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  • Gamestop to close 200 stores.

    From Derision@GAMENET/AMIGAC to HusTler on Mon Jan 13 14:35:58 2020
    Re: Gamestop to close 200 stores.
    By: HusTler to Marisag on Sun Nov 10 2019 14:49:07

    I'm so far out of the loop. How do gamers get their games these days? Online? It's all downloaded directly? What about renting games? No more? I can't rent a game for 4 bucks anymore? ;-)

    I'd say online. Most of the consoles now have HDDs and can download games directly from whatever game store is built in. I know some systems are evne built around Steam. So it's an entirely different ecosystem from how it was back when. Hell, with some stuff (Antstream) you just stream the game from some other source.

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  • From Minex@GAMENET/TDOD to Derision on Wed Jan 29 07:28:34 2020
    Re: Gamestop to close 200 stores.
    By: Derision to HusTler on Mon Jan 13 2020 10:35 pm

    Re: Gamestop to close 200 stores.
    By: HusTler to Marisag on Sun Nov 10 2019 14:49:07

    I'm so far out of the loop. How do gamers get their games these days? Online? It's all downloaded directly? What about renting games? No more? I can't rent a game for 4 bucks anymore? ;-)

    I'd say online. Most of the consoles now have HDDs and can download games directly from whatever game store is built in. I know some systems are evne built around Steam. So it's an entirely different ecosystem from how it was back when. Hell, with some stuff (Antstream) you just stream the game from some other source.

    All my games are downloaded now. I've been playing the NES Switch the past year and every single game I have on that device has been downloaded. I also play on the Steam platform quite a bit.

    The Dawn of Demise BBS (tdod.org)

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  • From Race Man@GAMENET/CAPCITY2 to Derision on Sat May 23 06:46:29 2020
    Re: Gamestop to close 200 stores.
    By: HusTler to Marisag on Sun Nov 10 2019 14:49:07

    I'm so far out of the loop. How do gamers get their games these days? Online? It's all downloaded directly? What about renting games? No more? I can't rent a game for 4 bucks anymore? ;-)

    I'd say online. Most of the consoles now have HDDs and can download games directly from whatever game store is built in. I know some systems are evne built around Steam. So it's an entirely different ecosystem from how it was back when. Hell, with some stuff (Antstream) you just stream the game from some other source.

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    thats bad for gamers

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