I like them only in the sense that they are only the store in existence where you can still buy boxed PC Games. 9 times out of 10, those boxed games will come with just a card inside with a code on it you type into steam, but it's still that last vestige of a dying notion. I haven't bought anything from Gamestop in years, but I have many fond memories of games I'd find in their bargain bin when I had no money in highschool. I'd know nothing about the games other than what the box said, so it was always exciting. That's how I first played Daggerfall, and myriad Sierra adventure games. Gamestop bargain bin.
Office Depot is better for this than Gamestop. Not kidding.
Terrible news, Retail is the reason we get cheap games and codes for consoles.
There was a time when collecting old NES/SNES games was pretty cheap, but that was long ago. Now you'll get fleeced for everything, including mass-produced games that are not rare at all, unless you can get lucky at thrift stores/garage sales/etc. There is way too much demand for this kind of thing now.Terrible news, Retail is the reason we get cheap games and codes for consoles.
Isn't it like they KNEW physical distribution will ultimately die in next-gen even on consoles? I've have an urge to become gaming cavemen, buying some cheap NES/SNES counterfeit console and start to collecting something REAL like cartridges, which has moar appeal than soulless CDs/DVDs/BRs.
There was a time when collecting old NES/SNES games was pretty cheap, but that was long ago. Now you'll get fleeced for everything, including mass-produced games that are not rare at all, unless you can get lucky at thrift stores/garage sales/etc. There is way too much demand for this kind of thing now.
Terrible news, Retail is the reason we get cheap games and codes for consoles.
Isn't it like they KNEW physical distribution will ultimately die in next-gen even on consoles? I've have an urge to become gaming cavemen, buying some cheap NES/SNES counterfeit console and start to collecting something REAL like cartridges, which has moar appeal than soulless CDs/DVDs/BRs.
Terrible news, Retail is the reason we get cheap games and codes for consoles.
Isn't it like they KNEW physical distribution will ultimately die in next-gen even on consoles? I've have an urge to become gaming cavemen, buying some cheap NES/SNES counterfeit console and start to collecting something REAL like cartridges, which has moar appeal than soulless CDs/DVDs/BRs.
I think the PS5 will have a disc drive, but I worry that the Pro/mid cycle refresh will do away with it.
Last time i bought a game from gamestop the conversation went like this with the clerk (it was on a shopping mall on a little city at the south of Spain).
Me: Hi! I'd like to buy world of warcraft the burning crusade.
Clerk: which wow is that one? ( A college points to it on the shelves)
C: (screaming out of her lungs) antonio!! Bring me one of the green wow games!!
M:.... Thanks....
Why the hell they don't hire people that know about videogames??
The day consoles refuse to accept discs is the day I give up on modern gaming outright.
people who know about videogames aren't employableLast time i bought a game from gamestop the conversation went like this with the clerk (it was on a shopping mall on a little city at the south of Spain).
Me: Hi! I'd like to buy world of warcraft the burning crusade.
Clerk: which wow is that one? ( A college points to it on the shelves)
C: (screaming out of her lungs) antonio!! Bring me one of the green wow games!!
M:.... Thanks....
Why the hell they don't hire people that know about videogames??
You haven't by now....?
Why the hell they don't hire people that know about videogames??