The folks at Apple and Google also despise supporting old versions of their operating systems.
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Bargain hunters will gravitate toward the dozens of brand new sub-$100 Android devices available already. Seriously, who wants to buy a device someone presumably used while on the toilet? Don't tell me shoppers looking to save a buck will buy them. GameStop has no conceivable way of selling new games ten years from now, probably less.ģ) Their current backup plan of selling used android and iOS devices is a dead-end business. Ten years ago every mall had 2-3 CD stores which were wiped out by iTunes. This size increase will allow the average gamer to forgo keeping a physical copy of their library. The Xbox One is projected to have a 500gb hard drive at launch, it's certain to double in the first hardware iteration. Undersized on-system memory saved GameStop from falling to this already. Steam, PSN, and Xbox Live are all taking sales away from GameStop. That's not a good place for GameStop to be in.Ģ) Downloadable games will wipe out their new game business. That leaves GameStop with the Wii U, 3DS, Vita, and previous generation used games. From what we know now about the Xbox One it appears that buying a used game disc will be pointless since the "activation fee" will wipe out any savings. The final specs on the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 aren't out yet but neither seem to be all that friendly to used games. I'll also get all the bad things about GameStop out of the way up-front:ġ) Used games account for something like 50% of GameStop's profit, a lot of that money is about to go away.
I do however know a lot about video game trends and a decent amount about how video game retail works. I certainly don't know enough to look at their past 52 weeks of stock performance and infer anything intelligent. Let me get this disclaimer out of the way - I have more experience with corporate finance than I care to admit but I'm definitely not an expert. To survive they need to expand that brand into other realms of the gaming market that can't be undercut by online purchases. They have a recognizable brand that's already synonymous with buying new & used video games. I think GameStop has a very legitimate chance to thrive with some changes in direction. I'm not ready to dig their grave just yet. By all accounts that trend will only accelerate.
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It's true, every system released after 2012 (and several before) has a significant library of games available exclusively through a proprietary download channel. At some point she had to ask if there were any games she could buy me and that's when I made the aforementioned download only comment. Earlier in the year I added a PlayStation Vita to my collection. She doesn't know anything about gaming industry trends but she's awesome at birthday and Christmas shopping. My wife's judgment is almost always better than mine and I couldn't argue with her logic on this one, especially since it was mine. You said all the new game systems were switching to download only games and GameStop was doomed. My wife: Aren't they going to be out of business in five years? I floated this idea by my wife, the exchange went something like: There's something inexplicably intriguing about returning there two decades later in an entirely different role.
I feel very nostalgic about GameStop having once worked at one of the companies they consumed.
The really appealing part was the prospect of working on video game retail systems. I had the exact same job title at the time and the description sounded like a perfect fit. They were looking for a senior solution architect at their home office. Last fall I thought about applying for a job at GameStop, not as a clerk or manager of course (although that was tempting). I don't feel all that differently than when I cranked this page out one evening many years ago.