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GameStop Retro locations have started opening

Select GameStop locations will once again start serving physical copies of classic video games.

Ozzie Mejia

August 27, 2024 4:10 PM

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There used to be a day when every GameStop location would offer copies of classic video games. There'd be a bin filled with old cartridges and CDs for old school Nintendo, Sega, and other systems. Gradually, the retailer phased this idea out, but now it looks like retro gaming is back on the menu. On Tuesday, GameStop indicated that select locations will utilize GameStop Retro branding and begin selling physical copies of classic games.

THE CLASSICS ARE BACK.

New Retro GameStops are now spawning near you: https://t.co/m42FevuQaY pic.twitter.com/79PloFFiOx

— GameStop (@gamestop) August 27, 2024

The news comes from the GameStop X (formerly Twitter) account. Select GameStop locations will sell games from classic systems dating back to the Nintendo Entertainment System and go all the way through the Xbox 360/PlayStation 3/Wii U generation. Yes, the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Nintendo Wii U are now considered "retro," so update those scorecards accordingly.

The GameStop website has been selling physical copies of retro games for almost a full decade, but now it looks like the brick-and-mortar locations are about to follow suit. Only games from Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, and Sega consoles appear to be for sale, so apologies to anybody hoping to bolster their Atari Jaguar or Panasonic 3DO libraries.

This latest development from GameStop comes as the company announces the date for its Q2 2024 earnings report. GameStop (GME) will issue its latest financial reports following the close of the stock market on Tuesday, September 10. We'll be sure to report on the latest to come out of the world of GameStop on that day, so come back to Shacknews for the latest updates.

Ozzie Mejia

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Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?