Gamestop classifies itself as "essential retail" and won't close the stores.

[FakeSympathy]

First off, I hope everyone is staying safe amidst the covid-19 outbreak. I really hope this ends soon.

Now on with the main point, and the reason why you click on this discussion; Yes, you read that right. Gamestop is saying games are just as important as stuff like food, medicine, medical supplies, etc.

https://kotaku.com/gamestop-we-can-stay-open-during-lockdowns-because-wer-1842415962

TL;DR
Yeah games make everyone's lives better at home. If the local authorities come in to shut it down, just show them this document, K THX.

Okay fine, they are greedy mofos trying to advantage of this horrible global pandemic. The least they can do is making the stores safe, right?

Nope, they are making both the customers and the employees very vulnerable to the virus. They supposedly supplied the stores with hand sanitizers and other sanitization supplies, but there are reports of none of them being seen. One of the Gamestop employees actually came up and shed light on what's going on over at Reddit.

https://www.reddit.com/r/GameStop/comments/fjm5zq/to_those_concerned/

The OP in the post pretty much said all there needs to be said; The corporate gives zero fucks about well-beings of the employees, customers, and the general public. All they care is to increase the bottom line.

I thought EA and Bethesda were bad, but I'd say what GameStop is doing is downright criminal

 

[Dalisclock]

I want to say I'd boycott them over this, but honestly, I haven't stepped foot in one for years(and honestly can't remember the last time I purchased anything at one....at least a decade) so there's not much more I can do at this point.

And yeah, I suspect this "Have the cops call corporate" isn't gonna fly. I doubt any employee really wants to risk arrest over this shit either. If in their shoes, my first inclination if/when the cops showed up to enforce a lockdown, would be "Please, speak to my manager/supervisor".

Though apparently a lot of the Store Managers are also working from home so they can stay safe, but it's okay for their employees to get sick.

 

[Neurotic Void Melody]

glorious capitalism! the UK has an equivalent called GAME that is being just as bad in every single way Gstop indulges in. am mostly certain most of their income is from parents who don't know any better, trying to buy presents, and kids who don't know any better. i avoid those places like the plague as it is. anyway, wasn't Reggie boy supposed to save it or some shit?

 

[Adam Jensen_v1legacy]

The entire executive board should be arrested for this. The employees might as well quit. GameStop won't survive this pandemic, economically. They are barely in business as it is, so the employees are out of a job anyway. At the very least they don't have to risk getting infected and infecting others.

 

[BrawlMan]

I want to say I'd boycott them over this, but honestly, I haven't stepped foot in one for years(and honestly can't remember the last time I purchased anything at one....at least a decade) so there's not much more I can do at this point.

And yeah, I suspect this "Have the cops call corporate" isn't gonna fly. I doubt any employee really wants to risk arrest over this shit either. If in their shoes, my first inclination if/when the cops showed up to enforce a lockdown, would be "Please, speak to my manager/supervisor".

Though apparently a lot of the Store Managers are also working from home so they can stay safe, but it's okay for their employees to get sick.

Because of this, I'm not gonna pick up RE3 at GS. I'll just go to Best Buy and pay in full.

 

[Chimpzy_v1legacy]

Have they actually offered up some kind of justification for why they are essential retail? I mean, I've never been in a Gamestop on account of living in the wrong country, but we have a local equivalent called Game Mania, and I can't for the life of me think why they'd be "essential". Also, ours did close their stores.

 

[Gordon_4_v1legacy]

First off, I hope everyone is staying safe amidst the covid-19 outbreak. I really hope this ends soon.

Now on with the main point, and the reason why you click on this discussion; Yes, you read that right. Gamestop is saying games are just as important as stuff like food, medicine, medical supplies, etc.

https://kotaku.com/gamestop-we-can-stay-open-during-lockdowns-because-wer-1842415962

TL;DR
Yeah games make everyone's lives better at home. If the local authorities come in to shut it down, just show them this document, K THX.

Okay fine, they are greedy mofos trying to advantage of this horrible global pandemic. The least they can do is making the stores safe, right?

Nope, they are making both the customers and the employees very vulnerable to the virus. They supposedly supplied the stores with hand sanitizers and other sanitization supplies, but there are reports of none of them being seen. One of the Gamestop employees actually came up and shed light on what's going on over at Reddit.

https://www.reddit.com/r/GameStop/comments/fjm5zq/to_those_concerned/

The OP in the post pretty much said all there needs to be said; The corporate gives zero fucks about well-beings of the employees, customers, and the general public. All they care is to increase the bottom line.

I thought EA and Bethesda were bad, but I'd say what GameStop is doing is downright criminal

What quality of cocaine are these idiots snorting that they think they're essential traders? Was there a nintendo brand pasta or an EA sourced steak section in their stores I'm not aware of?

 

[SupahEwok]

Have they actually offered up some kind of justification for why they are essential retail? I mean, I've never been in a Gamestop on account of living in the wrong country, but we have a local equivalent called Game Mania, and I can't for the life of me think why they'd be "essential". Also, ours did close their stores.

Of course they're essential. If people couldn't get their Doom and Animal Crossing physical copies today, cuz they can't be assed for getting a digital copy instead, imagine the riots!

 

[Dreiko_v1legacy]

If weed retailers can be open in California of all places, so can gamestop lmao.

 

[CaitSeith]

If weed retailers can be open in California of all places, so can gamestop lmao.

The day doctors prescribe "videogames" as treatment, I'll agree with you.

 

[BrawlMan]

If weed retailers can be open in California of all places, so can gamestop lmao.

Hahaha......NO!

 

[CritialGaming]

https://kotaku.com/gamestop-shuts-down-stores-in-california-1842428841

They are shutting down now. fuckers.

 

[Marik2]

This store is absolutely retarded. And people have been part of the problem for still buying from there. Get your games from Target, Walmart, and Amazon. Community is garbage.

 

[Elfgore]

I want to say I'd boycott them over this, but honestly, I haven't stepped foot in one for years(and honestly can't remember the last time I purchased anything at one....at least a decade) so there's not much more I can do at this point.

Year for me. I really only went in to get a Pokemon who's code was exclusive to them. I think I spent like a pity $14 on that mini-expansion to Uncharted 4. With Amazon and digital there is legit no reason for me to step in one.

 

[Dreiko_v1legacy]

If weed retailers can be open in California of all places, so can gamestop lmao.

The day doctors prescribe "videogames" as treatment, I'll agree with you.

Do these stores dispense medical pot? Pretty sure it's just recreational. You should still be able to get medical pot from a doctor.

 

[Dalisclock]

Have they actually offered up some kind of justification for why they are essential retail? I mean, I've never been in a Gamestop on account of living in the wrong country, but we have a local equivalent called Game Mania, and I can't for the life of me think why they'd be "essential". Also, ours did close their stores.

They sell Mice, Keyboards and webcams. Thus they help you "work from home" and are thus essential.

If they'd tried to play up the "We're helping people keep sane while shut up in their homes until god knows when" they might have gotten a little more sympathy.

Granted, the fact the managers were working from home, apparently, and the "Do not comply with police shutdown" was apparently ordered via phone call(because emails can be leaked) doesn't help.

I kinda regret not trying to short sell gamestop a week ago now.

 

[Smithnikov_v1legacy]

>>"Do not comply with police shutdown"

This should sink the company all by it'self.

 

[BrawlMan]

So far, a majority of the Gamestops in my home state of Michigan have closed their doors for the time being. So apparently, the "DO NOT comply with police/government" did not stick.

 

[sXeth]

>>"Do not comply with police shutdown"

This should sink the company all by it'self.

Pennsylvania apparently just said "cool, you realize we give you a business licence right. so you don't have that anymore"

 

[Chimpzy_v1legacy]

So far, a majority of the Gamestops in my home state of Michigan have closed their doors for the time being. So apparently, the "DO NOT comply with police/government" did not stick.

My guess is they quickly got cold feet once authorities actually started calling them on their bluff, like in Pennsylvania, where the governor suspended their operating permit [https://www.dualshockers.com/gamestop-closed-pennsylvania-coronavirus/]. Heard the same thing happened in California and New York.

Gamestop claims they: "closed stores in PA to comply with the state's mandate to ensure the safety of our customers and associates, not because we lost our permit license.".