GameStop to sell retro games

Shikou · Sep 2, 2012

So it sounds like GameStop will be selling retro games (games of systems you cant find in a GameStop anymore). Hmm..... maybe I can finally get my hands on Fatal Frame and Fatal Frame II: Crimson Butterfly Director's Cut (both for XBOX).

Check out GameStop's website and you can pretty much buy any game from the past generation or two - or pre-order anything due out for the next several years. But one thing that's missing from the global retail giant is the ability to buy games prior to the era of the PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube. Want a classic NES or SNES game? Some other classic part of gaming history? You won't find it.
According to GameStop CEO Paul Raines, that's going to change.
"We think there's a vintage sales opportunity, so we're accumulating some inventory," Raines told Verge in a recent interview, specifically pointing towards GameStop's website as the destination for this new venture. "If you go to eBay and look at all of the gaming stuff that's on there, it's unbelievable. Collector's stuff. We've got to be in that business. We will be."
Raines noted his company already has many old school classics, the result of trade-ins over the company's meandering 25-plus year history. According to the executive, there are a few challenges remaining, such as "sourcing the product, the condition [and] the refurbishment," but because the demand is there, the effort to expand the business is seen as worth it.
Raines offered no timetable for this expansion, merely noting his company is "working on some stuff we haven't announced yet."
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Source: IGN

libregkd · Sep 2, 2012

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jafar · Sep 2, 2012

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DigitalAtlas · Sep 3, 2012

Rainshine said: ↑

Yeah, pretty much every Gamestop within an hour radius from my house stocks PS2, Xbox, and Gamecube games. I'm surprised that they actually stopped accepting all those retro, vintage stuff. Because there was a time, when you could find some older games. Or I may be remembering things wrong. But this cheeses me off quite a bit, because it takes away business from those hole-in-the-wall game stores that have built their business on selling, retro, rare, and Japanese games.
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Agreed, but c'mon, now there's a chance of getting rarities!

heartless_angel · Sep 3, 2012

There are other game stores that do sell Retro Video games. There's one near my school that sells SNES games, Dreamcast, PS1, Gamecube, SEGA Genesis, and others

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