I used to always buy games from GameStop, but that was long before they became, what is IMO, a horrible business. Nowadays I only buy from GS as a last resort, when shopping for a gift and I can’t find it anywhere else, or if there’s a big deal and it saves me $10-20 over any other store. But both of these are very rare. And even then I usually regret it, as I get the game unsealed with a giant, very sticky price sticker directly on the case. (I’ve probably bought 2 games from them over the past ~10 years.)

I still think back fondly on the early days of GameStop, and some memories of taking my kids there.

And I still buy physical mostly (particularly for triple A and first party titles), for a number of reasons, so I hope that physical still remains for a while, despite the broader move to digital.

But I won’t be sad when GS goes belly up. I’ve already mourned the “good ol’ days” — the GameStop I knew and loved is long gone.