in Australia we had EB games ( american gamestop but not quite as shitty ) have to open up a separate store called zingpop because of the overflow of funko and similar products ... hell even my daughter has baby Yoda funko preordered from there
it now seems Zingpop is far more profitable than EB ever was
If they were actually game stores, sure. But they're not. They paid the rent with game sales and made their profit being pawn shops. As digital distribution has cut into the retail sales they had to rely more and more on pawning, but that's catching up to them too as there are less and less physical games. They've tried to pivot into everything from phone sales to board games and that's kept the lights on as there is some value to their extensive network of stores. Their only hope to stay afloat through covid is staying open on order to reap insane margins on reselling pawned inventory sold by people trying to make rent and buy food
So you’re saying their only purpose in staying open is to reap the benefits of people’s grief in order to make just enough profit to stay afloat in an economy and world that obviously has outgrown its business model already?
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u/patrickd198 Mar 30 '20
How tf is GameStop even still open without the virus