Radio Shack will soon be selling games, again.

[Sweater Fish Deluxe]

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!

This must vary by store or something, because I was just in my local Radio Sack last week to get an adapter (RCA-to-BNC, found it) and was somewhat impressed to notice their selection of components. They had all the capacitors, resistors, transistors and diodes you could want, plus plugs for making your own cable of just about any type I could think of, even a selection of ICs. These were all in a 5'x5' display with pull-out drawers and even pretty well organized. It wasn't as good a selection as I used to get at the independent electronic components store in the town where I used to live, but it was a better selection than I've ever seen in any other Radio Shack.


...word is bondage...

[roushimsx]

rock on, I used to always buy my games at Radio Shack...back when I had a Tandy, but still. Plenty of fond memories shopping for software there. Nice to see they're going to be selling games again.

Forget the cell phone hate, whenever I go to radio shack anymore they always ask if I want batteries. always. I could be going in to buy some time for my prepaid phone or I could be going in for a minijack -> stereo converter, it doesn't matter.

[boatofcar]

This must vary by store or something, because I was just in my local Radio Sack last week to get an adapter (RCA-to-BNC, found it) and was somewhat impressed to notice their selection of components. They had all the capacitors, resistors, transistors and diodes you could want, plus plugs for making your own cable of just about any type I could think of, even a selection of ICs. These were all in a 5'x5' display with pull-out drawers and even pretty well organized. It wasn't as good a selection as I used to get at the independent electronic components store in the town where I used to live, but it was a better selection than I've ever seen in any other Radio Shack.

It's a regional thing, definitely. I've seen the same kinds of stores, and the flip side where there are no parts at all, only RS-brand audio and video equipment and cell phones.

[cyberfluxor]

We have dozens of their stores around here and one of my friends use to work for a corporate location. He was under "good" management for 2 years then a dickhead took over as the old moved away and hated it for months before leaving. They do rape customers with markups, however they're selling for small projects, not to bulk sell to a small electronic repair shop. I actually bought my G3 controller from them for $5 before I had my GameCube.

Overall, I think it's good news, never know if something cool pops up on their shelves.

[bangtango]

Overall, I think it's good news, never know if something cool pops up on their shelves.

Right. They might carry the same Madden, Tony Hawk and Call of Duty games as any other store but I bet at least once or twice we'll see somebody post about finding an uncommon game there. It probably won't happen on a regular basis but who is to say they won't get a brand new game or two every once in awhile that some of the other (bigger) stores won't bother to devote the shelf space to.

[cheshire191]

Screw Radio Shack and the boat they came in on.

That place jumped the shark years ago when they stopped carrying major selections of electrical components.

They don't even sell anything, they only sell the accessories for things and not even good ones for a lot of money.

Even with shipping you can find stuff for less than half of what radio shack charges on the net.

Maybe some of you haven't noticed, but I really hate that store.

Radio Shack

-chesh

[PingvinBlueJeans]

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 also remember this. I tried to order some old Atari games through my local Radio Shack circa 1996, but I was told everything was out of stock.

[neogamer]

I can tell you that they are basically out of the parts business. Their business model, as I stated earlier, has changed significantly.

Sure, they still sell parts, but it is much more profitable to be in the cellular phone industry and that is where they want to be...


We shall see if the video game market is profitable for them, or not...

once again, time will tell...

[cyberfluxor]

That place jumped the shark years ago when they stopped carrying major selections of electrical components.

And it was years ago that saying "jumped the shark" jumped the shark.




No seriously, didn't we have a topic about that a long time ago in Off-Topic?

[neogamer]

And it was years ago that saying "jumped the shark" jumped the shark.




No seriously, didn't we have a topic about that a long time ago in Off-Topic?

In a way it was a shame. I knew a lot of "hobbyists" that would buy parts there and create their own mini electronical creations. Some were quite cool! Others were...

worthless, to put it nicely!