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GameStop Stock Plummets After A 27.5% Decrease In Holiday Sales

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oldgamerz:

--- Quote from: kamikazekeeg on January 16, 2020, 07:22:00 am ---
--- Quote from: shawndude82 on January 15, 2020, 06:40:15 pm ---I wouldn't say physical media is declining.  I predict digital is going to collapse eventually.  People want to own what they buy, digital games don't work that way.  You can pay a lot of money for something digital, and it's only yours until the company behind it decides to cancel it's availability (ex: Scott Pilgrim, TMNT: Turtles in Time Reshelled, P.T.).  Physical copies will always be preferable.
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There's nothing showing a collapse, everything is pointing towards physical going away and digital being the standard, I mean PC gaming has been almost entirely digital for years now anyways.  Physical copies only matter to those that actually care about having it physical.  A lot of kids and teens are growing up nowadays in a world of mostly streaming movies and music, with smart phones and tablets that bring them their entertainment, the desire for physical copies won't matter as much to them as it does for those like a number of us here who remember video stores and other local retailers who sold/rented actual physical games.

Not that I think it'll be soon, places like the United States don't have the infrastructure setup for going full digital yet, with a lot of people still having either no internet, bad internet, or have to deal with data caps.  Still a generation or two away from that, but it'll happen eventually.

And there will always be people who prefer physical, I'm one that grabs physical when I can, but this won't be the norm down the road.

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Data caps are a thing, and probably be always a thing, it cost money to run the internet infrastructure and to keep everything running. Plus their is watchdogs to provide internet security from someone who is using the internet maliciously and that cost money as well.

with all digital if you lose your email and password you lose your games. I use the internet a lot and I can tell you some of the high security features for digital accounts is actually making it easier for hackers to steal accounts. cyber bullying is a thing that brings enjoyment for a lot of people, and nerds hack for the thrill if it.

Imagine losing your entire collection to a disgruntled online player or someone who you do not know that is in your neighborhood, that wants to be a jerk. I been there and dealt with this for almost 10 or more years of my own life.

sworddude:
even if physical was as popular as ever

Gamestop does a ton of bad stuff. their stocks would plummet wether digital was going to become more popular or not.

@oldgamerz

Keep it a bit down with being paranoid your overeacting on multiple topics.

bikingjahuty:

--- Quote from: kashell on January 16, 2020, 09:28:00 am ---I give Game Stop a lot of guff, but I'd hate to see them all go. Like everyone else on this site, I like my physical media. But, the writing is on the wall. I think it's just a matter of "when."

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I used to loath Gamestop. For one, I hated how they essentially bought out all their competition in the early 2000s, with some of those chains being places I loved shopping. I remember around 2004 or so thinking that Gamestop felt like a soulless shell compared to the places I used to buy games like EBX and Software Ect. I also had a string of bad experiences with employees there leading up to the early part of the 2010s (its so weird to talk about the 2010s in the past tense lol).


But around 2013 or so I started to warm up to them gradually, and now I'm at the point where I actually enjoy shopping there. All my local Gamestop's have great people working at them who are always friendly, fun to talk to, and very passionate about gaming. If any of those stores get closed I'm going to be very sad, not just because that's one less game store out there, but also because I'll feel very bad for the people that work there. I will lament Gamestop going out of business in the next decade. I guess that means I should enjoy them as much as possible while I still can :/

Warmsignal:

--- Quote from: sworddude on January 16, 2020, 12:47:42 pm ---even if physical was as popular as ever

Gamestop does a ton of bad stuff. their stocks would plummet wether digital was going to become more popular or not.

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As much as some people would hope that the reason they're dying is their anti-consumer policies and their greed, that's not it. They pulled much of the same crap in the 2000s, and most of us would came crawling back, asking may I have another please. What's killing them is digital distribution. I talked to a employee one day about why they get so few copies of some specific titles in, the reason is that they never know if even one copy will sell. This guy's store was stuck with over 40 copies of Smash Ultimate because the projected physical sales were way, way off. Nobody bought the game physically, they just downloaded it on their Switch. So GameStop bought all those games they can't sell. It's that, but on a massive scale.

sworddude:

--- Quote from: Warmsignal on January 16, 2020, 05:39:40 pm ---
--- Quote from: sworddude on January 16, 2020, 12:47:42 pm ---even if physical was as popular as ever

Gamestop does a ton of bad stuff. their stocks would plummet wether digital was going to become more popular or not.

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As much as some people would hope that the reason they're dying is their anti-consumer policies and their greed, that's not it. They pulled much of the same crap in the 2000s, and most of us would came crawling back, asking may I have another please. What's killing them is digital distribution. I talked to a employee one day about why they get so few copies of some specific titles in, the reason is that they never know if even one copy will sell. This guy's store was stuck with over 40 copies of Smash Ultimate because the projected physical sales were way, way off. Nobody bought the game physically, they just downloaded it on their Switch. So GameStop bought all those games they can't sell. It's that, but on a massive scale.

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what about social media though. all the bad stuff and horrible stories about gamestop does that not turn people away?

in the early 2000's social media was non existent. big ass computers for only messages games. The internet was early.

Wether it was bad or not you didnt know about it. from a casuals lvl you only saw some positive adds on tv. also obviously that online stores where way less back than so sure less options back than aswell. But I think social media and bad rep at the very least sped up the process.

gamestop has the advertisment power and brand if it had more positive stuff instead of the hate on social media surely it would have been somewhat different. this isnt a small store withouth good marketing.

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