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Article #82436Re: Is it getting harder to find new PC releases in your local stores?
From: Matt McLeod
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 02:40
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 02:40
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Trimble Bracegirdle <NOspam@spam.not> wrote: > Most people here seem to be in North America or UK & some other west > Euro....I would like to know if the situation with decreasing PC games > availabilty and sales is same-as right around the world ??? > I would guess that a games sales success (and there for future releases) is > down to overall/world wide sales .. "Bricks and mortar" game stores here in Australia tend to be very small and cramped, mostly stocking console stuff. The one I occasionally visit (an EBgames) has about 1/5th of its wallspace with PC games, the rest (plus floorspace) is console stuff. The small locally-owned-and-run games stores seem to have disappeared, so I'm not seeing much point to going to a physical store for games any more -- just order online. No trying to find stuff in a cramped space chock full of teenage boys *and* you're more likely to actually get what you wanted. Matt
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From: Matt McLeod <ma...@boggle.org>
Subject: Re: Is it getting harder to find new PC releases in your local stores?
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