Game Crazy parent files for bankruptcy, 250 stores to remain

Amazon and Goozex for the win. That is all.

I used to love Game Crazy, but now with all these stores closing, I no longer trust them with my store credit or reservations.

That made it look like 11,250 stores, making me think: Where did they get all this money?

I went to a Hollywood Video recently to rent a game that came out the same day, they were always good about having games the day of release and not asking for a bunch of stupid shit like Blockbuster does ("Ill need your credit card for a Lego game, YOU THIEF").

They didn't have it and I noticed all the PS3 games they had were from like 2 years ago, so I asked, and apparently that store was "under review" to monitor their store progress for the next few months, so as part of that they removed all the recent games from the store and denied them new releases until around... now, actually.

I'm not sure what person thought this might be a good thing to do before watching their sales. I didn't return to the store since I knew they would never have what I wanted.

Lol.. there's no way they'll be coming back.. If you look at it, then have near a billion in debt and only around 60 million in assets. The whole thing will collapse within the year. Get some deals while you can! :P

as a former employee of gamecrazy..i'm not surprised it has been going downhill for alot fo them...Luckily the gamecrazy here in town is the only gamestore within 2 and a half hours...so it should stay open...but you never know...Gamecrazy is the same chain that bought waaayyy too many Fight Night Round 4's that couldn't buy enough copies of other games coming out at the same time...horrible planning on their part

That sucks. The Game Crazy a couple blocks down from me was really great, the workers were nice and the games were always in stock. Like most other Game Crazy stores though, it shared rent with Hollywood Video. IMO Hollywood Video was much better and closer (and MUCH cheaper than Blockbuster). But Game Crazy closed because Hollywood Video couldn't sustain intself, and when I asked why they couldn't, the manager said that they actually made enough money to rent out the whole complex, but the margin of profit would be too small for good business; it shut down the day Halo 3 came out. The percentage of games I've bought since then is probably 80% lower than when I purchased from GC. Sure it may be the recession, or the $60 price tag, but I think convienence is most important. I don't want to buy games online. Netflix is a different story, and Gamefly just isn't the same.

RIP Game Crazy_September 25th 2007.

Gamecrazy has way better deals than Gamestop. I will be sad if they disappear from chicago

I worked for Game Crazy for two in a half years during college. During my time there, the Game Crazy side of the Movie Gallery equation actually made money. However, due to the poor status of brick and mortar rental stores, most Game Crazy locations must close along with their shit-rental counterparts.

After graduation, it took a full year for me to find a full-time career. I feel very sorry for some of my friends who are still with the company. The store I was located at made it through the first wave of closures, and I hope they make it though this one. No one should ever have to be out of a job with the circumstances are out of their hands.

I live in Vancouver, WA. Vancouver is the home town of Game Crazy before they were bought by Hollywood Video (who were then bought by Movie Gallery). I worked at the original GC store in the Vancouver Mall during High School and it was sad to see that store close a few years ago.

No matter how much of a proponent I am of digital distribution, Game Crazy was always the gaming store for me that felt more like a comic shop than a "big-business" retail chain. It's going to be sad to see them go.

if a national retail chain can fall, this makes me really sad for what few mom-and-pop game stores are left in the US.

The CEO just up & quit a few days ago also.

They already closed all but one within 50 or so miles of me, but I always have Play 'N Trade. The downside is that Play N' Trade (yes, reversed apostrophe, I'm not sure where it goes) closed its best store and the ones that are closer to me are kind of a ripoff. I miss the one that was disorganized but had loads of Dreamcast, Sega CD, Xbox, Gamecube, and Genesis games that I was interested in; all of which at killer low prices.

Gamecrazy's got its legged chained up to the sinking anchor that is Hollywood Video and the brick-and-mortar rental stores. HVid takes a dive, theyre gonna cut their secondary stores first. Its a damn shame

Look guys and gals, as a former Game Crazy employee, I can honestly say "The Hell with them".

If you think Gamestop treats their employees like crap, "Movie Gallery" practically rapes your soul. Every single person who works at a Game Crazy is expendable to the point where a used copy of "Run Like Hell" is worth more. They fire people who actually know a good deal about the gaming industry for the reasons that are really not worth it. They go through a large deal of employees, and never really keep one around for too long, unless there tongue is completely brown from being jammed where the sun don't shine.

For one, the store I used to work at (QUEENS VILLAGE, New York, REPRESENT!) transfered a Manager in Training from another state. He didn't "look the part" of a manager due to his tattoos and piercings, so they strung him along for months until finally telling him he had no job anymore. The poor guy had left his family for a new job in New York, only to get shafted.

They fired me for cursing out my supervisor and another employee for stealing my DS, even though I was a model employee, lived close by and filled in for anyone at anytime, and LOVED my job.

A good friend on mine was a manager. After I stopped working at Game Crazy, he stopped talking to me. He was pressured by his superiors to not associate himself with former employees.

Another friend of mine was fired because a customer wrote a letter to the company, with a false story of the said employee cursing him out, which did not happen, as I was present for that moment.

When I was a kid in high school, I would cut damn near every day just to hang out in Game Crazy. I felt like I was good friends with the manager, who later, became a district manager, later becoming the reason I was hired 6 years later, and also being the sole reason I was fired.

I hope the stores get looted.

I was a manager at a Game Crazy as well, one of the first to get the axe years ago before the purchase by Movie Gallery even. I was hired and given the store but it was closed like 4 months later. They gave me another store in the district which I tried to make the most of.

I will say what these guys say is true, they care more about sales and MVPs then anything else, but they are in the business of making money, or trying to! I had no hard feelings towards them in the end. I left to move on to something better and my DM told me that was best cause he was getting pressure to make a change anyways with my store because of the numbers. That is the business of retail, be it shoes, books or games I suppose.

They had some great things going on with the try any game before you buy, they really encouraged store tournaments, and a lot of my fellow managers were pretty big gamers. But lets be honest, its still a business in the end.

It'll be interesting to see what happens if both Movie Gallery AND Blockbuster fold in the next year(both highly likely). I'm curious to see if smaller regional chains were start to rapidly expand, a rise of mom and pop stores again, or if the entire brick and mortar rental system will collapse(doubt this).

I'm glad to hear that the Canadian locations are doing fine. I can always find some good deals at Movie Gallery. Such as Prototype for $49.99 a week after release.

hey, former employ for this hell hole. get ready for 80% off deals on all your fav games.