GameStop pivots to retro gaming at select locations

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GameStop pivots to retro gaming at select locations

GameStop is pivoting to retro games at select locations. As the industry moves to digital media — and the retailer struggles to adapt to the shifting landscape (including a short-lived stab at NFTs) — the company is ******** on the old school. The GameStop Retro locations will stock physical consoles, discs and cartridges from classic Nintendo, PlayStation, Xbox and ***** platforms.

The retailer announced the Retro GameStop locations in a

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on X (

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). The company also has a

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where you can search for retro-friendly locations within a 100-mile radius. (I found a grand total of one in my city.)

GameStop lists 18 classic systems supported by its Retro stores, stretching back to the 8-bit glory days of the Nintendo Entertainment System. Here’s the complete list (according to the company’s brief announcement), including their US launch years:

• NES (1985)

• SNES (1991)

• Game Boy (1989)

• ***** Genesis (1989)

• PlayStation (1995)

• ***** Saturn (1995)

• Nintendo 64 (1996)

• ***** Dreamcast (1999)

• PS2 (2000)

• Game Boy Advance (2001)

• Nintendo GameCube (2001)

• Original Xbox (2001)

• Nintendo DS (2004)

• Xbox 360 (2005)

• Nintendo Wii (2006)

• PS3 (2006)

• Nintendo Wii U (2012)

• PS Vita (2012)

You’ll notice that the PSP isn’t among the systems listed. Engadget emailed GameStop to try to confirm it’s omitted and learn more about the initiative. We’ll update this story if we hear back.

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