So basically they just took all the pre-owned games they had lying around their stores and put together a "Retro Store", eh? The prices look horrible, too
@@SilverSurfer17 Okay then compare the in store prices there to what resellers charge. You'll see what i'm saying. Don't act like resellers don't charge ebay+ prices.
@@youtubasoarus no for sure, resellers swarm in for profits. I just want to collect some cool games that bring back memories or that I would likely enjoy. Many game stores even if not resellers sell pretty high for the good games.
Do you ever find deals at flea markets though? Look at the prices on the shelf in the video, so many 5 dollar games. You know they will all be marked up like hell at the markets.
@@youtubasoarus In my experience, it's the opposite. I can find PS2 games for $2, Genesis games I've gotten for $1 to $5. Most of the time, it's the people looking to get rid of things. Once in a while, though, yeah you find people knowing what they got and they know they can mark it up. The best deal I got? PSP type 1001, complete, and a game. $25.
@@youtubasoarusThey can be hit or miss but I’ve gotten more than a couple steals at flea markets I got a 32X with all the cords in the box for like $60 bucks 3 years ago
Retro design derives from trends and art forms of the past, including graphic design, music, and fashion. More specifically, it usually refers to design styles of the 60s, 70s, and 80s. Retro design may be an updated version of an old design style or only inspired by its features.
I do not understand how people make up head canon and running with it. If there’s a definition for a word, I go with that. “Retro - imitative of a style, fashion, or design from the recent past.” 80s and 90s is becoming more ancient, than retro.
I don’t consider any digital consoles to ever be “retro” Retro is a term to differentiate technological eras. So 360 would be considered “classic modern”
It’s not a Retro Store , it’s an organized warehouse of all the crap they couldn’t sell that got traded in 10 years ago, with high markups because they can claim it’s “retro”
The closest Gamestop Retro store near me is about an hour away. I don't want to drive up there, and end up being disappointed with their selection. I think I'll just stick with the game stores around me.
@@bigmanolo26They only check their database, which they have to update manually, which means they could be wrong. There is a 0% chance they will get up and look for it.
Retro for me is mainly cartridge games, and stops about the PS2 era. Basically when consoles started going online, and DLC/game patches started to happen, and people stopped needing to go hang out at a friend's house to play games, everything changed.
@@sesuneiroLiterally the problems that we have now with microtransactions and open world and online gaming on everygame started with those consoles. Ganes from that era are almost no different then the games now
I left GameStop years ago and only for retro online or at pawn shops pre ordered games will come from Amazon or Walmart because GameStop doesn't have released day delivery and also charges shipping Amazon brings it to my house on release day with no shipping Walmart is bigger with similar prices I'll go there if I got the time to pick it up in person GameStop has become obsolete honestly there's just no reason to shop there anymore 🤷
GenZ here. I still feel like 360/PS3 is that early-beginning modern stuff that’s still..modern. Retro to me is like SNES, Cartridges, and stuff I probably hadn’t even seen before but would like to, like wtf is a Comadore64? I'd like to check that out. Latest Retro at best gotta be like OG Xbox/Nintendo DS etc. -But idk I'm not old enough to know what is or isn’t. Appreciate the vid btw 🔥 💜
It's a personal breakdown, tbh. Genesis is retro to me, but in your position? I'd be saying 360 and PS3 are. Still, this just feels like they're trying to profit off of the glut of used games they have in storage given the market's expansion in that time period. You know they have just warehouses full of games they can't get rid of. TBH, the price should reflect it as well. Regardless of that. This is not a good showing. You cannot pay people to take sports games a lot of the time. Only two kinds of people want them: The guys and gals insane enough to actually try and complete a library and the occasional sports nerd like me. The latter probably just wants the edition they remember the fondest which often coincides with championships or the real standouts like NHL '94.
Gen Y here. I considering anything gen 7 & under as retro. Including Wii U & 3ds from gen 8.Simply because of their dead E-shops. If I can't walk into a walmart, target, or bestbuy... and buy a game for it... it's retro to me. Basically if it ain't a xbox one & up, ps4, ps5, or switch.
Sounds like hot topic. When they dont put their core products or what they are well known for into inventory that is a dead man walking. Reminds me of when Radioshack turned into just another mobile phone kiosk in the mall.
>20% funkoshit >20% weebshit >20% just empty fucking floorspace where bargain bins, the main reason to visit Gamestop, used to be >15% t-shirts >15% pokemon cards >10% actual video games shamefully shoved in some corner out of the way What an embarrassment.
I do. I remember trying the games before I bought them. I remember trying punchout on the NES as a kid. Sometimes the games wouldn't work and they guy would use the alcohol cleaner. Do you remember the Funcoland paper? I still have some.
I do. I remember going with my cousin. This must’ve been super late 1999. And we would be able to get so many cool NES games. At that time, not only were they not marked up like crazy but they were cheap. And some stuff was CIB! we never knew what we had at the time SMH but man Funcoland was incredible 😭
PS3/360/Wii are retro now. Back in 2010, people considered NES/Genesis/SNES retro, and they weren't as far removed from that time as we are from 360/PS3/Wii are to us now. That's the passage of time for you.
Super crazy perspective when you think about it. Genesis was released 1989, Wii was released 2006, 17 years apart. It's 2024 now, the Wii came out 18 years ago. Really insane because it feels like we've seen absolutely massive changes from the 90s to the mid 2000s, but comparing the mid 2000s to now.... doesn't really feel like that big of a difference. it's like we're hitting a plateau when it comes to gaming visuals.
Retro design derives from trends and art forms of the past, including graphic design, music, and fashion. More specifically, it usually refers to design styles of the 60s, 70s, and 80s. Retro design may be an updated version of an old design style or only inspired by its features.
@@phil_matic I think part of it is the longevity of the console generations has shifted massively since the sixth gen. Consoles lasted 4 or 5 years between generations. Now, they're lasting 7 or 8. It screws things up a bit.
Depends on your definition of retro. If "from the past" is the definition, then anything not current is retro. I do think it's funny when you find wii as retro though.
I'm skeptical about these "magical warehouses" supposedly stacked to the brim with retro games. The stores get what they can from shipments and trades. Some stores might get a few older gen items come in as a bonus. I think its mostly 6th or 7th gen. Anything before that is gonna be rare.
@ghxstlights7214 a few of us have worked for gamestop so no disrespect to them just not impressed with the retro stuff just yet but we hope over time it evolves!
I think GameStop carrying retro games again is a good thing overall but I think how they're handling it so far is not. Essentially selling counterfeit games is unacceptable. Just don't carry those systems at all if you aren't going to make sure you're accepting and more importantly selling a genuine product. It seems like the presentation of each retro store is going to vary greatly based on store space and the management of each individual store so it will be inconsistent throughout. Do better GS, do better.
I'm very lucky to have a great second hand store in my home town that has albums, cd's, dvd's and obviously... games by the bucket load! The owner, however, is getting older and the store is closed more than open these days. I'll be literally devastated when it's gone for good. There is nothing quite like the old school stores.
I’ve been going to the same GameStop for 10+ years and I’m a true collector now , if your a returning customer you can definitely get case swaps and etc
what if gamestop becomes a 3rd party marketplace for people to trade peer to peer? imagine you set up a tradeo online. and then gamestop will handle the packaging and shipping it to the customer for you.
360/ps3 IS retro now lol. It's like when i hear Linkin Park being considered classic Rock. The truth hurts because it makes me feel old but it's still the truth lol.
Facebook post blocked me for saying this comment so I'll post it here I remember when everybody was getting a PlayStation 2 and I still had a PlayStation 1, I went inside a GameStop asking if they had any PlayStation 1 games. One of the employees said that they didn't sell games like that and the vibe that I got was that they made me feel very stupid for being a poor kid What makes me upset now is that all of a sudden GameStop wants to get into the business of retro games. The GameStop that I went closed a while after and I hope that GameStop retro doesn't have the same success or if they do they better sell cheap games
Hell, I wouldn't pay that much for any sports game, especially any modern sports game. Maybe for some classic ones on the SNES or Genesis I would, but not for most modern ones. Plus most modern sports games suck anyway IMHO.
I’m just glad that they are stocking 7th gen stuff again, there are still a lot of games I need to cross of my list! The manager at the retro store I went to said that since this is all so new, most stores don’t have a lot of stock yet. They did have older gen stuff (NES, Genesis, etc) but they weren’t on the shelf yet. BTW, that Blitz game was mispriced (you can see on the sticker it says XBOX 360). This lack of knowledge can sometimes be used against them and you can score great deals. I’m willing to wait several months for them to get fully up and running before I give a verdict.
Yep. Some of their stuff is way overpriced but occasionally they’ll mess up. I got spider man shattered dimensions for around 20 bucks a few years ago. It was going for triple that on ebay. Now it’s floating around the 100 dollar mark I believe.
I was around during the first PC's. When Oregon trail and where in the world is Carmen San Diego came in a selection of two colors. Either green and black, amber and black, or white and black. 5 1/4" floppy disks and DOS were the standard, and consoles like Atari and intellivision were the most advanced things you could get. If course, nothing best the well done arcades of the era. Especially when there was neon adding ambience to the room. Oh the memories GameStop will never even begin to understand.
Just visited one a few days ago. I didn't expect much. The problem is they don't have enough inventory or space. Most gamestops I've been to have pop bobble heads and toys taking up half the shelving space
It also just launched. In order for them to have retro games with national availability. People have to be willing to trade stuff in. It will probably take them a 2 years+ to get it right(if ever) ultimately I think they will as this is likely the key to the company's survival. 10th gen consoles will not have physical disc's only likely. This has to work if Gamestop has any change of continuing
When people think retro gaming, they think carts first. It's an obvious money play for Gamestop(which isn't surprising), but dropping the ball so bad where the oldest thing you see is a xbox 360 title is hilariously bad.
Haven’t been to GameStop in years I mean years! This won’t change anything for me. In the area I live in is a nice local retro game store that sells great retro stuff, consoles, games, and even all of the more modern stuff whole Xbox line up, PlayStation line ups and current gen games ps5/xbox series X. Been showing them love and support for years now and they grown so much from being a small store to double the size and growing. Great customer service and people who genuinely love gaming not like GameStop employees who don’t know a thing about anything
about a week ago i went to my local gamestop and as im walking in this guy had 2 boxes full of games, i believe he was towards the end of this transaction. he said out of all the games he had, they only told about 20 because they can't take everything game depending in the title. So i said said hey I'll buy them if you dont mind. we did the transaction to the side inside gamestop. i bought about 100+ games for the LOW lol. but they only took all the popular games like Mario, zelda and etc.
Yeah, these “Retro” stores are basically just a section full of previous gen games you would usually see at GameStop 7 years ago. Maybe you’ll find some GameCube, N64, and SNES games here and there, but you’re mostly looking at PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii stuff.
I started collecting retro-games NES, SEGA Genesis, etc. But I got sick of paying the high prices, got a Pandora with 28,600 games. I love it! And have much more money now.
I remember when a Classic Rock station that typically played songs from 70s-80s and then years later started playing songs also from 90s and early 00s it through me for a loop. But makes sense with the passage of time. Like for me I used to think PS1 and before was retro. Now PS3 and before has become retro, which is still crazy to think about. I just hooked back up my PS3, and plan to play some games on there.
I think cars are considered a classic when they hit 25 years. 25 years ago was Xbox ps2 and prior if I’m not mistaken. That seems good to me. The 360 and ps3 not so much retro yet to me. Stay cool Reggie 🤙
I'm a 7th gen collector and I would love to browse PS3 and 360 games, but I'm definitely not doing it at GameStop. I'd rather visit a smaller shop that actually runs their business well and doesn't have a terrible CEO driving it into the ground. Also these prices are dumb.
To be fair you're really knowledgeable on retro stuff. Collecting from years ago. Their starting with this road. Let's see what future brings us with their new approach.
That's too bad. A lot of these retro games need updates and patches to even be playable at this point. And Visions of Mana is great. All those developers deserved far better than what they got. Game is beautiful and as close to open world as Ive seen in Seiken Densetsu games.
What are you talking about? Anything that was updated at some point will still have access to the updates when you pop it in the console. Anything before patching was ever a thing need nothing except preferably old tv for the time as HD can look bad with old hardware.
U can buy a hacked ps3 and xbox 360 for 200 each. Comes with all the games. I know not physical hardware and game cases but get all games. May even be cheaper than 200.
They should stay away from carts because last time people were bringing in fake carts and scamming them. I would go past the PS1 and the only carts I’d take would be the N64 with testing.
Where I live there is a GameStop that has kept retro games this whole time, so their retro selection is usually pretty different because they actually care. But they had to fight with the hireups to maintain that section all these years. Gamestop doesn't truly "care" about retro, they just realized they messed up not capturing the market retro game stores and resellers have sooner
I dont personally consider ps3 and those games retro, but it did come out 18 years ago so i get where theyre coming from. Im pretty sure this is just what getting old is
They're probably sitting on a massive inventory of X360 and PS3 inventory from people trading in during the last 2 generations and then shipping everything to warehouses when they added more Funcos and such to the current stores. Hopefully people start trading in non-fake cartridge games soon but I think most of that inventory is already out in the wild
Before GSRetro I was looking for mw2 for the 360 at game stops, 2 stores and all I could find was, mind you IN BOTH STORES, portal 2, Batman, Minecraft, some EA games, and that was it, at least that what I remember. I just ended up getting portal 2
I don't know why you would think it's a paradise for re sellers. Gamestop keeps up with current game prices on most older gen stuff. I collect and constantly check Gamestop, very rarely do ai fi d a good deal. Even newer games, Deadpool for the Xbox One $75? Just crazy.
Your Gamestop seems a lot better than most of the ones near me. You should have picked up that copy of Gravity Rush Remastered on PS4 and Spiderman Web of Shadows on the 360. Both are pretty valuable and getting hard to find
Yeah I went to one of their “retro” stores a few weeks ago, it was a regular gamestop store and they had small corner in the back of the store with “retro” games. All it was xbox360 and ps3 games. I was hoping for older gen games and consoles.
Did you know they changed their PRP policy? Warranty on systems. If you buy a new system and get a GameStop 1-2 year warranty, if you take it back within those time periods they’re required to replace them with a used system. Before it was new with new, used with used…now it’s new with used and used with used. Not even refurbished…
I live in Maine and the "retro" section at my Gamestop was a joke. They only had a few PS3 games and some Xbox 360. I didn't see anything older then that.
I dont think anyone considers The Last of Us to be retro therefore I just can't accept the ps3 and for that matter the entire seventh generation of gaming to be "retro" perhaps a new type of retro the sixth and seventh gen of games should be called... like post-retro or modern-retro or perhaps 3-D retro which I guess should include 5th generation games as well... which actually... sounds good to me lol idk
I feel if you want retro a collector would know where to go and buy games. With gamestop having "retro" I feel it's cool to go in the store and have more selection of games. They might not have the best retro games but if you do find one that's what makes the hunt exciting.
How is their Sega Genesis and NES collection? I’m currently looking for a copy of Little Samson, but I want a super good deal on it. Not eBay pricing. Hoping to find one at my local GameStop Retro!
We're just all getting old and what was "retro" to us is becoming antique. To a lot of people today the PS3 and 360 are retro. 1990 was 34 years ago and 34 years before that was 1956. I'm pretty sure in the 90's we would have considered records from the 50's to be a bit more than "retro". 😅
65 dollars for Blitz!? No way GameStop
They have it labeled and priced as the 360 version. 😂
I WAS ABOUT TO SAYYY@@outdoorsjoe
He 360 version isn't even worth 65.
@@nathanstreilein758 yeah it only goes for ~$30 complete and ~$60 new.
@@outdoorsjoe your right joe. This mistake benefits them though 😆
So basically they just took all the pre-owned games they had lying around their stores and put together a "Retro Store", eh? The prices look horrible, too
5 dollars and 4 for 20 is bad? I wish we had that here. You guys complain too much.
@@youtubasoarusthey're entitled losers
@@youtubasoarusyou’re not looking at all of the prices then. Of course 4 for 20 is good but that’s not all the time..
@@SilverSurfer17 Okay then compare the in store prices there to what resellers charge. You'll see what i'm saying. Don't act like resellers don't charge ebay+ prices.
@@youtubasoarus no for sure, resellers swarm in for profits. I just want to collect some cool games that bring back memories or that I would likely enjoy. Many game stores even if not resellers sell pretty high for the good games.
This feels like one of those 'store closing, Everything must go' things, but with extra steps
Game Stop tried, I think I’ll stick to my local retro stores, flea markets and a couple of websites for my retro gaming needs.
Do you ever find deals at flea markets though? Look at the prices on the shelf in the video, so many 5 dollar games. You know they will all be marked up like hell at the markets.
@@youtubasoarusi find rare games for cheaper at the flea market, I also bargain with particular vendors who have rare games and get good deals.
@@youtubasoarus In my experience, it's the opposite. I can find PS2 games for $2, Genesis games I've gotten for $1 to $5. Most of the time, it's the people looking to get rid of things. Once in a while, though, yeah you find people knowing what they got and they know they can mark it up.
The best deal I got? PSP type 1001, complete, and a game. $25.
@@youtubasoarusThey can be hit or miss but I’ve gotten more than a couple steals at flea markets I got a 32X with all the cords in the box for like $60 bucks 3 years ago
@@youtubasoarus Same or better prices they over here dawg, stop tripping over a bs store.
Only the 80s and 90s are considered retro for me 😆😆😆
Retro design derives from trends and art forms of the past, including graphic design, music, and fashion. More specifically, it usually refers to design styles of the 60s, 70s, and 80s. Retro design may be an updated version of an old design style or only inspired by its features.
I do not understand how people make up head canon and running with it. If there’s a definition for a word, I go with that. “Retro -
imitative of a style, fashion, or design from the recent past.” 80s and 90s is becoming more ancient, than retro.
No. Anything over 20 is pretty much retro
@@daymonharris8696 nintendo ds is 20 years old,
I don’t consider any digital consoles to ever be “retro” Retro is a term to differentiate technological eras. So 360 would be considered “classic modern”
this store just looks like they threw something together and called it a day
😂that's what they all do, I still can't believe they were throwing away games before this. That's shocking to me.
lol yeah and sadly I bet this looks a lot better than the stores by me.
@@SilverSurfer17way better than the one I went to lol
Because that's exactly what they did. Nobody in the work force cares anymore. No future in it, just staying housed. THAT'S IT!
You clearly haven't been to GameStop in awhile. They're all like that from my experience
It’s not a Retro Store , it’s an organized warehouse of all the crap they couldn’t sell that got traded in 10 years ago, with high markups because they can claim it’s “retro”
The closest Gamestop Retro store near me is about an hour away. I don't want to drive up there, and end up being disappointed with their selection. I think I'll just stick with the game stores around me.
U should call up that store first to make sure what they have
@@bigmanolo26 That's what I would do everytime just to be Sure
@@bigmanolo26They only check their database, which they have to update manually, which means they could be wrong. There is a 0% chance they will get up and look for it.
Retro for me is mainly cartridge games, and stops about the PS2 era. Basically when consoles started going online, and DLC/game patches started to happen, and people stopped needing to go hang out at a friend's house to play games, everything changed.
the xbox 360 and ps3 literally released almost 20 years ago lmao how is that not considered retro 🤦♂️
@@sesuneiro It is. Everytime I think about I feel older and older but you are correct.
Dreamcast had those things in 1999
@@sesuneiroLiterally the problems that we have now with microtransactions and open world and online gaming on everygame started with those consoles. Ganes from that era are almost no different then the games now
@@sesuneiro It's not and shouldn't be considered retro. The PS2 and Original Xbox era should be considered retro.
Continue supporting your local independents, folks!
Exactly screw gamestop !!
Exactly screw gamestop !!
Never planned on stopping!
I left GameStop years ago and only for retro online or at pawn shops pre ordered games will come from Amazon or Walmart because GameStop doesn't have released day delivery and also charges shipping Amazon brings it to my house on release day with no shipping Walmart is bigger with similar prices I'll go there if I got the time to pick it up in person GameStop has become obsolete honestly there's just no reason to shop there anymore 🤷
Sadly where I live there are no local retro game stores, we used to have a 2nd and Charles but they closed down like 4 years after they opened :(
I don't think GameStop has enough knowledge to sell retro games...
I think you might be right.
GenZ here. I still feel like 360/PS3 is that early-beginning modern stuff that’s still..modern. Retro to me is like SNES, Cartridges, and stuff I probably hadn’t even seen before but would like to, like wtf is a Comadore64? I'd like to check that out. Latest Retro at best gotta be like OG Xbox/Nintendo DS etc. -But idk I'm not old enough to know what is or isn’t.
Appreciate the vid btw 🔥 💜
It's a personal breakdown, tbh. Genesis is retro to me, but in your position? I'd be saying 360 and PS3 are. Still, this just feels like they're trying to profit off of the glut of used games they have in storage given the market's expansion in that time period. You know they have just warehouses full of games they can't get rid of. TBH, the price should reflect it as well.
Regardless of that. This is not a good showing. You cannot pay people to take sports games a lot of the time. Only two kinds of people want them: The guys and gals insane enough to actually try and complete a library and the occasional sports nerd like me. The latter probably just wants the edition they remember the fondest which often coincides with championships or the real standouts like NHL '94.
Gen Y here.
I considering anything gen 7 & under as retro.
Including Wii U & 3ds from gen 8.Simply because of their dead E-shops.
If I can't walk into a walmart, target, or bestbuy... and buy a game for it... it's retro to me. Basically if it ain't a xbox one & up, ps4, ps5, or switch.
@@b4rs629 GTAV is on gen 7, do you consider that game retro?
360/PS3/Wii are considered retro now. It'll be 20 years next year since the 360 released.
@@NostalgiaNet8 What is considered retro or not is subjective. The "20 year rule" doesn't work when technological diminishing returns apply.
At least they have games. The last remaining gamestop in my area is clothes, pokemon, and anime crap.
Sounds like hot topic. When they dont put their core products or what they are well known for into inventory that is a dead man walking. Reminds me of when Radioshack turned into just another mobile phone kiosk in the mall.
>20% funkoshit
>20% weebshit
>20% just empty fucking floorspace where bargain bins, the main reason to visit Gamestop, used to be
>15% t-shirts
>15% pokemon cards
>10% actual video games shamefully shoved in some corner out of the way
What an embarrassment.
Radio Shack killed itself. @@Wahinies
anime crap? Anime community gonna get you a** bruh
@astro_zombie92 anime crap really? Anime community gonna get you
Who remembers the OG Funcoland? 👀
I do. I remember trying the games before I bought them. I remember trying punchout on the NES as a kid. Sometimes the games wouldn't work and they guy would use the alcohol cleaner. Do you remember the Funcoland paper? I still have some.
I do. I remember going with my cousin. This must’ve been super late 1999. And we would be able to get so many cool NES games. At that time, not only were they not marked up like crazy but they were cheap. And some stuff was CIB! we never knew what we had at the time SMH but man Funcoland was incredible 😭
@@chiarosuburekeni9325 Oh yeah. Off the top of my head Mario/duck hunt was 5 cents, Nalpha hockey for the genesis was 20 cents.
The best!!
heard of the name also heard of Sears roebuck and consumers distributing.
5:35 Ah yes, Dumpster Diving. I remember Retro Video Game TH-camrs like Alpha Omega Sin going Dumpster Diving at a bunch of other Gamestops back then.
Shocked he was even able to get in unless he used a ladder.
@@liquiterge I believe he climbed into the Dumpster. He did it one time while he was with 8 bit Eric and The Game Chasers guys.
Why are you capitalizing "dumpster diving?"
PS3/360/Wii are retro now. Back in 2010, people considered NES/Genesis/SNES retro, and they weren't as far removed from that time as we are from 360/PS3/Wii are to us now. That's the passage of time for you.
Super crazy perspective when you think about it. Genesis was released 1989, Wii was released 2006, 17 years apart. It's 2024 now, the Wii came out 18 years ago. Really insane because it feels like we've seen absolutely massive changes from the 90s to the mid 2000s, but comparing the mid 2000s to now.... doesn't really feel like that big of a difference. it's like we're hitting a plateau when it comes to gaming visuals.
Nes games were 25 years old by that point! Of course it was retro
@@thompsonpatrick79 But SNES was barely 20 and still considered retro. 360 will be 20 next year.
Retro design derives from trends and art forms of the past, including graphic design, music, and fashion. More specifically, it usually refers to design styles of the 60s, 70s, and 80s. Retro design may be an updated version of an old design style or only inspired by its features.
@@phil_matic I think part of it is the longevity of the console generations has shifted massively since the sixth gen. Consoles lasted 4 or 5 years between generations. Now, they're lasting 7 or 8. It screws things up a bit.
It won't surprise me if their PS3, Wii, and 360 games are left over games that they have in storge for years.
Depends on your definition of retro. If "from the past" is the definition, then anything not current is retro. I do think it's funny when you find wii as retro though.
I'm skeptical about these "magical warehouses" supposedly stacked to the brim with retro games. The stores get what they can from shipments and trades. Some stores might get a few older gen items come in as a bonus. I think its mostly 6th or 7th gen. Anything before that is gonna be rare.
I want this to work, but with GameStop doing it, it's never going to.
A few of us have checked some of these retro gamestops out and we werent impressed! We hope they improve over time! Great video Reggie!
If you think they should change something then contact corporate
@ghxstlights7214 nah just gonna wait it out and see what they do over time! Great suggestion tho!
@ghxstlights7214 a few of us have worked for gamestop so no disrespect to them just not impressed with the retro stuff just yet but we hope over time it evolves!
I think GameStop carrying retro games again is a good thing overall but I think how they're handling it so far is not. Essentially selling counterfeit games is unacceptable. Just don't carry those systems at all if you aren't going to make sure you're accepting and more importantly selling a genuine product. It seems like the presentation of each retro store is going to vary greatly based on store space and the management of each individual store so it will be inconsistent throughout. Do better GS, do better.
I think the problem is their subjective definition of “retro” is not quite in line with what many other people consider it to be.
Gamestop is a shell of what it used to be.
Just found Mad Dog McCree (Wii) at Gamestop for $15- Currently going for around $50! Woot!!
I'm very lucky to have a great second hand store in my home town that has albums, cd's, dvd's and obviously... games by the bucket load! The owner, however, is getting older and the store is closed more than open these days. I'll be literally devastated when it's gone for good. There is nothing quite like the old school stores.
I'd rather support local retro stores even if I have to drive a bit
Not even a resellers paradise. All that stuff you showed is junk for reselling 😂
I bet our collections are better than all these retro stores put together.
@@ggary04Pretty much 😂. It’s to be expected tho. This might be a ploy to have people sell their good games
They had xcite truck!!! That's all you need!!!
It's a start, and if Gamestop listens to enthusiast like you, it can be something awesome
I’ve been going to the same GameStop for 10+ years and I’m a true collector now , if your a returning customer you can definitely get case swaps and etc
I did stop in one of my local gamestops and the retro section was just a rack with some of the old games inside it.
Safe to say, GameStop and retail physical stores won’t be around in the next 5 to 8 years. Route of Blockbuster.
what if gamestop becomes a 3rd party marketplace for people to trade peer to peer? imagine you set up a tradeo online. and then gamestop will handle the packaging and shipping it to the customer for you.
GameStop here in Virginia use to have an adjacent store called MovieStop next to some of their stores. Miss that.
I think I’ve only ever seen maybe one movie stop in Newport yrs ago forgot that was even a thing
@@lord_cobi Newport News ?
@@jensekenobi2423 yea I think it’s been a while tho
360/ps3 IS retro now lol. It's like when i hear Linkin Park being considered classic Rock. The truth hurts because it makes me feel old but it's still the truth lol.
Nah, it's not the truth at all. People don't know what they're talking about.
1:14 no XBox isn't retro, retro is going from atari to PS2
The OG Xbox is in the same Generation as the PS2
You’re stuck in 2001 thinking that lol
1977-2001 24 years
2001-2024 23 years
The ps2 and og xbox both came out in 2001 SIR
Bro 15 years is considered retro so as long as it hits 15 years old it's a retro console / handheld
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I remember when everybody was getting a PlayStation 2 and I still had a PlayStation 1, I went inside a GameStop asking if they had any PlayStation 1 games. One of the employees said that they didn't sell games like that and the vibe that I got was that they made me feel very stupid for being a poor kid
What makes me upset now is that all of a sudden GameStop wants to get into the business of retro games. The GameStop that I went closed a while after and I hope that GameStop retro doesn't have the same success or if they do they better sell cheap games
65$ for Blitz The League, are they out of their fucking minds!? :V
Have the prices for Xbox really gotten that high? That’s wild!
The actual market value of Blitz isn't even 10% of that; whoever did the pricing is just crazy.
Hell, I wouldn't pay that much for any sports game, especially any modern sports game. Maybe for some classic ones on the SNES or Genesis I would, but not for most modern ones. Plus most modern sports games suck anyway IMHO.
"it's old, just price it high"
Man, I haven't been to GameStop for so long that GameStop Retro is how I remembered the last time I was there.
I got more retro stuff in my room then they have in their whole store.
it would be cool to see Gamestop right their ship but they haven't made a profit in years so I don't think they will be around too much longer sadly
somebody just told me they turned profitable 6 months ago officially under new management, but can't verify that
I’m just glad that they are stocking 7th gen stuff again, there are still a lot of games I need to cross of my list! The manager at the retro store I went to said that since this is all so new, most stores don’t have a lot of stock yet. They did have older gen stuff (NES, Genesis, etc) but they weren’t on the shelf yet. BTW, that Blitz game was mispriced (you can see on the sticker it says XBOX 360). This lack of knowledge can sometimes be used against them and you can score great deals. I’m willing to wait several months for them to get fully up and running before I give a verdict.
Yep. Some of their stuff is way overpriced but occasionally they’ll mess up. I got spider man shattered dimensions for around 20 bucks a few years ago. It was going for triple that on ebay. Now it’s floating around the 100 dollar mark I believe.
They need to bring back Funcoland before GameStop closed it down.
I was around during the first PC's. When Oregon trail and where in the world is Carmen San Diego came in a selection of two colors.
Either green and black, amber and black, or white and black. 5 1/4" floppy disks and DOS were the standard, and consoles like Atari and intellivision were the most advanced things you could get.
If course, nothing best the well done arcades of the era. Especially when there was neon adding ambience to the room. Oh the memories GameStop will never even begin to understand.
Just visited one a few days ago. I didn't expect much. The problem is they don't have enough inventory or space. Most gamestops I've been to have pop bobble heads and toys taking up half the shelving space
It also just launched. In order for them to have retro games with national availability. People have to be willing to trade stuff in. It will probably take them a 2 years+ to get it right(if ever) ultimately I think they will as this is likely the key to the company's survival. 10th gen consoles will not have physical disc's only likely. This has to work if Gamestop has any change of continuing
Retro is pre-hd era. Would that make a new genre for hd-retro?
When people think retro gaming, they think carts first. It's an obvious money play for Gamestop(which isn't surprising), but dropping the ball so bad where the oldest thing you see is a xbox 360 title is hilariously bad.
That's because 360 is considered retro now.
Haven’t been to GameStop in years I mean years! This won’t change anything for me. In the area I live in is a nice local retro game store that sells great retro stuff, consoles, games, and even all of the more modern stuff whole Xbox line up, PlayStation line ups and current gen games ps5/xbox series X. Been showing them love and support for years now and they grown so much from being a small store to double the size and growing. Great customer service and people who genuinely love gaming not like GameStop employees who don’t know a thing about anything
about a week ago i went to my local gamestop and as im walking in this guy had 2 boxes full of games, i believe he was towards the end of this transaction. he said out of all the games he had, they only told about 20 because they can't take everything game depending in the title. So i said said hey I'll buy them if you dont mind. we did the transaction to the side inside gamestop. i bought about 100+ games for the LOW lol. but they only took all the popular games like Mario, zelda and etc.
Yeah, these “Retro” stores are basically just a section full of previous gen games you would usually see at GameStop 7 years ago. Maybe you’ll find some GameCube, N64, and SNES games here and there, but you’re mostly looking at PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii stuff.
I started collecting retro-games NES, SEGA Genesis, etc. But I got sick of paying the high prices, got a Pandora with 28,600 games. I love it! And have much more money now.
Also you’re right, it does sometimes depend on where you are. Some areas have a significant larger selection of retro.
I remember when a Classic Rock station that typically played songs from 70s-80s and then years later started playing songs also from 90s and early 00s it through me for a loop. But makes sense with the passage of time. Like for me I used to think PS1 and before was retro. Now PS3 and before has become retro, which is still crazy to think about. I just hooked back up my PS3, and plan to play some games on there.
Awww man….and I was kind of excited to be taking a trip to one soon. Thanks for saving me transportation money!
I think cars are considered a classic when they hit 25 years. 25 years ago was Xbox ps2 and prior if I’m not mistaken. That seems good to me. The 360 and ps3 not so much retro yet to me.
Stay cool Reggie 🤙
The one by me has cartridge games. A employee opened a copy of Metroid Fusion for me to check the board and i grabbed it
I still have my my GBA Metroids fully boxed and complete. Are they worth anything?
@CrAzYpotpie price charting has complete Metroid Fusion for 138
@@tboneplisken4086 Wow, why? That was a pretty popular game, I thought they produced a bunch. I will check out price charting, thank you.
@CrAzYpotpie any cartridge based game CIB in a cardboard box has went up a bit. GBA cardboard is hard to find in good condition
I have fusion… great game. No box though 😢
Been going there since it was Electronic boutique, so for nostalgic purposes, I will always support them.
I'm a 7th gen collector and I would love to browse PS3 and 360 games, but I'm definitely not doing it at GameStop. I'd rather visit a smaller shop that actually runs their business well and doesn't have a terrible CEO driving it into the ground.
Also these prices are dumb.
Playstation 2 and back is retro. I wish I never sold my collection to begin with. Thanks for the great video
I could be completely wrong but I have a feeling the selection will get better over time... at least I hope.
Bruhhh, 80s and 90s games should be considered antiques by now... And below the 80s should be called artifacts 😂
To be fair you're really knowledgeable on retro stuff. Collecting from years ago. Their starting with this road. Let's see what future brings us with their new approach.
That's too bad. A lot of these retro games need updates and patches to even be playable at this point.
And Visions of Mana is great. All those developers deserved far better than what they got. Game is beautiful and as close to open world as Ive seen in Seiken Densetsu games.
What are you talking about? Anything that was updated at some point will still have access to the updates when you pop it in the console. Anything before patching was ever a thing need nothing except preferably old tv for the time as HD can look bad with old hardware.
U can buy a hacked ps3 and xbox 360 for 200 each. Comes with all the games. I know not physical hardware and game cases but get all games. May even be cheaper than 200.
They should stay away from carts because last time people were bringing in fake carts and scamming them.
I would go past the PS1 and the only carts I’d take would be the N64 with testing.
My last two experiences at GameStop were terrible. I prefer to support my local retro game stores.
Where I live there is a GameStop that has kept retro games this whole time, so their retro selection is usually pretty different because they actually care. But they had to fight with the hireups to maintain that section all these years. Gamestop doesn't truly "care" about retro, they just realized they messed up not capturing the market retro game stores and resellers have sooner
0:49 Thats OG Xbox Blitz and they have it labeled and priced as the 360 Blitz 😂
The 360 version is only 30-40 max on PC.
@@nathanstreilein758 yeah it's still too high but if you look at the price label it says xb360.
@@nathanstreilein758 yeah. Rip off 😆
Pawn Shops and Thrift Stores have real Retro games. Other than that, eBay and Amazon.
You gotta look at the fact that a lot of current gamespot employees have no clue what a sega Genesis even is😂😂.
Mine was pretty good! They had more high dollar ones in the glass case in the back, including hardware.
6:20 a GameStop local to me actually sells movies and tv shows 😂
Gamestop employees that have not heard of Nintendo or SNES cartridges. Idk if I should laugh or cry.
I dont personally consider ps3 and those games retro, but it did come out 18 years ago so i get where theyre coming from. Im pretty sure this is just what getting old is
They're probably sitting on a massive inventory of X360 and PS3 inventory from people trading in during the last 2 generations and then shipping everything to warehouses when they added more Funcos and such to the current stores. Hopefully people start trading in non-fake cartridge games soon but I think most of that inventory is already out in the wild
Before GSRetro I was looking for mw2 for the 360 at game stops, 2 stores and all I could find was, mind you IN BOTH STORES, portal 2, Batman, Minecraft, some EA games, and that was it, at least that what I remember. I just ended up getting portal 2
It looks like a mass collection of games that never sold in those $5 dollar bins they used to have
I don't know why you would think it's a paradise for re sellers. Gamestop keeps up with current game prices on most older gen stuff. I collect and constantly check Gamestop, very rarely do ai fi d a good deal. Even newer games, Deadpool for the Xbox One $75? Just crazy.
This feels like a hard way to clear out your non selling items.
I was expecting to see Nintendo, SNES, Sega, etc. talk about disappointing.
Your Gamestop seems a lot better than most of the ones near me. You should have picked up that copy of Gravity Rush Remastered on PS4 and Spiderman Web of Shadows on the 360. Both are pretty valuable and getting hard to find
Yeah I went to one of their “retro” stores a few weeks ago, it was a regular gamestop store and they had small corner in the back of the store with “retro” games. All it was xbox360 and ps3 games. I was hoping for older gen games and consoles.
Did you know they changed their PRP policy? Warranty on systems. If you buy a new system and get a GameStop 1-2 year warranty, if you take it back within those time periods they’re required to replace them with a used system. Before it was new with new, used with used…now it’s new with used and used with used.
Not even refurbished…
I live in Maine and the "retro" section at my Gamestop was a joke. They only had a few PS3 games and some Xbox 360. I didn't see anything older then that.
I dont think anyone considers The Last of Us to be retro therefore I just can't accept the ps3 and for that matter the entire seventh generation of gaming to be "retro" perhaps a new type of retro the sixth and seventh gen of games should be called... like post-retro or modern-retro or perhaps 3-D retro which I guess should include 5th generation games as well... which actually... sounds good to me lol idk
I feel if you want retro a collector would know where to go and buy games. With gamestop having "retro" I feel it's cool to go in the store and have more selection of games. They might not have the best retro games but if you do find one that's what makes the hunt exciting.
DS, ps2, gamecube, and og Xbox are still the latest retro systems, this is a disaster lol
Game Stop needs to be careful, selling a repro (counterfeit) as a legit product or even as an illegitimate product is a felony in the U.S.
When I hear retro, I’m thinking of Coleco, Atari and NES. Damn I feel old! 🤣
They are visionaries. Selling now what will be retro in a decade!!
4:02 oh fuck, a Gamestop-exclusive edition of Far Cry 2 with the slipcase
I DON'T NEED IT 🥵
0:49 $65 for a "pre-owned" game. Is GameStop crazy? The answer is a resounding "YES!"
Imagine if gamestop shut down tho and we had 0 game stores we'd all be sad asf about it
A small store called 2nd & Charles has great retro items. They have old school games dating back to Atari 2600.
How is their Sega Genesis and NES collection? I’m currently looking for a copy of Little Samson, but I want a super good deal on it. Not eBay pricing. Hoping to find one at my local GameStop Retro!
None existent to the store unfortunately.
make sure you check the discs before buying, i found some discs that are very badly resurfaced or scratched
Hard to consider anything in the HD era "retro". Retro is 6th gen and earlier to me.
Retro depends on the person I guess. Like how when I was in high school oldies were 50’s and 60’s music but now it’s 80’s and on 😅
We're just all getting old and what was "retro" to us is becoming antique. To a lot of people today the PS3 and 360 are retro. 1990 was 34 years ago and 34 years before that was 1956. I'm pretty sure in the 90's we would have considered records from the 50's to be a bit more than "retro". 😅
GameStop are a joke, probably the worst company I've ever seen.