Disc-based games will never go away, says GameStop executive Paul Raines.
Poor Paul just gave us a quote that folks will laugh at in two decades or sooner.
Disc-based games will never go away, says GameStop executive Paul Raines.
We get it, you had a girl once.GORDON wrote:I have a couple guys from high-school in my facebook friend list that were hardcore nerds in school.... and they still make posts about getting together for dice D&D.
Funny thing is that once when one of them managed to get a girlfriend in high school, I stole her. She was way too hot for him.
No, wait... maybe it was another guy she had been dating for years, and when she broke up with him.... this guy liked her too, and so I blew her off (I don't compete for women) so it ended up being MY house she came to one night. Yeah, that's it. A late 80's neg.
I saw this girl as one of the new parents at cub scouts for a couple months, last year. She got fat.
That particular one was a cheerleader.TheCatt wrote:We get it, you had a girl once.GORDON wrote:I have a couple guys from high-school in my facebook friend list that were hardcore nerds in school.... and they still make posts about getting together for dice D&D.
Funny thing is that once when one of them managed to get a girlfriend in high school, I stole her. She was way too hot for him.
No, wait... maybe it was another guy she had been dating for years, and when she broke up with him.... this guy liked her too, and so I blew her off (I don't compete for women) so it ended up being MY house she came to one night. Yeah, that's it. A late 80's neg.
I saw this girl as one of the new parents at cub scouts for a couple months, last year. She got fat.
I can't remember the last time I went to a brick and mortar? Maybe a few years ago just cuz I was walking by?
Seriously?
Yes, I meant game store.
Clothes. You can buy clothes online, but it's a fucking crap shoot. There's no consistency in sizes. Then what happens if you need something tailored?
The best advantage of being a dude. Sizes are pretty standardized relative to women's clothing. But, I do not buy clothes (except shoes, which i buy online). My wife buys them, mostly online, and we use places with generous return policies.
We go to the mall about once a year so kids can buy Christmas presents. It's kinda fun since it's so rare.
Then keep.the inner city teens from harrassing everyone, which is what closed Toledo's other three malls.Leisher wrote:Clothes. You can buy clothes online, but it's a fucking crap shoot. There's no consistency in sizes. Then what happens if you need something tailored?
Someday you'll be able to 3D print the item or have it teleported in, but until then brick and mortar clothes stores win.
The shopping experience too. Some people, mostly women, really enjoy a day of shopping. It's a day out of the house. It's not a chore, it's a fun activity. Sitting at home doing it on the computer alone instead of walking around with your friends are vastly different things.
People think malls are dying, and they are, but I believe we're going to see a resurgence of them in the not too distant future. Tons of brick and mortars will have gone away leaving empty strip malls all over the place. Would you rather be a surviving business alone in a strip mall or a surviving business bunched up with a bunch of other surviving businesses in a mall?
Honestly, that's how malls need to survive. Grab restaurants for both your external properties and internal stores. Those will always draw in people. Add the aforementioned eSports arena, but put it at an end so you keep the Fortnite kiddies away from the rest of the mall patrons. Now lure in your local surviving businesses that aren't convenience stores. Offer rent discounts for local businesses versus national chains. (The national chains don't have to know and probably won't care.)