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Gamestop shutting down all stores in Scandinavia
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I haven't bought anything from them in years. But there is something a bit sad about all the gaming stores dissapearing. The end of an era.
I'm surprised they haven't shut down in Ireland yet as well, their prices are completely uncompetitive with everyone else.
They're gradually closing down next year so I wouldnt worry about pre-orders in the near future.
I like my local gamestop, they are very good to work with. While they generally have quite high prices they also have a ton of great trade-in deals and sales from time to time. I'm gonna miss them.
I like my local gamestop, they are very good to work with. While they generally have quite high prices they also have a ton of great trade-in deals and sales from time to time. I'm gonna miss them.
I guess, since they are able to deliver some of my packages.
Their main business is selling used games and toys. Buying "new" games from them is stupid because they "gut" them in addition to the high price.
A friend of mine quit his job in security to work at GameStop. His dream is working with games. Hopefully he lands on his feet. Bummer though. (Can't say their business model was anything but flawed, as a consumer of video games and merchandise I've spent a total of 0kr at GameStop total.)
Worked for Gamestop in Denmark. The management had fuck all clue about marketing. District management were basically long-time sales assistants, who knew nothing of strategic management, but would just relish in their illusory power. Upper management was no better. They held on to the notion that being unreasonably more expensive than the competition could be justified by the service. Like, what service? That I, some nerd, could point the occasional parent towards a game better suited for their kid? I wish... Most of the time I loved doing exactly that, but the problem was that management didn't care about the very service they justified their prices with. Nah, it all came down to sales numbers of stupid, gimmick services like 'game protection' and pushing CoD on kids.
On multiple occasions I had the same customers come back and buy stuff because I gave them good service, but because I couldn't sell 50 game protection in a month, they lifted a finger. It didn't actually matter that I was standing there from 9 am to 16 pm, where literally nobody comes to buy anything; it wasn't about the statistics, but the numbers themselves. I remember this one guy who came in and bought like 20 games. Wanted game protection on everything. He wanted the expensive sort. Great. My numbers rose to the sky, and I was a hero. But even then I thought it was ridiculous; it was chance, nothing else.
There was even a store that was reknown for their ability to make pre-orders. They had so many pre-orders, that the rest of the chain couldn't understand how they did it. One of the sales assistants in that store wasn't a good talker, and in fact he seemed rather arrogant at times. He would visit my store and act bossy, because he had that reputation for creating a multitude of pre-orders. Turned out the fucker was abusing the system. I can't recall exactly what the method was, but I believe he made up some story about how things worked, manipulating customers into believing it was factored into the existing price. Some people had hundreds of pre-orders, and basically hundreds of deposits they weren't aware of. Their money was banked in Gamestop pre-orders.
Even worse, I remember when I found another job later on. Turned out a colleague of mine had also worked at Gamestop 2-3 years prior to me. They owed him 5 grand, which had just been settled in court.
Look, I sympathize with the people who are going to lose their job. That sucks. I had a lot of fun working there because of my colleagues. Really fun times. But fuck man... Gamestop management is horrendeous. On all levels. They had seemingly no authority to do anything, and they acted more as supervisors than management. I was there 5 years ago, and the ship was already sinking back then. This was inevitable, and when they pushed for a makeover, I couldn't fathom why they didn't just focus on their e-commerce. Honestly, read their annual report from '17-'18. It's scary how naive it is.
On multiple occasions I had the same customers come back and buy stuff because I gave them good service, but because I couldn't sell 50 game protection in a month, they lifted a finger. It didn't actually matter that I was standing there from 9 am to 16 pm, where literally nobody comes to buy anything; it wasn't about the statistics, but the numbers themselves. I remember this one guy who came in and bought like 20 games. Wanted game protection on everything. He wanted the expensive sort. Great. My numbers rose to the sky, and I was a hero. But even then I thought it was ridiculous; it was chance, nothing else.
There was even a store that was reknown for their ability to make pre-orders. They had so many pre-orders, that the rest of the chain couldn't understand how they did it. One of the sales assistants in that store wasn't a good talker, and in fact he seemed rather arrogant at times. He would visit my store and act bossy, because he had that reputation for creating a multitude of pre-orders. Turned out the fucker was abusing the system. I can't recall exactly what the method was, but I believe he made up some story about how things worked, manipulating customers into believing it was factored into the existing price. Some people had hundreds of pre-orders, and basically hundreds of deposits they weren't aware of. Their money was banked in Gamestop pre-orders.
Even worse, I remember when I found another job later on. Turned out a colleague of mine had also worked at Gamestop 2-3 years prior to me. They owed him 5 grand, which had just been settled in court.
Look, I sympathize with the people who are going to lose their job. That sucks. I had a lot of fun working there because of my colleagues. Really fun times. But fuck man... Gamestop management is horrendeous. On all levels. They had seemingly no authority to do anything, and they acted more as supervisors than management. I was there 5 years ago, and the ship was already sinking back then. This was inevitable, and when they pushed for a makeover, I couldn't fathom why they didn't just focus on their e-commerce. Honestly, read their annual report from '17-'18. It's scary how naive it is.
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It sucks that people have to lose their jobs, but this was always going to happen sooner or later. We have very fast Internet here, and also reliable 24 hour shipping from various other stores where games are cheaper.
I'm not surprised. If anything, I'm more surprised Gamestop in other countries is still alive. They generally charge more for certain games, systems and even merchandise. For example, in most Austrian stores and on Amazon, amiibos cost 14.99 to 15.99€, but at Gamestop they charge 19.99€ for em.
Anyway, NordicEra, if you lot are looking for Totaku figurines, I'd be happy to help getting them for you.
Anyway, NordicEra, if you lot are looking for Totaku figurines, I'd be happy to help getting them for you.
Yesterday I went to a Gamestop to get Death Stranding 1 day early. They clearly had it. The dude was like "If you preorder...we can give you a call and you can pick it up in the afternoon".
I said No Thanks and left. They clearly had it, and I was ready to give them cash. But dont start with that pre-order shit.
Went home, waited a little bit more and bought the digital version instead. That was Gamestop Germany. I wonder how long till they close down too.
I said No Thanks and left. They clearly had it, and I was ready to give them cash. But dont start with that pre-order shit.
Went home, waited a little bit more and bought the digital version instead. That was Gamestop Germany. I wonder how long till they close down too.
I mean. That is understandable. Breaking the street date can have serious repercussions, especially for the employee who sold it to you. Nobody is going to risk their job so you can play a game a day early.
He still offered to break the streetdate by giving me a call in the afternoon tho ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
No wonder. At least in Finland their prices per game have usually been like 10€ and up higher than in other game stores. Even the used game prices are pretty ridiculous. They also don't (as far as I know) have any online stores in here, which seems like a horrible idea in this day and age.
The Gamestop stores have always been quite shitty, so no wonder. Aside from their ridiculous pricing, the biggest issue BY FAR is that you pretty much never get an actual plastic-sealed copy from them; they grab a battered plastic case from their stupid stalls, dig out the disc from the lockers behind the register and stuff everything in. Not really something I'd pay extra for compared to Webhallen, Coolshop, Elgiganten, Mediamarkt or any other much superior retailer.
Same in germany. Most gamestops have been stocking up on merchandise for a while, some are closing down. It´s a slow death for them.
I sometimes preorder a game because the store is on my way home, but they keep asking if I want to buy a insurance.
Oh no! What about all the insurances I bought for all the "new" (well it was new according to them, even though it was opened and the case was on display in the store) games I bought from them?!
Good riddance!
Konsolinet is gonna get all my loving from now on.
Good riddance!
Konsolinet is gonna get all my loving from now on.
So sad to hear, so many feelings also for the people that I know and working here in Italy...at this time will be inevitable one day to close all store...
They were probably allowed to do an early launch. I used to work at US GameStop, and some early launches started at like 6pm. We absolutely could not sell before that time.
Don't forget Stockholm still has a mom and pop brick and mortar: GameShop. I always pop in when I walk by (which is once every two years or so). Oh and Spel & Sånt in Norrtälje. Support them, not the shitty GAMEs and GameStops.
The writing was on the wall. I haven't bought a game from them since... Fire Emblem Awakening, I believe. In the rare cases I want a physical copy nowadays, Webhallen or Spelbutiken are usually good. But you'd have to provide something really special to remain as a retail chain and stuffing the store with Funkos and other random merch can't be it.
What the fuck? I missed this.
Somebody please tell me what happens to my Yakuza collection pre order...
Somebody please tell me what happens to my Yakuza collection pre order...
The closest Gamestop/EB Games is about 40kms away, so I wouldn't have been a frequent customer anyway, but yeah, their strategy of charging more for everything was not a compelling one.
The last time I did business there was probably like a decade ago. They used to have pretty good trade-in deals.
The last time I did business there was probably like a decade ago. They used to have pretty good trade-in deals.
As everyone else has said, they were not good. Still, sorry for all employees, and I find it somewhat disconcerting that there won't be any specialized game stores left on the high street in Sweden. (Well, I guess even Gamestop were only nominally a specialized game store the last couple of years considering all the funkos and shit, but still..)
It was like this with Black Ops 4 as well due to the huge patch required. They wanted people to download it for the game to be ready to play at the actual release date :)
Coolt. Jag visste inte att du var Svensk. Jag är från Umeå själv.
Well it's hardly a surprise. I was actually saving som money from previous paycheck to buy " the outer worlds " when I suddenly discovered that the game was on gamepass. Better prices, sales and availability, and the fact that we are starting to have some storage issues at home , there is simply no reason to not go all digital. For me at least.
But I'm going to miss a fysical store :(
I just went here in Finland to the Kamppi store and used all my store credit to pre order the PS5. I don't maintain high hopes that I will actually get it from them but they said they will call me in any case.
Also told me that they have entered the YTE negotiations.
Also told me that they have entered the YTE negotiations.
It's really good that the law requires employee co-operation negotiations even when the company is closing shops, and hopefully GS adheres in providing employees with support packages and assistance in finding new jobs.
Huh, missed this the first time around.
I was going to worry about where I'd get my games from, but it kind of hit me that I've bought two things from GameStop this year. A charging grip for my Switch and Fire Emblem: Three Houses Limited Edition. Everything else has been digital.
I suppose I'll need to find out where to get Limited Editions in Denmark now, or start shopping online, probably at Coolshop or something. But for standard games, I'll probably just go all digital then. Not like that'll be much of a change.
I was going to worry about where I'd get my games from, but it kind of hit me that I've bought two things from GameStop this year. A charging grip for my Switch and Fire Emblem: Three Houses Limited Edition. Everything else has been digital.
I suppose I'll need to find out where to get Limited Editions in Denmark now, or start shopping online, probably at Coolshop or something. But for standard games, I'll probably just go all digital then. Not like that'll be much of a change.
So i hade some store credit, due to campaigns and stuff. I hade xbox scarlet and ps5 pre booked and threw in some games now and then. Went there with my kids and just spended it. The kids got a keyboard respective and a steam code for 50 euros.
I just bought shit that I sort of wanted but never got around buing. Luigis mansion, youshi, death stranding etc. They alsa hade a huge sale on mortal kombat collectors edition.
I'm not really sure what I'm feeling right now actually. Trade in was my bread and butter back in the days when the kids where small and I hade a shitty jobb. Now I don't have to , it actually feels good. It became some sort of mentaly constraint.
On the other hand I'm feeling kind of sad because time is passing. My favorite have been shut down, all gamingstores also. Feels like an end of an era.
I just bought shit that I sort of wanted but never got around buing. Luigis mansion, youshi, death stranding etc. They alsa hade a huge sale on mortal kombat collectors edition.
I'm not really sure what I'm feeling right now actually. Trade in was my bread and butter back in the days when the kids where small and I hade a shitty jobb. Now I don't have to , it actually feels good. It became some sort of mentaly constraint.
On the other hand I'm feeling kind of sad because time is passing. My favorite have been shut down, all gamingstores also. Feels like an end of an era.
Sorry for the people losing their jobs, but this wasn't unexpected. They've been good for nerd merch and such, but they generally weren't competitive for game prices. Like, my nearest GS in Oslo, I could go across the street and find a new copy of a game for cheaper than what GS was asking for a used copy.
I'm scared that one day I won't be able to impulse buy a new console for a new game from a store.
I wonder how many years left here in Canada for EbGames, err, EbX. It could accelerate the digital only trend.
Good riddance, they suck. I would never go there to buy a game over all other options. Guess it's kinda sad that there are no dedicated gaming stores anymore, but eh.
Why would you do such a thing? Do you get interest on that money or something, or are you just lending them your money for free?
I sold bunch of games a while back and I had a expiring gift card so I used it
Do NOT order anything they are delivering, if:
- You live in an apartment complex in a city, and
- They don't provide an alternative drop off point.
The package will get lost in the mail.
PostNord ship packages to Norway, and then outsource the delivery of small packages that fit into mail boxes to another company. That company is normally responsible for delivering news papers to subscribers, and they don't have keys to mail boxes or, apperently, apartment complexes. That is what I was told in one of my many calls to customer support.
Picking up larger packages at drop off points inside supermarkets is usually not a problem. I was unaware that small packages could be delivered to stores, hope that's true.
Yes. My letterbox does not have keys or a lock and my house number is seen on it however I always get issues for small packages that can fit in letterboxes. Once I get the email I always contact their live chat thing and say please deliver to my drop off point. Takes an extra day but always works