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@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

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@thevideogamecabinet3681 10 месяцев назад

I have had a GameStop pro membership for 2 years now, and I buy at least one physical game every month from them every month with my $5 pro coupon.

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

That's great!

@jerminator0688 10 месяцев назад

I used to do that. But I would aim to buy like a $10 game just to spend only $5 and realized I’m just buying a bunch of cheap games that I’ll never really play. Then I would convert it to $5 digital currency but they stopped that too. I think moving forward I’m gonna pass on the GameStop membership because I work for Best Buy and get discounts on games there. If I ever don’t work there, maybe I’ll go back to GameStop for the $5 a month.

@megami215 10 месяцев назад

GameStop doesn't care about collectors at all. I ordered 5 "new" games from them and 4/5 weren't even sealed. The one switch game I ordered didn't even come with a case. They have done it for years

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

I really do hate their definition of *new!*

@antoniprobles8445 10 месяцев назад

No store cares about collectors they just one our money

@robert_roland63 10 месяцев назад

It’s happened to me a couple of times. This needs to change otherwise no one will trust GameSrop ever. I mean I don’t trust them to send me a “new” game anymore unless it just came out then it’s most likely what you will come to expect other than a “new” game in a GameStop case.

@xtrasweet8890 10 месяцев назад

I would be cool with digital media only if it was $15-$20 cheaper to buy so. But to pay same price is cray-Z.. like Alan wake 2 was $59 instead of $70. Cool. But I love shopping physically but when it’s hard to get ugh sometimes digital convenience is nice but if the game sucks I can’t sell it lol

@ADVzac 10 месяцев назад

I tried buying a new game from GameStop, it wasn't new anymore after they opened it. Then they wouldn't discount it. And they put that stupid sticker on all the game cases. I don't buy games from them anymore.

@the____collector 10 месяцев назад

vinyl proves that regardless how mediums change, our dragon brains love owning things.

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Lol totally!

@0323Christian 10 месяцев назад

I didn’t know that Walmart is going to stop selling phisical games next year. That a shame. I live in Puerto Rico and down here Walmart is the easiest way to get phisical games. We only have 1 Best Buy store on the island and game stop left PR almost 10 years ago. Even we have some local game stores, they’re are mostly in the San Juan area and some time they even more expensive then Walmart. I guess I’ll be shopping a lot more on Amazon for games from now on

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

They haven't announced the video game part yet, only media so far. But we suspect it's probably coming soon

@tfoodplease 10 месяцев назад

Great video! Micro-center and local game stores are my go to for most electronics at this point.

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Excellent 😀

@mechaotakugamer 10 месяцев назад

I'm so happy you made this video. Sadly gamestops in my city don't really have a lot of games. Mainly it's just the same games I see very time I go to gamestop.

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

😞

@LotteYanson 10 месяцев назад

Same here. I See more and more people finding SNES, N64 and PS2 stuff there but whenever I ask my local stores they always tell me “go to The Exchange” (a regional chain that specializes in used media)

@cadenfrankovich2694 10 месяцев назад

I get really lucky there. Last week, I found a gamestop card in my old wallet with $48 from trade ins on it. Also had $20 in points and my $5 off for the month. I found a sealed copy of xenoblade 2, a used copy of nurse love obsession, new copy of tales of vesperia, and Octopath 1 & 2 and I got it all for like $55. All on the switch. Gamestop comes through sometimes!!

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Awesome!

@SantiagoMonroy5 9 месяцев назад

I'm 18 and i get damn depressed seeing how these new generations disrespect physical media so much, I want to fight this battle as much as possible, Absolutely hate seeing how physical games are dying and many don't care about it, i mean, i guess FIFA/COD/Fortnite people now dont ever have to see the sun, talk nor touch grass....

@JRPGLife 9 месяцев назад

Physical forever!

@MortsGarage 10 месяцев назад

I never considered the angle that GameStop can come out big winners in all this 😮

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

You never know! 🙂

@Slimer-kf6ss 10 месяцев назад

hahahaha. Seems so. I was in like 2 GameStops in Europe and I can tell you, not really vintage things around there. but seems to be a problem in europe, not the USA

@heatherfryling4868 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for the video. I don’t agree with everything Gamestop done, but they have not received credit for the great deals they provide for years.

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Good point!

@PongbyAtari 10 месяцев назад

With physical media going away Gamestop has the perfect opportunity to future proof there business. They need to start getting more selective on games they take paying more for cond, cib, etc. and pay less for cart only or games in poor condition. I stopped at a local Gamestop they had a shoebox with about 20 cart only 3ds games that were priced the same as they were cib.

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Argh thats frustrating

@Z_SquaredGaming 10 месяцев назад

I agree 100% about the loose vs. complete prices at GameStop. I don't ever buy anything through their website seeing so many RU-vidrs and friends of mine that don't get CIB games when they order them through the website.

@goodnightmoon 10 месяцев назад

younger generation likes collecting vinyl and cassette but that's it, no physical games or what. most of them like purchasing just because of aesthetic edit: not complaining tho

@cockroachdeloach5093 10 месяцев назад

They gotta fix their “new” game policy. Because they do it a 1000 times a day. Sell an opened game to a customer at the full MSRP retail new price. They do it online, they do it in the store. And it’s company policy. It’s “new” because they say it’s new.

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Totally! I hate when they do that

@kbo9827 2 месяца назад

Tim Horton's serves chicken.....as a Canadian that hurt mah souuullllll

@germainetaylor1757 10 месяцев назад

Nvme SSDs are extremely expensive the larger the size a gen four 4 terabyte ssd costs almost as much as a console.

@duplotraci 10 месяцев назад

My son is 19 and he prefers physical media. He likes to see it on his shelf and he likes the guarantee that he wont loose it if something happens to his account or system. He has been working lately to get his favorite movies on DVD and albums on records or cds because he wants the gaurantee of being able to have it. For him digital is unpredictable and vulnerable.

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Very cool! It's great to hear the younger generation is still into it 😀

@dynamic2336 10 месяцев назад

The only problem i see for gamestop is they have been shutting down like crazy. I used to have 3 within a close distance to me 1 just a mile away. All Gone in the last 3 years the clsoest one for me is 15 miles away. I know thats not far in reality but i live in Northern Virginia this isnt a small town area. I used to stop at my local one like once a week cause it was right on my way home. was sad to see them go. (its now a UPS store). But that said i am lucky because Estarlands physical store is here so i just go there when i am looking for retro stuff

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

😞

@FrankieWithAnE 10 месяцев назад

I was waiting for your vid!!!! My sundays are incomplete without your Sunday vids!

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Aw thanks so much 😀

@lordcheesus1013 10 месяцев назад

Treat your retro physical games like gold and keep them well conditioned. As these stores close out their physical media sales, retro collecting is just going to sky rocket, big time. Walmart and Bestbuy are making huge mistakes with this. People thought books and VHS would totally die out, but physical medias from those generations are coming back as huge collector's markets already. More and more people are waking up to the positives of owning things in real time instead of everything being digital and easily manipulated or downright erased on you. We're going into a very interested yet possibly scary time for us media collectors. Let's see what happens.

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

It's pretty scary for sure!

@harrysweep5846 5 месяцев назад

GameStop is on a continuing downward spiral, i just made several trips there last couple months and why would they be selling so many physical copies for .99-4.99 cheap cheap?! Not too many retro games either, some 360 an ps3, found a good DS game myself for $50 Shin Megami but not much else

@matthewcallen7422 10 месяцев назад

I live in the country, internet is not an option. I have to bring my systems somewhere in order to update. Digital? We need a better internet everywhere first. Storage has always been hard. Have to have multiple external hard drives. I feel they need to get back to storage on the game physically. I don’t do digital. If it goes that way I’ll go deaper into retro. Seems they also limit quantities of games for pre orders in order to push digital. So how can they say there aren’t enough sales physically if they don’t have the availability, of course digital would be higher. I haven’t bought any systems that are online only or any games that require internet in order to play them.

@davidtobin1 10 месяцев назад

The FF XIII soundtrack in the background is an outstanding choice! Best soundtrack of the best FF in my eyes!

@jrpgwife 10 месяцев назад

Yes!

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Yes!!

@MrSerpico145 10 месяцев назад

On the point of PS5 and digital only versions and PS6 possibly being digital only: I've become so disillusioned with modern games that I'm not even going to bother with curent or subsequent gens.

@Ryan_TheBold 10 месяцев назад

Excellent points! One of my local GameStop guys was taking risks on retro trade ins for the last year or so and he said they are back out the door within a few hours every time. This also kinda feels like when TRU went out of business. Even though that was a raw deal overall they dipped right before the massive collectible boom we’ve had in the last 5yrs. Which is why places like Best Buy has so many more collectibles now.

@aaronsage9031 10 месяцев назад

if consoles go fully digital im just moving to pc, physical games is basically all consoles have going for them

@beegchunguz7425 10 месяцев назад

If you are still buying physical media and retail in Best Buy you got issues. Hence why they dont carry much. Their prices blow.

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Good point

@copies2010 10 месяцев назад

Shout out to Timmies! Much love from Canada.

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Haha we will have to try it one day!

@z0m813 10 месяцев назад

yes, games are going to get to a $100 price tag bought my son spiderman 2 it was $75 alone.

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Yeah, it's getting there 😞

@patrickrodgers861 10 месяцев назад

I can see movies I’ve gone fully digital on that. I’ve had Vudu for 12 years and movies anywhere for like 8. Never had a movie disappear after buying it. I just don’t trust Nintendo and Sony but especially Nintendo about pulling games. They’ve got a history of that crap. I bought super Metroid on the wii store that should be on my account for the switch it is not. So yea I still buy physical games every time. Plus something cool about a collection

@salsaman9835 10 месяцев назад

I’ll throw my two cents in as someone who worked nearly 7 years at gamestop. I never really had any proper training on counterfeit games, but I know some of the things to check for such as print quality and the casing on the cartridge, albeit those were things I learned on my own time. Most employees probably also don’t stay on long enough to learn some of that info seeing as pay, hours, and responsibilities are all out of whack for it to be a job where people want to stay long term. On the point of gamestop being the way forward for physical games, I think it may head that way, but I’d doubt there will be as many locations as there are now. Gamestop needs to focus up on what it wants to be as well since you all probably can see the sheer volume of “not games” we have. I do like them having things like statues and trading cards, but the ratios on games to collectibles is pretty skewed. But, the idea of them being the last big retailer for physical could be a decent way to keep it kicking around longer. Anyway, I’ve got more well formed thoughts somewhere in my head, but this is kind of wordy for a YT comment lol. Either way though, I love the content you guys make, and always look forward to your next videos. :)

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Love the thoughts from an insider! Thanks for commenting 😀

@tonjagrannygamer 10 месяцев назад

This is exactly what I was referring to in my comments. Employees need proper training for a business to be successful ❤ And it helps the employee be successful too 😊

@dimitryryutta 10 месяцев назад

Another thing Gamestop should start doing,stop freaking selling Funko pops,and use all that retail space for more games,or retro games,the Funko market is really crashing these days,theres just no point in those things taking so much space in any store

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Agreed!

@Mr.Plant1994 9 месяцев назад

I use to buy new titles from my local game store where he would just go to GameStop and buy them for customers who asked for them. And then just resell them to them. I got a ton of WiiU games that way, and got to fully support my local gaming store, and GameStop.

@IowaRetroGamerDad 10 месяцев назад

Ehhhh.. Actually around here Gamestops have been closing down. We went from 5-6 to only two. I think they are really going to focus on their online store more too. When I went to Gamestop last, they only had the new games for each console and didn't even have used and didn't even have PS4 or Xbox 1 games really.

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

That's a bummer 😞

@IowaRetroGamerDad 10 месяцев назад

It stinks a little but I'm not a huge Gamestop fan as much anymore. Im lucky and got a local mom and pop store that usually gives me better trade in value and sometimes holds stuff for me if they know I like it. @@JRPGLife

@69skatermike 9 месяцев назад

Also some of the publishers you can buy them directly

@preamstrikbiz0 9 месяцев назад

I walked into GameStop the other day and see in the switch section - Wii / Wii U - games on the shelf next to the Switch games ! There is hope !

@OneSixthKing 10 месяцев назад

Always got love for gamestop especially my local store

@WavesNGames 10 месяцев назад

I want to support my local stores but GameStop has socks and I'm getting older 🤷

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Lol

@fixmyxbox1 10 месяцев назад

Is there a GameStop values list? Anything like that?

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Not yet, but hopefully someday 😀

@cearlach32 10 месяцев назад

as a Canadian that Tim Horton's slander

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Haha sorry! You can tell we haven't been to Canada 😅

@cearlach32 10 месяцев назад

@JRPGLife haha fair, it was sapoust to be more of a dramatic/sarcastic, I've been offended. text and don't always say what you want it to

@jacobd1825 10 месяцев назад

I worry that stores won’t have the opportunity to save collectors because there won’t be physical options on consoles. We know Microsoft doesn’t care about physical games and Sony will follow. Our only hope is Nintendo. The age gaps are also worrying because my brother is 10 years younger than me and he doesn’t own a single game. He cares about gamepass and that’s all.

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

That generation is definitely not helping lol

@xtrasweet8890 10 месяцев назад

Why can’t they design some way to re sell digital media unique to a certain code or something

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Right?!

@cearlach32 10 месяцев назад

small correction on the ps5 slim you can get the disk drive for it separately for $75 I think it was but all slims can use a disk drive its just sold separately

@LotteYanson 10 месяцев назад

It’s sad that I may have to resort to going to fucking GameStop to keep physical media alive. Their selection is always piss poor even for stuff as new as PS4 and Xbox One. I usually buy physical games from a local chain that specializes in used games but orders new ones too, but game companies likely depend on big box retailers to sell physical media to even keep it in production.

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

It's tough for sure

@antonyjames4698 10 месяцев назад

I REALLY dont like the idea of all our games being digital only.. when theyre digital like that you dont really own them.. like take the eshop, lets say something happened to your system or your account. youll never be able to get the games you bought back. same with any digital storefront really. if you lost your account info, or it got hacked or if one of the companies decide to shut down the digital store front, how would you get your games that you paid for?

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Agreed!

@wildfya6657 10 месяцев назад

As a Canadian that part about Tim Hortons made me laugh lol.. where i live in Newfoundland the only big store we have for video games is pretty much just Walmart, GameStop, Best Buy (but that's 7hrs away from me 😮‍💨), The Source (the one in my town closed permanently 🙄) & maybe Toys R Us (idk if they sell video games but thats another one 7hrs away from me😅)

@albrown8890 10 месяцев назад

I wanna play FFXIII now for some reason. 😂

@jrpgwife 10 месяцев назад

😊

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Mission accomplished!

@TheColehabo 10 месяцев назад

sounds rough in the usa, inthe netherlands we have intertoys, bar smith , toys r us , mediamarkt and gamemania

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Wow!

@joseph.jannette5029 10 месяцев назад

Go GameStop go 👍

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Let's go!!

@jerminator0688 10 месяцев назад

Best Buy said blu rays/dvds and 4k ultra hd. Never said anything about video games.

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Yep, the point is that they didn't say anything about video games yet...we will see 😁

@jerminator0688 10 месяцев назад

@@JRPGLife I work at a Best Buy and we just remodeled the video game section and shrank it. The aisles were huge and always empty. Partially due to employees not stocking the games because many of them required security cases. Now they’re half the size but much more presentable and manageable/easier to keep up with. I highly doubt Best Buy eliminates physical games ever. With movies there’s so many streaming services and alternatives to watch everything. You have 10-20 different services you can subscribe to. With video games, there’s only 3. PS Plus, Game Pass and Switch online. And neither is all inclusive, so you only get the games for that company. Whereas like, Netflix, includes a wide variety of movies. So until they make a subscription service where you can get every game at your fingertips (even Steam doesn’t provide that i.e. no Nintendo games,) I don’t think they’ll ever fully eliminate physical games anywhere.

@Kenny4AG 10 месяцев назад

Tim Hortons :o Deep cut

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Lol

@MTG69 10 месяцев назад

I just picked up a copy of The Wizard of Oz, Beyond the Yellow Brick Road CIB for the DS for $29.99. You can find deals, you just have to frequent the stores regularly to find them. 9 out of 10 times, there is nothing, but that one find, makes it worth the grind.

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Absolutely agree 😀

@nickelshark8163 10 месяцев назад

How are the pillows with an arcade stick?

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

We don't really play fighting games so I'm honestly unsure 😅 If you prefer it elevated higher than your normal lap position, it would work phenomenally

@okey22able 10 месяцев назад

always going to support my local video games stores where I shop for my retro stuff and GameStop for modern stuff in Texas where I live don't want physical games to die not

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Physical forever!

@jamesdwhite873 10 месяцев назад

I really appreciate you speaking about drive space. I have 3 TB on my PS4. Still not enough.

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Right?!

@heatherfryling4868 10 месяцев назад

What happens when there are no consoles that accept physical media?

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Great question! We hope it doesn't come to that 😞

@BrothaPhresh 10 месяцев назад

Happy to hear you're on to sky SC! Love that series. And SC is one of my favorites

@Shotenkai 10 месяцев назад

My biggest complaint about digital games is that they rarely go on sale like their physical counterparts.

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

100%!

@goodnightmoon 10 месяцев назад

physical media forever!

@sonton2042 10 месяцев назад

Interesting to see this development in the US. Here in EU (Norway) gamestop has for the past few years disappeared completely. And we don't have any other videogame stores. The big electronics retailers are the only ones selling physical media, and one of them (Elkjøp) even have a 10% discount on all new physical games. So its basically the opposite of whats going on in the US it seems

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Interesting!

@jamesmiller206 10 месяцев назад

I agree, as much as i dislike thier policies over the years(i really wish gameXchange was more regularly available as i feel like they are what gamestop should have become instead of walls of funkos but theres way too few locations) i feel once gamestop goes that will start a rapid spiral of games not bothering with physical. So i feel they are a necessary evil as i love going to random hole in the wall stores finding that one obscure game that never goes down in price(i recently scored a copy of summon night 6 for ps4 in that has a few dings in the case but the disc is in great shape for 22$ at a peddlers mall in Louisville. A game that literally never went on sale digitally and is now delisted on ps4 sou your only option is either snag the vita version that somehow is still up or pay a ton for a physical copy) and if gamestop goes good luck trying to find that atelier neptunia game a month after release and the game stores we have left will get greedy and charge 90$ or more a year down the line.

@TheNintendoWizrad 10 месяцев назад

100%. Gamestop has a massive opportunity here. They are incompetent but they could turn it around. Systems still need to be sold. They can be the last remaining brick and mortar selling them. They could partner with publishers like limited run games, super rare etc for more niche titles. They could focus more on collectores less on just the call of duty crowd. There is a lot of potnetial there. And if the rest of the competition fails... its all up for grabs.

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

100%!

@brisingr14 10 месяцев назад

Cool kitsune shirt

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@followertheleader 10 месяцев назад

I will buy physical as long as possible. I have to contribute to the physical sales so that devs understand that's what we want it.

@3DS__Gamer 10 месяцев назад

Honestly Gamestop has come in the clutch for me on my 3ds hunting. I have found the crazies CIB 3ds games that are 100$+ games for super cheap, I just couldnt believe those games were there. Some I found Yokai Watch 3, Kirby Epic Extra Yarn, Metal of gear and some other cool 3ds games. 😊

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

That's great! 😀

@mfinite689 10 месяцев назад

GameStop is a big turd and I'm not holding my breath on them saving anything. As far as physical games going away or future consoles being digital only, I like the Switch enough and I'm old enough that I can probably game hunt for Switch games for the rest of my life.

@Z_SquaredGaming 10 месяцев назад

I don't think that game developers will produce physical games for GameStop if they are the only one's left. It won't be worth it to produce the small amount for just GameStop. I am a physical game collector as well and will certainly miss physical games when they're not being produced anymore. I'm worried about the hard drive space issue as well. They need to certainly make it easier to add external hard drives to future game systems. I really hope they go away from system specific hard drives as well. We will have to see what happens. It all seems to be happening too quick.

@jtgamer-nintendo-xbox 10 месяцев назад

You don’t have to worry about Nintendo Japan is a hard physical country

@type2red 10 месяцев назад

Gamestop is still a very terrible company and just because they have been running some good sales lately on new games does not change the fact that they do not treat customers well on average.

@deathmog91 10 месяцев назад

hey just wanted to give you a reminder that tucson biggest anime is going to happening 11/3-5 and it called con-nichiwa.

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for the reminder! 😀

@JayAG313 10 месяцев назад

Best buy said movies and Walmart said Xbox games, but probably is just a matter of time before Best Buy and Walmart stop selling games in general. But we should be good with physical games at least for the rest of this generation. Probably will be sooner for Xbox to get rid of physical games but with PS and Nintendo, well that is considering if Nintendo doesn't start doing it with its next console we should be good for a while. PS is literally coming out with a slim with a detachable disk drive which wouldnt make too much sense if they werent going to keep making physical games. Going into the next gen of consoles im not too sure about.

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

It's going to be interesting to see how the next few years pan out for sure

@spencz- 10 месяцев назад

I'm all for physical games. But.. But.. GameStop... 🤢

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Haha

@idleave 10 месяцев назад

Bullmoose 🙏💚

@zexalsrevenge511 10 месяцев назад

And here I thought GameStop was a gamer’s best friend. I say that because the one I went to didn’t treat me like shit or rip me off. Were people saying all these bad things in an attempt to ruin the company’s reputation? On an unrelated note, I heard Best Buy won’t be selling movies or TV shows (they were never known for selling a bunch of anime stuff but games though) next year but will continue to sell games. Not the end of the world, I’ll go elsewhere to get my anime blu-rays.

@tonjagrannygamer 10 месяцев назад

If Gamestop wants to recover their reputation they need a CEO that will take this seriously. Someone who specifically knows and understands the gaming world and collectors! They need a training program for employees that is universal between stores. They need to STOP selling games as NEW and they arrive unsealed. That pisses me off most of all! I want the @#$% earned privilege of opening , or not, that game. Am I right? I have a personal *itch about them too. Bought my first collectable statuette. It was on clearance, so figured wtf. It arrived broken. They refused to do anything about it. So I got angry and demanded help from higher up the food chain. Got another email asking questions and for pictures. Sent it off. NEVER heard back. Not one word. SMH Bad business practices don't make me want to do business with @gamestop much anymore 😢 They need to greatly step up customer service.

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Man that is rough! TOTALLY agree with you regarding *new* games though!

@MelonGearSolid 10 месяцев назад

So, my local Tesco's (Wal-Mart equivalent) dont have any physical games, music, movies or tv anymore. The national video game chain "GAME" are getting smaller and in a lot of cases are relocating into sports shops/department stores owned by the parent company, thus becoming even smaller!

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Bummer 😞

@Papifrancisco0 9 месяцев назад

I used to go to gamestop as a kid now I get my games from Amazon 🥴

@69skatermike 9 месяцев назад

I buy off playasia too. Some cool games on there

@kain696968 10 месяцев назад

we have 3 locations in roanoke and we are a mom and pop store you thing game stop is competition smh they actually send people to us lol GameStop is not you’re saving grace they dont sell games they sell collectibles mainly

@Hsw_wrestling 10 месяцев назад

I don’t have anything negative to say about GameStop anymore. They have built my collection of “retro games” it’s good to be able to go in a store and buy a game, test it to make sure it works instead of hoping you didn’t get scammed out of money from EBay or some other thing like that. Physical for life

@MetalHeadGameCollector 10 месяцев назад

I am not totally a fan of gamestop but I am a fan of getting games for a really good deal. What a lot of ppl do not know is gamestop price matches. So if you see it's on Amazon for $10 but game stop has it for $50 you will get it for that price, as long as it says Shipped and Sold by Amazon. If it says anything different they will not price match it. I have used this when it's a PAL game as well, normally they are cheaper than America releases. They also price match with other big corporate companies like Best Buy, Wal-Mart, and others. I'm cheap and have saved lots of money collecting this way.

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Very cool!

@stevenriggins8260 10 месяцев назад

Yeah i feel gamestop is gonna explode in popularity again by the end of 2024 & 2025😅

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Fingers crossed! 🤞

@tonjagrannygamer 10 месяцев назад

Sounds like we may have to hope for it. I vote for JRPGLIFE as new Gamestop CEOs 😊

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Lol

@oneshotreviews6822 10 месяцев назад

If you in the UK game shop are a rarity, our games shops are now inside soccer shops. its a sad time here only a few places to go now

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Wow...

@Slimer-kf6ss 10 месяцев назад

love you guys. no matter what the videos are about, i enjoy watching. thanks for all the hard work you put into your channel. i could not do it. on my little channel i just share my unboxing mostly. hahahaha. not much editing in anything else but a 100 year old programme needed. LOL. I wished you would be like my neighbor. I could listen to you all day long and wonder through your game collection. keep up the good work, please stay around for long time so that the viewer can enjoy your vids. thanks!

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for the kind words 😀

@retrorick 10 месяцев назад

Retro Ricks GamePoint is our only hope

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

That as well lol

@beckchileno 10 месяцев назад

Where in Arizona?

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Phoenix area 😀

@beckchileno 10 месяцев назад

Nice. By the way, if you love Harmony of Dissonance, Aria of Sorrow is even better. That game and Symphony of the Night are my favorite Castlevania games!@@JRPGLife

@kenshinhimura6987 10 месяцев назад

BABYMETAL

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Yes!

@germainetaylor1757 10 месяцев назад

The hardest thing to purchase if you wait to long are Jrpgs the prices just skyrocket and it doesn’t take that long price gouging as well it’s a scalpers paradise right now!

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Yeah, JRPGs are the best though! 😀

@JaWolfe 10 месяцев назад

yeah i love going to my local Tim Hortons for my physical media, lol but it is very sad that we are losing out on physical media

@jrpgwife 10 месяцев назад

😂

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Lol

@L_____E_______IT 10 месяцев назад

Great video I am definitely keeping my GameStop pro membership

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching!

@Jawwaad1111 10 месяцев назад

Once physical games are done for good and digital is the only way to go, more companies like Limited Run Games, Strictly Limited Games and, Super Rare games are going to pop up. I wouldn’t doubt that GameStop starts getting games printed also like they did with Xenoblade on the Wii. The one thing about GameStop is that they don’t care about the collectors as they will list a game as new on the website but once you receive it, it will be in a generic case or sleeve with a sticker on it that says NEW. GameStop has definitely had some shady practices in the past and continue to sell opened games as new so I wouldn’t trust them as being the savior for collectors.

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

We can only hope the physical games continue 😀

@dksretrocloset 10 месяцев назад

I’ve been a big GameStop supporter as of late and had mostly good experiences. But as for the fakes I see them pretty often, especially Pokémon. I had one worker even tell me they were fake and said they can’t pull them off the shelf though.

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Wow thats wild 😳

@brettrogames 10 месяцев назад

Love this video! Great job guys!

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Thanks so much 😀

@MrCoffeeMrRadar 10 месяцев назад

Sadly this was all inevitable when these consoles started offering up digital versions of games. I personally believe a lot of this generation of gamers dont fully understand what its going to be like in 10-20 years from now when they are adults & want to play that one game they loved and you just cant cause its digital only. I think Gamestop is just a bandaid for right now and only because Gamestop is a corporation with stores everywhere. They cant really survive on just selling retro games for to long or financially support keeping these huge stores open. Mom & pop shops also need to get ready to invest big for the future, right now would be the best time to buy up everything even those cheap games everyone has cause stock is going to slow down come the end of this gen console. Also once it all goes digital game prices will start going up & can Mom & Pop shops compete or even offer top dollar prices on games. The next 10 - 20 years is going to be real interesting.

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Agreed

@argylega 10 месяцев назад

The problem with Amazon is that they do NOT package stuff well anymore. If you're buying just a standard game, you'll probably get it fine, but if it's any kind of special edition you can forget it. I've bought special editions before and received & returned 3 badly damaged games before finally just telling them to refund me and I bought it somewhere else (gamestop online, and it arrived mint from them).

@psychoapplesauceeater8562 9 месяцев назад

I’ve been saying this and no one listened to me

@omikeycanfly 10 месяцев назад

the last group that was knowledgeable about retro and the prices at my local gamestop had no retail sense. They never told you about the sales, tried to get you to get the pro membership, up sale ( i know, i know ) and while that may amazing for some heck probably most; as someone with retail management experience that never flies for too long.

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Yeah its rough...

@nicholaskingston390 10 месяцев назад

FF20 in 2D sounds amazing. Square, hire these guys! :)

@JRPGLife 10 месяцев назад

Hahaha

@SteveSwanson88 10 месяцев назад

GME stock price has been declining hard recently, making 52 week lows. The company is in a death spiral. They will be another BlockBuster in a few years time. Physical media is dying along with GME.

@bocanegrageorge 10 месяцев назад

Hard drive Space and internet speeds have not kept up with modern games. I can see video games and consoles going digital, but like vinyl and other media options, I can see them coming back. I have been importing so many more games since they are the only option for physical. Japan and Asian countries will probably continue making physical copies even after other places go digital