There's a Retro GameStop in my neck of the woods, second time I went they had a few NES/SNES/N64/GameBoy/GBA/Genesis games (albeit they weren't actually out on the store floor, they had generic cases and you brought them to the checkout), and even an N64 Console available. Props to that store for at least trying.
Honestly, this makes more sense than any other reasoning at this point 😂 especially with the one employee saying that most of their retro section is just old inventory they hadn't put out yet
It seems what is considered "retro" these days is anything older than the last two generations of consoles. I consider "retro" to go all the way back to even the days of the original "Pong" or Magnavox Odyssey. I especially think of things like Atari 2600, Intellivision or Colecovisio as being "retro", but then again, being a 55 year-old that grew up through the 70s and 80s, so I remember when all that was brand-new and current state-of-the art at the time. Also to add, I even consider many of the arcade games from the "golden age of arcade" to be "retro", such as Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, Defender, Joust, etc, many of which can be played these days via emulation.
That was my thoughts exactly. I went to two Retro stores and it looks identical to pawn shop. Just basically a tiny selection of copies of games that you couldn't even give away.
Exactly! I have a Magic Eraser right here, and this is what is says on the back of the package: "*WARNING Not recommended for the following surfaces: high gloss, polished, dark, brushed, satin, faux, bare/polished wood, copper, stainless steel, non-stick coating, or vehicle body". Noticed, it said "dark, brushed, satin, faux", which is exactly the type of surface that is on that XBox 360. Those people that used the Magic Eraser on that console, apparently did not even read the dang instructions that are printed on the friggan package!
My local Gamestop was doing this but they just gave up and now a quarter of the tiny store is all about trading cards with a table awkwardly in the way and everything.
Every time I watch your videos I just see the RUclipsr “Big Jiggly Panda” you look so much like Anthony it’s uncanny. Awesome videos. Been watching for years
LOL, after seeing this, I just HAVE to visit the one “Retro” store in my area now. It seems like others who’ve posted make it look like they’ve got this AWESOME selection of original Xbox and GC games - CIB no less. That’s probably one in 100 stores kind of stuff. Gotta love the way that the employee said, “Designated” - even with the warped audio, I can imagine the guy throwing up air quotes with his hands as he said it, haha!
I've been to a couple of their "retro" locations and they are no different than the normal ones. A few Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360, and PS3 is all they have and has been that way for many years.
Gamestop employee here. I would say the stock of stores depends heavily on what people bring to trade. Recently a lady brought 2 NES CIB, ps2 cib, ps1 cib. It just depends what people bring, corporate mostly sends ps3/360 stuff
Many of those loose discs you see at stores like Gamestop are discs that were stolen from thrift stores, pawn shops, and maybe even the thieves' friends or not so good friends. You won't believe how many empty retro game cases I have seen at thrift stores and pawn shops over the past decade. I rarely ever buy loose games for the reasons I have given. I probably have a handful because those games would have been difficult to find in stores here complete in box, which I prefer. Gamestop has been awful for the past decade, not many reasons why I would ever want to shop there anymore. I currently play only retro PS1 or PS2 games and Gamestop just never has anything I want anymore.
I mean is anyone really surprised their inventory consists solely of unwanted merchandise? They stopped accepting old games years ago, how else are they going to have ds and ps2 games if it's not from old inventory?
I think some people do throw away boxes for the games but GameStop gives the same trade in value for games whether they’re loose or in box..so you can just trade in the carts or discs and then sell the boxes separately on eBay or something if they’re boxes that are somewhat sought after
Btw I really like the other type of video you made in the last video, doing stuff on obscure technology has always been cool to me lol. And you should buy 3DS/Ds games for a video and explore the saves because the saves are saved on the cartridge itself. Pokémon games (eBay, def not GameStop or big stores) usually have pretty cool saves.
So I recently learned the built-in storage modules on matte-finish 360 S's tend to go bad. Good on GameStop for taking the thing out and installing a hard drive.
I worried about that problem myself. Ive got the 4gb onboard Corona. Should i sell it because it still works? I dont have hard drive cartridge for it. Will the console be useless if the internal memory fails?
@@matttherrien9608 That's rough. Glad it works, but it's pretty much on a timer. If I were you, I'd get a drive for it. It won't be able to hold data otherwise.
Gamestop employee here, yeah, corporate is certainly coming up with some "interesting" ideas lately. Retro stores are a good idea in theory, but i dont know. I work in a smaller store of sorts, only seen a few gamecube games come in, maybe 3 or so PS1 games, a few ps2 (though at the time there were hardly any games we could take), certainly PS3 and Xbox 360 games but in my opinion, not really "retro" yet. Did have a couple N64 games come in semi recently but that's it. They even have all nearby stores sending all their retro stuff to the retro stores, and it's sad that the stores in the video have such little inventory. Worst part is, forcing customers to have to go to the retro store to get simple stuff that we used to carry regularly such as PS3, XB360, DS, and Wii Games. I personally sell retro disc games on ebay and amazon and honestly it makes me so sad seeing how gamestop is "handling" it all. I've never liked how they don't/won't separate games that are loose and ones that are either just missing their manual and/or complete. Expectations, expectations, expectations. Average customer no doubt that buys something on the website assumes/expects to get at the very least the original case when buying a game. Lets not even get into the condition of some of these games whether they be scratched up pretty good or terribly "resurfaced" with a ultra cheap machine leaving swirl marks. Their newest idea: They're going to start having us be middle-folks for PSA grading of cards here soon too, which is just weird. So customer will come in, have their card in a penny sleeve and some other special case over/on that (both of which of course GS sells in store, convenient) and then GS will ship it out to PSA to get it graded then charge the customer based on what PSA charged GS (and im assuming a bit more on top of that because of the "service") to pick it up. There's more to it, just can't remember.
As someone else who works at Gamestop the retro stores are not doing well since other stores are not sending the retro stuff to the retro stores. My store probably has more 360 games then the actual retro store itself. We don't want to send it to the retro store cause that stuff sells. Anytime retro stuff comes in to my store i try to sell it asap before we get a chance to send it out
I was talking to a GameStop clerk today about their retro section and they told me that Mario Party 9 (loose) was $70. No original box, cover art, or manual. I bet the disc wasn’t resurfaced so it’s probably a little messed up The only positive thing they showed me was that they had Mario Party 2 for the 64, but it was behind the counter and no indicator that they had it
Drove by the GameStop near me the other day, only to see it was gone. Funny because the one in the next town over is gone as well. They’re a seriously sinking ship
your math is blowing my mind right now lol there's definitely way more than 50 games in that short clip you showed from your last video. The bottom row alone is probably 50 games lol
Lol yeah, I'm more referring to the ones you can actually see (the ones with the artwork facing forward). Usually the ones they throw in those rows at the bottom are like $5 games they can't get rid of 😂
I worked for EB Games here in Australia. 2014 to 2018. I enjoyed it for some time, but it turned into a money grabbing, do more, corner cutting misery. We had KPIs, for pre orders.... Unbelievable. Never again.
Nahhhh people who don’t care do that. People who care bout video games keep the case and anything inside. Still got stuff from N64 and SNES. Just a matter of what you care about. And yes, I know you said mobile consoles. I own a Switch and keep all my Cases, especially ONES LIKE Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster. Very expensive one to buy because you threw the case away 😅
I think the reason why they do not sell like Super Nintendo or Nintendo 64 games or Sega Genesis is because a lot of people were scamming GameStop with those games back in the early 2010s when they were accepting Nintendo games or Sega games they were selling them reproduction cards like for an example some customers who have reproductions of rare games and they will sell them to GameStop and GameStop didn't know if they were repos or legit cards so people were getting a lot of money out of these games that were reproductions
I’m pretty sure the reason they’re missing cases is because they threw them out yeeears ago. I remember a time when Game Stop still had PS2 games on the shelf in the cases and then the next time I went they were all removed from the main shelves and put in those cheap paper sleeves with a clear plastic window. I asked if it was just to store them in a smaller space, but the employee told me they were as is and they had no cases behind the counter. Sad.
In the one I went to had a little corner, with the only thing catching my eye was PvsZ for the ds, I'd say it was a sad collection but good enough for a few retro games.
Hard disagree lol. GameStop is a multi billion dollar company marketing new retro stores, yet all they’re doing is taking old inventory out the back and calling it a new retro section.
@@jrob0021 I thought Gamestop was opening new stores dedicated to retro too, but if Gamestop wants to market old inventory alongside their current wares then that's cool
my problem is that i would love to go to a retro gamestop but my only problem is that i would buy gameboy and ds games. The thing with that, is with those games there are tons of counterfeits out there. So how exactly is gamestop doing what is needed to precent these counterfeits from being taken and sold to consumers? With how they are known to barley even do anything to actually refurbish consoles, how can we expect them to do the minimum and give us real copies of games that we are clearly paying above what the games are worth.
I saw a fat PS5 digital at Game X Change for $430 the other day when I was shopping for a PS5. I asked them how they justified selling that console used for more than it was brand new.
I remember when I softmodded my og xbox was the best ever till I updated the dashboard and bricked the drive man that sucked actually kinda missed that thing had tons of fun playing games on it and emulators on it man those were the days
Did yall expect them to open full blown retro game stores wall to wall? I find gems once every other week grails even but I never expected them (within the months of announcing they’re bringing in retro) to have have full blown wall to wall retro stores… dial down the expectation and you won’t be soo disappointed 🤷🏽♂️ imo of course
It's this guys content, he loves putting business's down because they done him dirty in the past. It's enjoyable to an extent but does come off rather negative all the time.
Meanwhile in the UK, I got a copy of Pokémon pinball (the one with the inbuilt rumble) for gameboy colour for just £9.99 Moral: Don't go to GameStop, go to your local 2nd hand store
The GameStop i sometimes go to here in Fremont, Ca actually shutdown months ago. Due to bad sales and very bad service, Kind of like what's happening with dkoldies.
Gamestop destroyed and tossed so much retro product. They don't have a ton of backstock. I work at Gamestop for many years. They didn't send a lot back to warehouses, just pennied out and trashed them. Shameful
There is a local retro game shop in Fairbanks Alaska ( The secondary Market) I like to go to get games for my N64, I rather go there then GameStop for retro games.
Gamestop is gamestop , I don't understand gamers that rip on the last gamestore chain, who will then cry when there are only giant corporations left who will only sell digital " Licenses". Like wtf?
I was wondering why I could buy one consoles all of a sudden. They weren't taking old stuff until recently. I bet their reasoning behind taking old stuff and selling them is to bring in more customers. Since their business is dying
gamestop is lucky to have shareholders willing to be diluted. they lack the ability to create new cash flows or boost reveune/sells meaningfully. the only reason the company still exists is because retail is chasing a dream of getting rich and screwing over wall street. RC has proven he will rug pull any run, even put verbage in multiple filings about it. Look at what happened during the run up this year... he diluted, stopping the run from going higher. He has 500m more shares to dilute with. Enjoy it.
This line of thinking applies to your average local game store, but I don’t think you can put it quite this simply when GameStop is a multi billion dollar company that could very easily source a solid inventory for each of their retro stores. Yes trade ins are going to make a difference over time - the stores with better trade ins will generally have better items. But theres no reason a company like GameStop should be marketing a new retro store, yet they’re just having these stores put out the old inventory they already had.
Remember when gamestop threw would throw away OG xbox games and accessories because they were too old? I know I do. Picked so many games, not just xbox, from the trash.
You keep buying from these same places and have the same complaints. Definition of insanity = doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results
"Corporate is basically the tall ED from Ed, Edd, and Eddy". That's a wonderful illustration. Give that worker a raise.
😂😂facts
Bruh, I read this before that came up in the video and still laughed out loud. Paints a really sad picture.
Pretty accurate 😂
They can't afford the raise
No, Ed has more intelligence than GameStop.
There's a Retro GameStop in my neck of the woods, second time I went they had a few NES/SNES/N64/GameBoy/GBA/Genesis games (albeit they weren't actually out on the store floor, they had generic cases and you brought them to the checkout), and even an N64 Console available. Props to that store for at least trying.
This must be them trying hard to liquidate old inventory.
Honestly, this makes more sense than any other reasoning at this point 😂 especially with the one employee saying that most of their retro section is just old inventory they hadn't put out yet
See if they're even buying real retro stuff and then we'll know if they are serious about it.. Otherwise they're definitely just liquidating it
I legit thought that GameStop retro was gonna be an entire store, filled with only old titles. Not just one little section of the store itself lol
It should have a bigger section and the other stuff could be like accessories or the consoles
When I think retro I think N64, SNES, NES, or anything for a Sega console
That’s because is the older generation see them as retro but in sight all the way up to ps3/360/wii are retro along with Nintendo handhelds
Yeah I mean I think ps3, 360, etc belong in the retro section, it's just weird that none of these gamestops have any sort of nes, snes, gameboy, etc
It seems what is considered "retro" these days is anything older than the last two generations of consoles. I consider "retro" to go all the way back to even the days of the original "Pong" or Magnavox Odyssey. I especially think of things like Atari 2600, Intellivision or Colecovisio as being "retro", but then again, being a 55 year-old that grew up through the 70s and 80s, so I remember when all that was brand-new and current state-of-the art at the time. Also to add, I even consider many of the arcade games from the "golden age of arcade" to be "retro", such as Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, Defender, Joust, etc, many of which can be played these days via emulation.
Yeah, I would consider the Wii retro too but there’s not much of that either
You're old bro
It’s sad to see what GameStop has become, That employee is probably sick of all of the crap they’ve been doing.
The selection looks like what you would find at a pawn shop
That was my thoughts exactly. I went to two Retro stores and it looks identical to pawn shop. Just basically a tiny selection of copies of games that you couldn't even give away.
💯
Magic Eraser is literally a wet sandpaper. It's mind boggling they see the results and keep doing it anyways
Exactly! I have a Magic Eraser right here, and this is what is says on the back of the package: "*WARNING Not recommended for the following surfaces: high gloss, polished, dark, brushed, satin, faux, bare/polished wood, copper, stainless steel, non-stick coating, or vehicle body". Noticed, it said "dark, brushed, satin, faux", which is exactly the type of surface that is on that XBox 360. Those people that used the Magic Eraser on that console, apparently did not even read the dang instructions that are printed on the friggan package!
Well, just keep going down in grit and use a little heat and it will look better than new.
Remember Funcoland 😆
Calling some the “Tall Ed” is crazy 😂😂😂
My local Gamestop was doing this but they just gave up and now a quarter of the tiny store is all about trading cards with a table awkwardly in the way and everything.
Every time I watch your videos I just see the RUclipsr “Big Jiggly Panda” you look so much like Anthony it’s uncanny. Awesome videos. Been watching for years
It looks like a normal store, they've just moved all the 7th gen and older stuff to one section 🤣
Pretty much lol
Imagine if actual game collectors and enthusiasts ran GameStop, there wouldn't be a need for GME meme stock hype, it would be high price by itself.
LOL, after seeing this, I just HAVE to visit the one “Retro” store in my area now. It seems like others who’ve posted make it look like they’ve got this AWESOME selection of original Xbox and GC games - CIB no less. That’s probably one in 100 stores kind of stuff.
Gotta love the way that the employee said, “Designated” - even with the warped audio, I can imagine the guy throwing up air quotes with his hands as he said it, haha!
And to think GameStops threw a lot of this in the garbage before. Damn
GameStop retro is only giving you last chance
The System Needs A Wrap! 😂
I've been to a couple of their "retro" locations and they are no different than the normal ones. A few Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360, and PS3 is all they have and has been that way for many years.
Gamestop employee here. I would say the stock of stores depends heavily on what people bring to trade. Recently a lady brought 2 NES CIB, ps2 cib, ps1 cib. It just depends what people bring, corporate mostly sends ps3/360 stuff
Many of those loose discs you see at stores like Gamestop are discs that were stolen from thrift stores, pawn shops, and maybe even the thieves' friends or not so good friends. You won't believe how many empty retro game cases I have seen at thrift stores and pawn shops over the past decade. I rarely ever buy loose games for the reasons I have given. I probably have a handful because those games would have been difficult to find in stores here complete in box, which I prefer.
Gamestop has been awful for the past decade, not many reasons why I would ever want to shop there anymore. I currently play only retro PS1 or PS2 games and Gamestop just never has anything I want anymore.
I mean is anyone really surprised their inventory consists solely of unwanted merchandise? They stopped accepting old games years ago, how else are they going to have ds and ps2 games if it's not from old inventory?
3:22 “I don’t know how GameStop keeps losing these manuals.”
3 ways. Customer lost it before trade in, game never had a manual, or someone stole them.
Makes sense the games are old inventory, before the "Retro" thing my GameStop had a lot of older games.
I think some people do throw away boxes for the games but GameStop gives the same trade in value for games whether they’re loose or in box..so you can just trade in the carts or discs and then sell the boxes separately on eBay or something if they’re boxes that are somewhat sought after
Why the employee sounds like an ailen 😂😂
Btw I really like the other type of video you made in the last video, doing stuff on obscure technology has always been cool to me lol. And you should buy 3DS/Ds games for a video and explore the saves because the saves are saved on the cartridge itself. Pokémon games (eBay, def not GameStop or big stores) usually have pretty cool saves.
They're just selling the games that they couldn't move when I was in High School lmao
Funnily enough, the one by me in the Bronx has all the old cartridges but nothing past that. I saw some Sega Genesis, SNES, and some other stuff.
So I recently learned the built-in storage modules on matte-finish 360 S's tend to go bad. Good on GameStop for taking the thing out and installing a hard drive.
I worried about that problem myself. Ive got the 4gb onboard Corona.
Should i sell it because it still works? I dont have hard drive cartridge for it. Will the console be useless if the internal memory fails?
@@matttherrien9608 That's rough. Glad it works, but it's pretty much on a timer. If I were you, I'd get a drive for it. It won't be able to hold data otherwise.
I went to one near me, was better than I expected, had quite a bit of PS2 games and actually had some N64 games and even an Intellivision game
Mx unleashed was a classic, loved playing it with my brothers. Bought it not long ago just for the nostalgia
Gamestop employee here, yeah, corporate is certainly coming up with some "interesting" ideas lately. Retro stores are a good idea in theory, but i dont know. I work in a smaller store of sorts, only seen a few gamecube games come in, maybe 3 or so PS1 games, a few ps2 (though at the time there were hardly any games we could take), certainly PS3 and Xbox 360 games but in my opinion, not really "retro" yet. Did have a couple N64 games come in semi recently but that's it. They even have all nearby stores sending all their retro stuff to the retro stores, and it's sad that the stores in the video have such little inventory. Worst part is, forcing customers to have to go to the retro store to get simple stuff that we used to carry regularly such as PS3, XB360, DS, and Wii Games.
I personally sell retro disc games on ebay and amazon and honestly it makes me so sad seeing how gamestop is "handling" it all. I've never liked how they don't/won't separate games that are loose and ones that are either just missing their manual and/or complete. Expectations, expectations, expectations. Average customer no doubt that buys something on the website assumes/expects to get at the very least the original case when buying a game. Lets not even get into the condition of some of these games whether they be scratched up pretty good or terribly "resurfaced" with a ultra cheap machine leaving swirl marks.
Their newest idea: They're going to start having us be middle-folks for PSA grading of cards here soon too, which is just weird. So customer will come in, have their card in a penny sleeve and some other special case over/on that (both of which of course GS sells in store, convenient) and then GS will ship it out to PSA to get it graded then charge the customer based on what PSA charged GS (and im assuming a bit more on top of that because of the "service") to pick it up. There's more to it, just can't remember.
As someone else who works at Gamestop the retro stores are not doing well since other stores are not sending the retro stuff to the retro stores. My store probably has more 360 games then the actual retro store itself. We don't want to send it to the retro store cause that stuff sells. Anytime retro stuff comes in to my store i try to sell it asap before we get a chance to send it out
@@EvenSteven lol that's quite funny. we've been waiting to fill up a large SFS box before we send ours out. Taking awhile to say the least.
@@fierykitty32twitch61 same here we have just been procastinating on shipping it out. It has been 2 weeks but we will get around to it one day
Well, Here in Germany, almost every GameStop Store closed at the beginning of Last year, so.....😅
I remember when Wii/360/ps3 as recently as 2019 had full size shelves. For each of the consoles.
I was talking to a GameStop clerk today about their retro section and they told me that Mario Party 9 (loose) was $70. No original box, cover art, or manual. I bet the disc wasn’t resurfaced so it’s probably a little messed up
The only positive thing they showed me was that they had Mario Party 2 for the 64, but it was behind the counter and no indicator that they had it
Drove by the GameStop near me the other day, only to see it was gone. Funny because the one in the next town over is gone as well. They’re a seriously sinking ship
your math is blowing my mind right now lol there's definitely way more than 50 games in that short clip you showed from your last video. The bottom row alone is probably 50 games lol
Lol yeah, I'm more referring to the ones you can actually see (the ones with the artwork facing forward). Usually the ones they throw in those rows at the bottom are like $5 games they can't get rid of 😂
I worked for EB Games here in Australia. 2014 to 2018.
I enjoyed it for some time, but it turned into a money grabbing, do more, corner cutting misery.
We had KPIs, for pre orders.... Unbelievable.
Never again.
I like the gamestop's employee description of corporate.
I bet ya you would get better prices from Yardsaledale 🙏🏽
People throw away cases for mobile consoles because they put them on cases that hold multiple and TRAVEL with them.
Not me i put the cases in a box and they in my closet incase i sell em someday i still got all the cases.
Nahhhh people who don’t care do that. People who care bout video games keep the case and anything inside. Still got stuff from N64 and SNES. Just a matter of what you care about. And yes, I know you said mobile consoles. I own a Switch and keep all my Cases, especially ONES LIKE Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster. Very expensive one to buy because you threw the case away 😅
I think the reason why they do not sell like Super Nintendo or Nintendo 64 games or Sega Genesis is because a lot of people were scamming GameStop with those games back in the early 2010s when they were accepting Nintendo games or Sega games they were selling them reproduction cards like for an example some customers who have reproductions of rare games and they will sell them to GameStop and GameStop didn't know if they were repos or legit cards so people were getting a lot of money out of these games that were reproductions
I’m pretty sure the reason they’re missing cases is because they threw them out yeeears ago. I remember a time when Game Stop still had PS2 games on the shelf in the cases and then the next time I went they were all removed from the main shelves and put in those cheap paper sleeves with a clear plastic window. I asked if it was just to store them in a smaller space, but the employee told me they were as is and they had no cases behind the counter. Sad.
So wait if Silent Hill, Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill 3 and Silent Hill 4: The Room is in stock in GameStop Retro, will the prices still higher up?
I’ve seen cartridge games in my retro GameStop they are normally in the glass cases.
I haven’t seen any retro games in the glass cases in the ones I’ve been to
The carts are behind the counter you have to ask to see them at each of the Gamestop's I've been to so far.
In the one I went to had a little corner, with the only thing catching my eye was PvsZ for the ds, I'd say it was a sad collection but good enough for a few retro games.
I hate GameStop as much as next guy, but I think you're reaching on this one. Chief.
Hard disagree lol. GameStop is a multi billion dollar company marketing new retro stores, yet all they’re doing is taking old inventory out the back and calling it a new retro section.
@@jrob0021 I thought Gamestop was opening new stores dedicated to retro too, but if Gamestop wants to market old inventory alongside their current wares then that's cool
my problem is that i would love to go to a retro gamestop but my only problem is that i would buy gameboy and ds games. The thing with that, is with those games there are tons of counterfeits out there. So how exactly is gamestop doing what is needed to precent these counterfeits from being taken and sold to consumers? With how they are known to barley even do anything to actually refurbish consoles, how can we expect them to do the minimum and give us real copies of games that we are clearly paying above what the games are worth.
Collector's go to good will to find stuff. They actually have first gen games in bins that you never showed that they just let you pick through.
Maybe its shipping only for now so maybe check their website out and see.
My 2 local mall GameStop had more. One had 2 SNES games and the other had 3 PS1 games.
They so had n64 console and GameCube.
I saw a fat PS5 digital at Game X Change for $430 the other day when I was shopping for a PS5. I asked them how they justified selling that console used for more than it was brand new.
them missing manuals and cases because stores have a habit of just destroying them when they get traded in 👀
You gotta watch because most of those game discs have been resurfaced...
What's wrong with a resurfaced game?
@@mistermann3225Nothing at all, not sure what he's getting at.
I went to one about a week after it was announced. They had a few 360 sports titles.
I remember when I softmodded my og xbox was the best ever till I updated the dashboard and bricked the drive man that sucked actually kinda missed that thing had tons of fun playing games on it and emulators on it man those were the days
GameStop is just chasing their tail at this point wondering why they aren’t getting anywhere.
Did yall expect them to open full blown retro game stores wall to wall? I find gems once every other week grails even but I never expected them (within the months of announcing they’re bringing in retro) to have have full blown wall to wall retro stores… dial down the expectation and you won’t be soo disappointed 🤷🏽♂️ imo of course
It's this guys content, he loves putting business's down because they done him dirty in the past. It's enjoyable to an extent but does come off rather negative all the time.
Meanwhile in the UK, I got a copy of Pokémon pinball (the one with the inbuilt rumble) for gameboy colour for just £9.99
Moral: Don't go to GameStop, go to your local 2nd hand store
The GameStop i sometimes go to here in Fremont, Ca actually shutdown months ago. Due to bad sales and very bad service, Kind of like what's happening with dkoldies.
lmao that ending... little sudden
Gamestop destroyed and tossed so much retro product. They don't have a ton of backstock. I work at Gamestop for many years. They didn't send a lot back to warehouses, just pennied out and trashed them. Shameful
Which games did you buy?
no games in this one, only bought games in the first video
There is a local retro game shop in Fairbanks Alaska ( The secondary Market) I like to go to get games for my N64, I rather go there then GameStop for retro games.
Gamestop just needs to go out of business already.
Calling corporate ED is soo savage
Gamestop is gamestop , I don't understand gamers that rip on the last gamestore chain, who will then cry when there are only giant corporations left who will only sell digital " Licenses". Like wtf?
Hey Jacob if you ever want to do "retro" games if you're ever in Texas. Movie exchange, Game over videogames.
I was wondering why I could buy one consoles all of a sudden. They weren't taking old stuff until recently. I bet their reasoning behind taking old stuff and selling them is to bring in more customers. Since their business is dying
That's not true I bought a PS5 refumblish from GameStop no dust nothing looks like new I mean GameStop is a good store
All of those games where always in my game stop i didn't realize that others didnt have retro games
Even the games that are complete are usually in poor condition. Not a place for collectors
Tall Ed had me in tears
All the really good stuff you have to ask for. Its all in drawers behind the counter.
I always ask, and it's almost always just DS games. Nobody has had nes, snes, n64, etc.
these stores won't come to where I am and I'm glad for that
I mean... "stop biting him, its already dead 😢" what do you expect, 100 games per console??
im getting one from them on saturday!! with mw3 and bo1!
Arkham origins being 27.99 is also criminal
Game Stop Retro Store Is Such A Joke. THEY ARE DOOMED TO FAIL!!😂
Which investment firms are paying you to specifically trash gamestop?
gamestop is lucky to have shareholders willing to be diluted. they lack the ability to create new cash flows or boost reveune/sells meaningfully. the only reason the company still exists is because retail is chasing a dream of getting rich and screwing over wall street. RC has proven he will rug pull any run, even put verbage in multiple filings about it. Look at what happened during the run up this year... he diluted, stopping the run from going higher. He has 500m more shares to dilute with. Enjoy it.
Retro Store: Because Green, Blue and Red means Retro!
i love my local location its been lit
GameStop should of never stopped selling retro, there to far behind at this point.
“Retro” should be 6th gen and previous. I don’t think the 7th gen is old enough to be considered retro, they’re just outdated by todays standards
I'm pretty sure I have more retro games in my tiny gaming room than that gamestop
I bet they really wishing right about now that they didn't discard of old games back then 💀💀
Of course you had bad experience, it's GameStop lol
So it was one last blast before getting flushed
You have to keep in mind the stock is determined by what you trade in. If nobody brings ps1 there... no ps1 games 🤷♀️
This line of thinking applies to your average local game store, but I don’t think you can put it quite this simply when GameStop is a multi billion dollar company that could very easily source a solid inventory for each of their retro stores. Yes trade ins are going to make a difference over time - the stores with better trade ins will generally have better items. But theres no reason a company like GameStop should be marketing a new retro store, yet they’re just having these stores put out the old inventory they already had.
10 bucks for an original Xbox game is nuts!!
Remember when gamestop threw would throw away OG xbox games and accessories because they were too old? I know I do. Picked so many games, not just xbox, from the trash.
I would LOVE to play some GTA 6 already
GameStop needs to go the way of the dodo bird I stopped going to GameStop 5years ago
Love your content man!!!
Might as well get Xbox gamepass or the playstation plus and save you the drive time. Lots of older games there.
But it’s not physical, Just get an older console if you want that experience.
People collect games we don't want digital games.
My Xbox 360 won’t connect to the Internet and it doesn’t say it’s banned. Do you know why this is happening?
You keep buying from these same places and have the same complaints. Definition of insanity = doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results
He does it for videos, you think restaurant reviewers don't eat stuff they don't like.
If that's all they're going to sell in these retro stores 360 games and Playstation 3 games and Wii U games they got another thing coming