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Article #82437Re: Is it getting harder to find new PC releases in your local stores?
From: Stuart Chapman
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 08:51
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 08:51
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Matt McLeod wrote: > 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. That's true, but the other 4/5ths of wallspace is divided up among 4 or so consoles, so the PC games aren't really under-represented. There also is more variety among the types of PC games compared to console games. Having said that, EB does stock only a small fraction of PC games actually published, and that, for me, is the frustrating part. Stupot
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