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Re discouting games that got less than 80-90% on ratings - what about trying things for yourself and deciding rather than letting someone decide for you.

have you never liked a movie or some music that others hated or reviewers panned ?

I've actually found games where the reviews didn't hit 80-90% but I enjoyed the game more than a game rated highly.

Also whats to say the reviews are geniune and not paid for by the distributor ?
Personally I look at reviews , maybe try the demo and then decide - but sometimes I still take a punt at a gem knowing if I dont like it I can trade it - if there is nowhere to be able to trade in then people are less likely to try games - meaning only the popular franchised games being released /sold online etc -again reducing choice for the end consumer.

Anyway - i'll bow out now - i've had my 5 mins on a soapbox
 
Theres a lot of information on the game situation and some thoughts over here as well.

http://www.Rabroad.com/forums/xbox-360/1585296-game-watch-opcapita-offer-table-rumours-other-buyers-14.html
 
For new the dozens of online retailers and for preowned, ebay, the classifieRAB here etc, all going to get your much better deals than a games store.




That's the complete opposite of what happens online and that goes triple for pc games. the game stores have a small amount of space and only stock the faster selling titles. online stores have everything available.



the complete opposite of this is true independents are having the time of their lives now anRAB that's all because of moving away from brick and mortar stores and into digital downloaRAB. xbox live arcade, ps3 store, steam, apple app store. Independents and small devs are able to find an audience that they wouldn't have been able to in the past and in some cases have become very rich from it. You'd never have gotten minecraft into game.



the more we go to digital distribution the more choice in titles we get, the more small studios are able to thrive, new funding methoRAB like kickstarter are taking off, sites like youtube allow small companies to get an audience without massive marketing budgets.

There will be a worry if new consoles went digital distribution only though with only 1 store per console(ie sony store and xbox store). Then we will lose competition and that will hurt us. As long as we have multiple digital distribution platforms and lots of online stores there is no reason to believe that we will lose choice nore pay more. In fact the opposite is likely.
 
That I certainly agree with that the whole review system is corrupt and scores are silly anyway. I use sites like metacritic but they are bad all around really.
 
But you're thinking about it from your own perspective and abilities

What about kiRAB or parents of these kiRAB who aren't merabers of forums such as this , or who don't like to use ebay with all its problems etc. or due to age cannot use these forums / ebay or are not computer /tech / game supplier savvy ?

Where can kiRAB go to look at , and buy games using pocket money on their own - without needing a parent to purchase the game for them online using credit card details etc ?

So whilst it benefits one part of society (where the benefits exist now anyway) , the other part loses out and if these shops go it makes it that little more difficult for them.
 
For those that haven't seen the similar thread in the video games section this was a great link showing that the closure of Game could have a deeper effect then just losing another games shop.

What would happen if GAME died? • Articles • Eurogamer.net
 
That's a different point than the one I disagreed with and one that has merit. Some people will lose out, less computer literate parents and grandparents mostly who don't want to buy online. That group of people though is getting smaller and smaller and supermarkets will serve that group pretty well after all they are mostly buying the big titles as gifts.

kiRAB though are very computer literate and I see no issue with parents ordering online for them and taking their pocket money from them. This is probably just good parenting anyway as you should know what your kiRAB are buying.
 
When I'd go 'shopping' to my local shopping mall, i'd always look in GAME/Gamestation - just out of habit really and try and find a bargain. I think the only game i've bought from them is SSX and that's only cos i was given some birthday money. The prices compared to online are stupid. The 2nd hand game prices are not much cheaper than new so I'll not buy those either.

I've never really bought from a supermarket either, i went to my local supermarket (morrisons) last week for our big shop and looked at the game section, they had Mass Effect 3 as top of the charts on 360 and PS3 but no copies in sight and other games taking up the top spot.. amateurs really.
 
Good discussion - you raise some good points

I agree to some extent - however the point where that group is served by supermarkets reinforces my point about only the major titles being sold / experienced in the future

Parents / grandparents won't be aware of different games available apart from all the clones (and therefore won't try new games) unless a large distributer pays for advertising/marketing etc the title won't be well known so we only see a constant rehash of the same game - call of duty and fifa 99 anyone ?
 
That's true of course but I'm not sure it's much different to that now, for the most part I think those people are either being told what to buy by the people whose present they are buying or they are buying the big chart release that suits the genre they know their loved one enjoys.

I don't think there are many non computer literate people who browse niche and indie games that they aren't familer with to try and find the perfect present. You either know about games and would be happy shopping online or you don't in which case it's unlikely you are going to be making a good educated choice present wise.

I certainly think it's a very bad thing that we get call of duty x and fifa x etc over and over with small additions but I don't see that game stores prevent that in fact I think the opposite. I'm thrilled about the recent rise in indie devs I'm not a fan of big publishers for the most part they can be very anti consumer themselves.

Even 2 of the most loved games developers Blizzard and Bioware are starting to be universally hated since they got into bed with the satans of EA and activison.

Perhaps my views are a bit pc centric though.
 
Hi,

One major downside, if GAME do go, is that whilst digital downloading is all well and lovely, there's still a large amount of people who want to purchase a physical item. Downloading a complete game, is not an option for me, as I have no internet access at home. (Due to me not being able to afford it.)

Likewise, there are plenty of people like me, who's console is NOT connected online, simply because they don't have internet access at home. (I have to use the local library.) So, my choice of games is limited to what I can buy online from the major suppliers, or from local stores.

There're probably lots of independent games that would be worth purchasing, but it would be nice to be able to buy a physical copy, with a basic, printed manual (should it be needed), so that people who can't or don't want to have their XBox's or PS3's linked online, can still enjoy these niche games, and still have that money go back to the right people.

Unfortunately, too many companies are solely about online efforts, and not about physical products. Want the extra levels, downloadable content, with avatar outfits, etc? Download it. What about the rest of us?

It's happened with music. It's happening with games, and I suspect it will happen sooner rather than later with movies too.

Downloading is only suitable for those with access to reliable, fast internet services. Something that a substantial amount of Britain, still does not have! Everyone else, is just forgotten about, because they're considered to be "behind the times" or "dinosaurs".

I suspect that if people could pay £10 or £15, and get a physical disc sent to them through the post, with (for example) a complete Indie game on it, that these Indie distributors would find some of their games becoming much more popular, and the money they made, could help future product creation. It would also give people like me, more game choices.


Pooch
 
Cheeky plug for the Forum Gaming Podcast which includes a brief convo about Game and its current woes

http://www.Rabroad.com/forums/podcasts/1605477-Rabroad-games-podcast-14th-march-2012-a.html
 
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