Comments on: UK Market Research: Too High Risk to Stock PS3 Titles

By: ash

ash — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 01:04:38 +0000

i can go into town in loughborough and get any ps3 title i want, pretty much ,from the big stores like game, and the small private ones like voodoo consoles. but i do know what you mean, places that suck are for examplke tesco which have 3 times the amount of 360 games stocked as ps3 games.. besides i hate tesco. they can suck my balls.. i should know.. i work there. :(

By: TheTurk

TheTurk — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:54:19 +0000

In the Uk the major problem is that larger retailers and on-line taders are offered better wholesale deals than the local indy stores or they offer certain titles as ‘loss leaders’. It’s no help to the indy trader if you can buy a game while shopping for sprouts or in between surfing-working on the pc. If indy store are to survive they must work 200% on strategies to build costomer relations and loyalty and then back this up with a website so local shoppers can spread the word. I always pay a quid or so extra and buy local because I can walk the dog there and have a coffee and pass the time chatting about current gaming news.

By: The Discombobulator

The Discombobulator — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:34:51 +0000

In my local East Anglian town, we have the same story. Independant retailers just won’t give up the shelf space for a system with a low install base. My local shop even claimed to have lost money on the 10 PS3’s he bought to sell when they were first released. Still, i just turn to the net and get from there. Perhaps retailers should learn to take the risk. If we can’t buy them in retail then an internet store of as download will be the way to go. If that take off, it could damage retailers dramatically.

By: Rockwallaby

Rockwallaby — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 04:59:35 +0000

I can walk into any retailer in town & get whatever game i want & I’m in Tasmania the smallest state in Australia & traditionaly Australia gets shafted more than anyone.