Video: http://youtu.be/kEx8yMxORB8
More overpriced games to come.
They should go from Power to the Gamers to Ripping off the Gamers.
"We don't know how to refurbish the games"
Are you fucking kidding me? As Funcoland and Electronics Boutique, they used to sell these games used. Now they can't figure out how to refurbish them all of a sudden?
They just don't want to take responsibility. "Junk, no claim, no return"
Oh boy, PC fanboy dipshits already fanboying it up in the comments. Yeah, because PC superiority is totally related to GameStop selling old games, eh? Complete imbeciles.
When they decide to carry imports or boxed systems like Videogames NY or Digital Press, THEN I'll be impressed.....
I was considering getting a job when our local game store was still Funcoland.
I would've known how to keep all the cartridges in working order.
By the way, when I think "vintage" I always think the Atari days, never NES & beyond.
Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on August 31, 2012, 12:32:04 am
By the way, when I think "vintage" I always think the Atari days, never NES & beyond.
Same, and I don't even like any pre-Famicom consoles. Sometimes I hear people calling the PS1 or N64 vintage or retro, and it just blows my mind.
Quote from: JohnnyBlaze on August 30, 2012, 08:08:56 pm
When they decide to carry imports or boxed systems like Videogames NY or Digital Press, THEN I'll be impressed.....
Before they got gobbled up by Gamestop Electronic Boutique actually did have a few Saturn imports after the US demise, as well as carrying the European Shenmue 2 DC import. I actually bought my first import game there, Xmen vs Street Fighter on Saturn.
I can vouch for that. I can STILL remember buying Shenmue II for the Dreamcast at GameStop. They also threw in a Freeloader disc as well when you bought it. I told this story to people and they didn't believe me. Now, at least I know somebody who also saw it there too.
As for Electronics Boutique, they carried imports a LOT. I still remember them getting Saturn imports and PC Engine stuff there too. That's where my aunt bought Dracula X as a matter of fact. Also, they were the only store I knew that actually carried Neo Geo systems and games.
I was at a flea market today and some booth had like 20 Japanese N64 games. I was very surprised.
Quote from: ulera on September 01, 2012, 02:34:52 pm
I was at a flea market today and some booth had like 20 Japanese N64 games. I was very surprised.
Heh, funny, around here the flea markets don't carry video games whatsoever.
This one had several but their were hardly any deals to be had (most games priced at roughly ebay prices or more, did see a model 3 genesis for $25 though)
Only thing I got was an Atari paddle controller and an N64 ram expansion.
I don't see how GameStop wil be able to stock retro games. At least every store I've ever been in has been extremely small. Hell, most GameStops barely even have room to stock cart-only GBA games. The only way I see them stocking retro games is if they put them in those small cases and sell cart only games for some inflated price like $9 per NES game regardless of what it is.
Quote from: satoshi_matrix on September 02, 2012, 04:29:42 am
I don't see how GameStop wil be able to stock retro games. At least every store I've ever been in has been extremely small. Hell, most GameStops barely even have room to stock cart-only GBA games. The only way I see them stocking retro games is if they put them in those small cases and sell cart only games for some inflated price like $9 per NES game regardless of what it is.
What kind of a person would buy an unboxed NES games for an price like that when they can get it for much cheaper online...
This isn't for the newer gamers, I'd say, so those who're going to purchase must be aware that there are better and cheaper ways of buying the games for their retro consoles.
When we still had stores known as EB Games, just a few years back they were still selling good vintage stuff, not sure why they ever tried to stop sales completely, the line on the retro gaming graph just keeps on rising! :diskkun:
Quote from: satoshi_matrix on September 02, 2012, 04:29:42 am
I don't see how GameStop wil be able to stock retro games. At least every store I've ever been in has been extremely small. Hell, most GameStops barely even have room to stock cart-only GBA games. The only way I see them stocking retro games is if they put them in those small cases and sell cart only games for some inflated price like $9 per NES game regardless of what it is.
I'm guessing they'll probably keep them in the back and just have a list of titles at the counter. Or possibly just do special orders.
Quote from: ulera on September 07, 2012, 12:10:56 am
Quote from: satoshi_matrix on September 02, 2012, 04:29:42 am
I don't see how GameStop wil be able to stock retro games. At least every store I've ever been in has been extremely small. Hell, most GameStops barely even have room to stock cart-only GBA games. The only way I see them stocking retro games is if they put them in those small cases and sell cart only games for some inflated price like $9 per NES game regardless of what it is.
I'm guessing they'll probably keep them in the back and just have a list of titles at the counter. Or possibly just do special orders.
Or maybe it will be like the old Toys R' Us. They'll have just a bunch of slips with a front box shot and you have to take the slip up to the counter and get the game.
But seriously, the local Gamestops around here are as big as my basement. The stock rooms are the size of my kitchen. I don't see how they are going to put anything more in there. Special order would be a good idea, but most of Gamestop's business is impulse buying. You get your trade in credit and you look around. OOH! I like this! Then, you buy it. I'd like to see them take the approach of say a Digital Press or Videogames NY and have a few bigger stores open up that sell vintage stuff so they can have everything out on the floor in cases.
My plan:
1) Wait for GameStop to start carrying NES games at bad prices.
Prices will probably be high, but we don't really know until they start listing prices, do we? I'm guessing they'll be higher than the average eBay price, but not obnoxious.
2) Wait for no one to buy the NES games due to bad prices and a lack of interest.
I really think GameStop is making a bad move here. I've known plenty of people who claim to be "old school" gamers, but only play on their 360. It's possible they grew up with the NES and did enjoy it, but they're not the type who will drop a lot of money on NES games. I think GameStop will see a small blip of sales with these, where people will buy a console and a game or two, but then never buy anything else for it. (Insert your own snide Wii joke here, if you like). Then again, maybe they're relying on these very people to buy a few things and then sell them back for a few cents -- sorta like a glorified rental system for retro games.
3) Wait for GameStop to give up and start liquidating their NES games at very low prices -- buy buy buy!
This happened when my local Funcoland got bought by GameStop. The NES games were 50% off and buy-2-get-1-free. I bought so many games then, I can't imagine how much stuff I'd buy now (now that I get a real paycheck ;D).
I know for people like me, we only try to find the games that either we loved, we had(hellooo Super Shitfall), or wanted as a kid. We're not really interested in getting all of the games, we just want the ones that appeal to us in one way or the other.
But, come to think, it would be sort of a bad idea in this neighborhood. I'll tell you why and this is a VERY true story.
We have a thrift store on Broad Street over here. When they first opened, they had a TON of NES games, some still in box for REALLY low prices(Contra CIB was only going for $4). So, these crackheads would use the money that they begged for, buy the games, trade them in to the mom and pop game store across the street, and get double what they paid for the games. I don't need to explain where that money went do I? It got to the point that the mom and pop store has pretty much ALL of the games that were initially at the thrift store and stopped taking them when they saw what was going on. Added to that, when the thrift store DOES get in games now, it's ridiculously overpriced($5 for Super Mario/Duck Hunt).
So, it'll just be that all over again here. Sad, but true.
Quote from: FamicomRetroGamer on August 30, 2012, 03:02:28 pm
They should go from Power to the Gamers to Ripping off the Gamers.
Agreed! Gamestop, in my eyes, is just as evil as EA or Activision. I'm still not shopping at them, no matter what they carry. Too little, too late for them, I say. >:(
Off topic but ON topic as well, you can use this as better proof of Gamestop ripping people off. I traded in a few games to FYE recently and they gave me WAY more than Gamestop ever would.
I got $15 for my copy of Kirby's Epic Yarn when Gamestop would only give me $4. $18 for Heroes of Ruin when Gamestop would only give me $11.
Yet, Gamestop charges only $5 less than new. That IS "Ripping off the Gamers".
I don't really know what to think about Gamestop these days. I've got my Wii U pre-ordered there (and a couple of games), but it'll be my first purchase at GS in about 6 months (had to go there for Xenoblade Chronicles). My last purchase there before that was maybe...a couple of years ago (New Super Mario Bros. Wii when it was actually new). I've only ever really had one bad experience at a store, and it wasn't my usual store anyways. In fact, I had one store where the manager let me take all the Club Nintendo codes I wanted out of the used games, as often as I stopped in. Pretty cool guy.
That said, I never go to them for used games. I don't sell to them, and I don't buy used from them. If I'm walking into a GS, it's for a new game or new system purchase only. There're a couple of really good used shops near me that are really personable, and I like supporting local businesses when it's not overly disadvantageous economically. I'd rather spend a couple extra bucks locally than shop at a chain, if I can help it. They also give me decent prices on my used stuff I take in there.
All in all, though, I think Amazon, Target and Wal-mart get most of my money nowadays. After I pick up my Wii U from GS, I probably won't set foot in the store again for another 6-8 months. ;D