GameStop Launches New Retro GameStops Across North America
GameStop, the video game retailer, has recently announced its expansion into the realm of retro gaming with the launch of new ‘Retro GameStops’ across North America. These stores are specifically designed to cater to aficionados who cherish classic games and hardware from past generations.
The initiative by GameStop aims to tap into the ever-growing market for retro gaming, offering a nostalgic experience for enthusiasts interested in titles from the last forty years of gaming history. The stores will stock a selection of consoles such as NES, SNES, Game Boy, GameCube, PlayStation, Sega Genesis, and more, providing a one-stop-shop for collectors and players alike.
*Key Points:
- New Stores: Retro GameStops are not entirely new locations but existing ones that have been reinvigorated with a focus on retro stock.
- Market Tapping: The move signifies the company’s strategic response to the growing demand for vintage gaming experiences and products.
Is there a very particular console or game you would love to find in a Retro GameStop?
I’d get a Dreamcast if I saw one in there for no more than $30.
Why? There are enough Ma&Pa shops that already fill this niche, on top of eBay and FB Marketplace and whatever else. They stopped doing this before becuase they were losing money, why on Earth do they think it will be profitable for them now?
Are they professionally cleaning, repairing, refurbishing, and testing all their inventory? Highly doubt it. Whats the difference between them an a Ma&Pa shop aside from I would imagine higher prices? Why are specualtive investors ruining retro gaming for future generations? (I mean, I know the answer is obviously money, but its depressing and frustrating to see investors actively killing something you love. Not the first time and definitely not the last time though.)
The main difference I can see is inventory management. If someone trades in a copy of Motocross Maniacs 2 in Oklahoma, they would know in Connecticut practically instantly, and they probably have a warehouse full of inventory they couldn’t clearance out from console progression.
Now that console lifecycles are way longer than they used to be, they’re scrambling to find a way to find customers.
higher prices
I’m heavily into Game Boy collecting. I just checked their online prices. They might be the cheapest I’ve seen, in general. For example Pokémon Blue is lower than the common price I’ve seen online (especially considering usual shipping and fees), but not low enough people will buy them up and re-sell them.
No promises it’ll stay that way, but they’re very competitive for now.
45 dollars for pokemon blue is a fucking ripoff.
I don’t care if its the cheapest of the rip offs, its still a ripoff.
its a 30 year old goddamn game ffs. I’d consider it over priced at 10 bucks, especially considering how many were sold and out there.
It also states guaranteed working so that’s pretty cool
But are they guaranteed cleaned? I don’t want nobody’s dust being breathed in by my family.
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Why now? Why not 20 years ago?
Exactly! I’ve been saying for years that GameStop should have had any console plus tabletop games and such. I know some of the shops were a bit too small for that, but my local one was more than big enough.
Instead they seemed to shift their focus to merchandise. It just seems so obvious. Always left me rubbing my brow.
I mean, as a person who still has their PS2, cool, but as a person who’s shopped at a game stop before…
I can’t wait for people to find out that a good portion of the inventory is actually bootleg fakes. From my past experience they won’t open them up to check in front of a paying customer, the customer is charged with knowing how to spot fakes.
They also closed all credit agreements so can now acquire other companies and reconfigure without asking for approval from bankers, who have a strong interest in Gamestop failing.
Two stock offerings in early summer mean they have 4 billion in cash and can run on that
The also introduced their own lines of replacement controllers, keyboards, and mice this year.
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Ew. Pass.
I’ll stick with my local small business retro shop that doesn’t stink of wage slavery, misogyny, and poor corporate decisions, thanks.
Great, too bad my local GameStop closed two years ago or I might have enjoyed this.
Oh, they’re gonna have cheap prices on retro games right? Right?!?
I kinda hope they make them look like old GameStops too
Definitely too late for them to be trying to get into the retro games market where I live. We’ve already got a pretty decent retro games store that sells more than just retro game stuff. It’s a GameStop on steroids since they also sell new games, plushies, used DVDs, physical board/card games, manga, etcetera. It even has 2 locations!
Don’t know if it’s still the case, but I did hear around maybe mid to late 2010s they had even replaced GameStop on a military base. As for the store chain, I don’t know whether it’s a west coast thing, but Game World.
So Funcoland? The chain they bought and then murdered that was doing very well before they fucked it up?
And everything will have impossible to remove price decals directly on the covers that ruin whatever condition and collectibility there was.
And I will not shop there just like I don’t shop at regular GameStop. I’ll stick to local shops that don’t suck.
