GameStop Tries to Promote a Disc Game on Twitter, but Fans Taunt It Back

GameStop’s latest attempt to champion physical games on social media quickly backfired, drawing a wave of criticism from players who recalled the retailer’s poor track record with physical collections.

Just a day earlier, the company publicly denounced an all-digital future, a future that would likely threaten its core business. But the move sparked more than 7,000 responses online, and most weren’t flattering. One player fired back: “You accelerated this decline by offering insultingly low trade-in values for physical copies and filling half your store shelves with Funko Pops instead of actual games.”

Another frustrated customer added: “When your company starts buying games at their real market value and stops trying to flip them for two or three times the trade-in price, then we can talk.”

Others pointed out that GameStop itself had eroded the appeal of collecting physical games. With more shelf space now dedicated to collectibles than to actual titles, many noted it’s nearly impossible to maintain a meaningful physical library. “Walk into one of their stores and you’ll see a single rack of games surrounded by rows of Funko Pops and comics,” one gamer observed.

Longtime customers also resurfaced frustrations over the retailer’s questionable practices, such as selling “new” games that, for unexplained reasons, weren’t sealed in shrink wrap.

In the end, GameStop’s social media post became a running joke, with many wishing the tweet had stayed in the drafts. At least, if nothing else, it gave players a chance to commiserate, and laugh, over shared experiences, however negative they might be.