GameStop Employee AMA

[Soviethooves]

Realistically how many years do you think Gamestop has before it liquidates

It's hard to judge, but at the minimum, I'd say 5 years.

I put in a few factors to this:

1. That 200 stores shutting down thing isn't actually the full investor report. What was failed to be mentioned was that GameStop has been shutting down 200 stores the past few years. And those stores were underperforming or just too close to each other since when they got EB Games, they didn't shut down any of the stores.

2. New CEO has made a lot of HUGE changes and is running a lot of new test stores in Texas near GS's HQ. They seem to be going well so far, and now they're seriously sponsoring Esports and even helping in training new and old teams.

Realistically, GS isn't going anywhere and is merely finally changing its business plan. We will still hopefully be keeping physical games as digital isn't killing us as much as people think, but our collectible and accessories choices will be expanded on. My store is actually getting more PC accessories and bigger sets for demos, which I'm pretty excited for.

If GS does go down, it's gonna be a big negative hit to gaming. Although the market is moving to digital purchases, you can never replace the brick and mortar experience. I usually tell customers that are worried that you can't replace good customer service and experience with an online store. Not to mention being able to bend the rules for returns, running sales independent of the publisher, etc.