moving the switch stuff upfront is a terrible idea for multiple reasons, high traffic areas near the entrance causes a lot of congestion in the store and putting high demand items near the back incentives people to look around more.
Walmart used to put the pharmacy in the back of the store for that reason, and it "incentivized" sick people picking up their medicine to walk around the whole store coughing.
Retail 101: teasers to get them in the door, but the highest traffic, most desirable items should be in the back of the store, so they have to path through the store to get there.
@@jackjefferson3980rather than calling them out on their weaknesses you can contribute towards their growth. Reading your pessimism benefits nobody. Why would you even be here if you don't appreciate what they're doing to some extent?
It makes me sad that so many stores carry so few physical Xbox games these days. I love GamePass, but it really has killed the market for physical Xbox games, which sucks as someone who absolutely loves the platform.
There's no point buying physical anyway for this gen. Some discs are a pass only and even if the game is on the disc it might be a broken version that needs updating!
@@modelcitizen9279 Yeah I mean I’m fully aware of how it works, but physical is generally much cheaper (especially for Xbox) and I like having the cases on my shelf.
@@modelcitizen9279 Yep people going be really butt hurt in about ten years when the Online servers for Xbox One, S|X , PS4 and PS5 and even switch go offline, as even switch alot of the carts don't even have the full games on them... people going to be butt hurt bad when all these games are drink coasters. where as most likely if they bought digital they would mostly likely carry over like alot of my 360 games did to Xbox one and now S|X and obivously all my Xbox one games carried over. and not to mention this is most likely the last gen to even have disk drives/ cartridges slots
@@modelcitizen9279yup no point with current gen and even some last gen games (switch/ps4/xbox one) even some of those games even if they contain the full game I had to have day one patches to make them playable, and some only contained essentially what was an access code to play the game no game data actually on disc. There are lists on Reddit made by gaming communities that can help you know which games are the full games on disc and will be playable even years down the road versus the ones that act more like an axis code or broken, essentially without the day one patch I’ve switched emulation because of this and mostly don’t collect anymore and sold most of my stuff other than the ones I’m attached to like some snes and new games. Sad state of affairs new consoles are fun but rather have my emulation pc now.
Talking to a store owner in my area they moved the switch stuff right next to the counter due to horrible theft and it makes most people walk through the store and see other things versus just leaving when they don’t find something.
My local game store leaves all the games in filing cabinets, and when you want to purchase you bring the case up to the front and they put the disc or cartridge inside. No chance of theft
I always thought you wanted your best selling items in the back of the store so the person has to walk through everything and possibly see other things they wanted.
@@Hashedup360 Common myth. Milk/eggs placement is logistical in large stores that do high volumes. Placement is based on loading dock and refrigerated stockroom location. Other common items are placed specifically to make people walk past more items, but milk and eggs are about the logistics in high volume grocery stores, allowing for less time spent stocking an item that has to be frequently stocked and not having to worry about time on the floor out of refrigeration.
@@RealzFoSho It's not necessarily a myth as retail chains do take advantage of the location with loss leading, hypothetically and I have seen some examples of walmarts doing this, locate milk near the front of the store with a similar logistical planning
@@RealzFoShomy grocery store is the model for its owner’s chain and they did exactly that: placed milk and eggs in the far corner requiring you to walk past multiple things to get to them including the higher-priced milks, eggs, and cheeses. same goes for meats: most of the frequently on-sale ones are centered in the meat section with multiple expensive meats around it.
@@bostonrailfan2427 In the UK the final section in supermarkets is normally frozen food, this is done for food safety reasons so the food is out of the freezers and into the customer's in the shortest time. Conversely the largest gaming chain here (Game) generally has Switch stuff at the front because they know the moment kids see Switch stuff they start badgering their mums to buy them things, never underestimate the power of kids badgering to generate sales. PS5 and Xbox buyers tend to be typically older so it doesn't matter where their stuff goes, they'll go and find it.
Im going to echo what others are saying, put the best sellers in back. People won't assume you don't have something if they don't see it immediately, theyll hunt for it and increase their time in your store.
It's so joyful and saddening at the same time to see such an awesome collection be parted ways with. Great score Rick, i hope the previous owner is content.
Little retro will truely never know how lucky he is to have a dad that owns a game store, i thought my dad was great because he had about 50 cds in his collection
Wouldn't a better idea be to have the Switch games deeper inside the store so costumers have to walk through the isles potentially seeing more things that catch their interest. The Xbox wall in the beginning is good since people will glanse over it and move past
Nobody is walking in that store and not looking around.... it wont matter if its in the front or the back to be honest. and i can guarantee the games are not in the cases so theft shouldnt be an issue. the store looks amazing! great job guys
I wish the game stores in my area put even an ounce of effort into their store displays as you guys do. It'd be so nice to walk in and think "Wow, these guys really care about their store!"
I buy blurays and 4ks as my hobby. Watching these videos fills my heart with the game collecting I don't have room for. Plus games are waaaay more expensive than movies
I already have more DVDs than I know what to do with. Blu-Ray definitely packs that extra punch so that playback isn’t in SD, but it’s hard to justify until I get those donated
@@Alien_isolationist I don't collect movies to resell them eventually. They're worth whatever I pay for them. Your mindset is terribly flawed about what collecting actually is
@@Alien_isolationistMovies still have value and people should collect whatever brings them joy. Videogame collecting now a days has become over saturated..
yo need to put the best selling thing in the back and force customers to walk all the way through the store and see what you also have to offer. thats why the milk is in the back of the grocery store
Dude, I remember watching a video where you got that Golden Tee arcade game and talking about how much your son loved playing it. Delights me to see you put it in his room for this amazing transformation.
I've been an Xbox guy since Christmas of 07. This past summer I started rebuilding my physical collection of Xbox One and 360 stuff and a lot of it can be found super cheap on Facebook marketplace and similar ways of searching in my area. I have a fairly big collection again at a fraction of original retail value. I'm not banking on it but someday some of this stuff could increase in value as retro stuff tends to do. Aside from some of the more recent games where not the whole game is stored on the disc. But there will be some gems that get delisted or just forgotten about.
It’s actually extremely frustrating to collect for all the Xbox systems. Stores rarely stock Em and flea markets/cons never bring them. When I do find Xbox games they are always the cheap filler games and they never have desirable ones. Maybe that’s why you can’t sell Xbox.
I have seen Nintendo's recent report on sales and I'm not surprised to see the Switch selling well for you. The thing that does surprise me is that most game stores I go to have very little Switch suff (mostly without boxes) and it's hidden further in the back. I like your idea of putting it up front.
It’s in the back because that’s where you put your best selling merchandise. In front means they are far less likely to impulse buy less popular items. Retail 101. These guys are gamers not businessmen.
@@popixel- A game store isn’t a grocery store - your analogy isn’t even in the same ballpark. The majority of inventory in a store like this will go unsold for long periods. By placing your best selling merchandise in the back, shoppers will have to pass by everything else and are more likely to browse and impulse buy. If they can walk in the door and immediately be at the most popular section, they’ll either find what they want and checkout or they won’t find anything and they’ll leave the store empty handed. Why browse for things you aren’t specifically looking for? This IS retail 101 and 90% of the comments say the same thing. Having what YOU want immediately available might be better for YOU but it’s not better for the business owners trying to make MONEY off you. They don’t want to give you exactly what you want and nothing else. They want your money and as much of it as they can get. Ps. Grocery stores have no particular layout. They’re all different. The only constant is that individual drinks and candy are at the checkouts. These are very high profit items and trigger an impulse buy, especially in adults with children. Stores like Walmart also tend to place toys and electronics departments at the back as well. This causes the same browse and buy in shoppers who are targeting those departments.
I'm always sad that Xbox/PS have killed off physical gaming so much that even Walmart and the like have stopped selling them as well as things like Netflix killing off Physical releases of DVD/Blu-Rays, it's a sad case of day by day physical media dying, would not be surprised if in a year or two Nintendo stopping physical releases too at the rate it's going
My parents did something similar for me when I was little-not video game themed-but they redid my whole room, got me a bunk bed (which I always wanted) and painted the room blue. Hoping to do that for my kid someday!
When buying not only disc only games, *but even the manuals,* they will almost always ship out inside an otherwise empty Xbox 360 case. Even while the generation was new, I couldn’t help but to feel the same even towards the Wii just for how successful it was and the amount of shovelware that was released onto it
Why I dislike these chops so much. They bubble up the prices of everything. Japan market (non foreign tourist shops): Rockman X2 10$ near mint cart. Full Rockman X set of 5 games...less than 50$. Chronno Triger near mint cart is 8$. Slightly used I found one at 5$. For the price he got those you can still get these games NEW in their box in Japan. Yea, even in 2023. That shows how much these games were produced back in the day. These should always stay cheap and affordable for people who want to experience these old games without resorting to ROMS. The perfect scam for young pre-30 year old rich gamers who love retro. Even the shop clerk doesn't seem to have a clue on these games.
I see al lot of comments saying you put the biggest seller sin the back forcing people to walk thru the store and preventing theft. Generally this is true, but keep also in mind this store is also going for a retro experience vibe, not just a "oh i go here to buy switch games", which can be done at walmart or taget also. The appeal of this store IS the retro stuff, which is throughout the store. So maybe don't put the switch stuff at the very front, but I don't think it needs to be in the way back either..
As a guy who managed a game store for several years, I would've kept the Xbox stuff close to the door and that's where we kept ours for two reasons: 1. It encouraged people to come deeper into the store to look at and buy things they may not have seen if they just stuck by the door. 2. Apparently you're not affected by case theft. Sure, they may not get the games if they steal it, but Switch case theft is a very real thing because of just how often switch games are sold to people from other stores without cases. For our store, we didn't even buy games that didn't have cases. That's being said, I will wholeheartedly agree that Xbox simply doesn't sell and unless it's OG Xbox or collectable 360, we didn't even buy XBONE games because they simply didn't sell.
The Nintendo Switch signs should be centered between the N64 and Gameboy boxarts, which coincidentally lines up near the breaks between the 3 separate shelves
Great video Rick, the stores looking great! Fun fact, the Metallic Armor from season 3 of MMPR was made because Bandai of America had leftover stock of the movie figures.
If xbox one had shmups and jrps it would be more collectible. Combination of game pass and that kind of kills it. Most people I know buy stuff for switch and ps4/5 and just own the series x with game pass.
Damn you know people with all 3 systems? That’s crazy lol I have switch, PS4, and PC, that’s basically the same thing but idk anyone else with more than 2 platforms
@@IceBlueLugia I know a bunch of people with all 3. I prefer PS and switch but I have friends and family that only do Xbox. Plus alot of 360 and of Xbox games are backwards compatible so it's nice to play them on the more modern console.
its crazy that xbox game pass made selling physical copies worthless. i wonder if companies putting more of their games on streaming services will do this to other brands in the future.
As someone who was making spreadsheets for games I wanted to collect, since I prefer the Xbox controller layout, most third party games ended up getting paired with Xbox consoles. But I love collecting for the OG Xbox and 360. A lot of their exclusives are cheap lol
If everything goes digital , it very likely something you paid for will depend on licensing and can be taken away from you in seconds eventually, and you paid for it.
I am a big fan of retro gaming too but Xbox has many amazing titles whether they are exclusives or not. You got Forza Horizon, Gears, Halo, Titanfall, and so many others but I get where you are coming from. It is just that there are so many retro games that are very expensive just to go out and buy.
I specifically went into comments to tell you moving your best selling merch to the front is a terrible idea however I see a deluge of people beat me to it ..
Hey Rick, if you're looking for something different you could move the Blockbuster sign and hang it where the T-Shirts on the back wall are and turn that area into the VHS corner.
I usually buy switch and psone to 😊ps4 stuff, but I also buy dvds and sometimes Blu-ray dvd combos. I recently bought the complete series of Night Court and The Munsters which also includes the movies. I been recent down sizing my collection abit, since I’m having to move to smaller apartment due to various personal reasons.
You gotta center those Switch signs over each rack, then put like a Zelda or Mario sign over that smaller far right rack. The way it is now in the video hurts my brain 😅
You guys really need to redesign this place. Xbox stuff in the front, most Nintendo stuff in the back. You want the more popular stuff to take effort to find so that people have to walk around the whole store to find it, and on the way there, they might see other stuff they want to buy
7:00 make it one sign in the center and put a red band going left and right from the center. will draw more attention. that way people SHOULD know the entire section is Nintendo red
Reason Xbox stuff doesn't sell well is most people on xbox buys digital. been Xbox gamer myself for decades and haven't bought a physical game since the store opened on the 360 other then buying Halo 3, ODST, and Reach on Launch days at Gamestop. and FRANKLY I see no point in physical any longer as far as Xbox goes as most games you need a day one update to even play them and frankly pretty sure now days physical will stop working same day in the future these consoles online shops goes down, including PS4 and PS5.. even Switch I feel will be useless to have physical media as tons of switch cartridges don't even have the full game either. EDIT from another comment of mine: people going be really butt hurt in about ten years when the Online servers for Xbox One, S|X , PS4 and PS5 and even switch go offline, as even switch alot of the carts don't even have the full games on them... people going to be butt hurt bad when all these games are drink coasters. where as most likely if they bought digital they would mostly likely carry over like alot of my 360 games did to Xbox one and now S|X and obivously all my Xbox one games carried over. and not to mention this is most likely the last gen to even have disk drives/ cartridges slots
I never meant my collection as an investment, all I did was rebuild my lost collection back during the mid-90s, only wanted to play the games I used to have, in time more games I had never heard of before tagged in that new collection, many of them were pretty rare and some were expensive, the games that I now have are here to stay...
Well its because the Xbox One and Series X are just PC rigs meant to play games. The game isn't even on the disk. Eventually it will be E-Waste. As for the Switch, you will WANT those at the back so people have impulse buying on the way to them. BTW this place got some rocking music!
fun info when i was hunting xbox one game a year before xsx was coming some game was hard too find and some seller wanted crackhead prices and no is no game store where i live.
i pass the billboard going to work everyday advertising for this shop, kinda weird it just showed up on my recommended on youtube. maybe i should make a visit
dude, if you leave those games on that system you are literally opening your store up to lawsuits and criminal charges. The problem with xbox is they have literally NO exclusives. I worked for xbox for 5 years, the OG xbox was my favorite console of all time, but if you have a PC there is no motivation to buy xbox games.
Omg! His little room is SO CUTE!! I'm glad he loves it. Our boy has a Nintendo/Pokemon/ Hotwheels theme in his room with a low bunk bed. His top bunk is filled with pokemon plushies (they're his buddies), and he must sleep with every single one. He watched another tuber and told us he wanted a Mario room, so he has Mario figures on a few shelves, most in box. His space mostly resembles a small Japanese apartment.
