Comments on: Dear GameStop, Why Are You Retarded?

By: greg wilcox

greg wilcox — Sun, 22 Oct 2006 05:52:33 +0000

hey zach-

any game coming out in that far into next year doesn’t get a pre-order unless it’s in their system. from how i understand it, when gamestop has its manager’s meeting in florida or wherever, they show them all the stuff that’s upcoming and then they generate buzz in the stores and online. the clerk simply didn’t know the game was coming out. but i can’t cut him or anyone in that business any slack if they’re not following the industry news, duh. i mean, ca-mon, dood. you work in a frickin’ GAME STORE, so at least TRY to keep up, lol. considering how much they push game informer on everyone who walks in the door, it wouldn’t hurt if the clerks actually read the darn magazine once in a while, lol…

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 18:09:26 +0000

I hear you man. Everytime I go into an EBX or Gamestop there is at least one clerk who thinks he knows everything there is to know about gaming, and it’s always funny because, having good inside knowledge in industry myself, I know they are full of crap damn near 100% of the time. I rarely call them out or argue about it, though, as they will never admit that they have no idea what they are talking about, so I just let them spew their nonsense and laugh about it after I leave.

As for the 360 Guitar Hero II, they probably didn’t have pre-orders available because it’s not coming out until sometime early next year, so that’s probably why the clerk acted like he didn’t know what you were talking about.