The End of Indie Retail?

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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That's what I call professional journalisism

[Mensa Babe]

Fact: some unknown guy in the middle of nowhere just recently had to close down his tiny little store.

Slashdot headline: The end of the entire indie retail business is near! Film at 11.

And we wonder why we are not taken seriously? Oh, come on!