• kbal@fedia.io
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    Congrats to GameStop on being described as “struggling” when I would’ve expected “defunct” by now.

    Them going “retro” makes sense to me. I happened to be near one of their locations the other day and remembered that the last time I went in there it was to ask if they still had a bin full of second-hand PS3 discs somewhere. All I got was a succinct “no.”

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      For fun while walking by, my wife and I went into one last year. There was a small section of games. 80% of the store was those Funko dolls and “nerd” memorabilia to put on a shelf or desk.

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      Oh no, no, no. How could they even be struggling? They ignore all of their customers and try to rip them off repeatedly. That’s just good business, brick & mortar style. /s

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        I’ll never forget my brother heading to GameStop to grab me a copy of Halo 3 for like $15. Dude in front of him in line was trading in a steel book edition. Got offered like $4 and thankfully my brother is an extrovert and went “I’ll give ya $20” which is what I’d sent him with.

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        Are they struggling? Last I checked they had like a full literal billion in cash on hand.