GameStop, 1725 Broad River Road: 14 January 2025 6 comments
GameStop has been up and down over the last few years. I think people are playing fewer games sold on media vs downloading, but in the other direction, there was a really crazy run up on the stock price a few years ago as well.
A YouTube Short claims this one closed on 14 January 2025, which I can't verify in any other media, but it is definitely closed now.
I'm guessing this might have been the new location for the Dutch Square GameStop which closed in 2010, but I don't really know.
6 Responses to 'GameStop, 1725 Broad River Road: 14 January 2025'
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Jason
17 Feb 25 at 10:54 pm
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This actually originally opened as a GameStop and movies location, a brief attempt to also sell used DVDs in addition to games. I think the attempt to sell DVDs did not last much more than a year if that.
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@Thomas - I do recall it being a "GameStop and Movies" location, but I don't remember it being branded anything differently than a GameStop.
They would get trades from customers, and more often - the DVD/BluRays that were stolen from Wal-Mart and fenced for cash there.
Jason
18 Feb 25 at 12:23 pm
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That whole area is barely on life support!! It's sad to see how much it has declined over the years...
Arthur P
22 Feb 25 at 11:13 am
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This building still has the Payless Shoe Source labelscar!
Brandon
3 Mar 25 at 10:38 am
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Weird fact: My spouse worked at GameStop in the 2010s. At one time, they actually considered putting snack bar-type restaurants inside the stores, with seating areas. Seeing how so many people come inside GameStop just to "hang out" anyway.
A major problem for my spouse, and other managers, was that too many employees think GameStop is a fun job where you get to play games all day. They don't think about inventory, customer service skills, and "the business side of things".
Even when hard-working, dependable people *are* hired, GameStop rarely gives the managers enough budget to schedule them for a decent amount of work hours, forcing the employees to get another job elsewhere.
Former Employee's Spouse
13 Mar 25 at 9:36 am
So this location was established before the Electronics Boutique/GameStop merger. It competed briefly with the EB Games mall location. Then - in GameStop’s infinite wisdom, they established the location further down Bush River at the Walmart location.
Prior to this - it was a Payless.