Gamestop claims they are essential retail and are staying open during lockdown

[Rohith_Kumar_Sp]

before you guyz jump on the attacking mode here's some more info people don't know yet 
 

 

[spartaman64]

3 minutes ago, Rohith_Kumar_Sp said:

before you guyz jump on the attacking mode here's some more info people don't know yet 
 

 

you mean when they almost have their business license pulled they had to rethink things wew

[Bombastinator]

3 hours ago, spartaman64 said:

you mean when they almost have their business license pulled they had to rethink things wew

This seems to be a thing with some businesses.  There are several businesses for which this is a “lean time”. There is a local not-quite-chain of resteraunts where they were opening a new location but hadn’t quite actually opened when corona hit.  The owner closed all the restaurants, and left employees without their last paycheck, or any of their tips. GameStop is in a somewhat similar situation:  they service game consoles.  There’s a new game console juuuusst about to come out and if they can survive long enough for it to hit they will have a good business again.  

[suicidalfranco]

On 3/24/2020 at 12:51 AM, WI-FIultrasnoop said:

games in physical form are unplayable due to industry standards of launching games in a broken state

Such practice forces the consumer, after installing the game from the disc, to download patches that most of the time are as large as the installed game if not more

Therefore if we have to end up downloading "patches" larger than whats on the disc, that is pretty close in size to the the digital release of the same game, might as well simply leave out the physical format out of the equation and grab it directly in digital form.

Since GameStop's presence in the digital front is none existent, gamestop is not essential. 

[suicidalfranco]

Just now, WI-FIultrasnoop said:

naaa bro, it's essential.

naaa m8, it's as essential as blockbuster 

[homeofmew]

there is no way they are essential they are just upset they called called out in that one US State. 

[Bombastinator]

1 minute ago, suicidalfranco said:

naaa m8, it's as essential as blockbuster 

Might be might not be.  Console gamers aren’t PC enthusiasts.  Point is possible though.

[suicidalfranco]

Just now, Bombastinator said:

Might be might not be.  Console gamers aren’t PC enthusiasts.  Point is possible though.

my whole premise revolves around consoles

[Bombastinator]

2 minutes ago, suicidalfranco said:

my whole premise revolves around consoles

There might for example be a factor where game developers are limited in the level of evil they can perpetrate simply because GameStop exists.  This one is limited though because they aren’t the only place one can get physical copies of games.  The are a major force in used games.  I suspect this particular issue will exist till new consoles come out completely separate from virus issues

[suicidalfranco]

9 minutes ago, WI-FIultrasnoop said:

my point is that games are essential or there will be a lot of lube being shipped around

you can get games without gs

[Rohith_Kumar_Sp]

12 hours ago, spartaman64 said:

you mean when they almost have their business license pulled they had to rethink things wew

doesn't change the fact they didn't have to do most of the things they did that benefited the employees. but yes, you can only look the negative side.