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It seems unbelievable but it has been almost 10 years since GameStop abandoned the brand in Spain, leaving many workers on the street and with an alarming situation. The path to follow seems to be the same in the United States and that is that The retail chain has announced further closures and layoffs in its home country.
Software and hardware sales are down significantly compared to last year47.8% and 24.5% respectively. In the same period of time as last year, GameStop has lost almost 3 million dollars and the management has not hesitated to announce massive layoffs and closures of many of the stores that were still open.
These recent GameStop layoffs and closures also affected Game Informer's publication
GameStop has not stopped announcing layoffs for a few months now and Something that affected a large part of the industry and the media was the loss of Game Informer.whatever it was One of the magazines with the longest history on the market, with 33 years of existence said goodbye and left many readers and subscribers orphaned.
As if that weren't enough, the brand also dabbled in the cryptocurrency market, a disastrous idea that also resulted in several cuts and, of course, mass layoffs. We don't know if things will be fixed with the launch of the new consoles. such as the controversial PS5 Pro or the next generation of Nintendo and Xbox consoles, the latter planned for 2026 according to rumors.
Another of the chain of stores' recent announcements has been to recover a space for retro video games from generations ago, something that has not been well received on social networks and that adds to the wave of speculation on old video games that we have been experiencing in recent years.