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PRICE CHECK [PRE ORDERS] Bioshock 2 360, 2K Games
Dante’s Inferno PS3, EA
Princess and the Frog DS, Disney
Star Trek Online PC, Atari
FF: Crystal Bearers Wii, Square Enix
TOP 10 HEAVY RAIN PS3 SONY
IN STORE: MILTON KEYNES £39.70
£39.70
£24.70
£25.99
N/A
£37.71
£39.71
£24.00
N/A
NA
2. FINAL FANTASY XIII
£39.99
£39.99
£29.99
£39.99
£29.99
3. GOD OF WAR III
£29.99
£39.99
£29.99
N/A
N/A
4. ALIENS VS PREDATOR
PS3 ............................................................SQUARE ENIX PS3 ......................................................................SONY 360 ......................................................................SEGA
5. BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY 2
360 ..........................................................................EA
6. FINAL FANTASY XIII
ONLINE
360 ............................................................SQUARE ENIX
£34.49
£39.99
£24.99
£29.99
£24.99
£34.99
£37.99
£24.99
£34.99
£29.99
£34.49
£37.73
£27.87
£44.99
£24.73
£34.45
£37.75
£23.95
£29.95
£24.95
7. BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY 2
PS3 ..........................................................................EA
8. GTA: EPISODES FROM LIBERTY CITY
PS3 ................................................................ROCKSTAR
9. ALIENS VS PREDATOR
PS3 ......................................................................SEGA
10. YAKUZA 3
PS3 ......................................................................SEGA Week ending February 12th Source: SHOPTO.COM
FROM THE FRONTLINE This week, we speak to Sholing Video’s Dan Scammell... What makes your store unique? We’ve been trading for 25 years – since the Atari 2600 days. We employ knowledgeable staff who, unlike the drones in certain retailers, aren’t programmed to sell absolutely everything from guidebooks to keyrings.
“If it doesn’t end in ‘Of Duty’ or ‘Of Warcraft’, it isn’t going to sell.”
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What has seen disappointing sales? PSP, Wii, and DS are all rife with piracy so not even Mario or Zelda can shift units on those formats. PSP is just as dead as the dodo, and the only time the DS sells is if little Timmy gets a brand new R4 for his birthday. DSi has to be the biggest waste of time since the GBA Micro. Two cameras and a link to Facebook isn’t what I would call a step forward in handheld gaming. Everything you would expect to sell is still sat on the shelves. MAG, Army Of Two, Bayonetta: games that have scores slapped across the box just aren’t selling. If it doesn’t end in ‘Of Duty’ or ‘Of Warcraft’ then it’s just going to sit there.
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TOP 10 BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY 2 PC EA 2. ALIENS VS PREDATOR
PC ........................................................................SEGA
3. ALIENS VS PREDATOR
360 ......................................................................SEGA
4. FINAL FANTASY XIII
PS3 ............................................................SQUARE ENIX
5. ALIENS VS PREDATOR
PS3 ......................................................................SEGA
6. HEAVY RAIN
PS3 ......................................................................SONY
7. FINAL FANTASY XIII: LIMITED ED.
PS3 ............................................................SQUARE ENIX
8. GRAN TURISMO 5 What are the biggest challenges you face? Figuring out new ways to bring footfall into the store. We have a rental side to the business so we are looking at new and creative ways of bringing in more custom.
PS3 ......................................................................SONY
9. GOD OF WAR III
PS3 ......................................................................SONY
10. NAPOLEEON: TOTAL WAR - IMPERIAL ED
PC ........................................................................SEGA Week ending February 12th Source: PLAY.COM