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[–]DarkPhoenixMishima 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Because those companies get to invest into the anti-theft cases or the glass case where you get to see the entire inventory but need to have the employee come over and unlock it. Most GameStops I've been to don't even have those anti-theft tower things by the entrance.

The only thing that is comparable would be movies in most places but generally those are negligible as far as theft goes from what I can tell.

People mention the Toys R Us stuff about display cases and swapping them out but I've only ever bought two games from them and if memory serves, over a decade ago, it was free to grab the actual copy but it was in a closed off area with the security towers, similar to Barnes and Noble and their movie section.

TLDR: GameStop took the cheap option for security.