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The physical store and human interaction will always trump online bullshit.

I love going to bookstores and coming out with a plastic bag in my hand, it's a good feeling. However when it comes to buying a game, I'd rather have it come to me in the mail instead of having to wait till I get a day off and then go to the store to buy it, and only after I'm heckled into trying to buy something else I don't want.

That's because most other retailers understand that by the time the customer is at checkout, 99% of the time they don't want to make anymore decisions.

Physical stores offer things to the regulars that Amazon can't.

These things come and go every few years, and I don't see it changing. Especially as gamers "grow up" and become more sociable.
If you're an adult and your social interactions amount to going into a store to get a game, you need to rethink your life.

Did I say something that contradicts that, or...?


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Oh yeah, like I said before, there is an enjoyment out of going out and buying stuff at the store. However, when it comes to video games, the extras/deals are usually found online.

Physical stores offer things to the regulars that Amazon can't.

These things come and go every few years, and I don't see it changing. Especially as gamers "grow up" and become more sociable.


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The physical store and human interaction will always trump online bullshit.
Steam would like to have a word with you.


 
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The physical store and human interaction will always trump online bullshit.
Steam would like to have a word with you.

Irrelevant because PC gaming is stupid.


 
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The physical store and human interaction will always trump online bullshit.
Steam would like to have a word with you.

Irrelevant because PC gaming is stupid.
Good logic


 
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The physical store and human interaction will always trump online bullshit.

I love going to bookstores and coming out with a plastic bag in my hand, it's a good feeling. However when it comes to buying a game, I'd rather have it come to me in the mail instead of having to wait till I get a day off and then go to the store to buy it, and only after I'm heckled into trying to buy something else I don't want.

That's because most other retailers understand that by the time the customer is at checkout, 99% of the time they don't want to make anymore decisions.

Physical stores offer things to the regulars that Amazon can't.

These things come and go every few years, and I don't see it changing. Especially as gamers "grow up" and become more sociable.
If you're an adult and your social interactions amount to going into a store to get a game, you need to rethink your life.

Did I say something that contradicts that, or...?
I thought you were saying physical stores would always matter because people will wanna be social and go to them


 
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Like really, people scoff that these won't be around anymore, but I don't see many people really craving to go to a music store. Sure they'll always be around, but it's more a niche market nowadays.


 
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I don't know about "good riddance" because that's gonna be a lot of people out of a job, but I prefer to buy things online because it's less hassle.

You guys are a bunch of autists though lmao. It was always cool to talk to video game store employees because they knew about games and shit. Some of them anyways, a lot of times it'd just be a girl who barely knew anything.
My store always got the nerdy chicks who knew what it was

It's where I somehow run into my old highschool classmates.


 
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The physical store and human interaction will always trump online bullshit.

I love going to bookstores and coming out with a plastic bag in my hand, it's a good feeling. However when it comes to buying a game, I'd rather have it come to me in the mail instead of having to wait till I get a day off and then go to the store to buy it, and only after I'm heckled into trying to buy something else I don't want.

That's because most other retailers understand that by the time the customer is at checkout, 99% of the time they don't want to make anymore decisions.

Physical stores offer things to the regulars that Amazon can't.

These things come and go every few years, and I don't see it changing. Especially as gamers "grow up" and become more sociable.
If you're an adult and your social interactions amount to going into a store to get a game, you need to rethink your life.

Did I say something that contradicts that, or...?
I thought you were saying physical stores would always matter because people will wanna be social and go to them

nope

but people are becoming more and more antisocial as time goes on to the point where we'll eventualy over correct into being too social, making these stores relevant again


 
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The physical store and human interaction will always trump online bullshit.
Steam would like to have a word with you.

Irrelevant because PC gaming is stupid.
Good logic

thanks


 
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Like really, people scoff that these won't be around anymore, but I don't see many people really craving to go to a music store. Sure they'll always be around, but it's more a niche market nowadays.

you need to talk to more people, then

my friends and i all go to music stores almost every time we hang out

and honestly if i wasnt poor as fuck id go every paycheque


 
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The point was the main revenue for music in today's world is digital. Same will happen with video games. It already is for PC, and increasingly is for consoles.


 
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you need to talk to more people, then

my friends and i all go to music stores almost every time we hang out

and honestly if i wasnt poor as fuck id go every paycheque
Those stores around your house are pretty bitchin' tbh.
btw did they ever get back to you about any Ultravox stuff they might be able to get?


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The physical store and human interaction will always trump online bullshit.
Steam would like to have a word with you.

Irrelevant because PC gaming is stupid.
That's the best you can come up with?


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When I bought Dark Souls 3 I talked to the Game Stop guy for 10 minutes after buying it. I really wanted to go home and play it but at the same time the conversation was just that good. When I bought UFC 2 the conversations I had with the employees was also nice.

All in all I do like the interactions, at least now that I'm old enough to buy everything in there.


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The only use I have for GameStop now is finding random games which look interesting and I take pictures of them to order off Amazon when I get home. 


 
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The point was the main revenue for music in today's world is digital. Same will happen with video games. It already is for PC, and increasingly is for consoles.

that doesn't mean the physical store is going anywhere


 
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you need to talk to more people, then

my friends and i all go to music stores almost every time we hang out

and honestly if i wasnt poor as fuck id go every paycheque
Those stores around your house are pretty bitchin' tbh.
btw did they ever get back to you about any Ultravox stuff they might be able to get?
i never followed up actually. i just want my stuff back from matt lol


 
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The physical store and human interaction will always trump online bullshit.
Steam would like to have a word with you.

Irrelevant because PC gaming is stupid.
That's the best you can come up with?

That's all I need to come up with.


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If you know, you know.
The physical store and human interaction will always trump online bullshit.
Steam would like to have a word with you.

Irrelevant because PC gaming is stupid.
That's the best you can come up with?

That's all I need to come up with.
Do you think online fees are not stupid?
Do you think having backwards compatibility by default is stupid?
Do you think having the largest selection of games is stupid?
Do you think having cheaper games is stupid?
I was going to go on, but this "dur peesea is stoopeh" statement just leads me to believe you're not there yet...


 
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The physical store and human interaction will always trump online bullshit.
Steam would like to have a word with you.

Irrelevant because PC gaming is stupid.
That's the best you can come up with?

That's all I need to come up with.
Do you think online fees are not stupid?
Do you think having backwards compatibility by default is stupid?
Do you think having the largest selection of games is stupid?
Do you think having cheaper games is stupid?
I was going to go on, but this "dur peesea is stoopeh" statement just leads me to believe you're not there yet...

>playing online

i don't throw away my old consoles

no games that matter

games industry cant afford for games to be cheaper


 
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Do you think having the largest selection of games is stupid?
I'd rather have a large selection of GOOD games.


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If you know, you know.
Do you think having the largest selection of games is stupid?
I'd rather have a large selection of GOOD games.
Exactly. You have all of that on PC and more. Its the ultimate entertainment machine.
Do your work, watch your music, play your games, make your games.
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Do you think having the largest selection of games is stupid?
I'd rather have a large selection of GOOD games.
Exactly.
I'm glad you agree that console gaming is better, then.


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If you know, you know.
The physical store and human interaction will always trump online bullshit.
Steam would like to have a word with you.

Irrelevant because PC gaming is stupid.
That's the best you can come up with?

That's all I need to come up with.
Do you think online fees are not stupid?
Do you think having backwards compatibility by default is stupid?
Do you think having the largest selection of games is stupid?
Do you think having cheaper games is stupid?
I was going to go on, but this "dur peesea is stoopeh" statement just leads me to believe you're not there yet...

>playing online

i don't throw away my old consoles

no games that matter

games industry cant afford for games to be cheaper

Look up the rest yourself.

Games that matter
xD

Dota 2 / Leage of legends

WOW
Counter Strike (all of them)
Quake
Single player?  Amnesia, Undertale, even the remaster of Turok 2 is a PC exclusive now.
Last Edit: March 27, 2017, 09:02:00 AM by FatherlyNick


 
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Look up the rest yourself.
All of these are available on console master race.


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Not again pls.


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If you know, you know.

Look up the rest yourself.
All of these are available on console master race.
He said games can't be cheaper.
I must be a fucking wizard to cut 10 off on Steam for all of them.