GameStop has gone off the rails…
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- GameStop has been very meh for years, but they’re trying to get back into retro, which is cool! Except their strategy is so odd… it’s like they don’t want you to buy their consoles and games. Let me know what you think!
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If GameStop got their act together, they could be a retro video game powerhouse (in a good way). Doubt that’ll ever happen though 🤷
A powerhouse of deals potentially, I got Tenkaichi 3 on the PS2 for 90 bucks complete. Saved 100 bucks off eBay pricing.
Haha bro 😂
@@ExcelMKI mean even if they were selling games at market value or a tad over, it’d still be good. You’d have good retro game stores all over the country. I live in a pretty populated area and only have 1 non GameStop within 30 min of me. And that store is meh
Thank goodness
I work there until next week lol just had a district conference meeting they told use we aren't doing good on warranties so they want us to add them to the price we give the customers without telling them lol I'm outta here
I've been an employee for over a year and I didn't know how to access the retro on our website. Thanks for the job training Jacob R!
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My local gamestop is now more plushies than consoles or games
What no magic erasers? (Just kidding!).
What’s so bad about plushies..
And mugs
Honestly I’ve been waiting for Game Stop to just close already. They have been junk for years now and their legendary customer service is a joke. If there not scripted to sell you a card or a membership they hardly have two words to speak to you 😂
And shirts and random towels
Can’t believe PS3/360/Wii are considered retro already I remember those came out when I was still in middle school during the mid 2000s it really doesn’t feel that long ago
It's not really "already." As of next year, Xbox 360 will be 20 years old.
The DS will be 20 years old this year.
It's prolly because the PS3 and X360 still feel like modern consoles that have a lot more similarities with PCs, compared to the previous generation.
ikr i remember growing up and my first console i got in elementary school was a wii and it wasn’t even mine it was a hand me down from my grandma and back then it was like the “newest” and coolest thing you could have, other than a 360
I remember going to a game stop like two three yrs ago and they were saying that Xbox was going out because of new Gen stuff now it's retro 😂
The gamestop near me is run by the chillest guy he hooked me up with a bunch of 360 games for a fat deal
Most of my gamestops are run by people who don’t even know what some of these retro games are. Deals don’t happen either, and one of them has attempted to pressure me to buy a game.
I’ve had the same experience, really cool people that love and know games that give me great purchasing advice and recommendations. I actually like GameStop
Prolly was about to penny-out the lot but still better sold than in the dumpster
@@thejustinjustin1233 You don't like GameStop, you like the humans working at GS.
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Exactly. Hate the corporation, love the cool employees that'll get you right in this day and age of inflation.
Internally I refuse to accept the 360 being considered retro. Next year the 360 will reach 20 years of age meaning it’ll officially be considered vintage which hurts even worse. Vintage items then when the 360 releases were items from 1985.
Time flies. I remember being a kid and having a Nintendo, then upgrading to the super Nintendo when it came out in 1990.
About 5 years ago I got one for 25 bucks
I HATE reading stuff like this. I can’t explain how weird it makes me feel. That we are now with the 360, where I was with the NES as a teenager… bro. I feel ancient lol.
Why don't they just become a video game publisher and sell their retail copies exclusively on their own shelves? They could make deals with indie studios and AAs. That'd give people a good reason to care about GameStop again.
They did that around 2017.
the same thing happened to radio shack in the early 2000s. they started selling cell phones, and no one trained them how to sell cell phones, and then they stopped selling all the normal radio shack stuff. it was a nightmare.
It was a mess even before that . I had a radio shack branded portable tv that ran on batteries. I was tired of buying batteries and went in store to buy the ac adapter. They didn't know what I could use even though it was their branded gadget . Better off dead in my opinion
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When I went to radio shack in the 80s and 90s it was a good store. They had doo dads, batteries, accessories, computers and other stuff.
Once they transitioned to cell phones and cell phone plans, it's like they got a lobotomy.
Man I miss radio shack
My local gamestop just closed down.
Interesting, honestly I haven’t seen any of my local gamestops close down in a long time
Lol @@jrob0021
@@jrob0021 recently all gamestops in ireland closed, got a copy of rachet and clank ps4 for 6 euro because of it
Same!
@@jrob0021 It must have been 'magically erased'! (LOL).
There's this retro store in my town that pays you quite well for your stuff and their prices aren't horrible either. They are a little pricey on some things, but they actually repair everything themselves there. They also make sure everything works properly before accepting it. One time I sold a couple of old systems to them for parts that they need it because it didn't actually work, but they bought it for parts. I like supporting small businesses like them.
Where I live, we have exactly one retro video game store. The prices for what they sell are sky high.
If you trade games or systems in, you wont get much money, it's like pawn stars in there lol.
Best I can do for this intellivision is 20 dollars lol
GameStop is weird. If a store has one copy in the area the website won't show it.
I remember when my mall had a GameStop inside. It was honestly so fun 🥹 they have one outside of the mall, but it's always so dead
What's funny is that my neighboring city literally has two GS stores right across the street from each other.
Well they don't know how to make money. They want to only sell new stuff and expect everyone to be rich. If they knew how to actually fix and refurbish consoles and had decent games and accessories new and old, they would be better off.
Plus the people who always seem to work at these places are always douche bags.
We have about 5 in my small town..no idea how any of them stay open. Never see cars there
I remember not too many years ago they were selling retro games & it was a disaster. People would take cheap sports games & put say a Chrono trigger label on it & they bought & sold it without even checking to see if it was authentic. Another thing I remember was a conkers bad fur day with a red cart which was never a thing. Same with the famous blue clay fighters sculptors cut.
Yeah I remember it being awful a few years ago when they were doing retro
@@jrob0021 it was a mess & I witnessed some of the disasters. My local GameStop just gave up on retro & they threw a lot of retro gaming stuff in the dumpster. I dug out some NES, N64, GameCube, Wii, PSP games & accessories out of their dumpster & they all worked. I wasn't going to see them go to a landfill.
@@jrob0021yeah, I remember when my local GameStop gave up on retro games. They didn't sell them they threw them away. I dug NES, N64, GameCube, Wii, & PSP games & accessories out of their dumpster. I wasn't going to see them go to a landfill especially when other people can use or want them.
I bet they're gonna buy and sell a ton of repro carts as legit without knowing or caring.
Those are considered fake games.
I'm going to continue supporting my local retro gaming stores. I had a vague idea that Gamestop was doing this and stopped by one of their local stores to find exactly nothing. My local retro game store is more convenient to get to and their prices actually make sense.
GameStop has a 7 day full refund return policy on all their used games so you can just return it if theres an issue and get something else. I used to “rent” games this way as a kid, it was great.
This is the way; you can do this with anything bought from goodwill
Not anymore. They just changed their policy to where you can only return stuff if it's unopened. It's a trash company now.. nothing like our childhood memories
I feel like we need Gamestop to get their act together on retro games and other things, because they're a strong force for us having physical media.
Hey Jacob I worked at GameStop. We just started taking retro everything again. It’s awful we are not allowed to test any of them, we throw them in a giant pile in the back working not working basically everything from nes , to ps3. Then we shipped them to the warehouse all in one box we were not allowed to sell retro In the stores. I felt bad because we gave barely anything for Pokémon games , new game si knew are worth a lot and we gave them like 3 bucks. We have no idea where they go or how they get to the customers.
Very interesting 🧐
They get sold on Ebay by a 3rd party. It's a massive source of income for Gamestop that most people aren't aware of. (allegedly)
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Good luck getting fired lol
> we are not allowed to test any of them
Well that explains why the Mario & Luigi Partners in Time copy I got from GS never worked then
I think it's a good thing that retro gaming is making a comeback. It maybe old, but a lot of our memories are in those games and consoles and i know for a fact the younger generations would want to know how it all began lol.
The out of stock issue is really awful. Why can’t you filter by availability anymore!
GameStops best option to do now is to rebrand, change the name, consolidate stores, move into table top gaming, etc make it a full out gaming experience. You can do this by having one bigger location instead of multiple small stores. Provide better trade in values, etc. I only go to the store when sells happen.
Board gaming and tabletop gaming cafes perhaps?
@@georgeyreynolds I think that would be the best way to go. In bigger markets you could host competitions, have a theater room area to rent out for movies or to just play games.
@@georgeyreynolds GS is utterly dirty, all game cases icky.
And they actually need to offer services were they refurbish consoles for maintenance. They really don't know how to make money.
Futurama is $99.99 because they don't go any higher than that on games, so Silent Hill: Shattered Memories on PS2, Haunting Ground, etc. are all that same price. You can get a great deal on super expensive games if you get lucky enough lol
Also as far as discs not working, no they do not test them, but the warehouse *does* have resurfacing machines. So if a store sees a lot of scratches and marks it as defective, the warehouse will resurface it, but a lot of employees don't check (or care)
I used to buy some retro stuff from them like 5-6 years ago and it was relatively easy to figure out where everything was. They changed the website a few years ago and finding a lot of things is a mess
I only go to GameStop because they constantly mismark their games, 😂. Got 50% off Arkham Knight and Forza Horizon 3 because one was marked as Arkham City, and the other was marked as Far Cry 4. I appreciate that the clerk still sold them when I pointed it out
Um ? That doesn’t make sense we scan the barcodes it doesn’t matter it they are marked or not
@@mooserocka522 most states you have to sell them it at that price if that what it was marked on the sticker
I'll give you 2$ and a bag of skittles for that graded pokemon card
Don't worry DK Oldies will sell you retro consoles at a 500% mark up
Gamestop might compete 🤔
Yeah but it's refurbished tho so it's not really a bad deal
@roddywhittemore493 you need to watch all the TH-cam videos that show that DK claiming the consoles are refurbished is nothing but a pile of BS
@@scottmccombs2257 I'm joking bro
I live in a city that already has a Retro game store chain that’s very solid.
Meanwhile, over here in the UK we have CEX (more or less the same near me). Trading in for credit is standard, and gives more credit than trading in for cash. and you canonly trade in for cash with photo ID.
In all, I think it's much better than Gamestop
We have CeX in several bigger cities in Poland. I got the majority of my Xbox 360 and PSP games from them. The prices are reasonable and oftentimes you can get a better deal than on ebay. The only issue I have with them are the (sometimes) unpeelable stickers they put on all boxes
Heheh, "CEX~"
Game Stop wants maximum profit for crappy refurbished games and consoles.
i remember my dad was telling me about sometime (maybe 2008-9 or something) he went to gamestop to go trade in his original xbox (with controllers, cords, and i think some games too) and they offered him like 25 bucks... store credit. He never stepped foot in a gamestop again.
I think GameStop like 7 years ago was selling clay fighter sculptures cut but the problem was that it was a reproduction cartridge and they were selling it as a original game
It’s just GameTopic now. Hot Topic randomness of energy drinks and themed shirts with matching underwear packs, cards, jewelry, candy, plushies with a Game Theming
And FYE (For Your Entertainment) stopped selling consoles and games.
There was a Game stop I went in back in the day which had an impressive retro selection. Some PS1 rare games I saw expensive, yet in the regular section had a Vandal Hearts over there for like 9.99 I picked it up.
Im surprised they're still in business. I was secretly waiting for them to go out of business so we could buy all the merchandise. Payback for robbing me my entire childhood
How did they rob you lol
@TheDlopez005 You ever buy a brand new game & dont like it so you return it ? They either try to give you half in cash or store credit thats still not close to the original price
Never buy anything from gamestop, unless its a clear loss to them ie: Clothing thats on clearance or Pop figures that are going for less than 30% of the original value.
They should rename their stores, its no longer a Gaming Stop, they sell a bunch of merchandise now and I dont think thats a bad thing for figure collectors card collectors and anime merch etc Its important to have more stores as another source or outlet to compete with one another and options when things sell out in one place. Ofc they should still have gaming products, gaming sub or currency cards, gaming figures etc
Gamestop will be gone.. unless they introduce topless floozies and hot wings.
Literally asking their employees, that they barely pay and treat like crap, to do just one more thing without training, it just works. I always wondered what happened to all their old stock of all these old games and consoles, glad to see you can kinda still buy it but idk if I want to risk it.
Gamestop is the only national game store chain left. We cant lose them
We should lose them, mom and pop stores are much better
@@chasejackson7248 not every city has a mom and pop shop tho. Most small cities have a gamestop
I have set foot in a GameStop in years. Don’t need them
@@chasejackson7248depends honestly, because some guys are flat out scalping the crap out of the issue
GameStop is the worst, wouldn't care if there were zero left in the country. I travel if.imwant something, you should too..bc I'm not standing behind GameStop at all.
So many people stopped going to GameStop years ago
I went to a GameStop a couple months ago and they had ds and Wii games! I thought they were always doing this but I guess not.
We never stopped selling ds and Wii games that is the furthest back they go. They are not called retro yet there
GameStop is not what it used to be anyway.
Yep, totally different store just 20 years ago. Just a dying vibe now in most of them.
My local Gamestops were mandated to put the posters promoting the graded cards updates, almost 3 months ago. The manager has been here for years and although he knows Pokémon cards, he was NOT looking forward to this
My local electronics store will always be better than Gamestop in terms of new and used electronics. The prices are reasonable, they always remove the scratches on discs with their disc scratch remover machine, they always clean up the used consoles they get, and they always got games for every console on the shelves. And they are definently not as big as Gamestop by a long shot.
I've lived near a GameStop for over 20 years, literally since the PS1/PS2 generation, so seeing this is just... weird
My Kirby Star Allies copy can read, just it takes a fuckton of hot-swapping to make it read. Unfortunately, the GameStop I bought it from closed c. 2020, at the height of the pandemic. The other closest GameStop location near me closed in January last year and they turned it into a liquor store LMAO
I wanted a Switch. GS wanted $313. The pawn shop a mile away wanted $200. I mostly get action figures there but still do not even spend enough in a year that would make their rewards program "pay for itself".
Well, that's a huge mess.
Considering the prices, that's nothing new. They also have modern games with prices that are listed for cheaper prices but never are in stock.
Gamestop's retro gaming inventory was liquidated in 2020. When prices skyrocketed Gamestop sold all their inventory in 2020 during the pandemic. Since then they have not restocked. Another issue is since 2020 more people are reluctant to sell their retro games.
That means eBay
I was buying a controller from GameStop last week, the lady at checkout tried secretly adding my GameStop pro renewal thinking i wouldn't notice....
I have always remember they did this especially when they had funcoland stores
GameStop near me barley has anything 😂😂
I regret not buying older stuff right when the 360 launched. Most gamecube stuff was under 20 dollars and other retro stuff was cheaper and easier to come by
Just got a Pre owned Black ops 3 PS4 console and it came with a broken disc drive and eject button 😂
Sounds like we're lucky here in the UK that we don't have Gamestop
GameStop would come back from the dead if they fully embraced full blown retro! GameCube, ps2 PS3 360 Wii, Wii U NDS gba ps1 etc etc. They would be kings again. Seriously in 2024! We are yearning for older games more than ever before!
I ordered a crystal red 2DS on their website the other and when I got it they just sent me a normal red 2DS I returned it we’ll see how that goes
1:11 yo he has a optimus prime tshirt though
I can see the employee visibly sweating
Whenever I watch these videos I am glad the Gamestops in Germany are great compared to whatever is going on in the US
I've been using eBay since 2005 and that's my go-to spot. I have always been able to find what I wanted to find for a reasonable price
I got gears 3 from them and when I got home there was a massive scratch on the disk and I had to put it in a lot of times to get it to read
GameStops in my area are more like hot topics. More toys and plushies than games. I don’t even go anymore.
GameStop has always had one of the most broken websites this is just crazy
I worked at gamestop for a little over a year, you guys can ask me anything!
I thought they were selling used retro stuff for a while, then they said no, we are not anymore then the whole stonk meme thing happened. and now they are trying retro stuff again?
I live in a giant city and GameStop doesn’t even carry new releases of games. How can they be expected to sell retro games with competence?
People need to stop shopping at GameStop
Why? GameStop is a scam?
I’m surprised every time I still see a GameStop at all
Several years ago, they used to have a good bit of retro games in stock. Then once covid hit they abandoned it. You could get some sweet deals when they had the 4 for 20, 4 for 40 deals or buy some amount and save 50%. You just had to double check things were authentic once you received them
3:33 Futurama is worth a lot of money if it's in great condition.
Nah, I will stick to Ebay
Fun fact: the prices for a lot of rarer games on GameStop are what they are because of the company selling them on the lowest end of the highest price.
Example: The Thousand Year Door can be roughly $140 elsewhere, but GameStop only charges $99.99
Its funny how they Stopped Selling "Retro" stuff when it was 1-2 generations behind the meta, Because they thought people only cared about the new stuff, Now they see all the money it makes and now they want a piece of the pie, They should of never stopped selling GBA, Xbox, Gamecube, PS2, And they would be still thriving..
I'll give em another year or two
Just found your channel man you are a scholar of games love your channel
Imagine having a $1 million Sammy Sosa rookie card, and you take it to gamestop for them to offer you $6 for it.
DK Oldies finally has some competition lol.
I would be very hesitant to trust graded cards from them. There’s many grading companies out there and there standards vary. Pokémon collectors like me tend to use PSA for grading. CGC and Becket are also acceptable though. I have a feeling they would be using one of the lower tier graders for cards.
They are currently only buying and selling PSA graded cards that are at least PSA 8. They are not sending cards in to get graded.
I remember back in the day going in and getting like maybe 3 games for 30 back in the ps2 era… man those were the days
“Lame Stop” 😂 hilarious
I walked into my local Gamestop this past April for the first time in like 8 years. I just bought a Xbox series X and was excited to buy some used games and look at the new ones. They didn't have much, no used titles that I could see. I asked the clerk and he told me that they didn't have much stock and to try another location and also mentioned the competition. They had Pokémon and stuffed animals. What the hell happened to the video game scene.
Sounds like there a snake in the grass anymore
I guess back then I was the realiest gamer. I believe back then and now. A real gamer would own all three systems.
Ill never forget being a little kid and gathering all my old games and stuff to sell to gamestop for some cash. Rode my bike all the way there with a backpack full of games thinking i was about to be rich. Got like $5 for all it😮
Amazing website design, very easy to navigate 😂
They been off the rails this aint nun new. tried to buy my ps5 for 125 smh
I never see anybody at our local GameStop anymore and they've been there for awhile. Surprised they aren't gone yet
GameStop has proven that their confidence in their retro refurbished products are not good at all, leading them to hiding it on the website, because it’s not their top priority for sales.
Who remembers the good old days of GameStop
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They were at their best as EB Games here in the USA
It’s ridiculous. If you search for a BC PS3, it’ll actually come up as “Backwards compatible”. For real. But if you go through the specs, it’ll say at the very bottom “PS3 not backwards compatible with PS2 games”. 🤣 So they’re advertising something they don’t have. I’m serious go look it up lol.
I visited the GameStop website once and I spent twenty minutes wandering around looking for retro games and couldn't find any. I tried searching for some and it only came up with titles that were not in stock. I never really cared about GameStop and I have not set foot in one of their stores since 2016.
I do think it's weird, but I'm glad they have them because I managed to get The Simpsons Game on 360 for $24.99 a few months back.
GameStop could’ve been so much bigger and iconic for the better but they’re leadership don’t know squat
GameStop had been good to me. I see you have a TEXAS shirt on so I don’t know if you’re in Texas but I’ve found so many good deals.
I thank you for making this videos you are a cool nice person 😎
I hope they don’t become that retro powerhouse, they need to be out of business
Those cash/trade values are actually closer to what you would get at a video game store.
Most game stores do 10 to 25 percent in cash
Game "Start:" Panic Mode
Now they are appropriately named... This is where the games stop.
Yeah I give up on them when it comes to that Everything I want is out of stock
A lot of these business falling apart period. Once open now close. People being cheap don’t want to spend jobs going over seas. Politicians lying ever year to get a vote it’s a mess.
I used to be a GameStop hater up until a year ago. They actually have good promotions on a weekly basis & way better deals on retro games unlike gameXchange. Also, you'd think a GameStop employee was bad until you walk inside a gamexchange & see a 35 year old incel wearing a demon slayer kimono.
yeah i had a retro game store closed near my house and the only game store now which is closer to my house is gamestop crazy