I'm thinking about opening a video game shop in Virginia.

>>3054779
i mean it's probably terrible for business, but is commerce your primary concern?

A TCG shop would be a wiser investment.

>>3054820
What makes you say that?

bank on the emotions of oldfags by giving it a vintage kevin flynn-esque setting and maybe sell some weed in the back

>>3054779
Ive seen a ton of video game shops and TCG shops open and close in the south east where I'm at. They never seem to last longer than a year.

I imagine you run into the issue where you have to sell at market cause most people can just buy online. And then when people come to sell theyll be emotionally invested in their old collection and want to be paid the price they seen on the ebay for items currently for sale.

It can probably work but dealing with customers seems like such a hassle unless you're a people person.

No, but it'll be taken over by the likes of digital download platforms. Physical copies are shit and the vintage game market isn't great

>>3054779
Margin is tighter than ever, and you have to make rent. What can you provide that will make people shop with you instead of Amazon?

>>3054833
people will just dump tcg on someone who will buy for half of what you can get off eBay. He'll you could just offer to buy other's cards and make money like that

Northern va?

>>3054779
There is a videogame shop close to where I live. It's always empty, to the point they even sell phones and ipads to trick the occasional confused normie into entering.

>>3054779
Horrible idea. Everyone is buying digital copies nowadays.

>>3055797
Huh. Gamestop is always filled with people where I live.

>>3055814
Well, in my country normies use steam and the rest pirate everything, so maybe it's a key cultural difference.

>>3054779
If it's for retro games, good luck getting any games in stock without paying out your ass for them, and good luck getting anyone to buy them at your markup. If you are just selling regular games, good luck competing with gamestop, amazon, and digital.

nah fuck that shit. If you want to open a video game shop, just fcuking make a site and go hard with the marketing. Theres no way - unless you completely understand your demographic in whatever fucking hicktown you live in - that you can run a successful company that will make enough profit to even break even.