LightsOut41
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Of course it does. They are trimming expenses and closing underperforming stores.Doesn't mean much when they shutting down stores left and right.
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Of course it does. They are trimming expenses and closing underperforming stores.Doesn't mean much when they shutting down stores left and right.
That some heavy cope. All their stores are underperforming. No one goes to gamestop anymore.Of course it does. They are trimming expenses and closing underperforming stores.
I do too, I do like physical games... but that said I'm one of the people who contributed to it going all electronic because while I like them, I rarely buy them even when it is an option. The convenience of buying a game and having it in minutes is just too much for me, also combined with all the frequent sales on digital platforms.As much as I love all the electronic discovery / delivery ...
I do also miss walking into a store, perusing, and getting a box with a manual, some floppies and later CDs. Or the Master of Orion strategy guide, which really, was an opus.
As much as I love all the electronic discovery / delivery ...
I do also miss walking into a store, perusing, and getting a box with a manual, some floppies and later CDs. Or the Master of Orion strategy guide, which really, was an opus.
<rocks in chair, whittling a stick, talking about the good ol days>
Oh I'm guilty as well. I can buy a game, launch the tool, and overnight the game is ready (we don't have fast interwebs here). The alternative is to drive to a store where they don't actually have it, or when they do - the box is nothing more than something with a download code in it.I do too, I do like physical games... but that said I'm one of the people who contributed to it going all electronic because while I like them, I rarely buy them even when it is an option. The convenience of buying a game and having it in minutes is just too much for me, also combined with all the frequent sales on digital platforms.
That's really what it comes down to, and why physical is just going to continue to decline. Downloaded software offers a convenience that physical can't, and we Americans love our conveniences, and can more easily support sales since there's less overhead.
I think I'm going at a decade now, I forgotten who they were, EB, Software Ect, or both.I don't even remember the last time I was in the one near me.
I do miss them as well, and there is also just something fun about having the box. Though to be honest as my game collection has grown, keeping the boxes gets harder and it would be completely impossible with all the stuff on Steam.Oh I'm guilty as well. I can buy a game, launch the tool, and overnight the game is ready (we don't have fast interwebs here). The alternative is to drive to a store where they don't actually have it, or when they do - the box is nothing more than something with a download code in it.
I do miss all the little accoutrements. Infocom games would come with a bunch of stuff to sell the story and world. Ultima, and other RPGs would come with big maps.
Maybe (I imagine already the case for pc games), but maybe there would be some vinyl like movement of collectible with something physical that are more than artwork, book and figurines, but that fake or not has some bit of the game on it in a physical wayPeople will just get used to downloading games, and companies will just stop selling physical copies entirely.
Perhaps. I think less likely because another part of vinyl is the snobbery that somehow analogue is better. At the very least it is different. Because of the nature of the medium and its limitations, you have different sound because of the higher noise, RIAA EQ curve, and other things and mastering has to be done a bit different to not have too much needle deflection. So better or worse, you get a DIFFERENT experience with records.Maybe (I imagine already the case for pc games), but maybe there would be some vinyl like movement of collectible with something physical that are more than artwork, book and figurines, but that fake or not has some bit of the game on it in a physical way
Have you seen that bands are releasing CASSETTE TAPES now? I understand the vinyl enthusiasts but who the hell enjoyed using cassette tapes?Maybe (I imagine already the case for pc games), but maybe there would be some vinyl like movement of collectible with something physical that are more than artwork, book and figurines, but that fake or not has some bit of the game on it in a physical way
True and that why I cannot imagine what it could be, will probably be purely books, arts, figurines with some at best download key would it be a number of some form of NFT.Perhaps. I think less likely because another part of vinyl is the snobbery that somehow analogue is better.
I knew someone quite in the electro-strange music that was getting tapes of "bands" that were making only 100-200 cassette tapes and no one made it available digitally to keep it special, and they were giving reason about it outside hispterism, about being simpler to make them than burning cd for some reason.Have you seen that bands are releasing CASSETTE TAPES now? I understand the vinyl enthusiasts but who the hell enjoyed using cassette tapes?
Gamestop started out as Babbage's. Software, Etc. was the first to be swallowed by Babbage's as they waged war on all their competitors.I think I'm going at a decade now, I forgotten who they were, EB, Software Ect, or both.
I don't have an operating CD player, but bought many signed CDs from the artists I like in the last few years.Have you seen that bands are releasing CASSETTE TAPES now? I understand the vinyl enthusiasts but who the hell enjoyed using cassette tapes?
Yep, knew Babbages owned them, I remember there was a SWE in the back of a Babbage's, through a single door wide entrance at the old Eastlake Sq Mall in the Tampa Bay area in the 80's. Felt like it might have been their tiny stockroom or office IIRC.Gamestop started out as Babbage's. Software, Etc. was the first to be swallowed by Babbage's as they waged war on all their competitors.
Gamestop is EB Games outside the US and they do the same thing.Gamestop is an Ecommerce property now, with a full online store for gaming and nerd stuff with NBD shipping in USA, so a lot of those store locations are used as mini distro centres, but I don't think it's branched outside of the US in that way...