Madworld is just.... average

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MontanaHatchet said:

TWRoO said:
@Samuel.

Yes, they are increasing thier shelf space... but only for full price buying, not renting.

Back when I rented a couple of N64 games (10 years ago!) games had 1 set of shelves (approx 1m X 2m) which would be half PS1, 1/4 GameBoy and 1/4 N64 (2-3 shelves) plus an ex-rental bin which was 98% PS1 (being discs they don't last as well with multiple careless renters)

About 5 years ago the GC had a whole set of shelves (1m X 2m) to itself, 1/4 being for buying new games.... XBox had the opposite side to that... and PS2 had 3X the space (GBA had a little space, but not much)

Now all 5 sets of shelves, plus a wall-space area (probably equal to 4 sets of shelves) are almost entirely for buying games, though a small bit for PS2 rental and PSP UMD films.

In the video store near my house, I'd say about a third of the store is devoted to videogames and the majority of that is for games that can be rented. The full price games are in a locked case and only take up a small part of the store.

 

The Blockbuster I rented from is now about half-games. Used games, full-price games. They even rent PC and DS(!) titles, heaps of Wii/360/PS3/PS2 games, hardware and more.

About 25% of the store is flogging off ex-rental/cheap movies as well. Picked up two more (classic) James Bond titles for $10 each... sweet :)

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Rental is not that different from 2nd-hand game titles really. I'll rather spend $10 on a rental, than $80 on a purchase, only to trade it in for $30-$40 a month later. If I buy a game, I almost always keep it.