a little guide for all of you on how to set up your own gaming enterprise...replayme wrote:I think GAME/GS's "closure" has bigger ramifications for the industry than many seem to realise:
1. The lack of a high street retail presence where one can buy NEW games will seriously escalate games transitioning from being boxed copy products to digital only downloads.
2. Whilst the closure of GAME/GS is welcome news for indie game retail stores (which will probably start increasing in number so as to take advantage of GAME/GS's "closure"), the fact that the market is transitioning to digital, and the fact that the next gen consoles will probably implement "anti-second-hand" measures so as to prevent people from playing pre-owned products, means that all game stores will eventually go to the wall since they aren't able to earn revenue from second hand sales.
Don't get me wrong. GAME/GS going into administration represents a massive opportunity for the fledgling entrepreneur who wants to set up their own game store, but even this tactical advantage will (most likely) be short-lived once the industry really starts clamping down on second hand sales (through digital distribution etc). And then we'll be seeing game stores go the same way as Tower Records and all the other indie music shops.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/analysis ... ler/093980