xtra-vision....

Entec

anyone know if they sell xbox360 games in xtravision?

Kinetic^

Entec wrote:

anyone know if they sell xbox360 games in xtravision?

They do

shanethemofo

does anyone know when they are gonna start renting out games?

projectmayhem

no too sure. xtrav-vision are phasing out games (not entirely though) because they're just not doing enough business. they're going to eliminate "xtra-game" too

Entec

cheers,gonna head down and get call of duty2 or doa4

Time Magazine

projectmayhem wrote:

no too sure. xtrav-vision are phasing out games (not entirely though) because they're just not doing enough business. they're going to eliminate "xtra-game" too

That's a dirty lie. I asked an Xtra-vision manager about this and she actually laughed. She even checked the with DM for me, and he said games are very profitable.

They'll start renting games as soon as they can. They just aren't being delivered enough of them to rent them. .

JacoStanley

They'll start renting games when the user base has been built up. Should be before June. Games are extremely profitable.

shanethemofo

yea i'd imagine they would make a lot of money from games.... not everyone would pay €70 just to give a game a try

Headshot

i was talking to the manager of my local xtra vision and she told me that there going to do a survey of how many people have an xbox 360 and would like to rent out xbox 360 games

Julez

Yeah, cant wait till they start renting them! Will be sweet!

monument

projectmayhem wrote:

no too sure. xtrav-vision are phasing out games (not entirely though) because they're just not doing enough business. they're going to eliminate "xtra-game" too

Angry Banana wrote:

That's a dirty lie. I asked an Xtra-vision manager about this and she actually laughed. She even checked the with DM for me, and he said games are very profitable.

Angry Banana, it's a dirty lie to say such.

While not written too well for a quick read, projectmayhem said "xtrav-vision are phasing out games" but added "not entirely though". It'd be nice if people didn’t fling around the accusation of “dirty lie” of similar without first carefully reading the post of accused.

Just because something is “very profitable” doesn’t mean it can be even more so.

Angry Banana wrote:

They'll start renting games as soon as they can. They just aren't being delivered enough of them to rent them. .

Did the same Xtra-vision manager tell you this?

Sm0ke

i was talking to the manager of xtra vision in firhouse and in rathmines, they told me around about march when they have enough of a market for them.

Gummy Panda

projectmayhem wrote:

no too sure. xtrav-vision are phasing out games (not entirely though) because they're just not doing enough business.
they're going to eliminate "xtra-game" too

This is true!!

Xtra-vision are in a bad state with alot of staff from their head office being laid off.

I emailed edel in their customer care and there is no date or plans to rent xbox 360 games yet.

Time Magazine

monument wrote:

Angry Banana, it's a dirty lie to say such.

First off, relax I was only being sarcastic. Second of all, no it's not a dirty lie, games are very profitable - as you will go on to point out in later in your post.

While not written too well for a quick read, projectmayhem said "xtrav-vision are phasing out games" but added "not entirely though".

And yet that still doesn't debase the claim that they're not phasing out games.

It'd be nice if people didn’t fling around the accusation of “dirty lie” of similar without first carefully reading the post of accused.

I did read it, thanks .

Just because something is “very profitable” doesn’t mean it can be even more so.

Yep you're right. But in this case that's simply not happening. They might be doing something in one district or what not, but in general Xtra-vision are (at least) maintaining their level of game base. To say they're phasing it out just isn't true.

Did the same Xtra-vision manager tell you this?

Actually the (I think) Operations Manager told me this via the company-wide voicemail.

monument

Angry Banana wrote:

First off, relax I was only being sarcastic. Second of all, no it's not a dirty lie, games are very profitable - as you will go on to point out in later in your post.

I'm relaxed, and was when writing by above post. I did not mean to leave the "games are very profitable" in there, or at least I was not replying to such, that's how relaxed I was!

I don’t think he's saying they are actually phasing out games full stop, hence that
"not entirely though", 'scaling back' would have been a better way of saying it.

Time Magazine

monument wrote:

I'm relaxed, and was when writing by above post. I did not mean to leave the "games are very profitable" in there, or at least I was not replying to such, that's how relaxed I was!

Grand so, sorry. Picked you up wrong. Was just diffusing .

I don’t think he's saying they are actually phasing out games full stop, hence that
"not entirely though", 'scaling back' would have been a better way of saying it.

But I don't think they're even scaling back. Hey if I go to Xmas party tomorrow (yeah, I know, in late January :rolleyes:) I'll ask some people and see what the situation is.

MrB's LoveChild

I very much dought that Xtra Vision will phase out Xtra Game. I worked on the development project for Xtra Game and rolled out the first stores in Ireland and up the North. They have worked very hard to become a reputalble games seller within Ireland have worked very hard building a working relasonship with big developers and hardware companys.

The reason that Xtra Vision may not be able to rent out XB360 titles may be due to a shortages; or it is that royaties have to be shared due to the ATI and NVidia war that goes on inside the console. The reason that you never see a Nintendo title for rent is just that Nintendo won't allow it. So may be Microsoft have taken a stance against it, which I dought very much.

I am sure that the gaming team at atra vision will be working hard to sort out what ever reason it is. They understand the customer base and this is a top profit earner for certain stores.

You may want to try trading in older Xbox titles for a new XB360 Title.

Timmy

XTV are growing their games section (i.e. PSP's) but will not roll out 360 games until more units are bought, currently approx 9k consoles sold in Eire.