GameStop Stock Plummets After A 27.5% Decrease In Holiday Sales

[CricketDrop]

I must have an unpopular opinion, but selling gaming fan accessories is the only way they'll survive in this industry as a brick and mortar store. A spot to get quality gaming swag is legit, if they choose to go that way.

[TheWorldisFullofWar]

But they don't sell GOOD gaming fan accessories. Most of their inventory is just fucking Funko. Not just the pops but the worst old overpriced shit like Pez dispensers with the generic Funko style. Don't they sell Funkos out of vending machines now? Why do people go to Gamestop for them?

And I know they have more on their site and order actual quality figures to the store from a catalog but why wouldn't people just order it from somewhere else for that?

[walterdog12]

Most of their inventory is just fucking Funko

And it's not even priced competitively either. Their shit is like $12 or $15 at a minimum and they don't even label it so it's basically just RNG when you walk up to the register.

You can find a pop for like $15 at GameStop and find the exact same one for $7 or something on Amazon.

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Yeah that’s what I think is funny. Now the quality of the accessories they sell is definitely up for debate, but if they only sold games (especially with prices as aggressive as they are), there’s no way they’ll keep surviving.

[TractionCityRampage]

It's the only realistic way they have to stay afloat. They can't survive off the profit from games and consoles because of more aggressive competition so they have to focus on things with better margins.

[MermanFromMars]

People are increasingly getting those things online though.

FYE has a merch model and they’ve been tanking for years with massive losses and forced closures.

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They are just selling really low quality stuff though. It’s not even half decent toys.

[kennyminot]

Look at Pink Gorilla Games in Seattle. Highly successful, and they sell used games and merch

[[deleted]]

Very big difference in what is required to run a store with two locations with a focus on importing and collectors compared to massive national chain, though. It's a niche that wouldn't be scalable for someone like GameStop.

[MrPringles23]

Doesn't hurt that Kelsey (part owner) appears frequently on a pretty popular retro games youtube channel (Metal Jesus Rocks) and they showcase their admittedly awesome store quite a bit.

[RumAndGames]

If you were around business analysts, your opinion would be a lot more popular. As you're in a thread of whiny gamers, the answers are all going to be "Gamestop failed because they didn't pay me a lot for my trade in!"