When you went to a midnight launch, you were in good company.

Nothing says brand new video game like a destroyed sleep schedule!

This one was a little weird.

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My mom got me No.

That’s assuming GameStop even survives the current forced shutdown itworked so hard to avoid.

With digital releases, the sense of community that came with physical midnight launches is gone.

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And in the all-digital future that we’re moving toward, we’re going to lose that.

Midnight releases aren’t completely gone yet, though.

Take advantage of them while they’re still around.

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Fill up that GameStop to a fire-marshall-worrying capacity!

We already have one foot out the door on physical media as an industry.

Take advantage of midnight releases while we still have them.

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Enjoy that sense of community.

One day, it will be gone, just like that.

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