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Article #82459Re: Is it getting harder to find new PC releases in your local stores?
From: john... John Lewis
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 16:54
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 16:54
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On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 09:09:54 +0200, Benjamin Gawert <bga...@gmx.de> wrote: >Kyle Rodgers schrieb: > >> I live in Torrance CA (not exactly a small town) and every time a new PC >> release comes out that I want (Tomb Raider in this case) it takes like a >> week before the Best Buys and EBs have it. My local EB has delegated the PC >> games to an old shelf in the back of the store. This game came out on the >> 13th and I still can't find it anywhere in my town. > >Here in Germany it's no problem finding the latest games in the local >stores, even in smaller cities. I also can't see PC games being pushed >back in favour of console games, the amount of PC games in shops is >around the same as it has been before... > Ah, but you are not in the fad-driven environment of the great US of A. Some of us have seen the (er) great (er) console-revolutions ebb and flow through many cycles. We are in the middle of one right now, but some people might just catch on after they buy their 3rd or 4th update-version of the Xbox360, each at a higher price than the last, that the stack of junk consoles in their garage might not have been such a wise investment after all. John Lewis >Benjamin
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