tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3689256347836494469.post5087156820380505977..comments2024-03-25T14:25:35.798+00:00Comments on The Saturn Junkyard: Farenheit 451: Dark Days At Gamestation...fatherkrishnahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01523813350137435244noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3689256347836494469.post-76065745760860361932008-04-19T12:20:00.000+00:002008-04-19T12:20:00.000+00:00I guess this is one of those cases where we'll nev...I guess this is one of those cases where we'll never know exactly what happened, but if it's indeed true, it's just a fucking outrage.NebachadnezzaRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16756898898698386158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3689256347836494469.post-51715503149274967372008-04-19T06:59:00.000+00:002008-04-19T06:59:00.000+00:00You know, at work we sometimes just have things, w...You know, at work we sometimes just have things, we don't need anymore. We then think of what to do with them.<BR/><BR/>a) Giving it away to someone who might need it for free.<BR/>b) Sell it on ebay for as little profit as 1 EUR.<BR/>c) Throw it away.<BR/><BR/>We never ever had to burn something. That's just... completely crazy. Burning leaves a bad taste in my mouth because when I am burning something, then I hate it. When I finished my scholarship I actually wanted to burn my books from school.<BR/><BR/>BUT, who knows if this whole story is true. Maybe they just threw it away and it got burned in the dumpsite then, which would be quite a different case.elendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13596249221018278750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3689256347836494469.post-30941230100019639672008-04-19T01:51:00.000+00:002008-04-19T01:51:00.000+00:00I'm just offering an example. I certainly mean no ...I'm just offering an example. I certainly mean no disrespect to Sega Rally Championship or Winter Heat, as they are both solid games. I'm just explaining the rationale for the resellers' decision to destroy older video games. Do I agree with it? No. Do I support it? No. But I DO understand it.<BR/><BR/>We've had to deal with this in the United States for years. Thrift shops would take older games and throw them in the trash, which is an outrage to a collector like myself. However, those games would be spared that fate if there were a perceived market for them. Collectors need to make it clear that they actually want this stuff if they don't want them thrown into the same furnace as Citizen Kane's childhood sled.ArugulaZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02099674283071076123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3689256347836494469.post-50370904543526555022008-04-19T01:49:00.000+00:002008-04-19T01:49:00.000+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.ArugulaZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02099674283071076123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3689256347836494469.post-53329934048761620822008-04-19T00:49:00.000+00:002008-04-19T00:49:00.000+00:00"Sports games have literally become disposable, wi..."Sports games have literally become disposable, with each successive release obsoleting the last. There's no reason for resellers to hold onto them, which is why destroying them makes more sense than wasting shelf space on them."<BR/><BR/>Hello dear Arugulaz! I understand where you're coming from, but our very connection comes from your original video which applauded the merit of Winter Heat, which thanks to you, I sought out from eBay...<BR/><BR/>That falls within the definition of "older sports games"<BR/><BR/>It breaks my heart to think that some executive from Gamestation could discard this classic as not worthy of saving and literally chuck it on a game bonfire because superior winter sports games on new consoles eclipse it in some way...<BR/><BR/>I guess the emotive point in this post is the word "burn"...<BR/><BR/>The fact that a major retailer could literally "burn" classics rather than "give away" or "recycle/redistribute" seems pointless, whatever your views are on the corporate plan.<BR/><BR/>I personally love the franchise that is both Sega Soccer World Wide 97/98 for Saturn and SWWS 2000 (Euro Edition) for the Dreamcast.<BR/><BR/>They are the two best soccer games on any consoles ever.<BR/><BR/>I can see why Fifa and PES annual editions would make those titles obsolete for the mainstream gamer.<BR/><BR/>But to burn them? Well I don't know... <BR/><BR/>And 'sports titles' might include Sega Rally, Daytona USA and even 'Virtua Fighter'...<BR/><BR/>I stick by my outrage at the thought that burning anything is a very poor option...fatherkrishnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01523813350137435244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3689256347836494469.post-81257886166339277352008-04-18T23:58:00.000+00:002008-04-18T23:58:00.000+00:00I don't like it, but at the same time, I can under...I don't like it, but at the same time, I can understand why this happens. Sports games have literally become disposable, with each successive release obsoleting the last. There's no reason for resellers to hold onto them, which is why destroying them makes more sense than wasting shelf space on them.<BR/><BR/>Ideally, resellers would take the excess stock, give them to a charitable organization like Goodwill (or its closest UK equivalent), and use the donation as a tax write-off. However, business is business, and stores like GameStop will do whatever is most beneficial to their bottom lines.ArugulaZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02099674283071076123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3689256347836494469.post-79664007256063001722008-04-18T06:45:00.000+00:002008-04-18T06:45:00.000+00:00Wow?How did they manage to come up with such an Id...Wow?<BR/><BR/>How did they manage to come up with such an Idea? Why not ebay it in one single big auction? Why not giving it to kids around the world for free? Why not just throwing it on the streets, so that the people will come and grab them? Everything would have been better, but burning them reminds me a lot about the third reich.<BR/><BR/>What a bunch of fags?!elendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13596249221018278750noreply@blogger.com