They almost did, but then there was the whole thing with people getting stock and holding, and that actually ended up on helping GS. How long they will hold out is still debatable though. Mostly because of things like this post and the other comments. They used to be great, but because of stuff like that, i refuse to order from them at this point. And there’s a retro game store near me that actually has a ton of switch games. More than any GS I’ve been to. So I don’t see a reason to go into one in person. Not to mention the rise in digital games.
MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 9 months ago
GameStop is still in business??? I haven’t seen one in years lol! I thought they went bankrupt because of this exact kind of bullshit they always used to pull
HipHoboHarold@lemmy.world 9 months ago
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 9 months ago
By the time the last of four (!) Gamestops in my town finally closed, I am certain it had more square footage devoted to Rick and Morty shit than it did to video games.
roguetrick@kbin.social 9 months ago
Don't gloss over the stock issues. That was straight up Q-Anon shit with the CEO sending them secret messages because of the SEC or some absolute insane bullshit.
ericisshort@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Please link to the CEO’s Q connection. I tried but couldn’t find any relationship besides that time the SEC commissioner compared WSB smooth brains to the Q-morons that stormed the capitol.
roguetrick@kbin.social 9 months ago
It's not that the CEO himself was Q like. It's that SuperStonks went nuts about how the CEO had a plan he was telegraphing to them through coded messages. I am NOT going to try and look at that cesspool to find examples, but it's pretty much all they posted about on reddit.
phillaholic@lemm.ee 9 months ago
It was a giant “fuck you” to greedy hedge funds. Pretty diverse crowd got in on it.
FinnaJerkIt@lemmynsfw.com 9 months ago
Come on. People actually believe this guy believes GameStop went out of business? There are 2500 of them in the US and like 8 around Columbia SC where this guy posts pictures from in the reg. Stop being suckers.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 9 months ago
Well they did close many, many stores just before the whole stock market shorting thing. Like my area had like 12 and now there is only 1 still in operation.
MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 9 months ago
What exactly is it that you think I’m “suckering” people in to? I’m sorry I haven’t scoured the entire town looking for shitty overpriced used game stores… 🙄