A long-standing brick-and-mortar game shop could be the latest victim of the digital age - and it could leave gamers out in the cold. We've seen the pattern before: the demise of a beloved retail chain due to the rise of online shopping, and the decline of in-store retail sales. Now it's happening to the country's biggest retail gaming chain, GameStop.
foxnews.com/tech/gamestops-future-in-question-after-failing-to-secure-buyout
The full statement from the company is available at GameStop Concludes Process to Pursue Sale of Company.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Wednesday February 06 2019, @07:59PM (2 children)
I prefer disks. They have much higher read speed than my Internet connection can pull down. They also work just fine when it's raining and the cable's being wonky again since I don't play online games. And when you get tired of them you can wag them to GameStop or a pawn shop and let someone else enjoy them at a discount.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by bobthecimmerian on Thursday February 07 2019, @04:41PM (1 child)
Most of the games my kids play are networked, so if our internet connection is down having a disk doesn't help. The disks have a higher read speed than internet, but I only have to download the game once. After that there's no effort.
Being able to resell your games, or buy used, is wonderful and I do miss that from back when we had a PS2.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday February 07 2019, @04:57PM
Ahh, see we don't even buy games that require Gold. Initially because The Roomie's kids were too young to be dealing with jackasses on the Internet and going forward because only one of us even wants to; in which case he can shell out the cash since nobody else is interested.
I still resell and buy used with XBox One disks. The local pawn shop sells every one they get in for $10 a pop and they have games barely a year old.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.