Kent

Ok, saw the bottom of the charts. Yep that is pretty crazy. Anyone know why this happened? Ive been out of the loop for a month or two. What games have been released?

Wow, it is bizarro now that the PSP isn't #1? Seriously? How many weeks has the DS been #1compared to the psp?

Also t_m.

These graphs are who is buying the system. Not who the companies are targeting. This is old news but the ace strategy is to target the 18-24 crowd. Because a lot of the same tastes apply to the older guys as well whether it just be literally similar interests or wanting to be that age (or looked at it like that).
And the younger crowds wants to be looked at in those terms too. Of course there are exceptions (please spare us) but I believe it was this strategy that helped the PS2 on it's way to domination.

Note: These are my words but paraphrased from sources I have read over the years.

They should bundle the ps3 with a gift certificate for a free physical or $100 towards the buyer's 401k.

Wow, they should go for EA like quality and release a bunch of sports games that wouldn't look good for games released last generation.

They should also try to isolate another huge chunk of the video game market like they did with releasing "nintendo quality" games on the Wii and DS then acting surprised when everybody is upset that these incredible games were used to fund their other games.

This assclown realizes the biggest fault people find with his movies is how they go waaaay off track from the source material. There are a lot of faults but the fact that he has shown no effort to correct this or maybe try to switch things up is actually REALLY ANNOYING.

He wants to fail. This is like a hobby to him.

He uses similar vehicles but reinvents and introduces new ideas.

I HOPE he doesn't look at the competition. When you do that it can alter your ideas/creative process for your current projects. For better or worse.

Thats why if an actor (well good one) is trying to do a movie thats been done before, they will avoid the movie and a lot of times, movies with the actor who played the same part in said movie.

I would like to chime in again on this subject. Again I didn't work at gamestop but I worked at a local chain. So I imagine, if anything, our place was more keen to save any penny possible.

1. We didn't technically have commission. BUT we got a bonus check every now or then (in cash or for much more...store credit!) that we got for doing a good job. What is a good job?

Well we have a computer with every game we have and more in it. When a customer comes to trade in a game we type it up and it displays the maximum amount we will pay for it. The number of used copies we have effects this greatly. Then we enter whether there is a case and/or instruction booklet.

After that its up to us. We can reduce the number on the screen shown to whatever we want. It might say "16.00" but I am more than allowed to change it to 10.00. I was never good at this. Having a sense honesty pretty much doomed me at this job.

The tips I know are:

Don't trade in a bunch all at once. When you do, its easier to chip away at certain things and have it fly under your radar.

Don't seem desperate. Duh. If they know someone is some kind of addict or this shit is stolen, they will rape them. That is the extreme case (and I have seen it happen) but I have also seen some honest guys/girls that probably need to come up with some cash fast have to accept giving away their games for crap.

3. Ever try and ask for prices over the phone for what you would get? No chance in hell. They will probably tell you it depends on what is in stock and their assesment of the condition of the games. That is true. But they won't tell you they can mark it down like crazy.

It was weird too. It was totally encouraged. But no one would talk about it unless it was some "criminal" that brought in stolen goods.

Again I don't know the ins and outs of Gamestop but thats how our place worked. For those of you asking I think I racked up 110.00 total in store credit for about a year of part time work. I was not a valued employee.

I meant the majority of boxes AREN'T for collector's items.

We are talking people stealing empty boxes of crappy games. With signs all over saying they are empty boxes.

There really isn't any rhyme or reason to it other than stupidity. I have never seen anyone steal a box from a rare/collector's game where i could maybe see the thought process of wanting that and maybe an instruction guide if you already messed up your old box/guide.

The way its done with holding the games behind the counter is the only way at this point. I have worked at a video game store and the number of thefts if it was done otherwise would be astounding.

I use the number of EMPTY boxes stolen (trust me, the majority of the boxes are for collector item games either) as case-in-point.

I am sure Gamestop will refund him. Although I have never worked there.