman) I love.
I remember when I was like 5, I asked an old lady to open the glass game casing so I could get a game and she gave me a 50% discount on Luigis Mansion Dark Moon for asking so nicely.
I used to visit a small game store, that specialized on retro stuff, near my apartment almost daily. It was always a great experience to see what was available and talk about gaming in general with the only employee who worked there. Unfortunately with the pandemic I moved back to my parent's, so I haven't visited the store in months. Those small game stores are such a great place to go
I remember a small one in Dublin called R.A.G.E where they had a boxed NES in amazing condition almost looking like it was never touched. And they have so much for retro gamers. NES, Master System, Genesis, Gameboy, SNES, Saturn, PS1, N64, GBC, Dreamcast, PS2, GBA, GameCube
My Gamestop literally has 1 shelf full of PS4,XBOX,Switch, each and the rest is shitty mercy and plushes. I can’t even walk in there anymore because it’s so crowded with anything BUT games.
He has a 2nd channel called Scott's stash uploads a lot of older stuff he did as a kid...I don't recommend you watch it a young kid made it though he did do a producer commentary on the internet and you which was neat
Yeah I’ve had some great experiences at GameStop, like when I was just trying to buy Tropical Freeze and the guy who worked there went on a rant about how Nintendo only makes childrens games and that I should try playing a «real game» with «artistic merit» like Call of Duty I wish I was joking
@@lalas198 I'm a bit of a mix, really. I play games for VALUE and quality, sure I do love fun, but I'd much prefer a story-driven game than a battle royale. Call me insane, but it's my opinion.
I've always wanted that in my small town, but even the big name stores like best buy never really have anything that sticks out to me. Really if I did have a game store in my town I'd probably go more to make friends with the owners and other customers rather than seeking out something for the collection.
The local gamestop in my area was my childhood, the manager there was really chill, and my mom actually got to know him a bit, and my mother would always mention him fondly to the employees, sadly the manager who was really nice really quit gamestop to for a job he has more passion for, pet smart, he loves animals, but the new manager is also pretty nice and was an empolyee there for years.
@Fakepolicepoxferd as a gamestop employee, I try to rip off stickers when there's a pile of them on a case/peel when somebody is buying it but if my manager catches me he tells me to stop.
There are channels that are like Scott’s but they upload every 7 months. Like Jontron, Scott uploads very quickly and consistently for how good his videos are.
I still remember the moment when I was 11 or 12 years old and I went into Gamestop to buy a game. The employee told me that Pokemon Black 2 & White 2 were coming out soon and I had no idea. I remember being completely mind-blown by the fact that there was a Pokémon game with a real sequel
I remember going to GameStop and whilst trading in games he made jokes about how GameStop pays jack for trade ins, he was a really nice dude, only said something about a membership once instead of 6 times per 30 seconds
I remember having a pretty good conversation about the DS Pokemon games with a GameStop employee one time. He wasn't trying to sell me anything, we just had a good chat. Wish I could have more experiences like that at GameStop.
Thankfully, the times I went to my local GameStop, there were pretty chill people who didn't really bother me a lot about memberships and stuff. They closed down last year. OHHH
Former Games On A Shelf employee here (2007-2019 on and off) and boy was it soul crushing. I stuck around because it was generally easy work, flexible, was something I was interested in, and whenever I moved to a new area, I had the experience necessary to get right in. The store I worked at was actually the home base for the guy that’s actually the VP of stores now. Anyway, all the gripes and all the counter points to the gripes are all spot on. My store try to minimize the bullshit by encouraging donations of games that weren’t pulling that much in credit, we’d NEVER sticker box art, instead we’d tear the sticker off with the back still on, and close it in the plastic covering. That way, whenever you bought it, you just opened the game up, lifted the plastic, boom, no stickers. We also FIERCELY stuck to our guns with the 48 hour reserve window on new games. If you pre-ordered a game at our store, we had your copy for 48 hours regardless of corporate telling us to sell through our stock.
One time my mom pre-ordered Modern Warfare 3, which had a program where you could recieve pre-order bonuses depending on when you bought it. An earlier order resulted in higher value bonuses. We went to get it on release day and they didn't have ANY of those promised items there. My mom was not happy. She tried to argue with the poor guy behind the counter before she gave up and we walked away with just the game itself and no pre-order bonuses, probably $80 or more down the drain for her troubles.
Well I mean that sucks, but is also fine. Pre-orders don't cost more than buying a game regulary. So it just turned out to be a regular purchase. Not great, not terrible. Still tho, your feelings must've hurt
You can dislike a game and like its music, and vice versa. For example, I despise playing Need For Speed: The Run sometimes, but the soundtrack for it bops.
The Pika Player I know, it’s just nice that, even though he’s not a fan of JRPGs and therefore Xenoblade by proxy, he at least gives the series the respect of enjoying its amazing soundtrack, especially when finding people who give a damn about the series is extremely difficult outside of the subreddit
Man, I'm on a rewatching binge of Scott the Woz videos and this is my 5th time watching this one and i still enjoy it just as much as the first time. I feel like this rewatching binge may trigger me going on a shopping spree for games that I will not play for no other reason than "I'll get around to it eventually"
I had a weird GameStop experience once When I bought my PS4 I also bought GTA V and Detroit become human (both M games and I was 16) and I left the store with all of those A few months later I went to a different game stop in the area and tried buying a few more M games and the guy asks for my ID, I made the mistake of saying “I didn’t know that (which I didn’t) the game stop at this other location gave me these M games” and the guy was like “I can shut down that store for that-“ cut to a month later and that store is no longer there. I destroyed a game stop store because I can’t buy a fucking M rated game at 16.
I bought call of duty when I was 13 and the guy just asked my mom if it was ok that that it was m rated and she said yes. And now I can say I have broken the law.
@@ltbqfr. I missed out on a job at Macy's cuz they tell you to upsell and shit and I just can't be a salesman ig cuz I don't like lying to ppl to get them to buy shit.
I used to work at Gamestop, was there for about a year and left about two months ago. I'm glad you aren't one of the people who like to crucify the employees about pushing things when it isn't really their choice. I'm not going to say Gamestop is this evil corporation like a lot of ex-employees do, but it's just not the store I want to be in that I grew up loving. You really hit the nail on the head with this video, there's huge pressure on sales numbers and preorder goals to the point that Gamestop has become a laughing stock for being so aggressive to people who really just want to buy a game and get out, and there aren't even incentives to get good sales numbers, it's just expected that they're good or you're fired. One day while our District Manager was in our store for a visit, he wrote me up for not approaching customers on the sales floor with the tablet to ask for their phone number to look up their rewards account. After about a year of being in a management position there, I was getting paid 8.50 an hour, often being forced to work over 40 hours a week, and the pressure to have good numbers was always prevalent. I ended up putting in my two weeks because it just wasn't worth the stress anymore. Tl;dr - Go easy on GS employees, they're likely exhausted and definitely underpaid. Also, you'd be surprised at the number of collectibles they sell. It is by far their highest profit margin.
Went to this really cool 2-storey game store once. They had regular modern game stuff on the ground floor, like Minecraft plushies, Switch consoles, and 3 different versions of Exploding Kittens. But the fun part was the basement. They sell N64 games. They sell C64s and Ataris. They have Tetris and Pac-Man arcade machines (not for sale afaik). Their (3)DS game collection was bigger than my local game shop's was at its peak. I went to heaven and it's the basement of a random game shop in the Netherlands.
man i wish i live in the netherlands, n64 games are either really hard to find, expensive, or dont work. i am still pissed i never got pokemon stadium 2
@@pastamanity754 no gamestop employees would ever need a condom. Have you seen those people? It's all neckbeards. If you're really lucky though you might get a bent straw
I actually had a pretty memorable experience at game stop once. Me and my friend went there to browse and we saw a couple Nintendo puppets (link, Mario, peach, toad and donkey Kong). We started to play with them for some reason until one of the employees walked over and said “hey you can’t play with those!” And just when I though we were gonna get in trouble he said “without me” and pulled out a toad puppet. So me and my friend played with the puppets with the employee for a bit while also laughing out asses off.
I’m from Australia and when I was on a holiday to America, I had some money to spend on a switch game. We went to the counter and the lady said “are you a powerup rewards member?” And my Dad said “No, we’re from Australia.” There was a five second pause before she said “for when you come back?”
As a secondhand game store worker, i rarely see sealed games - but when we occasionally get new releases sent to us to sell, unsealing them and inhaling that plasticy scent is a momentous occasion 😆
Walks into GameStop, fog everywhere, one overhead light in the center slowly flickers on and off. Continue walking its quiet too quiet, hear rustling behind me. I feel like someone is... trying to sell me something.
Glad to know I wasn’t the only one who would obsess over the game u just got on the way home from the store. The 40 minute trip home let me study every inch of the cover because it was all I could do during the wait time between buying the game and slapping it in whatever console and playing
I started working at Gamestop back in August of last year and just got back to rewatching this episode, but holy shit he hits the nail on the head. Gamestop has it where your store's performance and employee performance is reliant on preorders, pro memberships, and warranties on hardware or games. It's literally shoved down the employees' throats so they can puke it back down yours. I hate it with a passion. I firmly believe the stuff can be beneficial, but c'mon, it's not like everyone wants the prostate exam of retail.
i started working at GS a few months ago and i can feel my soul leave my body every time someone says they dont have a membership and i have to recite the whole pro rewards spiel 💀 i rlly like the job and the people i work with but i feel like such a fuckin goon
@@gaspardsavoureux8680 that's nice! At one local store for used games, consoles and more I saw a gamecube for just 21 or 24 euros a couple of years ago, I was like "what the fuck", didn't buy it though bc I already had a wii, but a gc would still be awesome though
8:04 Buying a new game and getting a used box was the last straw that finally made me stop going to Gamestop. I've literally never had a single good experience at Gamestop
One time I got ratchet and clank for the Playstation 4 and the box was covered in black stuff or dirt I was disgusted but I still got it oh and the same thing happened to my pre owned re4 it was dirty.
My adventure at gamestop: employee: one copy of Yoshi's woolly world? me: YES employee: yarn Yoshi is so cute am I right? me: _YES_ employee: do you also want the GIANT YOSHI AMIIBO? me: *_YES_*
The worst part of glass cases on game shelves is having to get an employee for sure. Especially the walk over to the case where neither of you say anything until you arrive and say "yeah, that one"
I understand it if the games are rare or expensive, but keeping all the games behind glass cases is just unnecessary and discouraging to me as a consumer
Trust me, as someone who worked at a certain toy story that died recently, it's just as awkward for the employee. And my store (possibly others do this too) make it so turning the key and opening the case is actually quite difficult, you have to apply pressure on the glass case as you turn a key a specific way, and you actually have three keys that look pretty similar and only one works for game cases so I'm usually struggling for a minute and two as I feel like I might be silently judged by this customer likely thinking, "geez, you have trouble with the simple task of using a key?"
I went to a local game store that basically carries everything to pick up Pokémon Snap, and the guy goes: “Pokémon Snap?” Me: “Yeah.” Then I said good day and left.
@Vasilobilaros Bilarovasilos It's the client's responsibility to research what they're buying. You can give suggestions to people who ask for it, mr. clerk
4:19 Manager: Remember you're not out there to make a friend, you're out there to make a sale, no manners, NO SUBTLETY. Scott: Join our membership %#$! head! That is some legit leadership skills right there ngl lmao.
First time coming to gamestop in 7 months: "Ok, only this game. This will be it." Me: Don't say it Don't say it Don't say it Don't say it Don't say it Don't say it Don't say it Gamestop: Do you want to renew your *membership?*
When I was a kid I loved my local GameStop so much. It was my favorite place in the world. And then half the employees got fired. And then a few months later it closed for good. Now when I go to other GameStop’s it just never feels the same.
Fun fact I work at Walmart and our store used to not have the glass cases until someone came in around 3 in the morning and stole every single game. It was like 300-400 games. They were able to do this because over nights has like 10 workers.
I actually once helped a local nearby Walmart that had issues with people constantly stealing things left and right locate blindspots for their cameras and recommended a few things regarding placement to make them more prominent, thus making would be thieves stand out more when they're trying to sneak out products from the store. That same Walmart then decided to detain me on several occasions with accusations that I tried to steal shit, a few times being detained literally the moment I walk inside the building to go grocery shopping. Thankfully I no longer live near they particular wallyworld and considering how understaffed and incompetent all the managers there are, I'm glad they're doing terribly lol
@@Valstrax420 Mmore like nobody cared, if you were paid minimum wage you wouldn't care either, especially if the thief is some drug addict thats gonna stab/shoot you.
When I worked at Walmart, they had a box of old original Xbox and ps2 games lying around. There was like 20 Halo 2's that were never sold or shipped away.
My local Walmart has a problem with crack heads stealing shit and something that's even dumber is that the workers can only report it to the one security guard and not the police or you could get fired, you can't say anything about it to the person stealing stuff or try to stop them or you can get fired, and you're only allowed to report it after they've left the store.
Always had great experiences at my local GameStops regardless of where I lived. The employees there are actually interested in video games, are nice to talk to, and gave me honest opinions. It also allowed me to buy used games very cheap, often using the buy-2-get-1 offer, and get into the Xbox 360 late in the console’s lifecycle with great games at low prices. I also loved Game Informer. It’s because of that magazine that I read about Darksiders II, then bought Darksiders for $17 (preowned) in preparation for Darksiders II, and fell in love with the series. At this point in my life, however, I love the convenience of digital games so my relationship with GameStop is all but dead. Oh, and I also hated those ******* stickers on NEW games!
Hey, i really appreciate that message about supporting mom n' pop game shops. I grew up with a dad that owned a game store, but gamestop moved in and despite having a smaller selection, a worse location, and rude employees, they eventually just caused us to shut down. This was mostly in part because the manager at the gamestop kept telling people we were shutting down, and offered them memberships. I remember going to school each day and kids would ask me why we shut our store down, when we didn't. Well, up until we had no choice due to the economic recession of 2008 on top of the local scumbag gamestop manager. Sometimes i feel like people to open their eyes and stop feeding into corporations, and focus on what would help the community owned shops. In most cases, doing that would also be very beneficial to yourself.
In my area, we have this retro/gaming/mobile/PC store type empire called "CEX" and oh man, they have a ton of stuff and will always be able to help fix the stuff your having problems with. But I do get where your saying with many of the pop and stop stores are shutting down but this empire is still going strong to this day. I would prefer that over normal gaming shops.
We in the Netherlands have Game Mania, it's basically the same as GaneStop. I once went in to buy Windwaker HD and the lady behind the counter got very excited that someone FINALLY picked up Windwaker because it was her favourite game... Memories.
There was a place called Software Etc. at the local mall when I was growing up and there was this Asian guy who worked there who would always tell me which games were bad and which games were good, sometimes at the cost of making a profit. I was looking to buy an RPG called The Summoner but thanks to that glorious man I walked out with Xenosaga and Suikoden IV, the latter of which became one of my favorite games of all time. I wonder what happened to that guy. I hope he’s doing well.
i have a horrible experience with GameStop. i had. $25 gift card and spent 45 minutes looking for something as an employee tried to convince me to buy things and talk to me about games i didn’t know much about. i left with a Mario Switch case.
Wish you had my GameStop. Their store is amazing and they never try shoving advertisements down your throat. On top of that they only like talking games with you and ngl it’s pretty cool.
Scott I love you. This is easily my favorite out of all your videos. I used to work at Rhino Video Games, which was a great place for retro games. When all our stores were sold to GameStop it was this awful cultural shift. Being the assistant manager at GameStop is the worst job I have ever had, and my first job involved digging ditches.
I love the smell of opening a Genesis game box. That burnt plastic smell brings me back to when I was just a kid. It hasn't left. It's like a time machine.
I remember the best gamestop employee, I was there to claim a Pokemon mystery gift code, and instead of giving me one code they gave me the *whole* stack of codes to me because nobody was taking the codes after like a week.
My nearest game store closed down awhile ago and it hurts knowing that until a new game store opens any physical game I want I will have to buy online, I still remember reading the back of splatoon 2 and being so excited to get home and play it with my friends online
In the defense of EB Games/GameStop, I can sort of see why they're doing this. It used to be that, if you wanted to buy a game, your only option was to buy a physical copy from a traditional brick-and-mortar store. But these days, that's just not the case anymore. Online distribution systems have exploded in popularity, and physical stores just can't compete. This is an especially big problem for a company like GameStop, who by and large used to ONLY sell games, consoles and accessories. They know they can't compete on that front, so they've merged with various other merch companies like Think Geek and rebranded themselves into this "all things geek" store in an attempt to pull in new types of customers. And believe me, there are some insanely obsessive Funko collectors out there.
But then why were they so slow to move with the times. I feel bad sometimes for these shops going out of business but no one seemed to be ready for what was coming, same with blockbuster. Surely if they would have just realised quicker instead of being stubborn jerks they would still be around. I feel like since the 90s this was always going to be the future. So if I a then ten year old kid saw it how do these shortsighted fools not? Beggars belief.
Nah it’s a little deeper than that. People still enjoy Physical copies now, it’s just that thanks to Online stores, you could just order the game online and it’ll ship to your door. Thankfully most major retailers caught up to this and incorporate it to their websites but game-centric stores like GameStop needs way more than that to make it.
I went to a game store once and asked for the price of golden eye Employee said: 20 cents I was like "wtf" I said: I meant the price that I'll have to pay to purchase it Employee: oh I thought that you wanted to sell it. You'll have to pay €20 ...Why...
You also have to realize is that not all used games sell. Yes they pay 22 for Spiderman and 55 to sell. That's a 33$ profit right? The big killer is game price degredation. Games constantly drop in value. Some used games are bought at 22 and never resold until they are in 5.99 bin. GameStop isn't raining in money, that's why they are constantly shifting store focus. If they offered you 40 for a 55 resell they would have to guarantee that copy sells before the value goes down. And that's only a few months at best.
Basic supply and demand. That store probably has tons of copies of Golden Eye, so therefore they pay less money on that game for trade ins because they don't really need it. They'll still sell it for a high price likely because either it's the current market price of the game, or the developers want it sold at that price.
7:55 I had this problem buying Bayonetta 2 for the Switch. There was a "new" copy on the shelf, and I made sure to buy it instead of a used copy since it included the download code for Bayo 1. The guy at the counter even went out of his way to ask me, "You wanted the first one too, right?" so he would be sure he gave me an actual new copy. Lo and behold, I went home and the download code was already used. I went back and got an actual new copy the next day thankfully, but this speaks to how stupid this practice is. I'd really go as far as to call it false advertising.
i work at gamestop and whoever put that case out fucked up. i bought bayo 2 and the code was printed on the other side of the cover art (inside the case,) the cases they SHOULD have had out would have generic promo art (like the ones for upcoming games)
They call that "gutting" the game. Gamestop gets 10 copies of game "A". 9 copies get locked up in a drawer, and 1 copy is opened to remove the disk and anything else inside. They put the gutted case on the shelf as the display case. If that gutted case is the last copy available, they will grab the envelope with the disk and stuff and put it in the case. Then they put 2 big ass tamper evident stickers to seal the already opened game to signify that it is new. If you buy that game and remove the horrible stickers that makes the game non-refundable because "it was opened after it was purchased." For the most part I love Gamestop, but the practice of gutting games is straight up fraud. I will NEVER buy an opened game as new. There have been times that the only copy available was a gutted game and I had to tell them that they lost a sale. This is a corporate policy, and the employees do whet they are told. Including the pushy sales tactics. If they aren't pushing products and services they could be fired.
I have a local Game, which I've never been to and an independent shop called Gamepark. The guy there is really nice and will talk to you and even offer you a game of Super Mario World if it's quiet. He also sells Board Games, Card Games and LOTS of GW stuff (mainly 40k), and now hold regular tournaments and stuff. I'm taking this opportunity to thank him for everything. Thanks Jace! EDIT 18/10/2020: Well, that GAME is gone and Gamepark, our FLGS, is the last man standing! The nearest shop that sells games is thirty miles away! TRIUMPH!
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Finally JonTron uploaded again
Oh hey Nathaniel Bandy. Also yeah finally JonTron finally uploaded again I’ve been wait for seconds for this
Didn't expect to see you here. You should try to get Scott in a TRIGGERED video.
Wait are you for real or you joking?
hey
Really? Awesome!
I've met some wonderful employees at gamestop. One time I went to a gamestop recently casually looking for pokemon plushes. One of the employees noticed that I was buying a totodile plush that was heavily discounted, and he was like "hey, do you want another one? We really want to get rid of it, so it'll literally cost you only 2 cents," and it was a chikorita, and I was trying to complete my Johto starters so I was like hell yeah dude, and he brought it out from the back of the store for me.
There was another gamestop employee that literally got me into Persona and SMT. I went to a gamestop a while back to stock up on some nostalgic RPGs for me (FFIII on the DS, Rogue Galaxy, Radiata Stories, etc.). I asked the employee if they had any of the games I listed and he said no. As I was about to walk away though, the guy said "c'mere. I got some games I know you'll like," and he brought me over to the ps2 games where he had SMT Nocturne and Persona 4, two of my now all-time favorite games ever. I never saw that employee again after that...which was a shame cause that man was a goddamn salesman. I bet he got fired cause he didn't shove preorders down your throat, but who the fuck cares about that when he knows how to sell franchises to people that they may not know about. THAT'S a true game store salesperson.
@@moises.305 I'm 26 now but this was in 2012/13/ so I was about 18/19.
@@moises.305 Look man Pokemon plushes bring me an unexplainable kind of joy that nothing else can match.
@@moises.305 I have a girlfriend who I love and fuck regularly so...
@@CrimsonOptics As a 25 year old woman, if I were to choose to date you or this creepy ass @moeMMA305, I'd totally pick you. A guy with plushies is a green flag to me, especially if they're Pokemon! It makes perfect sense that you have a girlfriend and "get pussy" lol -- not sure about this other guy tho
@@pokelover02 I was fortunate to find someone who loves the same things I do and supports my interests as much as I support hers. In fact the first story I posted about finding Pokemon plushes was when I was going to a gamestop with her lol. I've always loved plushes, I don't understand why it's gotta be weird for guys to be into them. I just wanna live my life surrounded by the pokemon (and woman) I love.
I remember when I was like 5, I asked an old lady to open the glass game casing so I could get a game and she gave me a 50% discount on Luigis Mansion Dark Moon for asking so nicely.
Wholesome
Aw thats so sweet if her
Wow what a deal, cause luigi’s mansion 2 was already Nintendo selects so you got a hi-quality producer game for 10 dollarydoos
@@deoxtroy7556 cuz nothing ever happens right?
@@floppcom3706 well, he could also have got it for 20 dollars, because the game wasnt nintendo selects FOREVER.
I used to visit a small game store, that specialized on retro stuff, near my apartment almost daily. It was always a great experience to see what was available and talk about gaming in general with the only employee who worked there. Unfortunately with the pandemic I moved back to my parent's, so I haven't visited the store in months. Those small game stores are such a great place to go
I remember a small one in Dublin called R.A.G.E where they had a boxed NES in amazing condition almost looking like it was never touched. And they have so much for retro gamers. NES, Master System, Genesis, Gameboy, SNES, Saturn, PS1, N64, GBC, Dreamcast, PS2, GBA, GameCube
I know right! So many games and not just that their passion games is awesome.
"It feels like I'm living inside of a loot crate."
I seriously can't hit that Like button with enough enthusiasm and vigor.
Game stop does just feel like Hot Topics younger nephew who was to live up to their name
I love this quote because it implies that hes actually living inside a gamestop
My local gamestop's setup;
Nintendo switch: 10% of store
PS4: 20% of store
Xbox: 20% of store
Pop figures/plushies: 50% of store
Because Pop Figures are FILLER in stores.
My local store is more like
Switch: 5%
PS4: 10%
Xbox: 10%
Used: 15%
Plushies: 60%
wii u and ds barely take up any space in my store....
My Gamestop literally has 1 shelf full of PS4,XBOX,Switch, each and the rest is shitty mercy and plushes. I can’t even walk in there anymore because it’s so crowded with anything BUT games.
merch*
1:02 I never knew Scott was a child at one point
He skipped school and ages
Scott is immortal
it's photoshopped
He has a 2nd channel called Scott's stash uploads a lot of older stuff he did as a kid...I don't recommend you watch it a young kid made it though he did do a producer commentary on the internet and you which was neat
go to scott's stash. you'll see a ton of his old videos. they're, uh, cringy, tbh.
GameStop... All the trade in credit in the world could never make me shop there again.
All the trade in credit in the world?
All $5.03 of it?
I only go there for pre orders, I hate going in there otherwise
$5.08? Dang, I got 20cents for selling a PS5
Buy their stock own the company
My gamestop is great
"Join our membership f***head!" Lines like this is why I love Scott's videos.
yes
Yes
"is your manager manipulative"
"id say no to that if i were you"
LMAOO
@@henry_does_art1808 how do you steal a comment that's a quote from a video? Please elaborate
I used the wrong word. Instead of stolen I Should have used the word “overused”
@@henry_does_art1808 Erm no it wasn't used before...
Also “studies show that 9 out of 10 gamers, play video games!”
comments he means the type of comment is overused
Yeah I’ve had some great experiences at GameStop, like when I was just trying to buy Tropical Freeze and the guy who worked there went on a rant about how Nintendo only makes childrens games and that I should try playing a «real game» with «artistic merit» like Call of Duty
I wish I was joking
Even if that's true, people play games to have fun ...not for "artistic merit".
@@lalas198 Someone should have let Neil Druckmann know before he ruined The Last of Us 2.
You should have told them about the love hotels Nintendo made before video games😉
@@lalas198 I'm a bit of a mix, really. I play games for VALUE and quality, sure I do love fun, but I'd much prefer a story-driven game than a battle royale. Call me insane, but it's my opinion.
There's nothing wrong with playing a kids game or something I mean it's Rated E For Everyone,this applies to toys like Legos aswell
I wish I had a "mom and pop" game store in my area but then again I'd probably practically live there if we did have one
I've always wanted that in my small town, but even the big name stores like best buy never really have anything that sticks out to me. Really if I did have a game store in my town I'd probably go more to make friends with the owners and other customers rather than seeking out something for the collection.
@@Slightly_Decent luckily i have one in my area, game selection is decent and the owners are really nice
Me too
@@AuraCritiques way to rub it in
@@AuraCritiques dang it aura you made chaos memer upset
"I like the Wii."
*"perfect you're hired"*
69th like
Nice
No way... did we just watch the same video?
@Depressed Member of society fuck you
Cha Cha, real smooth
I wouldn't think this episode would lead to a murder mystery, a Christmas special, and a court drama, but here we are
and now a possible zombie apocalypse.
also a funeral
And Another Christmas Special
@@29holden and two Halloween specials
I remember somebody was getting fired and sold me a copy of Let’s Go Eevee for $13
That's why you never let the employee know that they're getting fired. Bad management there.
Lol! A GameStop employee sold me Arms for 20 bucks because of the same reason.
a gamestop employee sold me the entire store for a dollar because of that lmfaooo
What a steal
@@noahjames9457 a gamestop employee sold me the whole company because of that lmfaooo
The local gamestop in my area was my childhood, the manager there was really chill, and my mom actually got to know him a bit, and my mother would always mention him fondly to the employees, sadly the manager who was really nice really quit gamestop to for a job he has more passion for, pet smart, he loves animals, but the new manager is also pretty nice and was an empolyee there for years.
The true ending
As a Gamestop employee, this is my favorite Scott the Woz episode.
@Fakepolicepoxferd as a gamestop employee, I try to rip off stickers when there's a pile of them on a case/peel when somebody is buying it but if my manager catches me he tells me to stop.
This is my favorite Scott the Woz video on the GameStop.
here's my only wish " Make Game Stop Great Again "
LMAOOOO
Fellow GameStop employee! Same here lol
Scott! For real...thanks for existing. TH-cam has become so bland and half assed. I appreciate you having a plan and executing it well 🎮
Pixel Game Squad agreed. And as well it's nice to always know I can laugh to every single video cuz ur absolutely hilarious XD
PGS in here. Is this a cross over episode?
This dudes videos are so relatable and well scripted. Keep it up Scott
Pixel Game Squad I agree
There are channels that are like Scott’s but they upload every 7 months. Like Jontron, Scott uploads very quickly and consistently for how good his videos are.
I once Had this really Nice Employee who actually let me Pay The pre-Owned Price on a brand New Game
I had that happen to me dude
Wholesome 100
Lies, 100
@@HieiSpardayou don't feel bad for the poor guy?
Guess he was not doing his job correctly
I still remember the moment when I was 11 or 12 years old and I went into Gamestop to buy a game. The employee told me that Pokemon Black 2 & White 2 were coming out soon and I had no idea. I remember being completely mind-blown by the fact that there was a Pokémon game with a real sequel
“Studies show that 9/10 gamers play video games!”
*Yeah, this is big brain time*
Supercheme Animate What about the 1/10 who play board games?
Totally
I am the 1 gamer
@@CycloneShadowYT woah dude whats wrong with flash games? Not all of them are terrible
@@CycloneShadowYT don't you dare to compare flash games to mobile games ever again
This video has a better character arc than a lot of movies
At WalMart, I had to show an employee I wanted Men’s Fitness for the DS
ouch
😂😂😂
Wow
That's gotta be a yikes from me.
Did... Did you get fit?
I remember going to GameStop and whilst trading in games he made jokes about how GameStop pays jack for trade ins, he was a really nice dude, only said something about a membership once instead of 6 times per 30 seconds
"Well, uh, I got this skylander game for the Wii U"
"That'll be $30"
"Really? GREAT! Take it!"
"Ok, just as soon as you hand over the $30"
Off topic, but I could've sworn he said "I've got the Scotland here for you"
@@ScoutTrooperTK subtitles be like
@@ScoutTrooperTK Scottland more like. Get it?
Badum tiss
"It feels like I'm living inside of a loot crate"
I have never heard anything that rang so true
"What brings you in today?"
My car. 👍
My legs
my mom me driving to gamestop
Still gives you $5
[laugh track mixed with Seinfeld theme]
That thumbs up makes this comment even better than it already was
I remember having a pretty good conversation about the DS Pokemon games with a GameStop employee one time. He wasn't trying to sell me anything, we just had a good chat. Wish I could have more experiences like that at GameStop.
“9 out of 10 gamers play video games!” Persona5 fans be like
Shrimp ? I love p5 but what are you saying
Coolantish most of the persona fandom plays the game on TH-cam if you know what I mean
Shrimp ? Oh ok thanks
I’m the only fan I guess
Antoine Randaddly but I play it
Thankfully, the times I went to my local GameStop, there were pretty chill people who didn't really bother me a lot about memberships and stuff.
They closed down last year.
OHHH
My local GameStop closed a long time ago but there's still some not toooooo far away
Yeah, since they had to sell a certain number of used games
ThatOneEddie lmao, that's sad...
Some with my local GameStop only difference is my still open
Here in Ireland we have Smyths and CEX. Most other options are not worth considering
Also Scott I love you
Why isnt your comment more popular
Oh my god rtgame I love you (no homo) and in Australia we have EB games
RTGame I’m from irealand to but I go to game
I went to a GameStop in Limerick
Its RT bois
Former Games On A Shelf employee here (2007-2019 on and off) and boy was it soul crushing. I stuck around because it was generally easy work, flexible, was something I was interested in, and whenever I moved to a new area, I had the experience necessary to get right in. The store I worked at was actually the home base for the guy that’s actually the VP of stores now. Anyway, all the gripes and all the counter points to the gripes are all spot on. My store try to minimize the bullshit by encouraging donations of games that weren’t pulling that much in credit, we’d NEVER sticker box art, instead we’d tear the sticker off with the back still on, and close it in the plastic covering. That way, whenever you bought it, you just opened the game up, lifted the plastic, boom, no stickers. We also FIERCELY stuck to our guns with the 48 hour reserve window on new games. If you pre-ordered a game at our store, we had your copy for 48 hours regardless of corporate telling us to sell through our stock.
One time my mom pre-ordered Modern Warfare 3, which had a program where you could recieve pre-order bonuses depending on when you bought it. An earlier order resulted in higher value bonuses. We went to get it on release day and they didn't have ANY of those promised items there. My mom was not happy. She tried to argue with the poor guy behind the counter before she gave up and we walked away with just the game itself and no pre-order bonuses, probably $80 or more down the drain for her troubles.
Well I mean that sucks, but is also fine. Pre-orders don't cost more than buying a game regulary. So it just turned out to be a regular purchase. Not great, not terrible. Still tho, your feelings must've hurt
Werent you happy your mom cared about you getting the game?
@@SanIX___I The mom certainly wasn't happy.
Activision can eat shit
9 out of 10 gamers play games. More true than it ought to be
My only question is: why so low?
@@boatymcboatface4393 David Cage is why.
1 out of 10 gamers play mobile games.
what about drew durnil
@@superdrinkingpepsi cries in infinity blade. also there is some decent mobile games out there(most of them are ports but still)
Scott: I’m not really a Xenoblade Guy
Also Scott: **Repeatedly plays Xenoblade OST tracks and remixes**
I can respect that
I don't like Xenoblade's gameplay, but I love the music.
You can dislike a game and like its music, and vice versa. For example, I despise playing Need For Speed: The Run sometimes, but the soundtrack for it bops.
The Pika Player I know, it’s just nice that, even though he’s not a fan of JRPGs and therefore Xenoblade by proxy, he at least gives the series the respect of enjoying its amazing soundtrack, especially when finding people who give a damn about the series is extremely difficult outside of the subreddit
@Awesomizer 2000 wait where does he use Xenoblade Music
zau64 Don’t we all?
Man, I'm on a rewatching binge of Scott the Woz videos and this is my 5th time watching this one and i still enjoy it just as much as the first time. I feel like this rewatching binge may trigger me going on a shopping spree for games that I will not play for no other reason than "I'll get around to it eventually"
what brings you here?
*LEAVES*
I just imagined Scott yelling “ *LEAVES* “
I had a weird GameStop experience once
When I bought my PS4 I also bought GTA V and Detroit become human (both M games and I was 16) and I left the store with all of those
A few months later I went to a different game stop in the area and tried buying a few more M games and the guy asks for my ID, I made the mistake of saying “I didn’t know that (which I didn’t) the game stop at this other location gave me these M games” and the guy was like “I can shut down that store for that-“ cut to a month later and that store is no longer there.
I destroyed a game stop store because I can’t buy a fucking M rated game at 16.
Lol it's the law asshole
VintenDio bruh, they’re just games
smalltorso 86 yeah, true
I bought call of duty when I was 13 and the guy just asked my mom if it was ok that that it was m rated and she said yes. And now I can say I have broken the law.
VintenDio dont be a dick
1:38 interview
4:19 buy our membership
6:47 just fill it out
8:36 preorders
11:21 it’s over
thanks mate
6:47 was great
No thank you
I'd rather watch the whole video
@@bareq99 *whole
@@jessbian oh thnx
I didn't noitice
GameStop should make their employees act like NPCs when asking customers about memberships for April fool's
They already are
@@bangaroott Like those NPCs that gives you useless info, no matter if you replied their question with a "yes" or a "no"
@@fernansanchez6331 FR
i would quit on the spot if a manager told me to do that
@@ltbqfr. I missed out on a job at Macy's cuz they tell you to upsell and shit and I just can't be a salesman ig cuz I don't like lying to ppl to get them to buy shit.
My local games store has signs that say "We offer 40% more for used games than GameStop".
WHERE IS IT
I WISH I COULD GET MORE THAN 2 DOLLARS FOR A GAME
Yo
The game stores, music stores, comic stores, etc in my area are probably even worse than Gamestop when it comes to buying things back.
That's awesome :)
As it should say
Calculator says 56.07
“ that’s gonna be $10.50”
Well I got this skylander game for the Wii. How much is it now?
@@x2buller47 $10.48
@@MrMaxzillion What about this Madden game for the Xbox how much is it now?
HOLY CRAP IS THAT MADDEN 08 WE'LL GIVE YOU ALL OUR MONEY
@@luisbriones6158 LMAO
Leaving my room seems like a really bad idea.
Leaving my Cellar seems like a bad idea.
Yeah I've heard people talk about this place called "outside" and it sounds terrifying.
Yeah I could get stabbed or something!
so does sonic forces but that still happened
PartySlime76 nice
7:00 the way manager looks at the camera absolutely makes me want to die
I used to work at Gamestop, was there for about a year and left about two months ago. I'm glad you aren't one of the people who like to crucify the employees about pushing things when it isn't really their choice. I'm not going to say Gamestop is this evil corporation like a lot of ex-employees do, but it's just not the store I want to be in that I grew up loving. You really hit the nail on the head with this video, there's huge pressure on sales numbers and preorder goals to the point that Gamestop has become a laughing stock for being so aggressive to people who really just want to buy a game and get out, and there aren't even incentives to get good sales numbers, it's just expected that they're good or you're fired. One day while our District Manager was in our store for a visit, he wrote me up for not approaching customers on the sales floor with the tablet to ask for their phone number to look up their rewards account. After about a year of being in a management position there, I was getting paid 8.50 an hour, often being forced to work over 40 hours a week, and the pressure to have good numbers was always prevalent. I ended up putting in my two weeks because it just wasn't worth the stress anymore.
Tl;dr - Go easy on GS employees, they're likely exhausted and definitely underpaid. Also, you'd be surprised at the number of collectibles they sell. It is by far their highest profit margin.
Way too long
@@wisteria8142 yeah, holy shit
@@wisteria8142 Yep, sorry, I just skipped to the td;lr.
Blockbuster was the same at the end.I worked there and they beat on us to sell “rewards” memberships.
I never worked there, but a substitute I had once did. He said he didn’t like the job and they hardly paid him
i think merch in a game store is fine as long as its related to video games... but NERF?! seriously that's stretching it
That’s even worse
what about the Nerf N-Strike game on Wii: loophole
And still, it shouldn’t take up more than half of the store, only a little corner.
and the pickle rick plushie which has absolutely nothing to do with video games
I saw nerf roller skates
“ all these games are 10.50$ “
“ I have this skylanders game for the wii u “
“10.48$”
Reasonable
STONKS?
And accurate!
Just like oil
Dead game on a dead console
@@talkingcatboi4854 I still have it, but it's cause I'm broke (;---;)
Went to this really cool 2-storey game store once. They had regular modern game stuff on the ground floor, like Minecraft plushies, Switch consoles, and 3 different versions of Exploding Kittens. But the fun part was the basement. They sell N64 games. They sell C64s and Ataris. They have Tetris and Pac-Man arcade machines (not for sale afaik). Their (3)DS game collection was bigger than my local game shop's was at its peak.
I went to heaven and it's the basement of a random game shop in the Netherlands.
man i wish i live in the netherlands, n64 games are either really hard to find, expensive, or dont work. i am still pissed i never got pokemon stadium 2
Whats That? A brand new, limited edition, company sealed console! We'll give you $20 for it!
you could go in there with the cure to cancer and it'd be about $16.49
@@rednetter9463 What is this, Pawn Stars?
Hold up buddy thats way too much how about 8 cents?
@@floogon_gameing6987 And a used condom
@@pastamanity754 no gamestop employees would ever need a condom. Have you seen those people? It's all neckbeards.
If you're really lucky though you might get a bent straw
I actually had a pretty memorable experience at game stop once. Me and my friend went there to browse and we saw a couple Nintendo puppets (link, Mario, peach, toad and donkey Kong).
We started to play with them for some reason until one of the employees walked over and said “hey you can’t play with those!” And just when I though we were gonna get in trouble he said “without me” and pulled out a toad puppet. So me and my friend played with the puppets with the employee for a bit while also laughing out asses off.
Gigachad
That dude is the reason why happiness exists
that didn’t happen
@@joechristo2 nothing ever happens
@@jackygemme863 gigachads*
I’m from Australia and when I was on a holiday to America, I had some money to spend on a switch game. We went to the counter and the lady said “are you a powerup rewards member?” And my Dad said “No, we’re from Australia.” There was a five second pause before she said “for when you come back?”
Nice.
Wait, are Switch games not region-locked?
@@k-leb4671 Nope! They're not region locked.
@@loopdeloop15 Cool. I never liked region-locking.
That was lady was nice
Hyclops From my experience, thank god EB Games isn’t like how Scott says Gamestop is like
I wish there was a place we could hang out and browse some video games and maybe even play a little.
Sir that’s an arcade
Dawg they gone lmao
No Jared...no
@@Jack.Offerman some do. But its usually the classic/retro arcades.
I'm not paying any fucking amount of money to play some shitty arcade games
@@noriakikakyoin1423 ok
The smell of a freshly opened game is the best
Plastic fresh from Mexico does smell good
Not me huffing newly opened game 😤🤤😶🌫️
As a secondhand game store worker, i rarely see sealed games - but when we occasionally get new releases sent to us to sell, unsealing them and inhaling that plasticy scent is a momentous occasion 😆
Hard disagree. It's really the TASTE that's most nostalgic for me with new games.
@@WildcardZwei especially switch games
Walks into GameStop, fog everywhere, one overhead light in the center slowly flickers on and off. Continue walking its quiet too quiet, hear rustling behind me.
I feel like someone is... trying to sell me something.
would be a great video game, also do you want a membership with that?
Nice try, there's no build-up in Gamestop. You step a toe into the store and someone is right there, ready to ki-... sell you something.
well do you want to preorder www.metacritic.com/browse/games/release-date/coming-soon/all/date ?
Phantom Krieger HI WANT A MEMBERSHIP
Glad to know I wasn’t the only one who would obsess over the game u just got on the way home from the store. The 40 minute trip home let me study every inch of the cover because it was all I could do during the wait time between buying the game and slapping it in whatever console and playing
And your parents saying wait till you get home haha good times
I can relate. That’s exponentially much more satisfying than waiting for a digital game to fully download.
Same
I started working at Gamestop back in August of last year and just got back to rewatching this episode, but holy shit he hits the nail on the head. Gamestop has it where your store's performance and employee performance is reliant on preorders, pro memberships, and warranties on hardware or games. It's literally shoved down the employees' throats so they can puke it back down yours. I hate it with a passion. I firmly believe the stuff can be beneficial, but c'mon, it's not like everyone wants the prostate exam of retail.
i started working at GS a few months ago and i can feel my soul leave my body every time someone says they dont have a membership and i have to recite the whole pro rewards spiel 💀 i rlly like the job and the people i work with but i feel like such a fuckin goon
@@daddysydephil60 FUCKING EXACTLY BRO
point me in the direction of a store that still carries bookworm adventures deluxe and i am freaking there
stfu
Beef Stew I love you
YES PLEASE DO THIS TO SCOTT NOW
WHY
11:27 huh
"Is your manager manipulative?"
"I'd say no to that if I were you" lmao
Speaking of GameCube stuff, I got a GameCube for like 15 bucks and it had melee in the disc slot free.
Cool.
I got my Gamecube for only 24 euros.
Lucky.
@@gaspardsavoureux8680 that's nice! At one local store for used games, consoles and more I saw a gamecube for just 21 or 24 euros a couple of years ago, I was like "what the fuck", didn't buy it though bc I already had a wii, but a gc would still be awesome though
r/thathappened
8:04 Buying a new game and getting a used box was the last straw that finally made me stop going to Gamestop. I've literally never had a single good experience at Gamestop
One time I got ratchet and clank for the Playstation 4 and the box was covered in black stuff or dirt I was disgusted but I still got it oh and the same thing happened to my pre owned re4 it was dirty.
Are you a collector or a gamer? Was the disc working? If so - no problem
Join our membership fu**head
One of the best laughs I’ve had in a while
My adventure at gamestop:
employee: one copy of Yoshi's woolly world?
me: YES
employee: yarn Yoshi is so cute am I right?
me: _YES_
employee: do you also want the GIANT YOSHI AMIIBO?
me: *_YES_*
...
Being a Nintendo fan is the loophole for good service at GameStop
brennen smack i have never seen someone with the same spelling name as me i always see brennan not brennen that os so cool!
i got the yarn yoshi amiibos from japan before the game even came out in the us because they're so darn freaking cute
MeWen yoshi carted wold
Looks like r/jontron is gonna be Scott infested for another week!
good im glad he was suggested. ive been binging scott ever since
How exactly does Scott's content remind you guys of jontron I don't see quite how besides consistent release schedule?
I'm out of the loop, why is r/jontron a Scott sub now? And since when?
mairland200 there was a revolution a while back and everyone just went with it. Mainly just people getting annoyed over Jon’s lack of uploads
Looks like it’s Grimbo time
Video games stores being a place to just chill, that’s actually a dope idea. I’d maybe do something like that in the future
The worst part of glass cases on game shelves is having to get an employee for sure. Especially the walk over to the case where neither of you say anything until you arrive and say "yeah, that one"
I understand it if the games are rare or expensive, but keeping all the games behind glass cases is just unnecessary and discouraging to me as a consumer
Trust me, as someone who worked at a certain toy story that died recently, it's just as awkward for the employee. And my store (possibly others do this too) make it so turning the key and opening the case is actually quite difficult, you have to apply pressure on the glass case as you turn a key a specific way, and you actually have three keys that look pretty similar and only one works for game cases so I'm usually struggling for a minute and two as I feel like I might be silently judged by this customer likely thinking, "geez, you have trouble with the simple task of using a key?"
So relatable 😂
I went to a local game store that basically carries everything to pick up Pokémon Snap, and the guy goes:
“Pokémon Snap?”
Me: “Yeah.”
Then I said good day and left.
@Vasilobilaros Bilarovasilos It's the client's responsibility to research what they're buying. You can give suggestions to people who ask for it, mr. clerk
What's the place called? Just curious and want a better place to go.
I was so pissed when they stopped selling Gamecube games at Gamestop
yeah i wish they would sell more retro games. like, seriously the oldest games they will sell are Xbox 360 and wii (at my locations)
i buy both xbox one and 360 games 😎👌
S4PŘĘME me that’s it?
@@Brianski8 i got super smash bros brawl and lego star wars the complete saga on my wii and dsxl 😎👌
@@bassicallyraul5256 ok
4:19
Manager: Remember you're not out there to make a friend, you're out there to make a sale, no manners, NO SUBTLETY.
Scott: Join our membership %#$! head!
That is some legit leadership skills right there ngl lmao.
Just say fuck lol
Saying "retro games" to refer to Gamecube games and I'm about to turn 30 *cries into hands*
Wait GameCube games are retro now what the fuck
@@mkultrasoldier and wii, ps3, and x360
retro games
Yeah, and the Wii and PS3 are retro too because they were released about 12 years ago
Has it honestly been that long?
Scott: Join our membership f head
My Captions: join ship kenny
Sea shanties start playing
TH-cam must not like Kenny.
this was my first scott the woz episode and ive been addicted ever since
After watching this video 4 times, this is the first time I noticed that at 1:38 they are hand shaking with the same hand
Well done Scott
no their not
Generational Gaming they are
@@sunthorn4782 right guys right hand and left guys left hand. It's not the same hand. Calling it shaking with the same hand is a misnomer.
@@GenerationalGaming True true but it's still odd
Shaking with different hands*
Shaking with the same hand is the normal thing to do
First time coming to gamestop in 7 months: "Ok, only this game. This will be it."
Me:
Don't say it
Don't say it
Don't say it
Don't say it
Don't say it
Don't say it
Don't say it
Gamestop: Do you want to renew your *membership?*
My GCU expires in 2020. I’m stoked to have it until then, but also sad it’s gone.
What are you doing here thos is the internet you can kist walce around and watch youtube youve got imacs to be revewing
wow it's Snazzy Labs. Glad to see you also appreciate quality content
What's a gcu
@@MuffinMan30 It's the bestbuy old reward program. Trick is to watch the video.
Steven L I knew that much asshole, I just forgot what it fucking stands for!
When I was a kid I loved my local GameStop so much. It was my favorite place in the world. And then half the employees got fired. And then a few months later it closed for good. Now when I go to other GameStop’s it just never feels the same.
“Hey all, Scott here, AHHHH FUCK!” is definitely in the top 10 best hey all Scott here’s
i hope the sonic jam one is in there, or else i'm starting a riot
@@ruler_of_everything it's #2
#1 is "Hey all, Scott Here, and AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
I HATE WALLS WHY DO I LIVE HERE"
Fun fact I work at Walmart and our store used to not have the glass cases until someone came in around 3 in the morning and stole every single game. It was like 300-400 games. They were able to do this because over nights has like 10 workers.
I actually once helped a local nearby Walmart that had issues with people constantly stealing things left and right locate blindspots for their cameras and recommended a few things regarding placement to make them more prominent, thus making would be thieves stand out more when they're trying to sneak out products from the store.
That same Walmart then decided to detain me on several occasions with accusations that I tried to steal shit, a few times being detained literally the moment I walk inside the building to go grocery shopping.
Thankfully I no longer live near they particular wallyworld and considering how understaffed and incompetent all the managers there are, I'm glad they're doing terribly lol
@@Valstrax420 Mmore like nobody cared, if you were paid minimum wage you wouldn't care either, especially if the thief is some drug addict thats gonna stab/shoot you.
When I worked at Walmart, they had a box of old original Xbox and ps2 games lying around. There was like 20 Halo 2's that were never sold or shipped away.
My local Walmart has a problem with crack heads stealing shit and something that's even dumber is that the workers can only report it to the one security guard and not the police or you could get fired, you can't say anything about it to the person stealing stuff or try to stop them or you can get fired, and you're only allowed to report it after they've left the store.
Im just gonna take a shot in the dark and predict all video games have been stolen for walmart
GameStop was my favorite for buying LEGO Star Wars and magic typing for DS. If you got bored of them you even got to return them for 7 cents.
GameStop? You mean that shitty gaming apparel store that also sells video games?
Pewdiepie old logo is wild
that's cheap
Always had great experiences at my local GameStops regardless of where I lived. The employees there are actually interested in video games, are nice to talk to, and gave me honest opinions. It also allowed me to buy used games very cheap, often using the buy-2-get-1 offer, and get into the Xbox 360 late in the console’s lifecycle with great games at low prices.
I also loved Game Informer. It’s because of that magazine that I read about Darksiders II, then bought Darksiders for $17 (preowned) in preparation for Darksiders II, and fell in love with the series.
At this point in my life, however, I love the convenience of digital games so my relationship with GameStop is all but dead. Oh, and I also hated those ******* stickers on NEW games!
How to get hired at a video game store:
1) Like the Wii
"Ok, for all these games you're going to get $10.50"
"Well, I also have this Skylanders game for the Wii U, how much is it now?"
"$10.48"
you see it's funny because $10.48 is actually 2 cents lower than $10.50
@@NoriJun-kKj And youre not mad at the guy that quoted the self-explanatory joke from the video. Also it most likely was ironic.
@@eliastremusini2301 God dammit I just got r/wooooshed
Hey, i really appreciate that message about supporting mom n' pop game shops. I grew up with a dad that owned a game store, but gamestop moved in and despite having a smaller selection, a worse location, and rude employees, they eventually just caused us to shut down. This was mostly in part because the manager at the gamestop kept telling people we were shutting down, and offered them memberships. I remember going to school each day and kids would ask me why we shut our store down, when we didn't. Well, up until we had no choice due to the economic recession of 2008 on top of the local scumbag gamestop manager. Sometimes i feel like people to open their eyes and stop feeding into corporations, and focus on what would help the community owned shops. In most cases, doing that would also be very beneficial to yourself.
Wow, that is just a new level of scumbag. I actually feel bad.
+I I
I got 25 dollars for a near new copy of Mario kart 8 deluxe the week it came out
Dude I'm sorry that guy is a scumbag
Do you live in ct because that happened to my favorite game store a few towns over when i was a kid around that time
@@chrisgratton6436 nah, i live in arkansas. the store was Games N' More
In my area, we have this retro/gaming/mobile/PC store type empire called "CEX" and oh man, they have a ton of stuff and will always be able to help fix the stuff your having problems with. But I do get where your saying with many of the pop and stop stores are shutting down but this empire is still going strong to this day. I would prefer that over normal gaming shops.
CEX is the bomb of game stores
We had a CEX for a while and my dad loved it
Cex the lizard?
No, Cex the board game with little animal figures
We in the Netherlands have Game Mania, it's basically the same as GaneStop.
I once went in to buy Windwaker HD and the lady behind the counter got very excited that someone FINALLY picked up Windwaker because it was her favourite game... Memories.
Schnitzel in France we have micromania
Haha, That's great, here in Colombia we have... nothing
In Canada we have EB games
In Russia we have KooKoo games
In Mexico we have Gamers and Gameplanet
"Gamestop should focus on retro games"
And 9 months later...
They sell PC stuff now, too. At least at mine... I saw they had Elgado capturecards apparently
The opening seven seconds have a whole different meaning now.
Ah yes. The times we live in now.
What? I can buy games in a building?
*hAhA cOrOnA fUnNy *Dab**
@@rattfish calm.
@@rattfish who dabs in 2020
There was a place called Software Etc. at the local mall when I was growing up and there was this Asian guy who worked there who would always tell me which games were bad and which games were good, sometimes at the cost of making a profit. I was looking to buy an RPG called The Summoner but thanks to that glorious man I walked out with Xenosaga and Suikoden IV, the latter of which became one of my favorite games of all time. I wonder what happened to that guy. I hope he’s doing well.
Hell yeah! Good luck out there video game store guy!
Gigachad
GameStop swindled my uncle Into buying "all star fruit racing" instead of mario cart
I’d say it was your uncles fault on that one
@@TheFirstAtom exactly
Are you sure he wasn't just too drunk to notice?
i have a horrible experience with GameStop. i had. $25 gift card and spent 45 minutes looking for something as an employee tried to convince me to buy things and talk to me about games i didn’t know much about.
i left with a Mario Switch case.
Oh god, that’s a terrible story
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Well, can't say they didn't do their job... i guess..
Wish you had my GameStop. Their store is amazing and they never try shoving advertisements down your throat. On top of that they only like talking games with you and ngl it’s pretty cool.
@Bensbananaslol no
it’s red with a CIRCLE around an M
I remember visiting my local Games on a Shelf back in 2000, they were real small back then but damn if they didn't have more heart
Scott I love you. This is easily my favorite out of all your videos. I used to work at Rhino Video Games, which was a great place for retro games. When all our stores were sold to GameStop it was this awful cultural shift. Being the assistant manager at GameStop is the worst job I have ever had, and my first job involved digging ditches.
Everyone knows the smell of a new game
It’s amazing
Sega Genesis boxes when you open them and they smell like burnt plastic. :) I swear it's like a drug I can't get enough of it.
I love the smell of opening a Genesis game box. That burnt plastic smell brings me back to when I was just a kid. It hasn't left. It's like a time machine.
Vr BOI that’s why I love physical copies. I’m like “oh my god THIS IS SO COOL!” I just love looking at the art!
I prefer the taste of a new switch game card
@@Unigardy XD
I remember the best gamestop employee, I was there to claim a Pokemon mystery gift code, and instead of giving me one code they gave me the *whole* stack of codes to me because nobody was taking the codes after like a week.
What Pokémon and what game?
@@totalmarh it was a shiny legendary for pokemon x and y, I don't remember the specific legendary tho
@@totalmarh it could've been yveltal
JESUS FUCKING CHRIST
Scott peeling off a GameStop sticker perfectly is a better story than the Sword and the stone
My nearest game store closed down awhile ago and it hurts knowing that until a new game store opens any physical game I want I will have to buy online, I still remember reading the back of splatoon 2 and being so excited to get home and play it with my friends online
In the defense of EB Games/GameStop, I can sort of see why they're doing this. It used to be that, if you wanted to buy a game, your only option was to buy a physical copy from a traditional brick-and-mortar store. But these days, that's just not the case anymore. Online distribution systems have exploded in popularity, and physical stores just can't compete. This is an especially big problem for a company like GameStop, who by and large used to ONLY sell games, consoles and accessories. They know they can't compete on that front, so they've merged with various other merch companies like Think Geek and rebranded themselves into this "all things geek" store in an attempt to pull in new types of customers. And believe me, there are some insanely obsessive Funko collectors out there.
Eeww digital games that shit sucks who will be dumb enough to buy that (not being sarcastic)
Eb games is better they have a separate shop for merch
@@caaltaes732 Steam says hi.
But then why were they so slow to move with the times. I feel bad sometimes for these shops going out of business but no one seemed to be ready for what was coming, same with blockbuster. Surely if they would have just realised quicker instead of being stubborn jerks they would still be around. I feel like since the 90s this was always going to be the future. So if I a then ten year old kid saw it how do these shortsighted fools not? Beggars belief.
Nah it’s a little deeper than that. People still enjoy Physical copies now, it’s just that thanks to Online stores, you could just order the game online and it’ll ship to your door. Thankfully most major retailers caught up to this and incorporate it to their websites but game-centric stores like GameStop needs way more than that to make it.
I went to a game store once and asked for the price of golden eye
Employee said: 20 cents
I was like "wtf"
I said: I meant the price that I'll have to pay to purchase it
Employee: oh I thought that you wanted to sell it. You'll have to pay €20
...Why...
High-profit margins I guess. Basic economics probably
Like a 1% return not like 20% or 10% so thats shit
You also have to realize is that not all used games sell. Yes they pay 22 for Spiderman and 55 to sell. That's a 33$ profit right? The big killer is game price degredation. Games constantly drop in value. Some used games are bought at 22 and never resold until they are in 5.99 bin. GameStop isn't raining in money, that's why they are constantly shifting store focus. If they offered you 40 for a 55 resell they would have to guarantee that copy sells before the value goes down. And that's only a few months at best.
At no point in time did any game trade in for $0.20 and sell for $20. I'm calling BS
Basic supply and demand. That store probably has tons of copies of Golden Eye, so therefore they pay less money on that game for trade ins because they don't really need it. They'll still sell it for a high price likely because either it's the current market price of the game, or the developers want it sold at that price.
7:55
I had this problem buying Bayonetta 2 for the Switch. There was a "new" copy on the shelf, and I made sure to buy it instead of a used copy since it included the download code for Bayo 1. The guy at the counter even went out of his way to ask me, "You wanted the first one too, right?" so he would be sure he gave me an actual new copy.
Lo and behold, I went home and the download code was already used. I went back and got an actual new copy the next day thankfully, but this speaks to how stupid this practice is. I'd really go as far as to call it false advertising.
i work at gamestop and whoever put that case out fucked up. i bought bayo 2 and the code was printed on the other side of the cover art (inside the case,) the cases they SHOULD have had out would have generic promo art (like the ones for upcoming games)
>mfw when i did this with bayonetta and resident evil
cucked
They call that "gutting" the game. Gamestop gets 10 copies of game "A". 9 copies get locked up in a drawer, and 1 copy is opened to remove the disk and anything else inside. They put the gutted case on the shelf as the display case.
If that gutted case is the last copy available, they will grab the envelope with the disk and stuff and put it in the case. Then they put 2 big ass tamper evident stickers to seal the already opened game to signify that it is new. If you buy that game and remove the horrible stickers that makes the game non-refundable because "it was opened after it was purchased."
For the most part I love Gamestop, but the practice of gutting games is straight up fraud. I will NEVER buy an opened game as new. There have been times that the only copy available was a gutted game and I had to tell them that they lost a sale.
This is a corporate policy, and the employees do whet they are told. Including the pushy sales tactics. If they aren't pushing products and services they could be fired.
When he said "it feels like im living in a loot box" i SCREAMED. This video is a true gem.
Oh really? You SCREAMED? It made you actually SCREAM? Corny mfer
I have a local Game, which I've never been to and an independent shop called Gamepark. The guy there is really nice and will talk to you and even offer you a game of Super Mario World if it's quiet. He also sells Board Games, Card Games and LOTS of GW stuff (mainly 40k), and now hold regular tournaments and stuff. I'm taking this opportunity to thank him for everything. Thanks Jace!
EDIT 18/10/2020: Well, that GAME is gone and Gamepark, our FLGS, is the last man standing! The nearest shop that sells games is thirty miles away! TRIUMPH!