The report also notes GameStop executives projecting growth over the next three years with $500 million in sales projected for 2011, and that the firm expects to pull “a meaningful share from market leader Steam” with the recent re-launch of its Impulse service it acquired back in March. [ Stephany Nunneley]
"It would be great if people had to buy more of the thing," says guy who makes money selling the thing.
If they did then collectors wouldn’t be getting f***** over with discless collectors editions
No shock, GameStop is alive because of trading. If they don't have used games on their shelves they are absolutely donezo.
Well of course the GS boss thinks this... that's their bread and butter business. That and funco pops and clothing, though those two were added as a means to supplement the decline in people buying used games or even new games. GS just sucks overall when it comes to gaming. I buy my physical stuff on Amazon or Best Buy.
As for "requiring" disc drives... nah. Not anymore, but i like having them as an option. They had a means back when games actually ran off the discs and were more/less complete. Now they are incomplete and the disc is really an installer with a license to play. If you want to change games you have to take out the disc and put in another. Its more convenient to just use digital. I have been into digital for years now and when the PSPortal comes along i wont even have to go into my game room. I will just play my PS5 from my couch downstairs. I have a bunch of digital installed games to my 5... I'm all set.
Gamingbible writes: "Luckily, if you’re living in the US you can trade your Xbox into Gamestop, where you’ll receive a hefty amount of cash as well as a $50 bonus for certain customers, just short of enough to buy the PS5."
At this point in time If I didn't own a PS5 I would have done this in a heartbeat but I had already acquired a PS5 first before I acquired an XBSX.
I'll stick to keeping both. Gamestop though... seems kind of desperate to take in Series X units. What could they be plotting???
I just want some games for my series X I have both since release and after weighing the offerings in PS Essentials to Gamepass I quickly realized I Owned anything of worth in both catalogs. And, the things I didn't I didn't see as justifiable for maintaining both subs.
Since then my series X is a legacy machine that I play my old games on and that's it. 3 years ago I really thought from that Xbox showcase we were going to have some great games by now. Instead, it's just been a lot of meh
GameStop’s chief financial officer is resigning, in the latest of several executive departures from the video game retailer.
So by 2014 Steam will be $4 Billion?
Steam may miss out on BF3 but Valve's line up can easily make up for a few titles that other publishers keep off of Steam.
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I guess game stop didn't hear that Blu-ray is the future. I heard through the grapevine Sony has another disc with even more space...O_o
Seriously...just more confirmation that DD is slowly but surely taking over. Blockbuster under bankruptcy protection and HMV selling their stores for peanuts are other, some what disturbing signs that the end is near for physical media.
It's not what I want but the industry has decided it's in our best interest. I was at EB the other day, they don't even have any of the older games anymore. I ask the guy why and he was like, it's discontinued...O_o...I didn't know they discontinued USED games...they are trying to bury the games folks...buy them on line instead, they are there forever...need a play pass, we sell them for $9.99...0_o...you want to bet that games that need a play pass will be stocked forever. :/
This article tells me that EB/gamestop is working with the industry to get rid of the older games and force everyone to adopt the new standard.
I suspect that we will be able to buy a PIRATED 250-500 gb hard drive with all these games downloaded on them very soon and then they will realize, much like the music industry, that the old way was better. How about all the games from 2005 till 2011 on one hard drive for $150...it's coming and they have no one to blame but them selves...see how convenient and easy it is to swap HD's...lol
People will buy COD to keep the kids happy on line and on the second console, run all the pirated stuff. Well done guys, greed killed the goose that lays the golden egg.
Who even uses gamestop's online download crap. I'd much rather support ea, and steam then this monopoly of a gaming retailer. Gamestop is too greedy to even give good deals on game from the blue. All they can do is copy their competitor's deals. Amazon, Best Buy, and Kmart always have the best deals when it comes to gaming. At black friday best buy and amazon have great bundles while gamestop bundles crap and just uses bf to get rid of their crap stock. Gamestop will definitely lose in the digital dept ;)
I find it ironic that gamestop, a company solely dedicated to the sale of video games, is fiercely hated by the core gaming community and is thought of as a cancer of the gaming industry.
I wonder how many quality games developer could have made with this kind of revenue but we will never know cause when selling used or buying used the developers dont see a dime.