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[edit] History
Whoah. That's quite an update. My guess is that this is from someone who was either a really old SM at the time, or someone in corporate who is now part of corporate GameStop. I personally don't know if any of this is true, but it does appeal to logic. The company has only recently done so well, but before that, it was a very rocky road for the company. It would be hard to verify such information as being true or not, since such a small company wouldn't be the focus of any news outlets, nor would the company likely care to record such information. For the time being, we should probably just leave it up.
Thoughts? Xabrophazon 18:11, 5 December 2006 (UTC)
- Sorry I didn't realize I wasn't logged in with my account yesterday (I guess the Cookie Expired). Anyway I was a store Manager for Babbage's from March of 1993 to
December of 1997. I lived through the nightmare of the Babbage's/Software ETC merger. When I saw the state that the article was in relating to that time period I couldn't resist expanding it and clarifing what really happened. Perhaps its not an entirely journalistic account, but it is the facts. I'd be willing to work to clean it up maybe make it less personal if thats the right thing to do. Haplopeart 13:48, 6 December 2006 (UTC)
- It's probably as accurate as we'll see, and it is a very interesting account of what happened way back then. I don't see how your contribution is against Wiki rules, so I would vote to keep it, being that it's the most info we'll ever get on what happened. Thanks for the contribution! Xabrophazon 19:10, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
- Then I guess I will leave it alone unless anyone else has any objections? Haplopeart 16:04, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Clarification? Current Status?
What is the current status of the company in terms of EB and GAME. The three articles seem to have somewhat conflicting information. Also, what is that large chunk of text at the bottom of the article about? The stuff that mentions "Palmer, Reifler & Associates", I think it traces back to this old edit. I don't really know what it is about, it looks like some attack, added to by the fact it is after the external links! Clarification? --SnakeSeries 15:28, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
Yeah, that last paragraph is nonsensical. It was added by some random IP person with only five edits to their name, the last one being that one on March 16. I'm just going to remove it and if someone wants to add it back with some explanation as to how it is relevant that's fine. Otherwise I don't see any reason for it being here. The Bob Talbot 04:41, 26 April 2006 (UTC)
The Electronics_Boutique page should be retitled as EB Games in my opinion. However, it remains to be seen whether the company will go with EB Games or Gamestop for the name of the retail chain in the future. --Aresgodofwar30 16:56, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
In the Gamestop Article it states that Playstation and N64 games were dropped July 1, 2006. It was in fact June 1, 2006 I work at a gamestop and June 1st is my birthday so I specifically remember the date, not that it's a large matter but I thought I would let you know.
Actually, to note, those systems are not dropped... my store still sells them. However, they are being phased out, in that they don't take in trade-ins anymore.
Yep, both of you are right. Some stores (such as mine) have gotten rid of them entirely, but there are still plenty of stores that still carry what remains of the companie's stock.
Also, as long as other GameStop employees are adding and editing this, we need to be careful what we say, being that if corporate doesn't like anything that we're doing, they could probably try and get us in trouble. Xabrophazon 03:01, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Funcoland
I don't think Funcoland should direct here. Although it is now owned by GameStop, some of the stores names have not changed... Funcoland also is know to differ from GameStop for carrying a larger selection of older games, and less newer ones. --HarroSIN 03:48, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
I completely agree. It should have it's own page. I would make one, but I don't know enough about it. :( Ihatecrayons 06:12, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
I must disagree on this one, the corporation itself is now owned by Gamestop, as well as all internet related searches prove to direct to gamestop. I believe that the current status should be left alone. sc7
I disagree with that point. Although the company is now part of Gamestop, the company still has it's own history on it's own right. It would be equivilant to removing the Enix article when it was aquired by SquareSoft, or eliminating references to Marshall Fields because it was aquired by Macy's. User:Anonymous User
But Enix and Marshall Fields both have a really rich history. Funcoland provides little to speak of... not enough to warrant a full article. However, having a Funcoland section within the Gamestop article would be appropriate.-- 72.92.89.202 16:04, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
The first FuncoLand store was opened in Roseville Minnesota in the Early 90s. The owner started the buisness by selling used games out of his garage and or basement. I believe they were the first company to start selling the magazine Game Informer (also Minnesota based) which was a very small publication back then, and of course is now a major video game magazine. There is much more to the history but that is what I remember from working at the Roseville store back in 95-96. Back then, before they were bought out, the were much more gamer friendly. It was a company created for gamers, by gamers. The store credit values weren't as big a rip off as they are now. And you could also demo used, and most new games before purchasing them. Sadly very little game stores allow this these days.
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Gamestop has also now come under fire for the fact that customers may only use store credit to preorder a Sony PlayStation 3 or a Nintendo Wii.[1]
I followed the link, and the information added to the page 1) did not reflect the actual text of the source and 2) the source did not appear to be valid. Maybe I'm just too cynical, but I don't trust everything I read on the internet. z4ns4tsu\talk 19:47, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
This is no longer true, it was a test done by Gamestop in Hawaii that lasted less than a week. Drinel
'Currently, GameStop Corp. currently has around five thousand stores.' - From the Department of Redundancy Department. =) I changed that to make more sense. Xabrophazon 19:18, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Criticisms
I've removed this section. Without any sources, it becomes a section of pure original research. Wikipedia is not a place to dump your personal gripes with Gamestop. Find sources for this sort of thing. Phil Sandifer 21:28, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Not up to date
I live in Florida, and Volusia Mall in Daytona Beach, Florida has a GameStop, but the sign outside still says "electronics boutique", which means that not all the stores have up-to-date logos? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.205.129.139 (talk) 08:33, 11 December 2006 (UTC).
This is because the Electronics Boutique logo is not out of date. Currently, the logos GameStop, EB Games, Electronics Boutique, Babbage's, Funcoland, Software Etc., EBX, and Planet X are all logos used in by GameStop Corp. I would guess that eventually they will all be changed to GameStop, although there are some instances where this is not allowed. Most malls will not allow a store with one name to have another branch within a certain milage of the mall, weather or not they are the same company. It's probably just to keep people from not going to the mall store. Point is though, there are quite a few names that GameStop operates under, not unlike most rappers these days. Xabrophazon 05:56, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
I might be able to shed some light, this is based on my more than likely out of date knowledge, but perhaps the policy has remainded the same. Typically signage is only changed when a store remodel takes place. Store remodels only happen for a few reasons.
1. Its contractual, the store may have a clause in the rental contract that after so many years of occupancy the store must be remodeled, this keeps the stores in the malls looking modern.
2. It moves to a new location in the mall, not really a remodel per-see, but same logical store unit in the company just going to a new place and therefore will get the most up to date company format.
3. It needs to be remodeled, time has taken its toll!
4. Its a model store, the company wants to try something new and this is the first place it will be tried out. This is often in combination with the above reasons.
5. Large scale company mission shift, its possible in the case of a merger like what just happened that the store might start converting from one format to another.
I rather suspect that we might start seeing some sort of co-branding to represent the combined mission. Both companies before the merger where headed in a pure entertainment direction, even before I left Babbages in 1997 the "Gamestop" direction was being talked about. I suspect that we might start seeing stores called "EBGamestop"
There are reasons why it might NOT happen as well. For instance if a mall has both a Gamestop and EBGames and they are both excellent performers they might choose to keep both open, to close one would hurt the company. By closing one it will not increase the sales of the other by 100%. KBtoys and Cirus World did this for a long time. In one mall I can remember the two stores where directly above each other. They both performed very well it didn't make sense to close one and kill the sales. There might also be contractual reasons, if both stores have a long term contact with the mall, breaking the lease might be more expensive than just keeping the store open and making sales.Haplopeart 16:26, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
