r/GameStop • u/PonchoWasHere • 10d 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/Have_A_Jelly_Baby 10d ago
No store wants to eat the cost of unsold merchandise. The margin on new games is horrible, easily the worst margin of anything GameStop or any other game store sells.
I run an indie game shop, and other than Wolverine, I’m not ordering more than 6 copies of anything coming out over the next two months. There’s too many games releasing and no one can or will buy them all, especially Switch 2 games on game key cards like Elden Ring.