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<blockquote data-quote="HinterWelt" data-source="post: 4837768" data-attributes="member: 14785">My contention would be that they will not close so much as evolve. They will not be the FLGS you remember but instead a cross between used console games, used books or used something and games will also be there. At least the successful ones will do this. There will be a few in high profile markets that might hang on as dedicated game stores or might morph more into general hobby stores (I doubt this but it could happen). Now, remember,t here was a time when you bought books from hobby stores next to train sets and in book stores next to instructions for go. This is not a surprising thing. As to how long, heck, I was doing it in one of my stores in the 90s. I carried anime and airbrush supplies, lots of airbrush supplies. RPGs were my bread and butter but the other categories we coming up. So, when is it going to happen? It is happening already. Some owners stick to their guns because they want to run a &quot;game store&quot; but that ideology grows thin when the money begins to fail. So, I don't know that we will even notice when the last fllgs closes as I doubt it will be a momentous thing so much as a transition.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="HinterWelt, post: 4837768, member: 14785"] My contention would be that they will not close so much as evolve. They will not be the FLGS you remember but instead a cross between used console games, used books or used something and games will also be there. At least the successful ones will do this. There will be a few in high profile markets that might hang on as dedicated game stores or might morph more into general hobby stores (I doubt this but it could happen). Now, remember,t here was a time when you bought books from hobby stores next to train sets and in book stores next to instructions for go. This is not a surprising thing. As to how long, heck, I was doing it in one of my stores in the 90s. I carried anime and airbrush supplies, lots of airbrush supplies. RPGs were my bread and butter but the other categories we coming up. So, when is it going to happen? It is happening already. Some owners stick to their guns because they want to run a "game store" but that ideology grows thin when the money begins to fail. So, I don't know that we will even notice when the last fllgs closes as I doubt it will be a momentous thing so much as a transition. [/QUOTE]

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