Well folks, looks like Gamestop finally caved in.
Ever since my last post on Gamestop refusing to close down because of how they self-proclaim "essential retail", there were multiple cases of public outrage and employee protest. employees basically gave the corporate middle fingers and simply not coming in to work or close the stores on their own terms. Some states had their governors bring down the hammer, forcing GameStop to close the stores within the state
https://www.reddit.com/r/GameStop/comments/fm6v8u/governor_tom_wolf_pulls_game_stops_business/?utm_content=body&utm_medium=post_embed&utm_name=5611bdc6fc7f49b5bfbfac2e192cc455&utm_source=embedly&utm_term=fm6v8u
After all that, the corporate finally raised the white flags. They have officially "closed" all stores across the US, and will be focusing on digital and non-close contact services. I use quotations because the stores are technically open, just not really let anyone in.
http://news.gamestop.com/news-releases/news-release-details/gamestop-provides-us-store-operations-and-customer-service
https://www.dualshockers.com/gamestop-closed-pennsylvania-coronavirus/
I guess they aren't the complete boneheads, but it still urks me to think that 1. They call themselves to be "essential retail" and 2. it took them 4 fucking days to do this, whereas all other retails have done immediate closures or alternative solutiuons.
FUCK the GameStop corp., and god bless any/all employees still working out there.
Ever since my last post on Gamestop refusing to close down because of how they self-proclaim "essential retail", there were multiple cases of public outrage and employee protest. employees basically gave the corporate middle fingers and simply not coming in to work or close the stores on their own terms. Some states had their governors bring down the hammer, forcing GameStop to close the stores within the state
https://www.reddit.com/r/GameStop/comments/fm6v8u/governor_tom_wolf_pulls_game_stops_business/?utm_content=body&utm_medium=post_embed&utm_name=5611bdc6fc7f49b5bfbfac2e192cc455&utm_source=embedly&utm_term=fm6v8u
After all that, the corporate finally raised the white flags. They have officially "closed" all stores across the US, and will be focusing on digital and non-close contact services. I use quotations because the stores are technically open, just not really let anyone in.
http://news.gamestop.com/news-releases/news-release-details/gamestop-provides-us-store-operations-and-customer-service
https://www.dualshockers.com/gamestop-closed-pennsylvania-coronavirus/
I guess they aren't the complete boneheads, but it still urks me to think that 1. They call themselves to be "essential retail" and 2. it took them 4 fucking days to do this, whereas all other retails have done immediate closures or alternative solutiuons.
FUCK the GameStop corp., and god bless any/all employees still working out there.