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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[7-Eleven getting comfortable with game sales]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/11/21/7-eleven-getting-comfortable-with-game-sales/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2008/11/21/7-eleven-getting-comfortable-with-game-sales/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2008/11/21/7-eleven-getting-comfortable-with-game-sales/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/culture/" rel="tag">Culture</a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/category/business/" rel="tag">Business</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/topix/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&amp;newsId=20081120005394&amp;newsLang=en&amp;ndmConfigId=1000639&amp;vnsId=41"><img width="490" vspace="4" hspace="0" height="340" border="0" align="top" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2008/11/slurpeecups.jpg" /></a><br /></div>
7-Eleven, bastion of the 2AM munchies, has announced plans to expand its video game offerings. The company's current stratagem is to offer <a href="http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/topix/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&amp;newsId=20081120005394&amp;newsLang=en&amp;ndmConfigId=1000639&amp;vnsId=41">seven titles</a> over the holiday season (like <a href="http://joystiq.com/tag/wrath-of-the-lich-king"><em>Wrath of the Lich King</em></a>, <a href="http://joystiq.com/tag/fallout-3"><em>Fallout 3</em></a>, <em><a href="http://joystiq.com/tag/world-at-war">CoD:WaW</a>, <a href="http://joystiq.com/tag/gears-of-war-2">Gears 2</a></em>) "while supplies last." Depending on how things go, Sleven plans to have more titles beyond the predicted "hot-selling" games.<br /><br />Though we're all for 7-Eleven carrying games, we're even more for it continuing to <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/11/11/7-11-sells-wrath-of-the-lich-king-early/">break street dates</a> on blockbuster titles like <em>Gears of War 2</em> and <em>Lich King</em>*.<br /><br /><small>*Yes, we realize in the case of <em>Lich King</em> it didn't mean much because the servers weren't up, but it's avoiding the midnight lines that counts.</small><br /><br />[Via <a href="http://www.gamespot.com/news/show_blog_entry.php?topic_id=26681522&amp;part=rss&amp;tag=gs_news&amp;subj=6201484">Gamespot</a>]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/11/21/7-eleven-getting-comfortable-with-game-sales/">7-Eleven getting comfortable with game sales</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:59:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/topix/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&amp;newsId=20081120005394&amp;newsLang=en&amp;ndmConfigId=1000639&amp;vnsId=41>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/11/21/7-eleven-getting-comfortable-with-game-sales/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/1379510/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2008/11/21/7-eleven-getting-comfortable-with-game-sales/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>7-11</category><category>7-eleven</category><category>seven-eleven</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander Sliwinski]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:59:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>