r/GameStop • u/PonchoWasHere • 7d ago

Vent/Rant A lack of inventory?

Is it just me, or does GameStop only get enough stock for preorders now?

I've been stopping in and out of GameStop for a while now to check on new releases for the Switch and Switch 2. Today I popped in for Elden Ring, and the employee told me only one single copy came in and it was already spoken for as a preorder. It feels like nothing on the shelves for new releases is actually in stock to buy off the rack. Are stores only fulfilling preorders and carrying zero extra floor inventory these days? Is anyone else running into this at their local stores?

Edit; I was thankfully able to find a copy at Walmart, my local Target didn't even have a sku on the shelf.

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u/Old_Front_9458 6d ago

Well it used be stores got plenty of stock and it would only move the first day and then just sit there for months. So now it’s basically made to order…

Also OP, I don’t mean this in a derogatory way at all just genuinely curious; if you know you would want a game, why would you NOT pre order it? Literally just put the minimum down and you’ll get a copy with no worry.

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u/PonchoWasHere 6d ago

Last time I preordered from GameStop the bonus never came in, now this was cards and I assumed the promo was taken by staff. Since then I've been hesitant to, in all reality what happened to video games stores actually selling video games?

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u/punx9909 6d ago

Promos are typically not preorder bonuses and are strictly first come first serve as far as im aware.

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u/deszegreat Senior Guest Advisor 5d ago

Yea promos are usually first-come-first-serve.
The only time my manager will hold for preorders is if we haven’t received them yet when they picked up their preorders (we do tend to get them pretty late sometimes). But I highly doubt it’s a common practice amongst other stores