So did gamestop change their hiring policies?

There once was a time when gamestop hired people who were actually knowledgeable about video games. I go in there, and there were 2 people running the store, one looked like Justin Bieber on steroids and the other looked like Audrina Patridge. I asked the guy if he knew when the new Deus Ex was coming out; he didn't even know what Deus Ex was, the gal working there had never heard of it either,and asked me how to spell it when he looked it up on the computer. W T F? I thought it was gamestop, not abercrombie.

Well you were wrong.

You can't imagine everyone to know everything.reyad-u

Do you realize how many games there are coming out? And you expect them to know any of them? It doesn't come out for almost a year; why would you expect them to know about a game that far away, especially when it could be pushed back? Why couldn't you have just looked it up? Since, you know, you're posting on an video game forum?muthsera666

[QUOTE="reyad-u"]You can't imagine everyone to know everything.UT_Wrestler

If it's something they're not interested in, they probably wouldn't know. I hadn't heard of the series until about a year ago... And even then it was only because an employee some where tried to push it on me. I had no idea there was another one coming out

It is really not so absurd, I also have not heard of this series until quite recently. Im a huge gamer but not even I know of every title in existence. Hey those two employees could have just been casual gamers for all you know.

I worked at gamestop about four years ago. The manager and I were the only ones that were even interested in games at all. The other employees were just random people that could have been working anywhere. I was sad.:(

man i had something similar happen to me, i went in to wal mart once and started asking the guy stocking the shelves when the new pop tarts were coming in and if their nutritional value was better than the old pop tarts and he just shrugged his shoulders and looked at me funny and i can't believe that the girl at the register didn't know either!!!:roll:

yeah its hit or miss. I went to a gamestop that didnt know that MS was releasing a bigger HDD for the xbox360. But there's another store that I go to that has smarter employees. I just hope they dont get paid very much to stand there and do pretty much nothing. I am the kinda shopper that looks, finds what he wants, then leaves. I dont need advice on what game I should buy. I rarely even ask them when something is coming out. and for the 1000000th time, NO i dont want to pre-order any games. lol

What the heck is Deus Ex anyways?

why are you asking them about a game that is not coming this year xD

I'm not mad at them. I'm just surprised to see gamestop hiring people that know little or nothing about gaming.UT_Wrestler

It would make more sense to hire a salesman over a gamer. Its best to hire sommeone who is both, but the priority goes to a salesman.

It is really not so absurd, I also have not heard of this series until quite recently. Im a huge gamer but not even I know of every title in existence. Hey those two employees could have just been casual gamers for all you know.

ZenesisX

[QUOTE="muthsera666"]Do you realize how many games there are coming out? And you expect them to know any of them? It doesn't come out for almost a year; why would you expect them to know about a game that far away, especially when it could be pushed back? Why couldn't you have just looked it up? Since, you know, you're posting on an video game forum?UT_Wrestler

[QUOTE="UT_Wrestler"]I'm not mad at them. I'm just surprised to see gamestop hiring people that know little or nothing about gaming.XaosII

It would make more sense to hire a salesman over a gamer. Its best to hire sommeone who is both, but the priority goes to a salesman.

I'm not mad at them. I'm just surprised to see gamestop hiring people that know little or nothing about gaming.UT_Wrestler

I dont think you are understanding most of us. I like some others have never even heard of this Dues Ex or however you spell it and I like some others have been serious gamers for quite awhile. Just because one has not heard of a single game does not categorize them as not knowing much about gaming.

Plus do movie theaters hire movie experts, or does blockbuster? Same goes for any low paying job, when did they ever get labeled as having to hire someone who is an expert on what that company sells... Just saying.

I'm pretty sure their number one requirement for employment is being a pathological liar.StopThePresses

Nobody knows every games. Even I consider myself as a avid gamer for 20 years but I've just heard of DX last year.

I had never heard of Deus Ex until the teaser for DE3 was posted on here. For one thing, gamestop isnt really known for PC games and the employees can't possibly know all the games that have been made.

I'm pretty sure their number one requirement for employment is being a pathological liar.StopThePresses

[QUOTE="reyad-u"]You can't imagine everyone to know everything.UT_Wrestler

And what is a typical gamer supposed to look like? Fat and Nerdy? Is it so hard to believe that some gamers maybe..oh i dont know...attractiveMoonMarvel

[QUOTE="UT_Wrestler"][QUOTE="reyad-u"]You can't imagine everyone to know everything.MoonMarvel

gamestop tends not to care how knowledgable there employees are, I got into an argument with one over the phone once because he insisted that the banjo kazooie series was a Play station 2 exclusive series and that Nuts and bolts came out in 2004 (this was around 2 weeks before Nuts and Bolts was released :|)

gamestop tends not to care how knowledgable there employees are, I got into an argument with one over the phone once because he insisted that the banjo kazooie series was a Play station 2 exclusive series and that Nuts and bolts came out in 2004 (this was around 2 weeks before Nuts and Bolts was released :|)

dragonfly110

Heh, am I the only one with a decent GameStop around? Our G.S. actually knows things about games, and they even memorize release dates. :)

Heh, am I the only one with a decent GameStop around? Our G.S. actually knows things about games, and they even memorize release dates. :)

MasterBolt360

I have a good gamestop near me aswell.

I just called my brother because of this thread. He's 31 years old, been gaming since he was 4, and he's never heard of Deus Ex. Its simply because it is a PC-centric franchise, and my brother is strictly a console gamer. I myself have never played a Deus Ex game, and I'm a 33 year old who is mostly a console gamer that has dabbled in PC gaming some. I've only recently become aware that such a franchise exists. What I'm getting at is that I'm not surprised in the least that a fair number of people don't know Deus Ex.

It is really not so absurd, I also have not heard of this series until quite recently. Im a huge gamer but not even I know of every title in existence. Hey those two employees could have just been casual gamers for all you know.

ZenesisX

Good, another fellow gamer who hasn't heard of Deus Ex until recently; I am a huge gamer and I completely forgot about the name of the guy from The King of Kong once and people made fun of me, this makes me feel so much better.

I always wanted to work for Gamestop, I still do but those employees are terrible, there was one guy who convinced me to pre-order MW2 because he said that it was going to be the "best game ever" and "everyone I know will be playing it" he basicly told me all the cool people play MW2. Another time I asked a guy if they had Gamecube games, I just wanted some used Gamecube games because the Wii doesn't have enough games that are worth playing (my Xbox 360 was broken at the time), the guy looked at me and said "They don't make Gamecube games anymore." As if people don't sell their old Gamecube games anymore, they had PS2 games, they had GBA games even, but not a single Gamecube game, so the guy takes me around to look at some Wii games, he says "The Conduit is a great FPS for the Wii.":| Yeah, for the Wii but it is just another Wii FPS, that hit me hard because it was like he never heard The Conduit completely floped, the Wii gamers hyped it like it would bring a new age to the Wii and it fails, now they are making a sequal. What gamers need is a real game store, not a little corner store with only some racks of games, I mean a substantial store so that they can supply the needs of all the different types of gamers, old school, console, PC, young, mature, I to be able to have enough games in an isle so I can really search for the game I want. It is either that or they get some employees that can work with you or actually have a really knowledge about games.

man i had something similar happen to me, i went in to wal mart once and started asking the guy stocking the shelves when the new pop tarts were coming in and if their nutritional value was better than the old pop tarts and he just shrugged his shoulders and looked at me funny and i can't believe that the girl at the register didn't know either!!!:roll:

z4twenny

lmao

anyways i have a good gamestop

[QUOTE="ZenesisX"]

It is really not so absurd, I also have not heard of this series until quite recently. Im a huge gamer but not even I know of every title in existence. Hey those two employees could have just been casual gamers for all you know.

metroidprime55

Good, another fellow gamer who hasn't heard of Deus Ex until recently; I am a huge gamer and I completely forgot about the name of the guy from The King of Kong once and people made fun of me, this makes me feel so much better.

[QUOTE="metroidprime55"]

[QUOTE="ZenesisX"]

It is really not so absurd, I also have not heard of this series until quite recently. Im a huge gamer but not even I know of every title in existence. Hey those two employees could have just been casual gamers for all you know.

ChiliDragon

Good, another fellow gamer who hasn't heard of Deus Ex until recently; I am a huge gamer and I completely forgot about the name of the guy from The King of Kong once and people made fun of me, this makes me feel so much better.

Ever hear of Myst?

To be fair, why would they want to hirer the typical knowledge "Gamer". You see how forum battles get over games, think they really want to bring that in? And it's not like you should get the job either just because you know more games then them.

Ever hear of Myst?

metroidprime55

Where I'm from everyone doesn't really know what the're doing. >.>

The only reason I know of it a bunch of regulars in the PC Gaming forum seem to swear by it... I don't even know what genre this marvelous master piece is supposed to be.ChiliDragon

What the heck is Deus Ex anyways?

TheHighWind

It seems to be like 50/50. Some know what they are talking about some don't.

Plus they aren't going to know every game off the top of there head. I have never head ofDeus Ex. Plus it isn't supposed to come out till 2011. Expecting an employee to know every game coming out into 2011. is stupid.

It seems to be like 50/50. Some know what they are talking about some don't.

Plus they aren't going to know every game off the top of there head. I have never head ofDeus Ex. Plus it isn't supposed to come out till 2011. Expecting an employee to know every game coming out into 2011. is stupid.

@bobbleheadedrogue: That's because you only just started gaming. Deus Ex was released in 2000 for PC only.

[QUOTE="ChiliDragon"]The only reason I know of it a bunch of regulars in the PC Gaming forum seem to swear by it... I don't even know what genre this marvelous master piece is supposed to be.muthsera666

It seems to be like 50/50. Some know what they are talking about some don't.

Plus they aren't going to know every game off the top of there head. I have never head ofDeus Ex. Plus it isn't supposed to come out till 2011. Expecting an employee to know every game coming out into 2011. is stupid.

James161324