what a crazy idea. take a retailer focused on games and combine with one focused on consumer electronics, multimedia and washing machines. it sounds genius, but highly doubtful.
Kotaku reports that the costs to buy gamestop would be fairly high, and also committing them to physical storefronts for an industry that's pushing toward digital distribution. a very risky choice no?
and this would allow best buy to just eat the already healthy game reselling pie they want a piece of, without having to mess with it in their own stores, which they are supposedly trying out. i have yet to see them myself.
this would benefit the (lack of) customer service desks though, because now they can suck together, and we can focus hate on them a lot better with them being one and the same.
it would possibly make pre-order bonuses (which are annoying enough) more standardized though so that wouldn't be so bad. and anyway it's just speculation right now, so perhaps something might develop from this. unlike the out of left field disneyxmarvel earlier in the summer, which was completely out of the blue. anyway, games are still games regardless of where we buy them so it's just a matter of convenience of location in a way anymore.
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Tony's the name, and i can game. Or i also go by Anthony and on the net as Antwhan.
I make movies and am trying to break into the film industry. Maybe one day I'll be able to adapt a game or an anime for that matter to film successfully. Who knows.
I'm attempting to become involved w/ the d-toid community more. because it's such an awesome one. and also working on College stuff here @ Penn State.
First system i ever had was a Genesis, which i still play Sonic 2 on once in a while. But the PS1 is gathering dust w/ the ddr pads for it. The GameBoy Color was the first system that I played nonstop, Specifically Pokemon Red, Tetris, and Kirby's Dream Land 2.
Currently Rocking a 360 and a Wii, and some PC games that run on Mac, because I needed the Mac for my film major here at college.
I enjoy a good rpg and platformers, and arcade style racing/sports games. Also have been caught playing Shooters of the First and Third Person Variety.
Thanks for reading this you you did, and Rock On! I hope to meet fellow D-Toiders in the future somewhere in person.
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