Next Xbox - No Disc Drive?

[Lilly]

Rockstar's in the UK? Dang, I've been living under a really heavy rock, apparently! xD But does that mean releases like Red Dead Redemption were produced in Europe and not an alternate studio here in the states? Off to Wikipedia I go!

EDIT : Apparently half-true! A studio in the states and another in the UK co-developed it, sweet!

Nope, we don't have a membership system like that. Any time you purchase a game you're asked to take a points card; the cards are pretty useless, you save points up and can use them for money off another game. You get 10 points for every £1 spent. 1000 points = £2.50, so you need to buy a tonne of games before you even get £2.50 off a game. Launch titles here are around £40. so you're looking at 30 games before you get that. You also seem to lose your points if you don't make a purchase in a while....

So basically, you get the same offer no matter if you use their loyalty program or not, and it's usually a terrible price you get while they sell the games for three or four times what you sold it for.

I really do hope some small retailers win out of this, I think we've let the idea of "superstores" go way too far. The one thing I liked about video game stores years ago is that all the staff were really interested in games, you could go in with no cash and just chat to the staff for ages. I believe the hiring policy is different now, I've heard that Gamestation do their recruitment through the Job Center in the UK rather than through individuals applying for a job.

Wow, I didn't think anyone would waste their time concocting a points system like that; it's like they don't even want you to use them. I think I'll take my complaints about Gamestop down a notch! (Mostly just about working condition of their used stuff, though.) At least it pays to be a member at that store.

Also I remember a time like that too, the clerks at the counter of quite a few preowned game stores I used to go to knew what they were talking about. It's how I learned of the unofficial Zelda games on the abysmal CDi, a lot of stuff about the Atari 2600, cartridge cleaning tips, parts replacement, you name it; they were really helpful with stuff outside of just recommending what new title you should buy.