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The End of Indie Retail?

Posted by Zonk on from the don't-let-the-man-get-you-down dept.

Next Generation has a piece discussing the problems facing independent videogame retailers, with commentary from a gent who just recently had to close down his store. From the article: "In our desire to maintain our own idealistic goal we overlooked a key element to any capitalist venture: Capital. Sales are everything and as base and pedestrian as that sounds, it is not so easy to pull off. There is no room in this industry for empathy. You certainly don't get anywhere steering people away from product that you've overstocked, since you know it sucks."

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  1. Re:a sad irony about Red Devil Games' closure by egrissom · · Score: 4, Informative

    Hey man! Thanks, I just saw the article got slashdotted. Unfortunately I don't know if many people actually read the article, it was more a focus on gamestore retail dissappearing in the next generation, and not on the death of indie retail. Indie retail has been dead for some time, this was about EB and Gamestop's future problems. that was really the dialog I was trying to create, but the title of this thread makes it misleading. Oh well, good to hear from ya.

  2. Re:Luckily. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative
    Atleast it's illegal to have Walmarts in Rhode Island

    What the hell are you smoking? There are no less than six Wal-Marts in Rhode Island

    Warwick, RI 02888
    Cranston, RI 02921
    Warwick, RI 02886
    Coventry, RI 02816
    Woonsocket, RI 02895
    North Kingstown, RI 02852
    Newport, RI 02840

    You can find Wal-Marts in every state. Vermont was the last holdout, but they have two now.