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http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/04/...ource=facebook
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So we are clear
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the game market as we know it is not sustainable.
Though I will say I noticed something. Gamestop is basically a pawn shop that only gives you store credit
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I once talked to a Gamestop manager who basically predicted that they'd become the next Blockbuster what with digital distribution, so I suppose the decision isn't particularly out of left field.
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Digital distribution is much more convenient and often cheaper for the consumer, with lower overheads for the developers. It also allows for easier updating through digital distribution channels, opportunities for microtransitions, easier/realistic distribution of indie games, control of used game sales, and various other advantages to both producer and consumer.
Thus, as access to digital distribution increases, so will consumer and developer use of it until the point where retail outlets are simply economically unfeasible. Gamestop, therefore, needs to branch out to survive. Or die. I'd prefer they die.
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Oh! Right. That's what he meant.
I thought he said the whole game market was not sustainable, not just retail. I'm not American so I didn't know that Gamestop was retail ![]() NVM then! ![]() |
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Archer and Armstrong vs. the World
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Much like Best Buy and Barnes & Noble I think they'll stick around for a while because they really have no competition--despite being brick-and-mortar the vacuum they fill provides enough business to keep them in existence.
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Let me keep my dreams of a dead Gamestop.
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Wait, what's happening to Best Buy? Did people stop buying electronics?
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Basically Best Buy cut off a lot of bloat that it was losing money on in addition to closing down a lot of their less profitable locations. On the retail end they've somewhat changed a lot of the stores in the sense that they're 'kiosk' stores now. Kiosk stores maintain a modest selection of inventory, mostly new product releases and impulse buy product 'n shit, but the main focus is ordering product online in store. Less expense on employees, less theft, less product damaged, generally a lot less overhead than before.
There's other factors that I'm not aware of, due to mostly not caring, but that's rough of it. Last edited by Grandmaster_Skweeb; 04-27-2014 at 02:28 AM. |
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