Gamestop to stop taking trades on NES,SNES,GEN,DC

[portnoyd]

TOMORROW IS THE DAY. Let the anarchy begin.

Confirmed from my friend who works as an ASM at a Funco. Feb 22nd will be the last day that Funcostops will take any games or systems from the four systems in the title. This was an email sent to the stores today. Anyone else can confirm.

Now it gets ugly.

dave

[gamergary]

Great there goes any chance of me going there again. Now I can't get any retro games except over priced flea market games and some dreamcast games at EB.

[Starcade]

Oh well, all Gamestop had (in my area anyways) was a bunch of horrible condition, crap titles.

I prefer ebay.

[AB Positive]

hmmmm, my region is ONLY GEN and DC. We're still taking NES and SNES without question, gods we make too much off NES stuff alone...

-AG

[Ikari Warrior]

I agree with gamergary, they'll be almost no reason to go there. I'm lucky enough to have 7 Gamestop within 20 minutes of me. I try to hit each one at least once a week to check the new retro stuff. I can get new stuff anywhere. I agree sometimes their stuff isn't always in the best condition, and there's always ebay, but there's something to say about finding the actual game, in a store with out all the online hassle. This is sad news indeed, and I feel a mistake for the Gamestop franchise.

[dave2236]

YES, thats awesome......in the business world, thats like shooting yourself in the foot and then tripping on the gun and shooting the other leg.

I know most of you guys are dissapointed, but this is good news for me.

[Kejoriv]

that sucks. I cant believe no more DC games. That is fairly new.

[Retsudo]

No gamestops around here. So it doesnt bother me. There are 2 EB here that stop selling nes games. Also they keep all the snes and gennie games in the back because people keep stealing them LOL

[Red Warrior]

Well, I have no more reason to go to Gamestop. I can get all my newer games from other stores like Wal-Mart and Best Buy.

Question: Does this mean that Gamestops everywhere will be having huge clearance sales on all NES, SNES, GENESIS, and DC games? If so, this could cause a first come-first serve war between collectors everywhere.

[Kejoriv]

Well, I have no more reason to go to Gamestop. I can get all my newer games from other stores like Wal-Mart and Best Buy.

Question: Does this mean that Gamestops everywhere will be having huge clearance sales on all NES, SNES, GENESIS, and DC games? If so, this could cause a first come-first serve war between collectors everywhere.

Gamestop having a clearance sale on those games would be "boner-rific!" :D

[Red Warrior]

Gamestop having a clearance sale on those games would be "boner-rific!" :D

Maybe...
but collectors everywhere will be literally fighting each other in the store. You also might see people camping outside the store the night before just to get first dibs. The last time I almost fought for video games was on the release night of the N64 at Wal-Mart. Everyone there was willing to kill to get one of those. I'm lucky I escaped with my life... let alone a system. I NEVER wanna go through that again. I hope we don't see that at Gamestops everywhere. But as much as I value my life, the collector within me will force me to go.

[Kejoriv]

Can someone confirm that all Gamestops are going to stop selling these games?

[Balloon Fight]

That really sucks. Gamestop is one of my prime sources for cheap NES and Genny games. Well, i guess i better buy all of the Genny stuff out.

[Sotenga]

On one hand, this sucks nuts. It sort of stands as proof of how the general populace could give less of a damn about games made before the new millenium. :angry:

On the other, I was always much more partial to Microplay instead. Better selection, good prices too. Besides, if things go right, my "local" Microplay is going to give me SPACE HARRIER II for under ten dollars! Score! :D

But this sucks nonetheless. Maybe I should go to my local Gamestop and try and buy out as many NES games as possible before they remove them...

[calthaer]

Those accurséd stickers they always put on their NES carts, along with the fact that they no longer hand out cardboard "FUNCOLAND" NES sleeves, is the big reason I don't buy NES games from them.

[goatdan]

GameStop (Funcoland) has bee discussing how they want to eliminate these games for years. I was told recently that they were eliminating them by that point in time, but we'll see...

If they do eliminate them, it really won't hurt them as much as you guys are saying. If you get a stack of NES games and it takes you 20 minutes to do the transaction to get the games, and the games sell for a total of $40.00 when all 20 of them are sold, your better off dropping them, especially if you can make the same amount of money off two XBox games.

It does make sense for them. If it actually happens this time, the collector in me is torn between my collection rising in value because it is harder to find games and my collection not growing too much because... it is harder to find games.

The world will go on everyone, and with or without NES, SNES, Geni and DC games so will GameStop.

[kainemaxwell]

Well, this blows. :angry:

[djbeatmongrel]

I might have to put a good word in at the gamestop i go to so i know when the clearance begins, i need more carts damnit. :angry:

[atari_overlord]

The manager at my game stop said that they were going to stop taking genesis games at the end of this month but everything else was staying the same. If they stopped selling NES games I dont know that I would ever have a chance of completing my collection. I am just over half way there and there are still so many common titles I need.

[swlovinist]

This info is correct, I have informants that have confirmed it for me here in Northern California. I dont care about the money aspect of this(collection value), it really really sucks. For one thing, there will be hundreds of stores across the US that wont carry retro games anymore(it will eventually be phased out). This in itself will drive the price up due to the lack of availability. I hate relying in ebay for Nes and Genesis stuff, as the buyer you really get a raw deal. Locally I have enjoyed many great finds for SNES, Genesis, NES, and DC. I am down to only 18 US Nes carts because of the chain. I have easilly gotten 300 of my Genesis carts from them. It is only a mere minutes from my house. What the hell are they thinking??? What makes them any different then any other chain? Nothing now, they are no different then Wal-Mart, Target or Circut City now. Other then their used current video game items(which are usually scratched to all hell) they have once again made a stupid corportate decision. This is a blow to all retrogamers who shop there and to all who will never get to play a little video game history. Boo Gamestop!................At least there is still Game Crazy!

[kainemaxwell]

Yeah that's true, less places to find carts = more demand and higher ebay prices. This should be fun trying to finish NES related collections.

Hell maybe I should just buy up lots of NES carts now, collecting or not, for trade fodder.

[Oobgarm]

Can someone confirm that all Gamestops are going to stop selling these games?

That's not entirely true. After Feb. 22nd, no more trades will be accepted. The company will then decide how to divide up their remaining inventory, or if they're going to leave it where it is. Don't expect a sale, though. I'd be mighty surprised if there was one. Dreamcast stuff has been on sale for the past month or so and I haven't seen a jump at all in sales, other than us employees.

My manager told me about this terrible event when I got into the store today. It pretty much shit on my entire evening. I started working at Funcoland strictly for the NES games, and while my interests have shifted somewhat towards the modern consoles, I pride myself in being one the biggest NES person at our store, and knowing my way around the system and it's games.

The email sent to stores said that it was no longer financially sound to allow the product to have any floor space in the store. What gets me is that all of these games are either in dump bins on the sales floor, or on a gondola-type rack, also on the sales floor. Taking these out of the store is going to leave a massive empty space, making the store look more barren than it should. It would most likely end up being replaced with some silly marketing standee or some garbage of that nature.

Retrogaming is a hot thing right now, especially the NES. The clothes that Hot Topic sells are very popular(at least they are around here), it makes appearances from time to time on G4, etc.

In addition, Game Crazy will take this and run with it, since they do sell older stuff. They'll be the only ones left that do so across the board, AFAIK. EB does it on a voluntary basis, I believe. Whay can't Gamestop go that route? Yeah, it makes sense to discontinue carrying the product in store that it simply doesn't sell well in, but allow it in stores such as the one I work at, where SNES/NES stuff has a large presence. Our location is quite rural, and we get a lot of folks in that have not upgraded their systems in a long time, so SNES is the last thing they have-in some cases, the NES is the last system they bought.

Not to mention that the collectors will be upset. Well, those that shop at GS anyway. I know it's not the best place to shop for them, but good deals can be had.

But when it all comes down to it, the company only looks at numbers as a whole, rather than breaking it down into smaller groups and really looking at how well it sells at the store level.

*sigh* Man, I'm f'n pissed just thinking about it.

[nesuser2]

GameStop (Funcoland) has bee discussing how they want to eliminate these games for years. I was told recently that they were eliminating them by that point in time, but we'll see...

If they do eliminate them, it really won't hurt them as much as you guys are saying. If you get a stack of NES games and it takes you 20 minutes to do the transaction to get the games, and the games sell for a total of $40.00 when all 20 of them are sold, your better off dropping them, especially if you can make the same amount of money off two XBox games.

It does make sense for them. If it actually happens this time, the collector in me is torn between my collection rising in value because it is harder to find games and my collection not growing too much because... it is harder to find games.

The world will go on everyone, and with or without NES, SNES, Geni and DC games so will GameStop.

I stopped reading from this point on....so sorry if somebody already mentioned this. and i'm not trying to point a finger at you or make you sound stupid, but they don't even offer dirt for these used games. $1 or $2. So at any rate, they won't sell any of them for under $3.99, a majority at 7.99 or 9.99. Or maybe I just don't have the cool stores but at any rate...pay that guy to inventory them and look them up and buy them back....cuz it sure seems well worth my time. If I could pay some idiot to ring up the trade-ins and get them out there for sale, and make $100. I don't care if that kid hates it or not, that's what you call making money LOL and that's also why EB and Gamestop never have good employees(NOT always true, before I start a fire here...), as long as they can punch in the figures and ring people up...they don't care.

[Jasoco]

A couple months ago I was told this by an employee at one of the GS I go to.

Last time I was there, I asked again. The manager said "Some" are dropping their stuff. Not all.

The way I see it, if they keep them, I'll have a source for old games for a while.

If they drop them, they'll probably clearance everything to the point of maybe Buy One Get One Free. That will be good as well. So I'd have to look elsewhere for NES and Genesis games, but at least I could finally grab those more expensive ones I've been eyeing for months. (Kirby, Castlevania, Donkey Kong, etc...)

At least they'll have PSX games for years. That's my new hobby.

[Flack]

I think it'll be great if you're a thrift store/garage sale person. Everyday there's some kid who decides he wants game X and goes in and trades a bunch of old games for a few bucks credit. If they can't trade them in anymore, they'll just sit around the house and eventually make their way to yard sales or thrift stores. Let the searching begin!

[Jasoco]

I think it'll be great if you're a thrift store/garage sale person. Everyday there's some kid who decides he wants game X and goes in and trades a bunch of old games for a few bucks credit. If they can't trade them in anymore, they'll just sit around the house and eventually make their way to yard sales or thrift stores. Let the searching begin!Or the trash. X_x

[Duncan]

Guess I should be glad I got my Dreamcast there while they still had them...

I suppose I'll have to make a final trip over there this weekend and see if there's any NES stuff I want before it disappears. It's getting hard enough for me to find some of those carts...but I suppose I can always shift to Goodwill and the weekly flea market when I want a challenge.

I understand their reasons for this decision, but for God's sake, they're a game store...you'd think they'd at least consider taking the loss if only to show how "hardcore" they are. Game Crazy's ads are proud of the fact that they carry literally everything (save for Atari, but I suppose that is pushing it).

Thankfully, we also have enough independent game stores in my town that don't rape their customers for supposedly "rare" stuff like Zelda or Mario. All hail the small business owners! :D

[Atari7800]

The Gamestop here at the mall in Atlanta had ONE Dreamcast game last time I checked. I asked the guy at the counter if they had discontinued it (this was last week, so he must not have heard about the directive.) He said that someone had bought out all the DC games and that they hardly ever got any in since people hung onto their DC games.

People like to buy out entire stocks of DC games, hang onto the games they have, and sell their DC games rarely... by all means lets discontinue selling games for a system with a rabid fan base!

[Oobgarm]

Honestly, GS had had a 30% off sale on DC games since Christmas. Someone prolly took advantage of it and bought them all out. The reason DC games are rarely traded in at GS is due to the fact that most of the games are worth $1-$2, unless they're top tier titles like Sonic, etc., then they're worth $5-$8 apiece.

I'm still rather frustrated with this whole ostracism of systems, I think I'll send off an Email to corporate this evening via our POS system. :o

[Cmosfm]

My manager told me this yesterday also...but what gets me is this...Theres only 2 bins in the store for older games, and then you have 3 shelves of DVDS! You have a ton of accessory racks, etc. and after all that even with the new systems and the newer ones still coming out im pretty sure they can make room in the store for these 2 bins.

Its ridiculous...I bet when they do get rid of them...there will be nothing on the floor to replace the missing bins. I think they just want to get rid of them...not becuase they want to make room for new games or anything, they just WANT TO GET RID OF THEM...probably cause there too old they think.

[Nature Boy]

It's not the end of the world guys and gals. Don't worry about it!

If people can't sell the games to Gamestop (or EB, or Microplay) then they'll just sell them to pawn shops instead. Or independent places. Or they'll donate them to thrift places. You'll still be able to get them.

[NintendoMan]

As somebody else mentioned, I don't like those stupid fuc*ing stickers they put all over there games. And besides that, they also stopped put the cartridges in those cardboards sleeves, the stores around me one day just decided to stop stacking the games, MEATLY in their sleeves, and just threw them all in a metal bin, without the sleeves. I stopped buying my retro stuff their about 3 years ago. :angry:

[portnoyd]

I think it'll be great if you're a thrift store/garage sale person. Everyday there's some kid who decides he wants game X and goes in and trades a bunch of old games for a few bucks credit. If they can't trade them in anymore, they'll just sit around the house and eventually make their way to yard sales or thrift stores. Let the searching begin!

Flack has a point. A big point. In some ways, this is actually better! Ought to make garage sale season this year much better! :D

[Cmosfm]

MEATLY in their sleeves

LOL - I think you meant NEATLY

[YoshiM]

I can understand dropping Genesis games. They don't seem to have the brand appeal that Nintendo has for some reason.

If they want to drop the older titles they should do an inventory to see where the games sell best and funnel the remaining old game stock to those locations. The EB here in Sheboygan sold NES games like hot cakes. These games weren't cheap either and Sheboyganites thrive on cheap prices. I see adults and young teens flipping through the NES or SNES carts and gleefully carting up a handfull to the counter. One gal I talked said she just got a NES and bought 5 $9 to $15 carts without batting an eye (I remember DK Classics was one of the $15 carts). I've seen SMBs go for $10. Crazy.

Now if people are willing to pay that kind of cash for classics when Gamestop probably pays $0.25 to $5 a cart for trade it'd be a gold mine...in the places where classics sell.

[Achika]

I highly doubt there will be a sale. I was around when Funco made the decision to discontinue dealing in Saturn equipment (games, accessories, etc.) Was there a sale then? No. They just continued selling them at the prices they were at and the stock dwindled because people couldn't trade them in. No fire sales, no B2G1 free, nadda.

I can only imagine our gondola's will be filled with more toys and a month later, those toys will have 50% off stickers and the company will loose more money on it.

Yeah, I'm disheartened about it, but at the same time, this decision will keep more money in my wallet because I usually only buy the classics when I work. I buy new when there's a B2G1 free sale since there's been one just about every quarter for the past year.

Looks like it's time to stick my card in the hands of more patrons looking to turn in their old stuff.

[Jasoco]

It's not the end of the world guys and gals. Don't worry about it!

If people can't sell the games to Gamestop (or EB, or Microplay) then they'll just sell them to pawn shops instead. Or independent places. Or they'll donate them to thrift places. You'll still be able to get them.Hold on there a minute, Nature Boy. Not everyone HAS places like that nearby. Like me. It's either GS/EB or eBay or nothing. Take away my GS/EB and what have I got left? A pocket full of money and.. wait.. maybe it is a good idea....... nah.. Keep the games I say.

[ianoid]

Actually, this bodes well for flea market hunters. It makes it harder for vendors to price stuff, since they don't have any local store frame of reference.

It also means that games of value will be at your local market because all those updated gamers won't have traded in their stuff at the reasonably accessible Gamestops.

It DOES mean more games at reasonable prices, but it may not, in the end, mean more games. For me, it's positive, because I've bought so little classic stuff at those stores compared to other sources.

Whoever said that kids going in to trade in their old stuff (older brothers? fathers?) at funco was most accurate. Kid A has no cash. Kid A digs for something to trade/sell. Kid A takes pile of stuff to funco hoping for a buck or two. Kid A gets awarded $18 for large amount of stuff. Kid A very happy to get a used GBA game or Xbox game out of it. Funco turns around and sells games for $100. Everyone's happy? I dunno.

-ian

[Buyatari]

I can't sell these old games at my store either however I never let that bother me.

YAY

This is good news for the small game stores who do carry these games.

Adam

[autobotracing]

YES, thats awesome......in the business world, thats like shooting yourself in the foot and then tripping on the gun and shooting the other leg.

I know most of you guys are dissapointed, but this is good news for me.



word :evil: :D

[AB Positive]

I highly doubt there will be a sale. I was around when Funco made the decision to discontinue dealing in Saturn equipment (games, accessories, etc.) Was there a sale then? No. They just continued selling them at the prices they were at and the stock dwindled because people couldn't trade them in. No fire sales, no B2G1 free, nadda.

I can only imagine our gondola's will be filled with more toys and a month later, those toys will have 50% off stickers and the company will loose more money on it.

Yeah, I'm disheartened about it, but at the same time, this decision will keep more money in my wallet because I usually only buy the classics when I work. I buy new when there's a B2G1 free sale since there's been one just about every quarter for the past year.

Looks like it's time to stick my card in the hands of more patrons looking to turn in their old stuff.


... I need to make me some cards....

-AG

[Packerfan66]

I'm hoping the pawn shops will pick them up because my pawn shop sells any DC game for $5. If they have a rare game it is still only $5.

[Nature Boy]

Hold on there a minute, Nature Boy. Not everyone HAS places like that nearby. Like me. It's either GS/EB or eBay or nothing. Take away my GS/EB and what have I got left? A pocket full of money and.. wait.. maybe it is a good idea....... nah.. Keep the games I say.

Wow - absolutely no thrift stores or pawn shops around? Weird. How big is the area you live in?

Actually you also have online retailers like VideoGameConnection and 4Jays and whatnot.

And you can put ads in a local newspaper (if it's small enough it might be cheap or free!) asking for games. Plus people still have garage sales.

You're never sunk - just broaden your horizons!

[dave2236]

I can't sell these old games at my store either however I never let that bother me.

YAY

This is good news for the small game stores who do carry these games.

Adam

Really? that was a majority of our sales every year. classic games, SNES and older

[TRM]

The way I look at it is this: no NES games, no sales from me. I am about 95% retrogamer, 5% new games. And everytime I do buy a game for a new console, I purchase it from Wal Mart. So I'll really have any reason to go to GS/Funcoland anymore.

As for the comments about buying retro games from other game stores and fleamarkets/yardsales --- it really doesn't help. I live in a small enough community that we don't have any other game stores around us except for EB and they don't carry NES games in our parts. We have one pawn shop locally---$5 per NES cart. They have around 30 games or so...not the best selection, but better then nothing.

Once again, living in a small area also means that fleamarket/yard sale finds aren't to be that great either. Everyone knows everyone, and most of the people have already gotten rid of their NES systems. And those which still have them don't want to sell them.

So anyway, it looks like collecting will be an uphill battle for now.

[Jasoco]

The way I look at it is this: no NES games, no sales from me. I am about 95% retrogamer, 5% new games. And everytime I do buy a game for a new console, I purchase it from Wal Mart. So I'll really have any reason to go to GS/Funcoland anymore.I'd still go because I always buy Used. Plus now that I'm into PSX as well, they could drop NES, Genesis, etc and I'd cry, but I'd get over it.

Still, I'd like to see it stay. But at this point, I've almost picked the bins clean of what I'm going to buy at the regular price. Unless they run a sale soon or something, I could care less about what's left at the prices they're at.

[Packerfan66]

ANyone know if gamestop is still selling the dreamcast games 30% off? Just wondering because my hometown sells tons of dreamcast games. People there couldn't give two shits about the dreamcast. So if they are 30% off I"ll send my little sister to pick a bunch up for me.

[Oobgarm]

ANyone know if gamestop is still selling the dreamcast games 30% off? Just wondering because my hometown sells tons of dreamcast games. People there couldn't give two shits about the dreamcast. So if they are 30% off I"ll send my little sister to pick a bunch up for me.

I know for certain that the Dreamcast sale runs until the end of the month. It may end up running longer, but the stores most likely won't know for sure until a day or two before the end of the month.

[TheHammerGod]

Yes indeed, the Dreamcast sale is still going on. 30% off everything INCLUDING the system itself. $14 for a system, not bad.

As far as I know after the 22nd the games will be packed up and sent to the top stores in the retro catagories to blow out, so if your local GS did good sales in the classics keep your eyes out, they may be getting tons more shipped in.

Toys also appear to be waining, except for the McFarline stuff and video game related stuff.

Official signs are now in all stores about the Feb 22 buy-back cut off date. I was surprised to see the NES and SNES go. Very happy about the Genesis though, lol. It is sad about the SNES.... those always went well and there are so many classic games. I will miss the NES but hell, so many of them are returned because they don't work or what not and except for say about 20 titles that sell, the rest just sit around collecting dust.

And I finally broke the crew of their habit of stickering NES games on the paper label part, lol. ON THE SIDE - ON THE SIDE.

Now if only they would get rid of the damn CCG's! Well that's already started as well....

[Jasoco]

Once again it was reconfirmed by the manager of another GS. I wish they'd make up their minds.

He says after February.. so.. I'd better get buying.

[Duncan]

Yes indeed, the Dreamcast sale is still going on. 30% off everything INCLUDING the system itself. $14 for a system, not bad.

As far as I know after the 22nd the games will be packed up and sent to the top stores in the retro catagories to blow out, so if your local GS did good sales in the classics keep your eyes out, they may be getting tons more shipped in.

X_x The 22nd of this month? Shit...

My closest GameStop is a very new store, so I doubt they've been a leader in any category yet...

Actually, I might be heading out just about now to see if there's anything left at all. :(

[TheHammerGod]

Well, no. I ment the 22nd of February. Sorry about that!

[Jasoco]

I pray that my GS is one of them.. PLEASE! How can one find out this information?

[nesuser2]

I think the best way to tell is if they have tons of older games. My GS doesn't have anything old. The oldest they go is PS1, and that's the truth. No N64, NES, Genesis, SNES, Dreamcast.......nothing.........if your local GS is filled with this stuff, it ultimately means that it's trucked in from other stores. I'm pretty sure my GS will take the aformentioned stuff in trade....but they don't put it out very often unless somebody comes in specifically asking for it and they have it sitting there, which means very low odds. But I guess that having old games doesn't guarantee that they will get all the other stores games....

[Griking]

I was talking to one of the guys in my local Gamestop today. He confirmed that after 02/22 they won't be accepting any new trade ins for the mentioned systems. In fact, they already have a sign up saying this. When I asked about existing inventory I was told that Gamestop was going to choose 400 of their stores that do the best classic games sales and divide the existing inventory up between these stores. Another interesting bit that he told me was that when this happened they were looking at procing all of the games at a flay price per console. For instance, all NES games would be one price regardless of the title. Same w/ SNES, Genesis, and Dreamcast. They had no work on what this price may be. I don't know if this is true or not but they seem to beleive it in my local store.

[portnoyd]

Another interesting bit that he told me was that when this happened they were looking at procing all of the games at a flay price per console. For instance, all NES games would be one price regardless of the title. Same w/ SNES, Genesis, and Dreamcast. They had no work on what this price may be. I don't know if this is true or not but they seem to beleive it in my local store.

:eek 2: :eek 2: :eek 2: :eek 2: :eek 2: :eek 2: :eek 2:

Please let the price be, like $2. Oh my god, I think I'd just loose my mind, and buy everything in sight.

dave

[Jasoco]

It'd better damn well not be some stupid price if they even decide to do it.

I say they should just price them at the original trade-in value. They won't lose anything on the sale, they won't gain anything except their space back either, but at least they'd sell. And if it comes to worse after a few months, cut even those prices on the remaining games down to half just to clear it out. I assure you they would be gone fast.

[portnoyd]

It'd better damn well not be some stupid price if they even decide to do it.

I say they should just price them at the original trade-in value.

On Genesis, that'd be even worse. For the past 6 months, at least, tradein value on the majority has been 50 cents. That's when I take the bin of games and WHEEL IT TO THE REGISTER.

And you can rest assured it'll go like this:

NES: $8-$10
SNES: $10+
Genesis: $5
DC: $10

Something to really piss us all off.

dave

[Jasoco]

In that case, for their sanity, they should just do Buy One Get One Free sales on them. Not the cheesy Buy Two version, Buy One so they can actually sell them.

So, what's the time frame on this? After the 22nd of Feb, they ship them out to the popular stores. Then what? Just sit there and rot until they are gone?

I better start checking around and see which stores in the nearest 30 mile radius will have these big shipments.

How many GameStop's are there in the US? So we can get an idea of how many new games the stores will get.

With my luck, none of my GS' will be the lucky ones. The only one of three in my closest area that carry them is a relatively small store, so I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't get them. *sigh* Don't do this to one of your best customers!

Out of the 500+ games, I've bought 350+ at GameStop alone in the past 7.5 months. Let me buy 200 more! 500 more! Let me buy it all!

I am curious to see how this plays out. I knew it'd happen one day. Just not so soon.

Guess I'd better start hunting for Flea Markets and Yard Sales.

[portnoyd]

*bumpity*

[The Manimal]

Are they still planning to carry N64 games? I saw no mention of it at any of the stores. Reason being I only own four N64 games, one of which I got in the past week (Super Mario 64):


Perfect Dark
Paper Mario
Castlevania
Super Mario 64

That's it. Yikes, hope they still carry them! LOL

[§ Gideon §]

I'm a little surprised that the retailers have bothered keeping games for these systems up until now. I think they've done a pretty good job, don't you?

[AB Positive]

I'm praying that I work at one of the stores getting the overstock. Although, we DO have quite a bit of SNES, Genesis and NES in sales.. we've had trouble having -A- NES game in stock over the past four months, so we should be good.


As for the flat rate thing, no way would the prices be as high as what portnoyd said. Working there, I'd put it more like:

NES - $5-7
Genesis - $3 (this is about average)
SNES - $8
Dreamcast - $5 (again, average)


But that won't happen. It'll be different prices per title. My reasoning: Sports games. No way anyone will sell sports games for these systems for more than a dollar. Ever.


-AG

[Jasoco]

Now that tomorrow is the 22nd. Is there a final word on if it's actually happening? And which stores will be keeping their games, which dumping? Tomorrow I have to go take a trip. I'm low on cash though, I might have to call it a wash and just say good bye to all them because a lot are still expensive and I won't buy them anyway. That's really all that's left. For me at least.

A Sale would be nice. I hope mine keeps theirs until they run out. At least give me a chance. Maybe there WILL be a sale. But it won't matter if my games are gone.

[kainemaxwell]

I hope there's something. Be nice to get in and clean up before they toss the carts in the trash.