Man, I miss the hey day of the UK games highstreet when we had GameStation and GAME with a thriving second hand market. I remember working for HMV when they tried to muscle into the second-hand games market with their RE/PLAY launch and they just didn't have the patience to build up the word of mouth needed to get the product from customers at a cheap rate and sell it on for a profit. Plus HMV had NO IDEA how much storage they'd need to accommodate a true second-hand games space and how long it took shop assistants like this guy to table everything up and load up a gift card.
I remember opening up brand new NIntendo 3DS, Xbox 360, PlayStation and Wii U games bagging the game inserts and discs/cartridges and selling them at 35% off just so we had some 'second hand' to shift. Mental stuff!
Seeing devs talk about a 'Switch 2' and the kind of performance they'd want from it really, really hammers home the point that Nintendo needs to make their new console backwards compatible. Sandrock and Pathea would be so much better on better hardware.
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Re: Soapbox: Tricks Of The Trade-In - Chronicles Of An Ex-GAME Employee
Man, I miss the hey day of the UK games highstreet when we had GameStation and GAME with a thriving second hand market. I remember working for HMV when they tried to muscle into the second-hand games market with their RE/PLAY launch and they just didn't have the patience to build up the word of mouth needed to get the product from customers at a cheap rate and sell it on for a profit. Plus HMV had NO IDEA how much storage they'd need to accommodate a true second-hand games space and how long it took shop assistants like this guy to table everything up and load up a gift card.
I remember opening up brand new NIntendo 3DS, Xbox 360, PlayStation and Wii U games bagging the game inserts and discs/cartridges and selling them at 35% off just so we had some 'second hand' to shift. Mental stuff!
Re: Exclusive: "This Game Is Not Going Away" - My Time At Sandrock Devs Talk Making Good, And 'Switch 2' Hopes
Seeing devs talk about a 'Switch 2' and the kind of performance they'd want from it really, really hammers home the point that Nintendo needs to make their new console backwards compatible. Sandrock and Pathea would be so much better on better hardware.