22-10-2005, 09:53 PM
While in Birmingham City Centre I thought I'd check out a GAME store to see what had been released on the Gamecube recently. After wandering around looking perplexed I asked a question of the guy who hangs around saying "Can I help you at all" if you so much as breath in the shop. My question was simple, "Where is the Gamecube section?"
"We don't stock new Gamecube software in this store anymore, we do have a small selection of Pre-owned games over on this tiny stanbdalone units end display."
"Is it just this store or a have other GAME stores also dropped the Gamecube?"
"I believe that quite a few are no longer stocking new Gamecube titles."
Well peeps, I can't say that this bloke was 100% correct as I avoided all the other GAME stores in the city centre (2 more) but if this is a trend then it's a very worrying one. It's still over a year till the Revolution comes out in the UK and the Gamecube Christmas line-up has been severly weakend by the lack of a LoZ game and an outpouring of poor quality 'Mario tacked on to sell some extra units' games. There are some good games coming, but not of the Resident Evil 4 type quality that will grab the masses. Add to the gloom the fact that the new Revolution controller (sic) will probably turn off far more people than it attracts and I'm feeling down all round. Some days I wish I'd brought a PS2 or an Xbox.
Oi, Lee-yoshi, you got any concrete info on my dispiriting adventure into GAME?
Regrds
UK Jester
"We don't stock new Gamecube software in this store anymore, we do have a small selection of Pre-owned games over on this tiny stanbdalone units end display."
"Is it just this store or a have other GAME stores also dropped the Gamecube?"
"I believe that quite a few are no longer stocking new Gamecube titles."
Well peeps, I can't say that this bloke was 100% correct as I avoided all the other GAME stores in the city centre (2 more) but if this is a trend then it's a very worrying one. It's still over a year till the Revolution comes out in the UK and the Gamecube Christmas line-up has been severly weakend by the lack of a LoZ game and an outpouring of poor quality 'Mario tacked on to sell some extra units' games. There are some good games coming, but not of the Resident Evil 4 type quality that will grab the masses. Add to the gloom the fact that the new Revolution controller (sic) will probably turn off far more people than it attracts and I'm feeling down all round. Some days I wish I'd brought a PS2 or an Xbox.
Oi, Lee-yoshi, you got any concrete info on my dispiriting adventure into GAME?
Regrds
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