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On Tue, 17 May 2005 13:38:35 +0200, Walter Mitty <mitticus@gmail.com>
wrote:
>John Lewis wrote:
>> On Fri, 13 May 2005 18:41:27 +0200, Walter Mitty <mitticus@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>John Lewis wrote:
>>>
>>>> Considering that my local Babbages has 15 or so lingering on the
>>>
>>>
>>>And, of course, they keep you informed when they (shock horror) refill
>>>the shelves?
>>>
>>
>>
>> In my Babbages, the 15 copies of Roe are on a back shelf jammed with
>> a bunch of other sub-$20 titles. Unlike the "currently hot" titles
>> they are not in a front display by themselves, which would certainly
>> mask any replacement. It was fairly obvious that the block of RoE had
>> not been disturbed very much, and why should the store put out any
>> more to take up valuable shelf space that can be occupied by oither
>> titles. If you would like, next time I visit the store, I will ask the
>> store manager roughly how many RoE have been sold per week
>> over the past month and report back here. OK, we got a deal ??
>>
>> Also, since Babbages' have officially cut the price to $19.99 at least
>> 2 weeks ago, they must be in an overstock/poor-sales situation.
>> Babbages' is not at all noted for their generous pricing on new PC
>> titles.
>>
>
>Cutting prices is not normal where you come from?? All FPS games get
>slashed not too long after initial market penetration.
It doesn't seem to be as normal as it should. At one random visit to
EB-Games, I've seen old (and non-famous) games selling for around $40.00 -
a very high price for something that isn't from a "proven" developer.
I could understand the high price for something like Doom 3 or Quake 3 -
the "true" price centers around the rights to develop light mods for the
engine, in the hopes that there is a full-scale source code licence that
gets purchased as well. But anonymous games tend to be a very high risk,
as there's no guarentee about the quality of the game or potential mods.
On Tue, 17 May 2005 13:38:35 +0200, Walter Mitty <mitticus@gmail.com>
wrote:
>John Lewis wrote:
>> On Fri, 13 May 2005 18:41:27 +0200, Walter Mitty <mitticus@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>John Lewis wrote:
>>>
>>>> Considering that my local Babbages has 15 or so lingering on the
>>>
>>>
>>>And, of course, they keep you informed when they (shock horror) refill
>>>the shelves?
>>>
>>
>>
>> In my Babbages, the 15 copies of Roe are on a back shelf jammed with
>> a bunch of other sub-$20 titles. Unlike the "currently hot" titles
>> they are not in a front display by themselves, which would certainly
>> mask any replacement. It was fairly obvious that the block of RoE had
>> not been disturbed very much, and why should the store put out any
>> more to take up valuable shelf space that can be occupied by oither
>> titles. If you would like, next time I visit the store, I will ask the
>> store manager roughly how many RoE have been sold per week
>> over the past month and report back here. OK, we got a deal ??
>>
>> Also, since Babbages' have officially cut the price to $19.99 at least
>> 2 weeks ago, they must be in an overstock/poor-sales situation.
>> Babbages' is not at all noted for their generous pricing on new PC
>> titles.
>>
>
>Cutting prices is not normal where you come from?? All FPS games get
>slashed not too long after initial market penetration.
It doesn't seem to be as normal as it should. At one random visit to
EB-Games, I've seen old (and non-famous) games selling for around $40.00 -
a very high price for something that isn't from a "proven" developer.
I could understand the high price for something like Doom 3 or Quake 3 -
the "true" price centers around the rights to develop light mods for the
engine, in the hopes that there is a full-scale source code licence that
gets purchased as well. But anonymous games tend to be a very high risk,
as there's no guarentee about the quality of the game or potential mods.
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