makingmusic476 on 17 February 2010
I doubt we'll see these in the US. Games are a pretty low margin market in North America (and presumably Europe), which is why all dedicated game stores inevitably deal with used goods.
I'm not sure how much better margins would be for Sony, since they're the guys making the goods, but I doubt such stores would make a decent return either way. Hence why the store in California was shut down last year.
I suppose they could be used as loss leaders, helping to grow brand awareness (which seems to be the case with the stores in Japan), but that's about it.
