@@ExcelMKI mean even if they were selling games at market value or a tad over, it’d still be good. You’d have good retro game stores all over the country. I live in a pretty populated area and only have 1 non GameStop within 30 min of me. And that store is meh
I work there until next week lol just had a district conference meeting they told use we aren't doing good on warranties so they want us to add them to the price we give the customers without telling them lol I'm outta here
Honestly I’ve been waiting for Game Stop to just close already. They have been junk for years now and their legendary customer service is a joke. If there not scripted to sell you a card or a membership they hardly have two words to speak to you 😂
Most of my gamestops are run by people who don’t even know what some of these retro games are. Deals don’t happen either, and one of them has attempted to pressure me to buy a game.
I’ve had the same experience, really cool people that love and know games that give me great purchasing advice and recommendations. I actually like GameStop
Internally I refuse to accept the 360 being considered retro. Next year the 360 will reach 20 years of age meaning it’ll officially be considered vintage which hurts even worse. Vintage items then when the 360 releases were items from 1985.
I HATE reading stuff like this. I can’t explain how weird it makes me feel. That we are now with the 360, where I was with the NES as a teenager… bro. I feel ancient lol.
Why don't they just become a video game publisher and sell their retail copies exclusively on their own shelves? They could make deals with indie studios and AAs. That'd give people a good reason to care about GameStop again.
the same thing happened to radio shack in the early 2000s. they started selling cell phones, and no one trained them how to sell cell phones, and then they stopped selling all the normal radio shack stuff. it was a nightmare.
It was a mess even before that . I had a radio shack branded portable tv that ran on batteries. I was tired of buying batteries and went in store to buy the ac adapter. They didn't know what I could use even though it was their branded gadget . Better off dead in my opinion
When I went to radio shack in the 80s and 90s it was a good store. They had doo dads, batteries, accessories, computers and other stuff. Once they transitioned to cell phones and cell phone plans, it's like they got a lobotomy.
There's this retro store in my town that pays you quite well for your stuff and their prices aren't horrible either. They are a little pricey on some things, but they actually repair everything themselves there. They also make sure everything works properly before accepting it. One time I sold a couple of old systems to them for parts that they need it because it didn't actually work, but they bought it for parts. I like supporting small businesses like them.
Where I live, we have exactly one retro video game store. The prices for what they sell are sky high. If you trade games or systems in, you wont get much money, it's like pawn stars in there lol. Best I can do for this intellivision is 20 dollars lol
I remember not too many years ago they were selling retro games & it was a disaster. People would take cheap sports games & put say a Chrono trigger label on it & they bought & sold it without even checking to see if it was authentic. Another thing I remember was a conkers bad fur day with a red cart which was never a thing. Same with the famous blue clay fighters sculptors cut.
@@jrob0021 it was a mess & I witnessed some of the disasters. My local GameStop just gave up on retro & they threw a lot of retro gaming stuff in the dumpster. I dug out some NES, N64, GameCube, Wii, PSP games & accessories out of their dumpster & they all worked. I wasn't going to see them go to a landfill.
@@jrob0021yeah, I remember when my local GameStop gave up on retro games. They didn't sell them they threw them away. I dug NES, N64, GameCube, Wii, & PSP games & accessories out of their dumpster. I wasn't going to see them go to a landfill especially when other people can use or want them.
Hey Jacob I worked at GameStop. We just started taking retro everything again. It’s awful we are not allowed to test any of them, we throw them in a giant pile in the back working not working basically everything from nes , to ps3. Then we shipped them to the warehouse all in one box we were not allowed to sell retro In the stores. I felt bad because we gave barely anything for Pokémon games , new game si knew are worth a lot and we gave them like 3 bucks. We have no idea where they go or how they get to the customers.
GameStop has a 7 day full refund return policy on all their used games so you can just return it if theres an issue and get something else. I used to “rent” games this way as a kid, it was great.
Not anymore. They just changed their policy to where you can only return stuff if it's unopened. It's a trash company now.. nothing like our childhood memories
I'm going to continue supporting my local retro gaming stores. I had a vague idea that Gamestop was doing this and stopped by one of their local stores to find exactly nothing. My local retro game store is more convenient to get to and their prices actually make sense.
Well they don't know how to make money. They want to only sell new stuff and expect everyone to be rich. If they knew how to actually fix and refurbish consoles and had decent games and accessories new and old, they would be better off. Plus the people who always seem to work at these places are always douche bags.
I think it's a good thing that retro gaming is making a comeback. It maybe old, but a lot of our memories are in those games and consoles and i know for a fact the younger generations would want to know how it all began lol.
GameStops best option to do now is to rebrand, change the name, consolidate stores, move into table top gaming, etc make it a full out gaming experience. You can do this by having one bigger location instead of multiple small stores. Provide better trade in values, etc. I only go to the store when sells happen.
@@georgeyreynolds I think that would be the best way to go. In bigger markets you could host competitions, have a theater room area to rent out for movies or to just play games.
Futurama is $99.99 because they don't go any higher than that on games, so Silent Hill: Shattered Memories on PS2, Haunting Ground, etc. are all that same price. You can get a great deal on super expensive games if you get lucky enough lol Also as far as discs not working, no they do not test them, but the warehouse *does* have resurfacing machines. So if a store sees a lot of scratches and marks it as defective, the warehouse will resurface it, but a lot of employees don't check (or care)
I used to buy some retro stuff from them like 5-6 years ago and it was relatively easy to figure out where everything was. They changed the website a few years ago and finding a lot of things is a mess
Literally asking their employees, that they barely pay and treat like crap, to do just one more thing without training, it just works. I always wondered what happened to all their old stock of all these old games and consoles, glad to see you can kinda still buy it but idk if I want to risk it.
Meanwhile, over here in the UK we have CEX (more or less the same near me). Trading in for credit is standard, and gives more credit than trading in for cash. and you canonly trade in for cash with photo ID. In all, I think it's much better than Gamestop
We have CeX in several bigger cities in Poland. I got the majority of my Xbox 360 and PSP games from them. The prices are reasonable and oftentimes you can get a better deal than on ebay. The only issue I have with them are the (sometimes) unpeelable stickers they put on all boxes
I think GameStop like 7 years ago was selling clay fighter sculptures cut but the problem was that it was a reproduction cartridge and they were selling it as a original game
I only go to GameStop because they constantly mismark their games, 😂. Got 50% off Arkham Knight and Forza Horizon 3 because one was marked as Arkham City, and the other was marked as Far Cry 4. I appreciate that the clerk still sold them when I pointed it out
i remember my dad was telling me about sometime (maybe 2008-9 or something) he went to gamestop to go trade in his original xbox (with controllers, cords, and i think some games too) and they offered him like 25 bucks... store credit. He never stepped foot in a gamestop again.
My local electronics store will always be better than Gamestop in terms of new and used electronics. The prices are reasonable, they always remove the scratches on discs with their disc scratch remover machine, they always clean up the used consoles they get, and they always got games for every console on the shelves. And they are definently not as big as Gamestop by a long shot.
They should rename their stores, its no longer a Gaming Stop, they sell a bunch of merchandise now and I dont think thats a bad thing for figure collectors card collectors and anime merch etc Its important to have more stores as another source or outlet to compete with one another and options when things sell out in one place. Ofc they should still have gaming products, gaming sub or currency cards, gaming figures etc
Never buy anything from gamestop, unless its a clear loss to them ie: Clothing thats on clearance or Pop figures that are going for less than 30% of the original value.
Well, that's a huge mess. Considering the prices, that's nothing new. They also have modern games with prices that are listed for cheaper prices but never are in stock.
There was a Game stop I went in back in the day which had an impressive retro selection. Some PS1 rare games I saw expensive, yet in the regular section had a Vandal Hearts over there for like 9.99 I picked it up.
Its funny how they Stopped Selling "Retro" stuff when it was 1-2 generations behind the meta, Because they thought people only cared about the new stuff, Now they see all the money it makes and now they want a piece of the pie, They should of never stopped selling GBA, Xbox, Gamecube, PS2, And they would be still thriving..
I wanted a Switch. GS wanted $313. The pawn shop a mile away wanted $200. I mostly get action figures there but still do not even spend enough in a year that would make their rewards program "pay for itself".
GameStop would come back from the dead if they fully embraced full blown retro! GameCube, ps2 PS3 360 Wii, Wii U NDS gba ps1 etc etc. They would be kings again. Seriously in 2024! We are yearning for older games more than ever before!
Gamestop's retro gaming inventory was liquidated in 2020. When prices skyrocketed Gamestop sold all their inventory in 2020 during the pandemic. Since then they have not restocked. Another issue is since 2020 more people are reluctant to sell their retro games.
Honestly if I was running GameStop I would first consolidate the stores to being in only all Major Cities. Then automate the in-store process as much as possible so it could be ran by a maximum of 3 employees. This would then allow for the company to offer competitive pay to qualified individuals that are passionate about the industry at large and offer the best in-person experience for consumers. Then I’d go on a massive shopping spree and buy up the majority of retro games from the secondary market. At which point would then pivot the business towards a retro gaming rebrand. Because, if we’re being honest we won’t have physical games by next gen aside from maybe Nintendo. This would slowly take out all the retro game stores in major cities giving GameStop a huge advantage. But this would also create a void in non major cities where new and existing mom & pop stores can thrive. Ultimately shifting the way buying games at large works.
GameStop is the worst, wouldn't care if there were zero left in the country. I travel if.imwant something, you should too..bc I'm not standing behind GameStop at all.
I used to be a GameStop hater up until a year ago. They actually have good promotions on a weekly basis & way better deals on retro games unlike gameXchange. Also, you'd think a GameStop employee was bad until you walk inside a gamexchange & see a 35 year old incel wearing a demon slayer kimono.
Im surprised they're still in business. I was secretly waiting for them to go out of business so we could buy all the merchandise. Payback for robbing me my entire childhood
@TheDlopez005 You ever buy a brand new game & dont like it so you return it ? They either try to give you half in cash or store credit thats still not close to the original price
My local Gamestops were mandated to put the posters promoting the graded cards updates, almost 3 months ago. The manager has been here for years and although he knows Pokémon cards, he was NOT looking forward to this
Several years ago, they used to have a good bit of retro games in stock. Then once covid hit they abandoned it. You could get some sweet deals when they had the 4 for 20, 4 for 40 deals or buy some amount and save 50%. You just had to double check things were authentic once you received them
GameStop has proven that their confidence in their retro refurbished products are not good at all, leading them to hiding it on the website, because it’s not their top priority for sales.
Fun fact: the prices for a lot of rarer games on GameStop are what they are because of the company selling them on the lowest end of the highest price. Example: The Thousand Year Door can be roughly $140 elsewhere, but GameStop only charges $99.99
I visited the GameStop website once and I spent twenty minutes wandering around looking for retro games and couldn't find any. I tried searching for some and it only came up with titles that were not in stock. I never really cared about GameStop and I have not set foot in one of their stores since 2016.
I thought they were selling used retro stuff for a while, then they said no, we are not anymore then the whole stonk meme thing happened. and now they are trying retro stuff again?
Friendly Reminder: As soon as Reggie Fils Aime stepped down as CEO of Nintendo Of America, became board director for GameStop in hopes of turning the company around. And in only 2 years he quit because he realized it was a lost cause.
Unrelated but hearing the 7th gen consoles called "retro" feels absolutely wrong, even if they're almost 20 years old (and some systems like the Wii U and PS Vita shouldn't even be considered retro consoles yet).
I regret not buying older stuff right when the 360 launched. Most gamecube stuff was under 20 dollars and other retro stuff was cheaper and easier to come by
I would be very hesitant to trust graded cards from them. There’s many grading companies out there and there standards vary. Pokémon collectors like me tend to use PSA for grading. CGC and Becket are also acceptable though. I have a feeling they would be using one of the lower tier graders for cards.
I am skeptical of game stop. They do not mention the condition of the game for stuff like nes or genesis. The customer might receive torn labels, heavy scratches or markers on them
GameStop’s website has been a disaster for a very long time. Not sure what hamsters in the back room got stuck with the web building job. But clearly they weren’t feed or watered well…
I'm a teacher and showed my students a clip from Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World. A kid saw Young Neil's NintendoDS Lite and said, "Oh this is one of those retro indie films."
I walked into my local Gamestop this past April for the first time in like 8 years. I just bought a Xbox series X and was excited to buy some used games and look at the new ones. They didn't have much, no used titles that I could see. I asked the clerk and he told me that they didn't have much stock and to try another location and also mentioned the competition. They had Pokémon and stuffed animals. What the hell happened to the video game scene.
Retro stuff is being sold in store unless the items are defective. The policy used to be it all gets shipped back to Texas regardless of it works or not. Some stores ignored this and sold the non defective stuff in store which is likely why the policy is now that it can be sold in store without being shipped out to Texas. This is why everything is not available on the website, because its all at your local gamestop(s). I have bought NES, SNES, N64, Wii, PS1, PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, GB, GBA and DS games from my local stores. Go out and explore, especially when they have sales that apply to ALL preowned games and not just select titles/platforms. The current B2G1 preowned games is only PS4, Xbox One and Series X games. A few weeks ago it was 4 for $40 ALL preowned games $20 and under. Pretty sure the last B2G1 was also ALL preowned games.
The process just started, the employee will learn to trade in cards. And GameStop is already making a lot of money of the cards and they sell them for better prices then everybody. Everyone wins
Gamestop has done so many bad things they need to be absorbed and rebranded and cease to exist. THIS IS A TERRIBLE COMPANY NO MATTER WHAT GOOD OR MEMORIES WE MAY HAVE WITH SHOPPING THERE. Terrible business practices and everyone just allows it and defends them which is nuts.
The hardest thing to find is 3DS games… the one thing that annoys me about them is they do not differentiate between loose and complete. The complete games are close to price charting while the loose ones are still cib pricing
Video game stores that specialize in games in the US and Germany (only other country I’ve been to that I’ve seen one) have such a wider selection than GameStop ever will. Always go to those instead. And in the states even some stores that don’t specialize in video games too much but are more for movies still have a selection of retro games and consoles. For example, there’s a place that’s kinda nationwide in the states (if I remember correctly) called Movie Trading Company (called EntertainMart in some states like Colorado, Utah and Idaho) that is just like that as well as a place near where I live called eStarland.
My Kirby Star Allies copy can read, just it takes a fuckton of hot-swapping to make it read. Unfortunately, the GameStop I bought it from closed c. 2020, at the height of the pandemic. The other closest GameStop location near me closed in January last year and they turned it into a liquor store LMAO
I renewed my pro member ship at the end of February and looking like the last time ever because since then they took away so much more of the pro membership , it’s basically like giving GameStop $20-25 a year for “ being a good sport “ smh
A lot of these business falling apart period. Once open now close. People being cheap don’t want to spend jobs going over seas. Politicians lying ever year to get a vote it’s a mess.
I don’t know why people hate on GameStop so much. I know that they don’t offer much for trade and their prices aren’t always the greatest, but they’re there they are here they try and it’s the last place in my hometown left to buy video games other than for the moment, Walmart, which eventually obviouslywill no longer be selling any physical media of any sort you don’t know what you got till it’s gone so let’s complain a little less about a store that is still here trying to be successful at what they do and we as gaming fans should support them
They should have been doing retro and taking it seriously for the past 10 years. All the ones near me having given up on games almost completely, they have like 15 PS5 games and 8 Xbox games and rest of the store is collectibles and t-shirts. Slim chance of even finding the latest game there, because they don't get any copies.
I found some really random retro game store , and they sold me a.psp for $40 with the charger. GameStop wants like $30 for the charger (after taxes) Psp would be over $100
I looked at a couple consoles..... every one of them say "not available" "out of stock for ship to home". N64, GBA (all options) etc. I live in New York, how is every console not available for shipping?
Futurama $95? Here's why. It's just the disc it's probably been stomped on a few times and probably doesn't work! That's why this was 15 years ago at a GameStop they had a used super Nintendo console with two PS1 controllers. It was $90 seriously! These people should stop doing this and torturing the customers that have a hard enough time dealing with them with their new Frontline stuff good video. Thank you.
GameStop is not what it used to be anymore, one main reason I used to go to GameStop often was the employees. They were great they took care of me with gaming, but they are all gone now........
Similar thing with the steam decks they sell. If you want one a store near you has to have them, they will not ship them for some reason. Seems like they're missing out on a lot of sales by doing that.
It’s just GameTopic now. Hot Topic randomness of energy drinks and themed shirts with matching underwear packs, cards, jewelry, candy, plushies with a Game Theming
I just feel like if GameStop wants to dive in and continue being a store then DIVE IN. Stop half assing it and just make it better. They need a full revamp! They need better pricing,better item description, and Website UI…
If you watched Leonhart's video it said he never did the training.....so that is kinda on that guy. Retro is pretty easy to find, menu in the top left, video games and retro is right there.
It’s ridiculous. If you search for a BC PS3, it’ll actually come up as “Backwards compatible”. For real. But if you go through the specs, it’ll say at the very bottom “PS3 not backwards compatible with PS2 games”. 🤣 So they’re advertising something they don’t have. I’m serious go look it up lol.
If GameStop got their act together, they could be a retro video game powerhouse (in a good way). Doubt that’ll ever happen though 🤷
A powerhouse of deals potentially, I got Tenkaichi 3 on the PS2 for 90 bucks complete. Saved 100 bucks off eBay pricing.
Haha bro 😂
@@ExcelMKI mean even if they were selling games at market value or a tad over, it’d still be good. You’d have good retro game stores all over the country. I live in a pretty populated area and only have 1 non GameStop within 30 min of me. And that store is meh
Thank goodness
I work there until next week lol just had a district conference meeting they told use we aren't doing good on warranties so they want us to add them to the price we give the customers without telling them lol I'm outta here
I've been an employee for over a year and I didn't know how to access the retro on our website. Thanks for the job training Jacob R!
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My local gamestop is now more plushies than consoles or games
What no magic erasers? (Just kidding!).
What’s so bad about plushies..
And mugs
Honestly I’ve been waiting for Game Stop to just close already. They have been junk for years now and their legendary customer service is a joke. If there not scripted to sell you a card or a membership they hardly have two words to speak to you 😂
And shirts and random towels
The gamestop near me is run by the chillest guy he hooked me up with a bunch of 360 games for a fat deal
Most of my gamestops are run by people who don’t even know what some of these retro games are. Deals don’t happen either, and one of them has attempted to pressure me to buy a game.
I’ve had the same experience, really cool people that love and know games that give me great purchasing advice and recommendations. I actually like GameStop
Prolly was about to penny-out the lot but still better sold than in the dumpster
@@thejustinjustin1233 You don't like GameStop, you like the humans working at GS.
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Exactly. Hate the corporation, love the cool employees that'll get you right in this day and age of inflation.
Internally I refuse to accept the 360 being considered retro. Next year the 360 will reach 20 years of age meaning it’ll officially be considered vintage which hurts even worse. Vintage items then when the 360 releases were items from 1985.
Time flies. I remember being a kid and having a Nintendo, then upgrading to the super Nintendo when it came out in 1990.
About 5 years ago I got one for 25 bucks
I HATE reading stuff like this. I can’t explain how weird it makes me feel. That we are now with the 360, where I was with the NES as a teenager… bro. I feel ancient lol.
Why don't they just become a video game publisher and sell their retail copies exclusively on their own shelves? They could make deals with indie studios and AAs. That'd give people a good reason to care about GameStop again.
They did that around 2017.
the same thing happened to radio shack in the early 2000s. they started selling cell phones, and no one trained them how to sell cell phones, and then they stopped selling all the normal radio shack stuff. it was a nightmare.
It was a mess even before that . I had a radio shack branded portable tv that ran on batteries. I was tired of buying batteries and went in store to buy the ac adapter. They didn't know what I could use even though it was their branded gadget . Better off dead in my opinion
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When I went to radio shack in the 80s and 90s it was a good store. They had doo dads, batteries, accessories, computers and other stuff.
Once they transitioned to cell phones and cell phone plans, it's like they got a lobotomy.
Man I miss radio shack
There's this retro store in my town that pays you quite well for your stuff and their prices aren't horrible either. They are a little pricey on some things, but they actually repair everything themselves there. They also make sure everything works properly before accepting it. One time I sold a couple of old systems to them for parts that they need it because it didn't actually work, but they bought it for parts. I like supporting small businesses like them.
Where I live, we have exactly one retro video game store. The prices for what they sell are sky high.
If you trade games or systems in, you wont get much money, it's like pawn stars in there lol.
Best I can do for this intellivision is 20 dollars lol
I remember not too many years ago they were selling retro games & it was a disaster. People would take cheap sports games & put say a Chrono trigger label on it & they bought & sold it without even checking to see if it was authentic. Another thing I remember was a conkers bad fur day with a red cart which was never a thing. Same with the famous blue clay fighters sculptors cut.
Yeah I remember it being awful a few years ago when they were doing retro
@@jrob0021 it was a mess & I witnessed some of the disasters. My local GameStop just gave up on retro & they threw a lot of retro gaming stuff in the dumpster. I dug out some NES, N64, GameCube, Wii, PSP games & accessories out of their dumpster & they all worked. I wasn't going to see them go to a landfill.
@@jrob0021yeah, I remember when my local GameStop gave up on retro games. They didn't sell them they threw them away. I dug NES, N64, GameCube, Wii, & PSP games & accessories out of their dumpster. I wasn't going to see them go to a landfill especially when other people can use or want them.
I bet they're gonna buy and sell a ton of repro carts as legit without knowing or caring.
Those are considered fake games.
My local gamestop just closed down.
Interesting, honestly I haven’t seen any of my local gamestops close down in a long time
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@@jrob0021 recently all gamestops in ireland closed, got a copy of rachet and clank ps4 for 6 euro because of it
Same!
@@jrob0021 It must have been 'magically erased'! (LOL).
GameStop is weird. If a store has one copy in the area the website won't show it.
Hey Jacob I worked at GameStop. We just started taking retro everything again. It’s awful we are not allowed to test any of them, we throw them in a giant pile in the back working not working basically everything from nes , to ps3. Then we shipped them to the warehouse all in one box we were not allowed to sell retro In the stores. I felt bad because we gave barely anything for Pokémon games , new game si knew are worth a lot and we gave them like 3 bucks. We have no idea where they go or how they get to the customers.
Very interesting 🧐
They get sold on Ebay by a 3rd party. It's a massive source of income for Gamestop that most people aren't aware of. (allegedly)
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> we are not allowed to test any of them
Well that explains why the Mario & Luigi Partners in Time copy I got from GS never worked then
I feel like we need Gamestop to get their act together on retro games and other things, because they're a strong force for us having physical media.
GameStop has a 7 day full refund return policy on all their used games so you can just return it if theres an issue and get something else. I used to “rent” games this way as a kid, it was great.
This is the way; you can do this with anything bought from goodwill
Not anymore. They just changed their policy to where you can only return stuff if it's unopened. It's a trash company now.. nothing like our childhood memories
I'm going to continue supporting my local retro gaming stores. I had a vague idea that Gamestop was doing this and stopped by one of their local stores to find exactly nothing. My local retro game store is more convenient to get to and their prices actually make sense.
I remember when my mall had a GameStop inside. It was honestly so fun 🥹 they have one outside of the mall, but it's always so dead
What's funny is that my neighboring city literally has two GS stores right across the street from each other.
Well they don't know how to make money. They want to only sell new stuff and expect everyone to be rich. If they knew how to actually fix and refurbish consoles and had decent games and accessories new and old, they would be better off.
Plus the people who always seem to work at these places are always douche bags.
We have about 5 in my small town..no idea how any of them stay open. Never see cars there
I think it's a good thing that retro gaming is making a comeback. It maybe old, but a lot of our memories are in those games and consoles and i know for a fact the younger generations would want to know how it all began lol.
GameStops best option to do now is to rebrand, change the name, consolidate stores, move into table top gaming, etc make it a full out gaming experience. You can do this by having one bigger location instead of multiple small stores. Provide better trade in values, etc. I only go to the store when sells happen.
Board gaming and tabletop gaming cafes perhaps?
@@georgeyreynolds I think that would be the best way to go. In bigger markets you could host competitions, have a theater room area to rent out for movies or to just play games.
@@georgeyreynolds GS is utterly dirty, all game cases icky.
And they actually need to offer services were they refurbish consoles for maintenance. They really don't know how to make money.
Futurama is $99.99 because they don't go any higher than that on games, so Silent Hill: Shattered Memories on PS2, Haunting Ground, etc. are all that same price. You can get a great deal on super expensive games if you get lucky enough lol
Also as far as discs not working, no they do not test them, but the warehouse *does* have resurfacing machines. So if a store sees a lot of scratches and marks it as defective, the warehouse will resurface it, but a lot of employees don't check (or care)
I used to buy some retro stuff from them like 5-6 years ago and it was relatively easy to figure out where everything was. They changed the website a few years ago and finding a lot of things is a mess
The out of stock issue is really awful. Why can’t you filter by availability anymore!
Literally asking their employees, that they barely pay and treat like crap, to do just one more thing without training, it just works. I always wondered what happened to all their old stock of all these old games and consoles, glad to see you can kinda still buy it but idk if I want to risk it.
Meanwhile, over here in the UK we have CEX (more or less the same near me). Trading in for credit is standard, and gives more credit than trading in for cash. and you canonly trade in for cash with photo ID.
In all, I think it's much better than Gamestop
We have CeX in several bigger cities in Poland. I got the majority of my Xbox 360 and PSP games from them. The prices are reasonable and oftentimes you can get a better deal than on ebay. The only issue I have with them are the (sometimes) unpeelable stickers they put on all boxes
Heheh, "CEX~"
Don't worry DK Oldies will sell you retro consoles at a 500% mark up
Gamestop might compete 🤔
Yeah but it's refurbished tho so it's not really a bad deal
@roddywhittemore493 you need to watch all the UA-cam videos that show that DK claiming the consoles are refurbished is nothing but a pile of BS
@@scottmccombs2257 I'm joking bro
I ordered a crystal red 2DS on their website the other and when I got it they just sent me a normal red 2DS I returned it we’ll see how that goes
I think GameStop like 7 years ago was selling clay fighter sculptures cut but the problem was that it was a reproduction cartridge and they were selling it as a original game
I only go to GameStop because they constantly mismark their games, 😂. Got 50% off Arkham Knight and Forza Horizon 3 because one was marked as Arkham City, and the other was marked as Far Cry 4. I appreciate that the clerk still sold them when I pointed it out
Um ? That doesn’t make sense we scan the barcodes it doesn’t matter it they are marked or not
@@mooserocka522 most states you have to sell them it at that price if that what it was marked on the sticker
I live in a city that already has a Retro game store chain that’s very solid.
i remember my dad was telling me about sometime (maybe 2008-9 or something) he went to gamestop to go trade in his original xbox (with controllers, cords, and i think some games too) and they offered him like 25 bucks... store credit. He never stepped foot in a gamestop again.
My local electronics store will always be better than Gamestop in terms of new and used electronics. The prices are reasonable, they always remove the scratches on discs with their disc scratch remover machine, they always clean up the used consoles they get, and they always got games for every console on the shelves. And they are definently not as big as Gamestop by a long shot.
They should rename their stores, its no longer a Gaming Stop, they sell a bunch of merchandise now and I dont think thats a bad thing for figure collectors card collectors and anime merch etc Its important to have more stores as another source or outlet to compete with one another and options when things sell out in one place. Ofc they should still have gaming products, gaming sub or currency cards, gaming figures etc
Never buy anything from gamestop, unless its a clear loss to them ie: Clothing thats on clearance or Pop figures that are going for less than 30% of the original value.
Gamestop will be gone.. unless they introduce topless floozies and hot wings.
Well, that's a huge mess.
Considering the prices, that's nothing new. They also have modern games with prices that are listed for cheaper prices but never are in stock.
There was a Game stop I went in back in the day which had an impressive retro selection. Some PS1 rare games I saw expensive, yet in the regular section had a Vandal Hearts over there for like 9.99 I picked it up.
Game Stop wants maximum profit for crappy refurbished games and consoles.
Its funny how they Stopped Selling "Retro" stuff when it was 1-2 generations behind the meta, Because they thought people only cared about the new stuff, Now they see all the money it makes and now they want a piece of the pie, They should of never stopped selling GBA, Xbox, Gamecube, PS2, And they would be still thriving..
I wanted a Switch. GS wanted $313. The pawn shop a mile away wanted $200. I mostly get action figures there but still do not even spend enough in a year that would make their rewards program "pay for itself".
GameStop would come back from the dead if they fully embraced full blown retro! GameCube, ps2 PS3 360 Wii, Wii U NDS gba ps1 etc etc. They would be kings again. Seriously in 2024! We are yearning for older games more than ever before!
Gamestop's retro gaming inventory was liquidated in 2020. When prices skyrocketed Gamestop sold all their inventory in 2020 during the pandemic. Since then they have not restocked. Another issue is since 2020 more people are reluctant to sell their retro games.
That means eBay
Honestly if I was running GameStop I would first consolidate the stores to being in only all Major Cities. Then automate the in-store process as much as possible so it could be ran by a maximum of 3 employees. This would then allow for the company to offer competitive pay to qualified individuals that are passionate about the industry at large and offer the best in-person experience for consumers. Then I’d go on a massive shopping spree and buy up the majority of retro games from the secondary market. At which point would then pivot the business towards a retro gaming rebrand. Because, if we’re being honest we won’t have physical games by next gen aside from maybe Nintendo. This would slowly take out all the retro game stores in major cities giving GameStop a huge advantage. But this would also create a void in non major cities where new and existing mom & pop stores can thrive. Ultimately shifting the way buying games at large works.
I've lived near a GameStop for over 20 years, literally since the PS1/PS2 generation, so seeing this is just... weird
Gamestop is the only national game store chain left. We cant lose them
We should lose them, mom and pop stores are much better
@@chasejackson7248 not every city has a mom and pop shop tho. Most small cities have a gamestop
I have set foot in a GameStop in years. Don’t need them
@@chasejackson7248depends honestly, because some guys are flat out scalping the crap out of the issue
GameStop is the worst, wouldn't care if there were zero left in the country. I travel if.imwant something, you should too..bc I'm not standing behind GameStop at all.
I used to be a GameStop hater up until a year ago. They actually have good promotions on a weekly basis & way better deals on retro games unlike gameXchange. Also, you'd think a GameStop employee was bad until you walk inside a gamexchange & see a 35 year old incel wearing a demon slayer kimono.
They been off the rails this aint nun new. tried to buy my ps5 for 125 smh
I was buying a controller from GameStop last week, the lady at checkout tried secretly adding my GameStop pro renewal thinking i wouldn't notice....
Im surprised they're still in business. I was secretly waiting for them to go out of business so we could buy all the merchandise. Payback for robbing me my entire childhood
How did they rob you lol
@TheDlopez005 You ever buy a brand new game & dont like it so you return it ? They either try to give you half in cash or store credit thats still not close to the original price
I went to a GameStop a couple months ago and they had ds and Wii games! I thought they were always doing this but I guess not.
We never stopped selling ds and Wii games that is the furthest back they go. They are not called retro yet there
I'll give you 2$ and a bag of skittles for that graded pokemon card
My local Gamestops were mandated to put the posters promoting the graded cards updates, almost 3 months ago. The manager has been here for years and although he knows Pokémon cards, he was NOT looking forward to this
Several years ago, they used to have a good bit of retro games in stock. Then once covid hit they abandoned it. You could get some sweet deals when they had the 4 for 20, 4 for 40 deals or buy some amount and save 50%. You just had to double check things were authentic once you received them
So many people stopped going to GameStop years ago
Everyone complains about Gamestop but when it's gone you'll miss it.
GameStop has proven that their confidence in their retro refurbished products are not good at all, leading them to hiding it on the website, because it’s not their top priority for sales.
3:33 Futurama is worth a lot of money if it's in great condition.
Nah, I will stick to Ebay
Fun fact: the prices for a lot of rarer games on GameStop are what they are because of the company selling them on the lowest end of the highest price.
Example: The Thousand Year Door can be roughly $140 elsewhere, but GameStop only charges $99.99
I visited the GameStop website once and I spent twenty minutes wandering around looking for retro games and couldn't find any. I tried searching for some and it only came up with titles that were not in stock. I never really cared about GameStop and I have not set foot in one of their stores since 2016.
Whenever I watch these videos I am glad the Gamestops in Germany are great compared to whatever is going on in the US
I thought they were selling used retro stuff for a while, then they said no, we are not anymore then the whole stonk meme thing happened. and now they are trying retro stuff again?
Friendly Reminder:
As soon as Reggie Fils Aime stepped down as CEO of Nintendo Of America, became board director for GameStop in hopes of turning the company around.
And in only 2 years he quit because he realized it was a lost cause.
Those cash/trade values are actually closer to what you would get at a video game store.
Most game stores do 10 to 25 percent in cash
I live in a giant city and GameStop doesn’t even carry new releases of games. How can they be expected to sell retro games with competence?
GameStop is not what it used to be anyway.
Yep, totally different store just 20 years ago. Just a dying vibe now in most of them.
Unrelated but hearing the 7th gen consoles called "retro" feels absolutely wrong, even if they're almost 20 years old (and some systems like the Wii U and PS Vita shouldn't even be considered retro consoles yet).
I regret not buying older stuff right when the 360 launched. Most gamecube stuff was under 20 dollars and other retro stuff was cheaper and easier to come by
I would be very hesitant to trust graded cards from them. There’s many grading companies out there and there standards vary. Pokémon collectors like me tend to use PSA for grading. CGC and Becket are also acceptable though. I have a feeling they would be using one of the lower tier graders for cards.
They are currently only buying and selling PSA graded cards that are at least PSA 8. They are not sending cards in to get graded.
I am skeptical of game stop. They do not mention the condition of the game for stuff like nes or genesis. The customer might receive torn labels, heavy scratches or markers on them
GameStop’s website has been a disaster for a very long time. Not sure what hamsters in the back room got stuck with the web building job. But clearly they weren’t feed or watered well…
I'm a teacher and showed my students a clip from Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World. A kid saw Young Neil's NintendoDS Lite and said, "Oh this is one of those retro indie films."
I walked into my local Gamestop this past April for the first time in like 8 years. I just bought a Xbox series X and was excited to buy some used games and look at the new ones. They didn't have much, no used titles that I could see. I asked the clerk and he told me that they didn't have much stock and to try another location and also mentioned the competition. They had Pokémon and stuffed animals. What the hell happened to the video game scene.
Retro stuff is being sold in store unless the items are defective. The policy used to be it all gets shipped back to Texas regardless of it works or not. Some stores ignored this and sold the non defective stuff in store which is likely why the policy is now that it can be sold in store without being shipped out to Texas. This is why everything is not available on the website, because its all at your local gamestop(s). I have bought NES, SNES, N64, Wii, PS1, PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, GB, GBA and DS games from my local stores. Go out and explore, especially when they have sales that apply to ALL preowned games and not just select titles/platforms. The current B2G1 preowned games is only PS4, Xbox One and Series X games. A few weeks ago it was 4 for $40 ALL preowned games $20 and under. Pretty sure the last B2G1 was also ALL preowned games.
I've been using eBay since 2005 and that's my go-to spot. I have always been able to find what I wanted to find for a reasonable price
I don’t think I bought anything from gamestop since 2020 when RE3 released. It was once an awesome place in the 2000’s.
I can see the employee visibly sweating
The process just started, the employee will learn to trade in cards. And GameStop is already making a lot of money of the cards and they sell them for better prices then everybody. Everyone wins
Gamestop has done so many bad things they need to be absorbed and rebranded and cease to exist. THIS IS A TERRIBLE COMPANY NO MATTER WHAT GOOD OR MEMORIES WE MAY HAVE WITH SHOPPING THERE. Terrible business practices and everyone just allows it and defends them which is nuts.
The hardest thing to find is 3DS games… the one thing that annoys me about them is they do not differentiate between loose and complete. The complete games are close to price charting while the loose ones are still cib pricing
Video game stores that specialize in games in the US and Germany (only other country I’ve been to that I’ve seen one) have such a wider selection than GameStop ever will. Always go to those instead. And in the states even some stores that don’t specialize in video games too much but are more for movies still have a selection of retro games and consoles. For example, there’s a place that’s kinda nationwide in the states (if I remember correctly) called Movie Trading Company (called EntertainMart in some states like Colorado, Utah and Idaho) that is just like that as well as a place near where I live called eStarland.
Sounds like we're lucky here in the UK that we don't have Gamestop
My Kirby Star Allies copy can read, just it takes a fuckton of hot-swapping to make it read. Unfortunately, the GameStop I bought it from closed c. 2020, at the height of the pandemic. The other closest GameStop location near me closed in January last year and they turned it into a liquor store LMAO
I have always remember they did this especially when they had funcoland stores
I renewed my pro member ship at the end of February and looking like the last time ever because since then they took away so much more of the pro membership , it’s basically like giving GameStop $20-25 a year for “ being a good sport “ smh
A lot of these business falling apart period. Once open now close. People being cheap don’t want to spend jobs going over seas. Politicians lying ever year to get a vote it’s a mess.
I don’t know why people hate on GameStop so much. I know that they don’t offer much for trade and their prices aren’t always the greatest, but they’re there they are here they try and it’s the last place in my hometown left to buy video games other than for the moment, Walmart, which eventually obviouslywill no longer be selling any physical media of any sort you don’t know what you got till it’s gone so let’s complain a little less about a store that is still here trying to be successful at what they do and we as gaming fans should support them
They should have been doing retro and taking it seriously for the past 10 years. All the ones near me having given up on games almost completely, they have like 15 PS5 games and 8 Xbox games and rest of the store is collectibles and t-shirts. Slim chance of even finding the latest game there, because they don't get any copies.
I found some really random retro game store , and they sold me a.psp for $40 with the charger.
GameStop wants like $30 for the charger (after taxes)
Psp would be over $100
People need to stop shopping at GameStop
Why? GameStop is a scam?
I looked at a couple consoles..... every one of them say "not available" "out of stock for ship to home". N64, GBA (all options) etc. I live in New York, how is every console not available for shipping?
They do have a tab it's called click on the user left tab and scroll down but either way 95 percent of the games they show are out of stock
yeah i had a retro game store closed near my house and the only game store now which is closer to my house is gamestop crazy
Futurama $95? Here's why. It's just the disc it's probably been stomped on a few times and probably doesn't work! That's why this was 15 years ago at a GameStop they had a used super Nintendo console with two PS1 controllers. It was $90 seriously! These people should stop doing this and torturing the customers that have a hard enough time dealing with them with their new Frontline stuff good video. Thank you.
I worked at gamestop for a little over a year, you guys can ask me anything!
Iam really happy that most GS just closed down the last years. We had over 200 and iam glad that we will hit the 50 this year.
GameStop is not what it used to be anymore, one main reason I used to go to GameStop often was the employees. They were great they took care of me with gaming, but they are all gone now........
Similar thing with the steam decks they sell. If you want one a store near you has to have them, they will not ship them for some reason. Seems like they're missing out on a lot of sales by doing that.
It’s just GameTopic now. Hot Topic randomness of energy drinks and themed shirts with matching underwear packs, cards, jewelry, candy, plushies with a Game Theming
And FYE (For Your Entertainment) stopped selling consoles and games.
I got gears 3 from them and when I got home there was a massive scratch on the disk and I had to put it in a lot of times to get it to read
I just feel like if GameStop wants to dive in and continue being a store then DIVE IN. Stop half assing it and just make it better. They need a full revamp! They need better pricing,better item description, and Website UI…
If you watched Leonhart's video it said he never did the training.....so that is kinda on that guy. Retro is pretty easy to find, menu in the top left, video games and retro is right there.
How is your game supposedly more valuable if you’re paying for a GameStop subscription. That makes zero sense other than them being a greedy company
It’s ridiculous. If you search for a BC PS3, it’ll actually come up as “Backwards compatible”. For real. But if you go through the specs, it’ll say at the very bottom “PS3 not backwards compatible with PS2 games”. 🤣 So they’re advertising something they don’t have. I’m serious go look it up lol.