r/videogames • u/Pistoluislero • Jul 01 '26

News / Trailers / Articles Blame Rockstar games now lmao

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u/AssaultMonkey150 Jul 01 '26

Holy shit. I thought this was for first party games but across the board

This is really bad because digital games don’t go on sale as often. How can Amazon drop prices for Black Friday without any stock?

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u/HellPigeon1912 Jul 01 '26

This is really bad because digital games don’t go on sale as often.

Final nail in the coffin for pre-owned game stores too.

25 years ago I could walk into a store as a broke kid and grab a handful of cheap games because there were massive buckets of traded in physical games.  A lot of crap, but some real hidden gems and plenty to keep you busy if you're not fussy.

Today there's so few physical games circulating compared to the total sales, most of the stores near me sell them barely cheaper than new.

I'm guessing from 2028 onwards these stores will just die a slow death

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u/BiAndShy57 Jul 01 '26

A defining experience of our generation is going to GameStop to trade in like 10 games to get some kinda shovelware game because it had a cartoon character we liked