LogFAQs > #913393787

I know gamestop gets alot of hate, and I understand some of it, but this is going to affect a ton of people, in a negative way. Tons of employees who are currently working at game stores....won't be. I know there are some at least that are quite cool and really love video games and gamers.

I have lived through the evolution of video games, all of it. I was there when the first mom and pop stores first opened, heck, I put out flyers on cars for them. I get that gamestop is not perfect, but it's a part of gaming history, and I would argue over all it has been a good part of it.

You all might not remember the old days, when gamestop had tournaments, dance dance revolution competions, guitar hero etc. They had parties when games would be released often at midnight. For many, many years many gamestops were run by really cool people who just loved talking about games.

I admit, that many are not like that, in fact I have not used gamestop much in over 5 years specifically because of this. I have told friends who work for gamestop that they really need to bring that back, to get customer loyalty back, as there just is not enough incentive to purchase from gamestop, often at a higher price, then from places like amazon, best buy, or just buying digital. That isn't even taking steam into account and their huge sales.

Honestly, if they had done EVERYTHING right (and I admit they have not), I still think it would be a lost cause. It's just so much easier, for me at least, to play a game on my PC then on a system. Laptops are strong enough to play the best games, and are portable, and can be hooked up to any 4k TV wherever you do, and have better graphics then a console at this point. That leaves console exclusives as your primary reason to even bother with a console, and even there, digital is generally easier (no switching game discs), and with an extrenal drive (not to mention the 1 tera drive from the pro) you can store a ton on your system.

I will be sad to see gamestop go, but having not supported it much in the last 5 years or so, I can not complain, as it's partially my fault. I could have fought for the store, I could have gone in and told them what they needed to do, or even tried to set up some kinda community gamers organization that revolved around it. I do think it will be sad when there is no more game centered stores, but I also think it is sadly destined to happen.
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