Farewell sweat Prince, Block Buster to close all stores in US - Page 2

shiney · 11-14-2013, 11:12 AM

When BB came to town, no less than 4 of my local much-loved video and game rental stores closed up shop because they couldn't compete. I had friends there, relationships even though I was just a kid. They always held the NES games I wanted to rent aside and saved them for me. So I'm having trouble feeling sympathy for a failed company that gained its market share by ruthlessly driving competitors out of business. But later when the new era of tech arrived, BB disregarded it, failed to innovate, and lost. Driven out of business...but rather than it being ruthless, it was simply due to ignorance.

Suck it, Blockbuster. Suck it long and suck it hard.

Azisien · 11-14-2013, 11:22 AM

If a Blockbuster can run your video/game store out of business, you must have had severe flaws in your operation anyway.

rpgdemon · 11-14-2013, 01:15 PM

I do have to say, I wish that there was some cheap brick and mortar place to browse random old games, and rent them on a whim. Yeah, there are Red Boxes, but those generally only have a very limited selection of new releases.

Aerozord · 11-14-2013, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by shiney

When BB came to town, no less than 4 of my local much-loved video and game rental stores closed up shop because they couldn't compete. I had friends there, relationships even though I was just a kid. They always held the NES games I wanted to rent aside and saved them for me. So I'm having trouble feeling sympathy for a failed company that gained its market share by ruthlessly driving competitors out of business. But later when the new era of tech arrived, BB disregarded it, failed to innovate, and lost. Driven out of business...but rather than it being ruthless, it was simply due to ignorance.

Suck it, Blockbuster. Suck it long and suck it hard.

Mostly because in scenarios like that its killed by something even larger. If not even Blockbuster could survive than pretty much any brick and mortar store will fail.

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Originally Posted by rpgdemon

I do have to say, I wish that there was some cheap brick and mortar place to browse random old games, and rent them on a whim. Yeah, there are Red Boxes, but those generally only have a very limited selection of new releases.

Again not sure if you have them there but Family Video is kind of like that just more for movies. Most of their selection is older movies you can rent for like a buck.

shiney · 11-14-2013, 09:20 PM

Yeah I know, but those places had character and I'd pay more for that. Blockbuster was always so damn company.

I too miss browsing for random stuff. Rai and I did that at the Hollywood Video up here...never would have encountered the variety of weird and awesome anime as we did. Paprika, Karas, some weird one where magic made demons burst out of your body so everyone had to wear super strong armor to keep their bodies intact...never would have found those otherwise. I miss the opportunity.

Kyanbu The Legend · 11-14-2013, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by shiney

Yeah I know, but those places had character and I'd pay more for that. Blockbuster was always so damn company.

I too miss browsing for random stuff. Rai and I did that at the Hollywood Video up here...never would have encountered the variety of weird and awesome anime as we did. Paprika, Karas, some weird one where magic made demons burst out of your body so everyone had to wear super strong armor to keep their bodies intact...never would have found those otherwise. I miss the opportunity.

I want to watch that last one.

shiney · 11-14-2013, 10:21 PM

I can't remember the name!!! They would cast spells...then say "EXIST" and then shit would go sideways. Some of them were in charge of hunting down the magic demon people.

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Oh! Strait Jacket. IT WAS AWESOME.

11-14-2013, 11:12 AM	#1
shiney Derrrrrrrrrrrrrp. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The land of fartz and buttz Posts: 8,266	When BB came to town, no less than 4 of my local much-loved video and game rental stores closed up shop because they couldn't compete. I had friends there, relationships even though I was just a kid. They always held the NES games I wanted to rent aside and saved them for me. So I'm having trouble feeling sympathy for a failed company that gained its market share by ruthlessly driving competitors out of business. But later when the new era of tech arrived, BB disregarded it, failed to innovate, and lost. Driven out of business...but rather than it being ruthless, it was simply due to ignorance. Suck it, Blockbuster. Suck it long and suck it hard. __________________ boop

11-14-2013, 01:15 PM	#3
rpgdemon Not a Taco Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 3,313	I do have to say, I wish that there was some cheap brick and mortar place to browse random old games, and rent them on a whim. Yeah, there are Red Boxes, but those generally only have a very limited selection of new releases. __________________ I did a lot of posting on here as a teenager, and I was pretty awful. Even after I learned, grew up, and came to be on the right side of a lot of important issues, I was still angry, abrasive, and generally increased the amount of hate in the world, in pretty unacceptable ways. On the off chance that someone is taking a trip down memory lane looking through those old threads, I wanted to devote my signature to say directly to you, I'm sorry. Thank you for letting me be better, NPF.

11-14-2013, 09:20 PM	#5
shiney Derrrrrrrrrrrrrp. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The land of fartz and buttz Posts: 8,266	Yeah I know, but those places had character and I'd pay more for that. Blockbuster was always so damn company. I too miss browsing for random stuff. Rai and I did that at the Hollywood Video up here...never would have encountered the variety of weird and awesome anime as we did. Paprika, Karas, some weird one where magic made demons burst out of your body so everyone had to wear super strong armor to keep their bodies intact...never would have found those otherwise. I miss the opportunity. __________________ boop

11-14-2013, 10:21 PM	#7
shiney Derrrrrrrrrrrrrp. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The land of fartz and buttz Posts: 8,266	I can't remember the name!!! They would cast spells...then say "EXIST" and then shit would go sideways. Some of them were in charge of hunting down the magic demon people. ---------- Post added at 10:21 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:20 PM ---------- Oh! Strait Jacket. IT WAS AWESOME. __________________ boop

11-14-2013, 11:22 AM	#2
Azisien wat Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,177	If a Blockbuster can run your video/game store out of business, you must have had severe flaws in your operation anyway.