GameStop: One Final Ride and the Road Ahead 

Jesus Christ, did Kimmel really claim that Wall Street Bets is run by Russians?!?!

How dare you make me watch even a second of Jimmy Kimmel.

"Russian Disrupters" sounds like a great name for a band

I've always thought Gamestop is like the Blockbusters of games.

Jimmy Kimmel always looks like he's choking on food

My GameStop was moving towards a PC cafe. A place to hangout, play games/board games. I remember reading that GameStop was beginning to pivot towards that direction and diverting resources that way. Then Covid hit lol.

A Game Stop filled with nothing but copies of Sonic R is a dream come true

A retro only section would be dope. Been trying to buy 64 stuff without getting bent over.

Something exists: Jimmy Kimmel: RuSsIaNs!!!

Who knew games stop stock would give us more money than GameStop would give us for our games.

Wait, you actually forgot that GameStop bought Stardock's "Impulse" games distribution service for upwards of 300 million...then promptly turned it into a pointless marketplace that was a carbon copy of its website and no longer offered digital distribution (and all games you'd bought on Impulse back in the day no longer being available)

Last time I went into a GameStop two whole walls where filled with funko pops

I love how knowdgehub is basically one of those historians from the neuromancer lore that studied the development of companies as if they were living entities

3:07 What a future Sits down on chair bought online, finished with online school I decide to buy some groceries online, Then I play some games on my all digital console until Whoops, That joke I said 10 years ago was reported and all of a sudden my xbox explodes for violating TOS.

I have been wondering for quite a while now why gamestop never pulled off some kind of a GOG or steam thing.

Summary: GameStop - “Oh no Onii-chan! We are gonna go bankrupt.. again!” *AND THEN.. DEUS EX MACHINA* GameStop - “WE’RE SAVED... for about 8 seconds”

4:32 I don't think that is a money bag between Scrooge McDuck's legs...

The main thing I kept wondering was how this was all going to effect gamestops future Cool I get to see it's explanation with a fun aesthetic and humerous narrator :)

Turning Gamestop into a Gaming cafe and retail store sounds like a perfect idea to keep it afloat. Even during these covid times people don’t want to be cooped up in their house all the time. Then in the future they can add bars for food and drinks. Their only competition in this market is small local companies.

I never realized how many people hate Jimmy Kimmle

I'm sick of GameStop. Went to go buy the Outer Worlds, grabbed the case from the shelf, and they told me they didn't have it in stock. Then I go back next week, same game, grab case, tells me doesn't have it in stock, says they can deliver it for a shipping fee, and then I leave.

Tbh some of what gamestop 2.0 i kinda liked. The idea of a place to just hang out and play retro games sounds nice. Though the amazon of games is cool as well.

God bless all who held out till the end...

If anyone can turn this company around, its GODDAMN REGGIE. MY BODY US READY FOR REGGIE. I want to believe

That buff Scrooge Mcduck is melted into my brain now thanks

THAT.... is the most Alarming take on Scrooge McDuck I have Ever Seen...

If GameStop offers an alternative to Amazon for the vidjya games I'd gladly use it.

HOLD MEN HOOOLLLLLDDDDD!!!!!!

What GameStop should do is invest in becoming the gaming cafe of the us

3:33 u know how they could change , if they make it a hang out spot , where u could go and play boardgame , they could sell cards , and board games , have mini comps at the shop , get ride of a lot of physical things , and just have it be like a YMCA!

I actually agree that entertainment stores are an essential business when there is a long term stay at home order. Cabin fever is a bitch, and you need entertainment

I wish I asked the GameStop employees about their opinions on the stock surge when I went to GameStop two weeks ago.

They should try to launch a Steam Competitor.

When I heard the original "birthday" plan as Tyler put it, I thought that a great thing they could do to survive is turn their physical locations into TTRPG and card shops. D&D and similar games are big again, local stores that'd normally fill that role are dying off from Covid, and there's plenty of people who'd like to play those games face-to-face, rather than just online

Ah yes GameStop memories, I remember playing Raiden III on the PS2 while the female clerks spoke of being able to "suck a golf ball through a water hose".

Gamestop and other similar companies are preowned scalpers. They've been getting away with it for decades only because the customer was ignorant and kind of powerless. With the internet that simply isn't the case anymore. Scalping preowned games is almost completely dead and that is pretty much majority of their business. They either change completely or will cease to exist.

So....is gamestop officially gone?! I still dont understand why. This is such a heart breaking moment. Toys r us, chuckecheese, blockbuster, etc. Their is legitntons of stuff at gamestop that we wont find anywhere

1:55 jimmy kimmel will forever be haunted by that blackface skit

6:10 Not even that, but in many areas of the world there is no digital product tax, many places have only started creating legislation for it very recently. So digital purchases would actually be completely and legally tax-free! You can actually take advantage of this, in Canada healthcare is paid through very high taxes, so your approach to getting your money's worth is to (in this order hopefully): buy games digitally, buy fast food and soft drinks all day, and use up the free medical system when you get sick.

Lol the only business I ever did with GameStop in the last 5 years was to “return” a game I didn’t even buy there.

Hey, thanks for fixing your mic. Maybe you had it fixed in your previous video, but I watched that one on my phone (which doesn't have the best bass response). I A/B'ed this video to the videos that were bass-boosted to hell and this one is night-and-day more clear. Thanks bud!

Converting a part of gamestop shops into a arcade with modern games on modern PS5s or gaming pcs seem to be a great idea. Its actually quite fun to play games like COD or Battlefield with ur friends in the same room. I know many school students who would have a blast doing that once or twice a week, rather than going to the mall or playing ball outside all the time.Whereas the amazon for games idea just feel like it has 0 probability of succeeding.

Just a thought but I think Gamestop could maintain afloat if they join forces with Barnes & Nobles, another dying store chain. Combine their stores into one, have the huge game section near the Fantasy & Sci-Fi book section that delivers stuff like Warhammer.

For the last 10-20 years every other city in Germany built a mall for some reason. And everyone has a Gamestop in the basement. I never thought about gamestop going under because new ones would open constantly here.

If you ask me what gamestop needs to do is to basically do what most model/model railway/wargame kit shops have done and have the shop become the warehouse for the online shop but it can still function as a regular shop so you get the best of both worlds.

GameStop: well, time to sell our stocks *Fortunate son intensifies*

I need that outro song

Why some people always blames russians when something doesn't go their way?

I've been waiting for Tyler to talk about this. Praise 🙏

Becoming a company that sells retro games without the large markups on places like Amazon I think could really work

Local game stores somehow survive. I want to say it's because they hold local events for people to buy in and play. Tournaments and whatnot. Could gamestop have done something similar?

your videos and animations are art

If GameStop started a rental system, either pay per game, or like a subscription system, I’d probably be into that. The subscription route could have different tiers for a certain amount of rentals per month. There isn’t really a way to rent games at the moment and Gamepass is only for Xbox but also has a limited amount of games

The novelty lol. Half the video gaming equipment I own, I HAVE to buy a disc for lol.

The only people buying disc are giving them as gifts, but now games are selling codes for a digital download of the game, it’s really impressive that game stop is even still here

I am surprised you did not talk about other physical retailers that sell games as well. Best buy, Walmart, Target, and ETC. These Stores directly compete against Gamestop as they also cater towards people who wan't to physically get games.

What if GameStop turned into gaming cafes like you see in Korea. That’d be cool and I’d actually use it

Jimmy Kimmel kinda looks like Ted from HIMYM

I think it's a bunch of heroic trolls giving the finger to wall street and I love that.

This video is full of an epic game stop moment

Nice vid! Reminds me of blockbuster and the past... video on popcap next?

Gamestop wasn't shorted because "it was obviously going under" it was shorted because they got a new CEO causing its price to spike 50% then the CEO came out and said that nothing was changing so they expected the price to return to normal so it would fall that 50% they wanted to make a profit on that

The gamestop idea but for retro titles and aesthetic is actually genius if you've ever tried to buy from that market

I guess I'm a little stuck in my ways. I will ALWAYS prefer physical copies of games rather than a digital download. I learned the hard way that when you buy digitally, the games aren't really yours. You pay for access to the game on whoever's server, rather than the game itself. I found this out when I bought a bunch of digital games on the Xbox Live arcade, and could not play them when I cancelled my Gold subscription. I'm sure not all businesses practice this way, but it left a very bad taste in my mouth. When you buy a disk, you can pop it in and play it (For the most part), but if you were to delete a digital game, it's gone forever when those servers are taken offline one day. When the PSN servers go down, you won't be able to redownload any of your old games anymore, but if you have it on disk, you can pop it in and play it, assuming you've kept good care of it over the years. These days the games you buy on disk are largely downloaded from the internet when they install anyway, so it kind of sucks with modern games, but the retro ones will be there as long as they don't succumb to disk rot, which can be combatted with proper care. I still enjoy going to stores to buy things. Online shopping is convenient, but these days I'm looking for any excuse to leave the house. Plus you get what you buy right then and there, rather than waiting for it to ship to you. Another upside to this is that you can actually look at what you're buying, rather than imagining what it will be like when it gets to you house. This is especially useful when buying clothing. Can't tell you how many times I've bought clothing online and found out it didn't fit when it got to me.

🎶Wow, what a difference, Blockbuster Video!🎶

Your vids keep me going

Wow first comment?! Last time I was this early consoles didn’t charge you twice internet access LOL!

My Gamestop 2.0 idea. South Korean, dimly lit, smoke filled internet cafes that people spend more than 24 hours at and hide from their families in there

Lol jimmy kimmel blackface background is hillarious, I wish someone blew up their studio while filming 😂

I missed this whole thing by, like, 3 days.

I’m just here for the smooth jazz

Gamestop should have started integrating lounges or esports rental space type of set ups or something. They could have done well adapting that way. Even special rooms for VR headsets, literally anything like that. Or an arcade even

I love this channel

Went to GameStop today and it was PACKED, almost 10 people in the store not including 1 staff

Since you talked about this story I imagine the target on your channel has only gotten bigger. Hope to see you on the Odysee one day.

Good point

0:30 McDuck? Nah, it’s McFuck now. speaking of, here’s 10 grand. now, on your knees.

Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahah the Jimmy Kimmel bit is P E R F E C T! Way to go Tyler

Power to the Players 🎮

So Gamestop of the future only sells Sonic R? Tyler is obsessed with Sonic R :D

So GameStop thought that their best way forward was to become that vintage games shop at the mall?

GameSTONKS

Holy fuck. Almost 20 years ago i played this weird on rails fmv shooter on the ps1. I remember being confused because the case and disc had different age ratings but the same title. Ive always thought i was wrong and the wrong game was in it. Ive been trying to remember for almost 20 years. Then at 11:01 i immediately recognize it. The Hive. Almost 20 years and its all because of goddamn Gamestop.

When I was a kid during the GameCube era I hated GameStop (It was called EB Games here in Canada). The cashiers were always assholes to me when I went in the store which made me only buy games from BestBuy during the 2010s. Then BestBuy got rid of their loyalty program 3 years ago and I went back to GameStop and loved it. The vibe was always great at the one I went to and they recently had to close that location and I was heartbroken. Super Mario 3D World was the last game I bought from that location. So I went from hating the company, to loving it again when I got my driver's permit and could drive to one and now they are pretty much gone. Makes me sad, but they should have run their company better.

Game stop i bet can stick around if it stuck to a “used game market” and stopped trying to keep up with new games, consoles obviously they should keep up with but also put a emphasis on the “used” side of it i think that would keep it pretty stable and they may have to shut down a few stored but with a certain amount left im sure they could stay and even thrive like that, mainly because i feel a huge resurgence of older games and systems are a huge market right now, and instead of them trying to keep up with new shit they need to start taking EVERYTHING they can especially way older consoles and games (i.e. gameboys, ps2, ps1, n64(if possible) etc, then have whoever is like “managing” the stores look into fixing the systems too or even how they can refurbish a lot in stores also giving that option to the customer. By them being able to revitalize old consoles someone doesnt want and them be able to do it in store seems to be thr best bet, like then they could almost mark up EVRYTHING like the old ps1s etc because well if you look for them anyway, people will pay and more than they used to sell them for, i mean depending on overal condition im sure they could sell their ps1s and n64s for like 100 or more EASY i mean other second hand game shops do it and a decent amount i know of are actually thriving, and definitely boost price to what they need to while getting all their inventory for a very low cost almost no overhead. Bam game stop becomes better stop

Dude, PLEASE tell me there is a playlist of some sort for the background music on this video. From 6:30 on, I'm just falling in love with these tunes. Even if it's just text, point me to a list of the tracks. I need them! Also: Great video!

I remember my nearby Gamestop closing a few weeks ago. I find it fucking sad how it went from my favorite place to buy video games to pretending as though they're an essential business.

I hope this "virtual GameStop/Amazon of video games" thing works. Only because Reggie is on the ship though, and I'm fascinated by his story. I just want him to keep winning.

I support the whole amazon of games idea just because there needs to be at least some competition with amazon in any way shape or form

I feel like the best move GameStop can make is the Amazon game thing, most importantly reputable resale of older games and consoles. If I want a new copy of Wii sports I can either but online from like eBay which is a lottery, or I can buy it fro m gamestop. If gamestop focused on that nostalgia market with cheap older consoles and games, say I want a game boy with Pokemon for 40$, they could make some serious coin.

I think the hang out idea is pretty good, specially if they went into the board gaming market. Something like Boarders where you would have a game shop with a coffee shop built in. They already have some board games in store, but they are mostly that boring monopoly variants. I think if they made space for people to come and play it could be good. My local geek shop had 'public' tables out in the store and private rooms that people could play privately in... they went out of business a few years ago but they were also always complaining about how much their landlords were charging for the space. I guess their landlords thought they could get a better price, the space has been totally empty for about 3 years now I think.

I still have the most badass figures they used to give in their rewards programs

Very glad you included the crucial step of removing the shirt when you go home

I agree with most of the video but Gamestop has a single advantage exclusive online only merch. For example some Super Mario figuers I bought on gamestop site didnt think much of it $30 dollar toy set official nintendo merch not bad but when my niece broke it, I looked around only gamestop sold it and it was out of stock, amazon had a vendor selling the same $30 toy set for a marked up $90. So now I always buy 2 when I do, 1 to use the other as a replacement and if never replaced it will appreciate in value and have a nice resell value pluus they also sell digital content emailed to you, sometimes they have the best deal around. I bought Xbox game pass 3 months for $25 it was on sale a $45 value, nowhere else had that same deal which is good for them but I dont know how it fairs for them or if they're just being a "broker" on getting the sale

I buy switch games physically because it takes up way less space than just downloading them, unless there is a download only title I want, then I download that. Plus, physical games look really good on a shelf, which is why I still buy the majority of my games like this, I mean, I buy them over the internet, but I don’t download physical games, just buy them Online. Unless it’s Black Friday.

sure .. whatever I am a gamestop loyalist to the end as I am a gamer 4 life. but also I enjoyed blockbuster as a 90s kid , but also enjoyed a private owned company named hastings that had ( got shut down in 2015 ) books , video games and renting movies

There was nothing shady about some brokers restricting trades on "meme" stocks. They simply did not have enough cash on hand to meet their margin requirements for these highly volatile stocks. Now, liquidity issues are always concerning, but there's no shady conspiracy going on here.

You left out the part where GameStop's precursor Babbage's had, as an early major investor, Ross Perot.

To heavens gate lies the fate of a humble mate who took the stocks of late but to no debate he found the rate fell to emancipate then men of the fullest plate as the Redditor scratches their mournful pate.

0:29 I am a man of god.