GameStop holiday sales sink

Gamestop is going to go under the way they treat people. I just recently stopped shopping there. Has a guy working there that wont shut up. If you dont buy his selling suggestions, he puts you down saying the game your about to buy is crap anyway, and how i should be buying Generic FPS with Franchise name, because it does great. I even mentioned i went to see Django Unchained, and he says how Quintin Tarantino is a big piece of spit. Way to hire the right people. Scum bags. Just give me my damn game.

I still can't figure out why people even go to Gamestop.  ???  Seriously, at every level they demonstrate that they don't care about their customers so why do people go there?  Is it just the joy of being in a store with every title right in front of you?  Is that worth getting screwed whether you're buying or selling?  Don't get me wrong, I loved me some used games but I'd never waste a minute going in Gamestop except to laugh at how much a better deal I get elsewhere.

I refuse to go to Gamestop anymore. Just this past weekend I was looking to get Dance Central  3 on XBox 360 for my niece and the big blue/yellow box store was selling it for 29.99 but was out of stock. I called Gamestop, who was selling it for 49.99, and asked if they would price match and the guy was very adamant that they DO NOT PRICE MATCH! Seriously!?!?! How are you going to sell a game for almost double what everyone else is selling it for and refuse to price match. Not only that, but they were selling the USED game for 39.99. A USED GAME FOR MORE THAN A BRAND NEW-IN-BOX from a competitor who happened to be located right across the street!! I ended up driving to another BB to get the game, but unfortunately that BB was out of the Kinect Zoom, which I was also interested in. Of course, there just HAPPENED to be a Gamestop right nearby that BB too...so reluctantly I went in and asked if they had the Nyco Zoom for Kinect. The sales guy had no idea what I was talking about. I ended up finding it on my own, and...NO SHOCKER HERE....it was 10.00 more expensive than BB or Walmart. Again I asked if they would match the price on peripherals, but again was told no. What a joke, I'm glad people aren't wasting their money on this place as much.

Highs and lows are part of the biz

I like buying my video games on discs thank you, going digital leads to more identity thefts and account hacks and credit cards frauds. I love GameStop :P

"Our successful Wii U launch" according to Gamestop. But only days earlier had Gamespot reported:

http://www.gamespot.com/news/analyst-wii-u-gamestop-sales-below-expectations-6401991

You really can't believe everything you read I guess

Scene: Interior, Gamestop board meeting room

Gamestop executives sit around crying tears that look like dollar signs while using money to wipe away those tears. Sad violin music plays softy in the background.

I would rather buy my games from a store than have it digital.  Digital sucks!  You have to download a game which uses up a ton of bandwidth and it takes up space on your hard drive!  Unlike a store-bought game on disc where you just put in the disc and play without worrying about downloading or hard drive space (unless it's a PC game).

There are a few Gamestop stores to be bankrupt in my location. :[  That's pretty sucked.

Good news indeed, the pre-owned sales especially.  The faster the pre-owned market is destroyed the better in my opinion. 

why sale to GameStop. Sell it to Bestbuy and you can get more then video games with your credit.

They offered the least and charged the most.....

All those digital sales speak a lot about the changes occurring in the industry. Can't say I like it, but it's a sign of the times.

The day that Gamestop files for Chapter 11 is the day I'll actually give two monkeys about them.

I no longer do business with them.  A bunch of punks work there and they rip you off on used games.  $2 less than new with a whiny loser trying to sell it to you.  No thanks!

Steam ate all my gaming dollars this holiday.  It was far, far cheaper.  

Gamestop offers NO bang for your buck.  

Why would I buy a used game from gamestop when they only discount it like 5 bucks? They're good for finding old games that nobody sells anymore, but to buy a used game that is 5 bucks cheaper and then have to pay another 5-7 bucks for their "disk protection plan" makes it an unworthy investment. Why not just buy new in the first place as I take care of my disks and they never get scratched. Gamestop is stupid and I will never buy used from them.

I'm confused.  Why does GS have a digital forecast?  What's the point of DLing anything from them instead of going to the source?  Isn't a major point of online sales to nix the middleman?

Digital sales go up 40% - and that's with one of the weaker players in that market.  The times, they are a'changin'.

Well MAYBE if they didn't make it so you HAVE to go in day 1 to get your pre-order bonus theyd see some profit.

I stopped pre-ordering entirely since apparently they cant set aside my game and a dlc token. I mean there will NEVER be a shortage of these AAA tittles at launch, so wtf pre order and HAVE to pick up day one, when you probly pre order since you CANT.

Their practices have hit all time retarded imo.

My ONLY beef with Gamestop is their god-awful prices. They still sell used games that are 4 yrs old for like $20, $25. Thats crazy! They are selling used copies of RE5 for $20-$22, thats the price for a brand new Gold edition with all DLC. Or Spider-man 3 for almost $30 (I was trying to clean up some achievements), what??? Amazon is going to put them out of business for one reason, their ridiculous prices.

Watching gamestop burn is great

I got nothing against gamestop, but what did ya expect? They didn't have the buy 2 get 1 free deal for pre-owned games that holiday season.

I hate Gamestop as well as Sears and K-Mart. They need to go bye bye. I use Amazon for all my gameing need or Steam.

how is this shocking?  You don't give a kid a pre-owned game for xmas, unless you're one hell of a redneck.

Ha ha, go suck it GameStop!

The longer this gen lasts, the lower hardware prices will drop, drop, drop... and the greater the number of titles will be available at much lower-than-launch prices.

So this really isn't all that surprising, is it?

Basically, online passes and various dlc and preorder bonuses with NEW games COMBINED with Best Buy copying Gamestop, have taken a huge hit out of Gamestop's USED games. 

Same article appears every year, lol 

Oh no! Gamestop's sales dropped to.....2 BILLION? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ;_;

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Gamestop isn't evil -

yes they have employees with little knowledge of the product, yes they can be rude (young kids wishing they were home gaming then working), yes that preorder and fill out online survey is a pain, availability issues, and low buy of used games with high sale of a used game. 

But they do alot of other great stuff also. 

Their selection is huge in most stores, go in the morning while your oil is being changed, you will see stuff you didn't know even existed. Saiyuki journey west, la pucelle tactics, shadow hearts covenant, etc. all really cheap. Yes maybe find online, but there is something about holding that box, looking at the art, etc. 

Need an odd ball item, strange game, accessory - they can look it up and you can review it in your hands without having to wait for shipping. If another store has it, they will ship it to yours without you having to pay - to see it before you buy. 

Sometimes they might know a game or item you do not, I run in and debate, argue games with the employees who many have become friends. Sometimes they let me know when a rare mint game comes in that i can buy used - (like new, good, very good- are really variable on ebay. 

I buy a few old consoles a year as gifts- they have no problem letting me open the box right there and inspect the machine, controller etc before i leave. I also inspect the discs before I leave also. I have went through 3-4 before i leave. 

Swag- Ask them if they have any free swag. Alot of times they may have a t-shirt, calendar, magazines or strategy guides with a cover torn, cords, and yes I do have a 4ft poster stand of Lightning from ff13 on my garage wall. 

They give jobs to local young people who only knowledge base is gaming- pretty much wouldn't wanting them to work anywhere else. We are getting more back from our B&O taxes from gamestop then Walmarts or Targets. 

I shopped at gamestop when they used to be babbages. I was not a gamer and really couldn't care less. A doctor I worked with in the ER gave me a playstation in 97' (which he said he paid like 600$ and his little girl never played with it) So after a month, went to babbages and ask the clerk for a couple of fighting games like street fighter, and a racing or sports game. He said hey 'a new game came out last week called FFVII, wanna try it - I told him not into story/ fantasy games he said try it - oh and he threw in Suikoden !! - since i bought alot he threw in a few shirts and demos. 

Did not like anything i choose, bored i put in that 1rst RPG.

Well 3 months went by, I called in sick to work a bunch of times, broke up with my girlfriend and played FF7 nonstop. from then on I was a gamer.

So for me gamestop has not been all bad.