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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 06 2019, @08:20PM
To be fair, Microsoft tried to destroy the secondhand market. That's why people had a hissy fit. It was a shitty idea that the majority disliked along with the other crap they pulled on the xbone's launch which is why they lost close to half their preorders after announcing it and have been playing second fiddle ever since.