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03/26/09
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Partial thanks to Kotaku.
03/26/09
I've run into a bunch of employees who don't know squat, but they never last more than a couple months.
A lot of the time, if we know about 6/10 random games somebody asks us about it isn't good enough... Sorry I haven't played Nascar 09...
03/26/09
Not that I like Gamestop in anyway at all but yeah this is just going to cause that.
03/26/09
Yeah, I can imagine a hint of resentment...
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Luckily Best Buy has filled the Circuit City void for many, many years now.
03/26/09
I hope that OnLive thing succeeds only so I can see GameStop crumble and fall to its knees.
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Oh, also, did you know that if you preorder a game, that they'll hold it for you for 48 hours, and you'll get a pretty sealed copy to smile about? It doesn't even cost extra AND sometimes there's extra stuff too!
03/26/09
blame your less than honorable fellow customers for that one. We can't put out anything with product still inside of it due to shoplifting.
@phreakindee:
The policy is pretty much "used is used" Though we would prefer if they let us get actual boxart than what they offer.
The box is taped up so that you can return it if you change your mind.
03/26/09
this whole ordeal could be avoided if the company would buy security, like every other normal company.
Its simple, you buy two sensors that go by the door. They go, 'beep, beep, beep' when people are stealing.
Furthermore, with those in place they would have the sensor to demagnetize the security in the boxes, so for those mall stores, you can go into other stores without already looking like a thief.
For all the money they're making, you think they could afford a more respectable store.
03/26/09
So you want us to open the boxes and put a security sensor inside... so we won't have to open the boxes?
03/26/09
Yeah, the thing is though, for medium to high-profile releases there are about 15 perfectly sealed copies for every one that is opened and put on display. That is really the least of Gamestop's consumer-issues right now.
03/26/09
there's already security in the boxes.
Like I said, for the mall stores, if you walk into another store after buying from gamestop, eb, you are going to set off the other store's sensor.
so, no I don't think they should open the boxes to put in security to not open the boxes.
03/26/09
No, there is not.
I've opened a lot more shrink wrapped and freshly shipped product than you have, and there are no security tags or sensors present in the cases when they are received.
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You make it sound like it's a bad thing to be making money. Granted, I don't agree with every business practice that ye olde Gamestop lives and breathes by, but you still can't blame them for being being successful, or even proud of their success.
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That would be sage advice if they were losing money, but they're not. Even in this shit-hole of an economy they managed to pull off records numbers in 2008. Circuit City's problem was they kept trying to "sale" themselves out of the red and into the black, rather than closing a few stores to help ease the load. When they realized that there was no other option than to close some stores they were already too far gone to recover. They don't really have to be cautious at all, actually.
I do agree with you that downloads are the future, but I think Gamestop will also play some part in that. They pretty much control the distribution side of the gaming industry, and they won't let that go without a fight.
03/26/09
Starbucks was always successful... until they began to fail and had to close massive numbers of stores. And people were shocked--shocked!--when that happened.
The problem is that I don't see what these extra stores are going to do for their business. Like Starbucks, they're already close to a saturation level by almost any standard (they both number in the triple digits in the chicago area) and they're going to start cannibalizing each others business most likely.
I've just seen so many businesses over-expand and then collapse like a house of cards. I was hoping Gamestop was smart enough to avoid the trap
03/26/09
And they very well might be. We don't know that the new Gamestops will be opening in America. Since they bought EB there's a lot of European ground to be covered. I agree that oversaturating the market is a sure-fire way to destroy yourself, but look at Wal-Mart. Every town, no matter how big or small, has at least one Wal-Mart. I live in a town of only 225,000 people and we have three, all of which are SuperCenters with McDonald's on the inside and open 24 hours. They figured out a way to survive while being a dominating presence worldwide, so I think Gamestop can figure it out too. I don't think they're untouchable, I just don't think they have any reason to be concerned at the moment.
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ANd WTF, what about the article in which kojima talks about mgs4 not being to his vision? that was insane.
01/01/09
looks like Bill Hicks had his finger closer on the pulse than he thought...
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