I need to let you all know something important.

YOU KNOW NOTHING!

I've work in retail for a good few years now, both in the specialist games side and the big greedy and the evil multi-national cooperation owned supermarket side. One thing is constant about the people whom come into my store and buy games. They only buy whats on tv or what they bought already.

They are shambling pointless messes that put little to no thought into what they pick and choose not to listen to reason.

It tends to be also that if they choose to come into a supermarket listening to nothing they are there for the sake of having a fight but that's a slightly different issue so ill leave that for now.

The games press always seem to sit and ponder "hmmm, this game is great and different and cool but isnt selling as well, why is this?" and then suggest it's the budget of the games promotional push or its because its too different or new. guess what games press people.

YOU ALSO KNOW NOTHING!!

OK so your not knowledge-less just blind. People don't buy shadows of the damned because they never heard of it not because its a "different" game. Look at the cover, its a guy in a jacket with a gun. it looks far from being different. People are not put off from buying a game because if its new game play if they have not even bought the game. how could they be?

But this isn't about the press. It's about you shop going numptys.

As i said before people in shops know nothing. they cant be reasoned with and they wont ever buy whats actually good. the industry has always been like this and will continue to be for as long as people buy the sun and the mail. Call of duty will be sold to the 8 year old who's parents are incapable of understanding the games rating system, and skivs will come in every October to buy fifa again just as they did the 20 years before.

wow. I'm depressed now. Time for a drink i think..... then off to work!

- next time -

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