GameStop as I knew it from a few years ago is dead. Now that almost all games are digitized, its stores only carry a handful of discs and cartridges with barely enough to cover half a wall in shelves. The rest of the store is mired in miscellaneous pop culture crap like Cowboy Bebop T shirts, pop figures, and some various other knick knacks. It can’t live up to its name so it might as well shuffle off from store fronts and on to the collective memory of gaming enthusiasts.
I live in the UK and I haven’t seen GameStop in about 15+ years. They stopped operating here in 2016, but the one nearest to me shut down long before that.
GameStop as I knew it from a few years ago is dead. Now that almost all games are digitized, its stores only carry a handful of discs and cartridges with barely enough to cover half a wall in shelves. The rest of the store is mired in miscellaneous pop culture crap like Cowboy Bebop T shirts, pop figures, and some various other knick knacks. It can’t live up to its name so it might as well shuffle off from store fronts and on to the collective memory of gaming enthusiasts.
GameStop died here. I haven’t seen one since before the pandemic. It’s been blissful.
I live in the UK and I haven’t seen GameStop in about 15+ years. They stopped operating here in 2016, but the one nearest to me shut down long before that.
They sell computer components, trading cards, etc here now and host instore tournaments and competitions for gamers