You kidding? They USED to hire like that here. They had the token hot gamer girl who was good, the cute metro guy who was good, and in the words of Gilligan’s Island, “and the rest” and all of the employees were good at at least two gaming systems and they were all helpful. Some more so for me depending on their system of choice and how it overlapped with mine. Now the employees don’t appear to have as much gaming knowledge. They sound like they’re telling me what they’ve heard or read in magazines. I never hear, “I did this…” or “I really liked…”

And let’s be serious… I only ever pre-ordered games so Ashley would call me.
.-= Rich Griffith´s last blog ..“May I help you?” isn’t enough. =-.

The stores stock these for two reasons. One, they know if the retail chains aren’t creating a system base they won’t sell any games period. Two it’s assumed that if you buy a system, you’ll more than likely pick up a couple extras too (like maybe another controller and a game or two).

I used to have a really good Gamestop near me, unfortunately it closed down last year. I’m actually surprised it stayed open so long. There is a mall right next to this Gamestop with a Gamestop in it. It is literally about as far from the Gamestop to the mall as it is from one side of the mall to the other.

Gamestop also has one of the best marketing tactics I’ve ever seen. Each store hires one hot girl that is into video games. She then flirts with customers. These customers in turn develop crushes and come into the store to ask her out, but being too shy to ask her out will chicken out and end up buying something instead, to cover up their true intentions. They’ll repeat this every week or two. Pure genius.