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LivingMetal on 27 January 2018
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Puppyroach said:
LivingMetal said:

Yep.  I was right. 

The top selling consoles are the Switch and PS4.  So in theory (and generally proven in reality), retailers will profit more by allocating more "shelf space" to those consoles.  So in the short run when consumers are buying less physical copies of Xbox One games, retailers might as well use that space to promote BOTH hardware and software for the Switch and PS4.

Yeah, you can be as childish as you want, or just try to argue the points instead :). 

 

And you are not giving an argument to seize with offering the console itself. Just replace "Xbox" with "PS4" and you might see how irrational it would seem then. I'm not upset one bit about their decision, they can sell whatever they want. But the reasoning seems illogical. If their argument would be that they will seize with selling Xbox because it doesn't sell well, that is only a rational step.

Offering business sense is not being childish. If I were a gaming store and sold gaming consoles, I would also like to sell the software with it. After all, gaming stores sell gaming products including software. If I were selling Xbox Ones,  I would like to have a healthy repeat customer base  to come back and buy the games for the console to help support my business, employees, and family. If there is  less of a chance of a repeat customer base  for a particular product, that product is of a higher risk factor than, let's say, the Nintendo switch or the Sony PlayStation 4. It's called "running a smart business."

Being childish is being spiteful over a retailer not favoring your console choice.