Suspicion Confirmed! What This GameStop Employee Just Revealed

#gamestop #retro #retrogaming #retrovideogames

[@thisshouldbeentertaining3386]

Must have a cool employee at that store to let you dig through stuff behind the counter. Last year i was at a GameStop and i saw a employee sorting through one of the drawers behind the counter. And there were titles that weren't on the shelf. So i asked if i could just look over his shoulder as he sorted he said sure no problem. Well like 2 minutes later his manager walks out from the backroom and screams at him telling him he's not supposed to let customers see what's in the drawers. Not the first problem I've had with GameStop and their drawers. For a lot of times when purchasing a pre-owned game I'll pick a copy off the shelf and when they go to get the game to put inside the case. They love to fish out the worst banged up generic case to give you. I'm like Hellz no. I want the official case with artwork i just pulled off the shelf.

[@xokotfxo6664]

Lamestop

[@jayblastnetwork]

GameStop's one advantage over mom and pop shops is gone. I saw it coming, but I did not expect them to fumble this hard. It will only be a matter if time before they cancel this retro project.

[@thisshouldbeentertaining3386]

This is like their at least 4th attempt at doing retro over the last 15 years. Each time it last for only a few months.

[@vkermodekumav8949]

I don't know man.... I'm kinda sick of paying stupidly expensive prices for games just because the Internet says so. A month ago, I bought Urban Reign for $50+ but at game stop they have it complete for $30. Like if the prices are better than eBay or local stores{ as much as I love my friend's game store } My wallet and patience for paying stupidly high prices for a piece of plastic and paper. Lol but if their prices are going to be lower and you get the same quality as local stores, things may change.

[@jayblastnetwork]

@@vkermodekumav8949 The prices are either about the same or higher for me. Granted where I stay I have multiple options and two chain stores that sell old video games and dvds. That is a bit much for Urban Reign I got my copy for around $30 at Gamexchange around two years ago. I don't like paying high prices either, but atleast at these stores or ebay I can usually find a cheaper alternative while having the quality I want. Gamestop on the other hand is still a risk because they'll take in broken disc or fake cartridges and still try to up charge you on the price. It's not gonna last if they try to match online prices.

[@tcsutton9121]

@@vkermodekumav8949if anything they are increasing prices

[@shanenice5380]

​@vkermodekumav8949 u telling me lol.ill go gamestop.i pretty sure they have good prices maybe then other stores

[@rokmare]

You can thank the resellers for prices going up many stores got screwed over by them the days of finding a hidden gem for cheap is gone

[@oblivioustouch9012]

As a former employee, I've only seen games go down in price. The pricing is mostly based on how many copies are in the stores and how old the game is. Price changes usually happen on Tuesdays. Also, whenever the price is different on the box, once the game is scanned the updated price should be displayed on screen.

[@MightyDonMega]

A Gamestop employee told me they change the prices every Monday with their new list of prices they get from headquarters as well.

[@skyreach7882]

Hello, current GameStop employee here! Okay, so you’re right about price updates. However price changes only happen on Sat. And Sunday closing time. Sales or current promotions typically end on Saturday. Sunday is what marks a new week for us! If you ever see labels print out mid day it’s typically because we are taking in inventory and the new inventory needs to be labeled. There has only been 1 or 2 times that I can remember that a mid day price changed happened and that was for ps5s when we were leaving the holiday season. If a price changes mid day. They make us restart all of our systems and that way too inconvenient so they rather wait till next day to do so.

[@stuffdo_er]

I actually cleaned up on ebay the last two weeks for xboc 360. Pricy rare titles mostly half off. I want to give my money to a local shop but nobody is willing to deal because everyone is obsessed with price charting and ebay.

[@bustergundo516]

Sadly true

[@psychoapplesauceeater8562]

Price charting is trash. eBay is the true scale

[@stuffdo_er]

@@psychoapplesauceeater8562 Yup, ebay sold is how I determine price and calculate trade value.

[@T03L3G]

I just busted out my 360 to finally play the Budokai hd collection 😅

[@JeremyRewinds]

All you are saying is spot on. Also I feel the sudden decision to go into “retro games” by GameStop is them testing the market for future proofing themselves as the manufacturers are pushing digital and trying to eliminate disc drives for physical media.

[@llj6866]

I think as a retro collector there is this circle that we all learn from, yet still fall back into. I remember watching your videos from your pasts on how you said you learned from your mistakes as a collector not buying everything because you started to run out of space and as you grew and watched on KZbin how other collectors mentioned how they sold their collections pieces that had no nostalgia meaning to them and never played. Learning from that you sold BIG part of your collection and only focusing on games that meant something to you and played. I remember you also saying you don’t collect for value but just collect games that have a connection and meaning to you but now you are focused again on liquidating games of lower value to only collect high end pieces. Also keeping games sealed. I think that’s what makes collecting fun is it’s a big circle and as much as you learn from thing you tend to go back to what you did before because you want the best of both worlds. You want a lot of games that mean something to you, yet you want the games show value on how good of a collectors piece it is and having a high value collection holds more weight in gold than just ordinary games. My collection is a mix of things but a lot of its very high value games. I don’t collect any NES because to be honest once I got the Sega Genesis I hated the NES because there were a lot of hours wasted with the Nintendo would freeze or flash purple and pink. If I’m not mistaken you’re now focused on games that are more rare and and valuable? I also don’t know how you like the games from GameStop because all their games have those stickers and that ruins the nostalgia feel for me. I like to have a game mint because that’s how I always kept my games.

[@JoelSinn-sd5fn]

This is how Gamestop has worked for years... It's just more noticeable now because stores are so short staffed that it is done later in the day that it used to be.

[@KiDSON.]

I need that Urban Reign!!! That game is a underrated classic!

[@greenreaper1605]

Yeah old GS employee here, yes they used to do this at the end of shift when the store doors closed and we would have to change it before we left

[@og_grym]

There is only one mom and pop shop for retro gaming in my area and i’ve already gone through most of their inventory since its a pretty small store. I was hoping gamestop retro would have a lot to offer because i recently started collecting for a personal collection. But you said it yourself, every time i walk in there, theres very few ps2, ps3, wii, and wiiu games. I hate the feeling of walking into a gaming store excited, and leaving empty handed and a bit sad. My best bet is to venture out to other cities that are 30mins away from home to try my luck at other stores and hopefully find some good stuff

[@shanenice5380]

sometimes I hate retro game store

[@Wintersoldier73]

I worked for EB when GameStop took over. Back then, we did price changes one to two times per week. After the acquisition, we had to complete our daily counts as well as almost daily price changes. I don't know if established Gamestop locations had to deal with that, but at my EB, that's how it was.

[@sinhang007]

GameStop reported earnings this past week. They say they are going to close more stores

[@fierykitty32twitch61]

Gamestop employee here! Yes, you're right, prices can be changed at any second of the day. It goes both ways though, prices can be either raised or lowered, it's not always bad. Weekly price changes for new games are usually sunday (printed out saturday night at close and put on games sunday before open) and pre-owned stuff monday (printed out sunday at close and put on games monday before open). Why they don't just do them all saturday night is beyond me lol. From what I've seen it does seem like all stores near a retro store are indeed shipping off anything from PS3, XB360, PS2, PS1, Xbox, Dreamcast, Cartridge Games, etc etc to the retro stores. That's probably my only disagreement with the video is my store had so little when it came to retro games, literally primarily trade ins where the most we'd have at one time is maybe a couple handfuls of ds, wii, xb360, and ps3. I've worked there a year and have only seen maybe 5 nintendo wii systems, 1 xbox, a few xb360s (most common retro system traded in), 2 ps1's, maybe 2 ps2's, 4 or so PS3s, it's just extremely rare, so if not for the consolidation to one store, each store would have next to nothing selection wise. Prior to this retro thing, gamestop pretty much only took common/well known titles such as mario games when it came to the retro stuff for NES, SNES, and N64. Stuff like crash bandicoot for ps1, ps2. Xb360 and PS3 are just about everything. Outside of that the selection in our system for retro games (especially ps2 games) was totally abysmal. Someone mentioned I think in the comments about there being other titles in the drawers, those are just duplicates of items out on the floor. Only reason there would be something in there that's not on the floor at all is if an employee screwed up and thought it was the last copy and gave the customer the display case. PS Sorry that the Pro week "deals" were so terrible for the games. 5% off new and a bit extra off preowned is kind of nice, but meh. Not anywhere as cool as the 4 for 40 deal on games under 20 bucks. Also if you or anyone else has questions lemme know. Hopefully youtube will yell at me if you do and I'll hit you back super quick.

[@JaredScott]

Honest question: why would you not use Price Charting? How else would you track the value of thousands of games?

[@Blankakonga]

Most price changes are done Saturday Night/Sunday Morning and I think Tuesday night /Wednesday morning. But there are spontaneous price changes at open on random days. Maybe they’re doing it more often.

[@JoeSmith-qh6lg]

Thank you for great content i enjoyed your videos thanks for the useful information too 👍

[@JoeSmith-qh6lg]

I that is annoying when they pull out their phone and give you a price from that. I’ve had that to happen to me so many times 👍

[@jinyboi]

I don't think they are doing anything wrong. What's the difference between what GameStop is doing and flippers?

[@shanenice5380]

ill choice gamestop then flippers

[@BURRITO44]

Game Stop equals shady !!! Would never shop there !!

[@KennethPNielsen]

i Don't even have gamestop or game stores anymore where i live... 😢 Everything is online now, really miss going to gamestop

[@atomiswave1971]

Where did they get stock from?

[@TerrorSyxke]

Retro stores are sky high, so wouldnt expect ganestop to be any better, these prices on old stuff is crazy, in my childhood theyd have 5 dollars for great ps2 games in thrift shops and such, even cheaper at yard sales, now everyone wants top buck for anything remotely retro, and how consoles treat the players anymore by pricing everything up like online and games made me go pc

[@Look-at-the-ghost]

I haven’t supported a game stop since 2018.

[@inkinallday1498]

Where you buy your new games at? Walmart?

[@Southized]

The 4 for 40 has always been a scam. It is a way to move inventory. Once you learn about the backroom you will never look at gamestop the same. They use a fraction of ebay sold x pricecharting for pricing.

[@redwingdog22]

Nah, the 4 for $40 is a great deal to get decent games

[@ratus7538]

i cant believe thats true. 1. gamestop is way too stupid for that 2. how would you know

[@Southized]

@@redwingdog22 thats exactly what they want you to think. Its a psychology trick. Makes the consumer think they are winning. All the prices go up a week in advance to the 4 for 40 sale.

[@Southized]

@@redwingdog22 they change the prices a week before the sale. So in the customers mind they are “winning”. You are still paying regular price just under the ruse you are saving 10$.

[@redwingdog22]

@@Southized no they don’t. Most of the games have stickers a few months old 😂

[@keithbeard5337]

Hey man enjoy it while you can. I knew that buying old games at half market price couldn't last forever. Honestly I've been done with Gamestop for awhile now. 360 and Wii U are cool and all, but I've got my eye on other things. If they carried CiB PSP games I'd be in my local stores at least once a week!

[@Chevyssboy138]

They offered me 18$ for my DS lite 😂😂😂😂😂it’s 180$ online

[@starline474]

I am wondering does anyone else got sick of all these old games too or is it just me?

[@flouserschird]

I’m 30 and have been playing most of these games sporadically off and on throughout my entire life. I am incredibly bored with them.

[@inkinallday1498]

It's just you. I still enjoy the older games

[@ScottSykes-e8u]

​@@flouserschirdSo you decide to watch a video on retro games?

[@deedeeramone34]

Most retro games are forgettable, just like with new games. Just because something is 25 years old doesn’t make it good

[@CharlesBrusch]

Is this really surprising though? All stores do price changes based upon market value/what they think they can get for an item. GameStop is a business, they’re in it for profits, just profits, not for love of games, not for nostalgia, not for any kind of archiving, etc. They’re in it for the money. For me, I never really bank on an item being a specific price until I see that price tag as I’m in the store that day to buy it/see the price on the listing before I click buy online. The idea of buying at GameStop and getting great deals, or buying to flip aren’t really real anymore. GameStop is hurting for money, so they aren’t lowballing or going to allow people to really make money off of them any more. Every item they’re looking to make maximum money on. Thus, the real time price changes, the price altering prior to promotions, the use of the word “retro” to get people in the door, etc. Basically their doing whatever they can for money and to stay in business. Yeah, they’re not a place for collector’s, cause things are now top dollar, but everyone is trying to maximize profits these days. If you watch any KZbin collector’s videos, one video they’ll be talking about how expensive collecting is, but if you go back a video or two, they’ll be talking about flipping, and how much they can get for that, how they can maximize what they get for it, etc. Everybody feeds into it.

[@oursoundlife]

I hope u picked up that spiderman shattered dimensions at that price on 360

[@Fabers707]

Spiderman for 30$???? Make that make sense no way it was that price 1:35

[@youtubasoarus]

LOL Literally everyone is doing this now. It's annoying as hell as a collector but that's the market now. You want deals? No dice. Everyone goes to ebay and marks things up. This is not a GS issue. This is a market issue. And if you think you'll get better deals at the mom and pop shops, think again. I mean try, but man it's rough out there. Even THRIFT shops are doing this. Flea markets are the same, if not worse than ebay. Everyone thinks they have gold.

[@shawnesmith5364]

Man I used to go to a retro game store called slackers. The price would be 20-50dollars cheaper than anywhere else. Now it might be only $5 cheaper if not the same price.

[@youtubasoarus]

@@shawnesmith5364 Yup. Speculators have totally wrecked this gaming market.

[@9DSFresh]

Came in hard w that og streets of rage soundtrack! 🔥

[@DemetriB0329]

Whats that OST in the beginning? Just subscribed!

[@9DSFresh]

Streets of rage 1 stage 8

[@Primetime-te7jx]

Other retail stores do the same thing. What's the issue? It's better than game exchange, where they have an increase but don't have it marked on the game, then they sneak the increase and don't say anything.

[@Southized]

If you are firm on the price that is on the sticker game x change will always give you the price that is on the sticker. Its policy. Just stand up

[@mrhitz7060]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Swamp_Thing_4487]

Gamestop freakin sucks, i handed them over a game i paid sixty dollars for with the receipt to prove it, now what am i gonna do wirh either two dollars cash or four dollars credit? They are too cheap on people but they wanna ask sixty five for a game. We don't need gamestop, its cheaper to buy games or accessories online

[@imtoxicAF]

Buy 40 games for $10 or buy a used PC for $400 with at least a 10th generation cpu and a 10 series Nvidia graphics card or better with a catalog of over 200,000 ps3, xbox, xbox 360, psp, wii, DS, n64, and anything called retro games from under the sea ⛵

[@tcsutton9121]

Also PS4 and Switch if you’re nasty.

[@Southized]

You dont even need all that. Just a 100 dollar ex business mini pc and batocera linux.

[@sephorafournier]

Bro thats drum and bass song in the beginning is so good ! Someone please tell me whats that !

[@adventuresoftigtourettesin5885]

Just a reseller ……….

[@breloopharos1919]

had me on the first half ngl i was hoping for good news

[@Almighty4rak]

Theres a Vintage Stock I go to and saw them selling Silent Hill Downpour for like $80, used. I thought this was the worst in the series? wth

[@T21989]

Yeah the PS3 version is pretty pricey now.

[@sleepytwiggaming]

I literally just bought Nier on ps3 for 17.99

[@bustergundo516]

I'll have to grab a copy

[@inkinallday1498]

Theres a bigger retro section on the website.

[@mjj8560]

I seen this happened in real time a price change gamestop been doing this

[@stuffdo_er]

Gamestop doesn't price any different for CIB mint vs loose poor shape, it's all priced top of market. Luck of the draw for online orders but at least you can return I guess. Not a good service at all.

[@nonyabiz9340]

9:30 rogue galaxy cib for 13$ is a great deal

[@matiasjauhojarvi9551]

Great video.

[@hugoman21]

what is the intro music??

[@GenXX1976]

GameStop Retro is the most depressing stock of games ever.

[@rabble_rousdower]

I saw a copy of Pokemon Platnum with the manual and original case for $89. Looked brand new. Was an absolute steal and worth far more. It's the same as any smaller store

[@GenXX1976]

@@rabble_rousdower it’s cool that you had that experience, but i feel it’s the exception and not the rule with gamestop retro’s stock. I’ve gone back a couple of times since the comment and it’s been the same thing. anyhow, good score on the game.

[@abrahamcordova9765]

Wow and here I thought you were in the midwest, that's GameStop in my hood! you're from the BX? lol subscribed

[@DoomyRei]

Lol