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I Bought a Retro Game From Gamestop in 2026
Hey guys. Today I hit up a local Gamestop hoping to take advantage of their 4 for $40 deals. However, it just didn’t work out. Rune Factory 3 and Rune Factory 5 on Switch caught my eye. Red Dead Redemption I was almost sold on because I want to play it. Unfortunately, it was missing the case art. I figured I could get it somewhere else with the art. Resident Evil 4 Remake was so tempting but I still haven’t gotten the Series X so it was be a little preemptive to buy it now.
But what I really wanted was Star Wars Bounty Hunter. I’ve always wanted this game, even back in the day. But I am obsessed with Mando and Baby Yoda, so it felt like I really needed to pull the trigger here. When I got to the front, the employee informed me that two versions of the game were traded in and I could pick out the one I wanted.
They had the limited edition cover art. That version of the game had the manual! That felt like a huge win! All in all, I’m disappointed I couldn’t take advantage of the 4 for $40. We’re doing a family day Saturday and I didn’t want to burn money on games I wasn’t ready to dive in to.
This was my first time in a Gamestop in probably a year or so. I was “impressed” with their selection. It wasn’t great, but it wasn’t awful either. Pokemon Red was listed under pricecharting. Alundra 2 and King’s Field were also listed pretty well. But their new selection was depressing. Their Xbox games were barren. The Switch 2 games were mostly new, so none we’re eligible for the deal. Most Switch 1 and PS4 games were over the $19.99 threshold.
Have you bought any retro games from Gamestop? Let me know down below! Thank you for reading. Have a great day!
If You Never Bought a Video Game Again
So the question, “If you never bought another game again in your life, how would you feel about your collection?” arose. Naturally, a lot of retro collectors have more games than we could play in 5 life times. With that said, no. We don’t need new games.
This question popped back up around the game collecting scene in light of Sony’s announcement last week that they would be discontinuing physical media.
With this news, a lot of physical collectors have said we will not be buying into the Sony ecosystem past the Playstation 5. It’s only a matter of time before Nintendo and Xbox join Sony in this digital only future. When that time comes, the amount of new games I purchase will dwindle drastically [mostly because I will not be interested in owning digital only consoles]. Most collectors are looking at their collections smiling thinking that’s fine. They have hundreds, or in some cases, a thousand games to keep them busy.
Take my Gamecube games for example. This is just 4 epic RPGs. I could probably play for an entire year on just these four titles if I explored everything they had to offer. And staying on my Gamecube collection for a minute, I have over 170 gamecube games. That includes other RPGs like Fire Emblem. Collectathons like Ty, Mario Sunshine, and Wario World, multiplayer games like Super Smash Brothers, Double Dash, 4 Mario Parties and so many more offer literally endless entertainment. I could play exclusively my Gamecube collection, and I’m not sure I’d ever get bored.
In this picture [taken my YouTube short so pardon the dimensions], I talked about some of my favorite games. I replay so many of these games over and over. The amount of my life I’ve sank into just Ocarina of Time and Super Mario 64 is… well.. concerning, but still. Throw in the Pokemon games and some of those multiplayer games I’ve mentioned above, and I’d be set. That implies I could handpick maybe 10 games out of my collection and still be set for life.
This has caused plenty of haters to be vocal that collectors don’t need any more games. They can’t possibly understand why would we want more games.
[Again, excuse the bad proportions]. Anyway, the point I’m getting at is I would be sad to miss out on new entries in my favorite franchises. If Nintendo had gone exclusively digital with the Switch 2, I would have missed out on Donkey Kong Banaza. Kirby and the Forgotten Lands got its new DLC on the Switch 2. I absolutely loved both of these games.
The next 3D Mario game hasn’t been announced yet. We also don’t know the future of Zelda. I’m assuming both of these franchises get at least one more physical title during the Switch 2’s lifespan. But their future releases past that could be digital only. Even with regards to Sony, I’ll be sad to no longer get to experience the latest Ratchet and Clank games.
So to answer the question. If I never bought another game, I have more than I could ever play. But I would still be sad about missing out on new experiences and the hype of new things.
So how about you guys? If you never bought a new game again, how do you feel about your collection?
Da_Hubbz 