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How is it high street gaming stores seem to get away with charging extortionate prices? And how is it some people are daft enough to pay these prices?
Walking around in Sheffield today, I had a look around the main gaming shops, consisting of the better known ones, to the smaller retailers, and I couldn’t believe the prices being charged.
Back when the PS2 was first released, the majority of the games were priced around £40. But even now, most of the new games are still going at these prices. The new EA Portugal 2004 game was £40 in most of the shops. Even games that came out a few months ago were these prices. I even saw one shop taking Pre-orders on the new GTA game, for prices as high as £45! Madness!
Even some of the lesser games, and all the second hand games are being sold at rather expensive prices. And it’s a pretty similar situation on all the other consoles.
Just walking around these shops made me wonder how they manage to keep in business. You can come on the net and pick up new games and save as much as £10. There are more people with access to the net than there ever has been before, so its staggering I feel that people are still paying these prices.
I haven’t bought a game from any high street shops for over a year, and with these prices, I don’t intend to spend my money there any time soon.
Walking around in Sheffield today, I had a look around the main gaming shops, consisting of the better known ones, to the smaller retailers, and I couldn’t believe the prices being charged.
Back when the PS2 was first released, the majority of the games were priced around £40. But even now, most of the new games are still going at these prices. The new EA Portugal 2004 game was £40 in most of the shops. Even games that came out a few months ago were these prices. I even saw one shop taking Pre-orders on the new GTA game, for prices as high as £45! Madness!
Even some of the lesser games, and all the second hand games are being sold at rather expensive prices. And it’s a pretty similar situation on all the other consoles.
Just walking around these shops made me wonder how they manage to keep in business. You can come on the net and pick up new games and save as much as £10. There are more people with access to the net than there ever has been before, so its staggering I feel that people are still paying these prices.
I haven’t bought a game from any high street shops for over a year, and with these prices, I don’t intend to spend my money there any time soon.
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Clazon wrote:
> i don't see the point in your post,
The point was to try have a bit of a discussion in this forum? A concept many of the users dont understand.
because everyone knows that it
> happens. however, i will just say that because the shops charge
> higher prices they can sell fewer games and still hit profit.
Im not 100% convinced they sell fewer games. There are so many shops out there with these prices, if they knew they werent selling as many as they should, they would try to compete with other prices, which on the whole they arent. Does that not suggest they are selling plenty of games?
Some of your other points i take on board, and you do have a point in them...which was the point of the thread.
> i don't see the point in your post,
The point was to try have a bit of a discussion in this forum? A concept many of the users dont understand.
because everyone knows that it
> happens. however, i will just say that because the shops charge
> higher prices they can sell fewer games and still hit profit.
Im not 100% convinced they sell fewer games. There are so many shops out there with these prices, if they knew they werent selling as many as they should, they would try to compete with other prices, which on the whole they arent. Does that not suggest they are selling plenty of games?
Some of your other points i take on board, and you do have a point in them...which was the point of the thread.
i don't see the point in your post, because everyone knows that it happens. however, i will just say that because the shops charge higher prices they can sell fewer games and still hit profit.
also:
- i have seen a couple of good deals now and then.
- you get the games direct
- you can browse for games more easily
- not everyone trusts the internet when shopping
- if it doesn't work it is very easy to swap and you won't get ripped off by a high street company
- some people still buy games the old way and just won't change.
also:
- i have seen a couple of good deals now and then.
- you get the games direct
- you can browse for games more easily
- not everyone trusts the internet when shopping
- if it doesn't work it is very easy to swap and you won't get ripped off by a high street company
- some people still buy games the old way and just won't change.
How is it high street gaming stores seem to get away with charging extortionate prices? And how is it some people are daft enough to pay these prices?
Walking around in Sheffield today, I had a look around the main gaming shops, consisting of the better known ones, to the smaller retailers, and I couldn’t believe the prices being charged.
Back when the PS2 was first released, the majority of the games were priced around £40. But even now, most of the new games are still going at these prices. The new EA Portugal 2004 game was £40 in most of the shops. Even games that came out a few months ago were these prices. I even saw one shop taking Pre-orders on the new GTA game, for prices as high as £45! Madness!
Even some of the lesser games, and all the second hand games are being sold at rather expensive prices. And it’s a pretty similar situation on all the other consoles.
Just walking around these shops made me wonder how they manage to keep in business. You can come on the net and pick up new games and save as much as £10. There are more people with access to the net than there ever has been before, so its staggering I feel that people are still paying these prices.
I haven’t bought a game from any high street shops for over a year, and with these prices, I don’t intend to spend my money there any time soon.
Walking around in Sheffield today, I had a look around the main gaming shops, consisting of the better known ones, to the smaller retailers, and I couldn’t believe the prices being charged.
Back when the PS2 was first released, the majority of the games were priced around £40. But even now, most of the new games are still going at these prices. The new EA Portugal 2004 game was £40 in most of the shops. Even games that came out a few months ago were these prices. I even saw one shop taking Pre-orders on the new GTA game, for prices as high as £45! Madness!
Even some of the lesser games, and all the second hand games are being sold at rather expensive prices. And it’s a pretty similar situation on all the other consoles.
Just walking around these shops made me wonder how they manage to keep in business. You can come on the net and pick up new games and save as much as £10. There are more people with access to the net than there ever has been before, so its staggering I feel that people are still paying these prices.
I haven’t bought a game from any high street shops for over a year, and with these prices, I don’t intend to spend my money there any time soon.
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