Lots of great stuff. GameStop acquired EB Games (formerly Electronics Boutique) in 2005 for $1.44 billion. The acquisition expanded GameStop's operations into Europe, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.[22] Two years later, in 2007, GameStop acquired Rhino Video Games from Blockbuster for an undisclosed amount. Rhino Video Games operated 70 video game stores throughout the Southeastern United States.[23]
GameStop purchased Free Record Shop's Norwegian stores in April 2008. The company acquired 49 stores and converted them into video game shops.[24] Daniel DeMatteo replaced Richard Fontaine as GameStop CEO in August 2008. DeMatteo had served as company COO since 1996. Fontaine, who had been GameStop chairman and CEO since 1996, remained the company's chairman.[25] J. Paul Raines, formerly executive vice president of Home Depot, became company COO in September.[25] GameStop acquired Micromania, a French video game retailer, in October 2008 for $700 million. GameStop, which had previously owned no stores in France, now had 332 French video game stores.[26] It also acquired a majority stake in Jolt Online Gaming, an Irish browser-based game studio, in November 2009. Jolt closed in 2012.[27]
J. Paul Raines became GameStop CEO in June 2010.[28] He replaced Daniel DeMatteo who was named executive chairman of the company.[28] While serving as CEO in 2012, GameStop's digital revenue grew from $190 million in 2011 to more than $600 million in 2012.[29]
GameStop acquired Kongregate, a San Francisco, California-based website for browser-based games; terms of the deal were not disclosed.[30]
GameStop acquired Spawn Labs and Impulse in separate transactions during 2011.[31] Spawn Labs was a developer of technology that allowed users to play video games that were run remotely on machines in data centers rather than their personal computer or console. Impulse was a digital distribution and multiplayer gaming platform.[31]GameStop closed Spawn Labs...
Read moreI use to like this store and never had an issue until today. In 2018 I bought my son a PS4. It was used and came with a warranty. So fast forward 6 months, I had an issue and returned it to the store and a nice gentleman exchanged it with no issues. He placed a gamestop sticker on it and said if I had any other issues with the new one, to bring it back. Okay so today I brought it back in the same store and the employee named Robert , said I did not purchase the ps4 from hane stop and got it somewhere else. Okay, remember, I did not buy new, I bought used. So whoever sold the ps4 to gamestop probably did buy it someplace else, but that isnt my problem. I asked him to look it up in the system to see I got it from them and he refused. I called customer service and they were no help either , said she will send me a receipt to take in the store. How will this help me when Robert claims I didnt buy it from them. ...
Read moreBesides the Xbox 360 Lego videos games and old school Nintendo, I didn't know much about video games and these people were more than happy to help with my stupid questions. The amount of money spent on video games and those little five nights at Freddie dolls was a lot but I can't imagine how much would have been spent if everything was bought brand new. Btw, I never had issues with the scratched disc's except for after they were played with by my own children, their friends and even myself, and not put up correctly. I believe they even have a warrenty on everything you buy. You make money selling your old gaming stuff here, but you won't make as much selling on Craigslist or elsewhere. If you are selling your games to pay for rent or bills, go elsewhere. If you are not playing with your games anyways, I suggest bring them here. Not sure what these people give for gaming stuff nowadays but they buy older...
Read more