I have become very disappointed in the retail market as of late, have you? As a collector of everything from Atari to PS3 I have noticed a serious lack of classic stuff available in the retail market. All the chains have been bought up by Game Stop (those bastards) and so have all the sweet stops that contained a plethora of NES games, Atari Games, etc. (Rhino, Babbages, etc.)
However, this is not the point of my rant. Recently, with Game Stop trying to takeover the world it has opened up a great possibility for indie stores to open and step up to the plate and fill the void that Game Stops are leaving behind... the classics. I use classic losely, one thing I heard today was PS1 is considered classic ! I stopped into a new indie store today down the street and they had nothing older than PS2 in the store! I asked why they didnt have anything older.... "We dont think it makes much business sense!" is what they told me. With that I stormed out and vowed I would never go back!
Does anyone else agree that there isnt a need for more of these dime a dozen video game stores that only sells current stuff? Don't we have enough of them around already? Heck, I have 5 game stops within 5 miles of my house. Wouldn't it drum up more business and loyal customers if a new store carried everything old and new? Fill a niche that seems to falling by the way side as unimportant? Or is it up to us, the collectors to share amongst ourselves to keep the old classics alive? I don't know about you, but screw the chains and these indies that forget about the classics... ill buy and sell here when I can.