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    Default Radio Shack will soon be selling games, again.

    http://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/18/an...ames-in-store/

    It took them 22 years, but it looks like Radio Shack has finally jumped back on the bandwagon. Radio Shack hasn't sold video games since before the great crash.

    I wonder if were gonna start seeing Tandy knockoffs of the PS3 or 360, like they did back in the Intellivision days?

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    Oh, I know the answer to this.

    I own a gme store in Green Bay, WI and there is a Radio Shack across the hallway from us. I also know the manager and employees pretty well.

    Anyway they will be getting Wii, 360, PS3, DS, and SP systems in to sell for the holiday systems. They will also be stocking Halo 3 on release day. and they will have a 8ft by 8ft wall display with other games and accessories.

    Actually at the Green Bay stores every christmas season they carry video games, mostly game boy and DS stuff or system bundles.

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    Radio Shack. Wow...I couldn't even tell you where one is. The only evidence I have of their existence is the occasional commercial during football season.

    Anyway, more stores selling games = more competition = cheaper prices overall (?). We'll see.
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    Now if only Ace Hardware would follow suit! Can you imagine the Madden cross merchandising possibilities they could come up with? "Reserve Madden 09, get a free skil saw!"
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    Isn't radio shack slowly going out of business?

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    Quote Originally Posted by diskoboy View Post
    http://www.joystiq.com/2007/09/18/an...ames-in-store/

    It took them 22 years, but it looks like Radio Shack has finally jumped back on the bandwagon. Radio Shack hasn't sold video games since before the great crash.

    I wonder if were gonna start seeing Tandy knockoffs of the PS3 or 360, like they did back in the Intellivision days?
    I don't think you have to worry about Tandy Corp. (the parent company of Radio Shack) releasing any type of hardware knockoffs or the like.

    Licensing and legal issues aside, their financials from past vetures into manufacturing hardware (video games, not computers) have been close to complete failures costing the company millions!

    Their stock still sucks as well and most analysts will tell you not to buy it. I don't see a comeback for the company anytime soon.

    If they do at least sell games and systems, any additional revenue can help them at this time. Look at the bright side: If you can't find a particular game, you may be able to find it at Radio Shack! I know I won't be shopping there for games, but some one might. Who knows: maybe they will have a retailer's worst nightmare (the bargain bin)!!!

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    The one up this way actually had n64 stuff for awhile... It was garbage and overpriced. I think its a franchise or something.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Sothy View Post
    The one up this way actually had n64 stuff for awhile... It was garbage and overpriced. I think its a franchise or something.
    They do have some franchised stores, not many, but a few. They no longer sell new franchises-hopefully I didn't burst anyone's bubble about being the proud owner of a Radio Shack store franchise!

    Franchise stores were sold many years ago and they still have to stick to strict guidelines as outlined in their agreement with Radio Shack and Tandy Corp.

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    Just 7 or 8 years ago, if you went into a Radio Shack and looked through the in-store catalog, they still had old Atari software for sale. For very high prices mind you, but it was still odd to see.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Slate View Post
    Isn't radio shack slowly going out of business?

    No they are still in fair to good financial shape and able to compete in a variety of markets.

    They are making most of their cash right now from cell phones!

    Also, keep in mind, Radio Shack is just one division of Tandy Corp.-the parent company!

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    Great, it's now gonna be a larger competition on which stores employees know the absolute LEAST about video games

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    Radio Shack never stopped selling games in Canada. Of course, they're "The Source by Circuit City" now.

    As I may have mentioned, I made out very well with their recent liquidation sale. (The Urbz DS for 99 cents, brand new and sealed! Final Fantasy XI with hard drive for $20!)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jorpho View Post
    de out very well with their recent liquidation sale. (The Urbz DS for 99 cents, brand new and sealed!
    Thats not making out! That game is crap.

    I doubt there will be anything i'm going to want to get at RadioShack, that I can't get at GS or any of my other prefered game places. Their stuff isn't going to really sell, and will stay priced high for a long time, just keeping it stuck in stores.
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    So does this mean I'm going to get hit up for games when I go in to find the cable/adapter/part that they have no idea about or just flat out don't carry?

    You're supposed to be able to buy parts to make your own flux capacitor at that place, not buy games that every other store in town seems to offer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by blue lander View Post
    Just 7 or 8 years ago, if you went into a Radio Shack and looked through the in-store catalog, they still had old Atari software for sale. For very high prices mind you, but it was still odd to see.
    i ordered brand new copies of quest for quintana roo and glacier patrol from my corner radio shack roughly that long ago. i think i paid between $20 and $30 or so for each, which turned out nicely in the case of glacier patrol.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Push Upstairs View Post
    So does this mean I'm going to get hit up for games when I go in to find the cable/adapter/part that they have no idea about or just flat out don't carry?

    You're supposed to be able to buy parts to make your own flux capacitor at that place, not buy games that every other store in town seems to offer.
    They changed their business model since then.

    You cannot buy that many small electronical parts as you once could.

    Most of that line is either special order or got DISCONTINUED!

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    Quote Originally Posted by neogamer View Post
    They changed their business model since then.

    You cannot buy that many small electronical parts as you once could.

    Most of that line is either special order or got DISCONTINUED!
    The only reason I ever went to Rat Shack is for capacitors and diodes and stuff... now all they do there is try to sell you a phone.

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    Quote Originally Posted by XYXZYZ View Post
    The only reason I ever went to Rat Shack is for capacitors and diodes and stuff... now all they do there is try to sell you a phone.

    You got it!

    They make very little money in two dollar parts. The profit margins are nice, but why go to the trouble when you can sell a phone at a larger margin?

    The electronical parts business was always a high volume niche business for them, until they started to lose money on it!

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    To quote Kamino:

    I fucking hate radio shack. There was a day when radio shack was a decent supplier of electronics parts. LEDS, ICS, transistors..now you're lucky if you can get a fucking resistor and a SPDT switch these days....and what is with the PHONES?!?! They may as well rename it to cellphone shack. BULLSHIT. Stick that phone up your ass, gimme my damned db9 jacks, and get me outta here.

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