Ever notice that when someone comments online they feel the need to preface their comment. For example they might say…. ‘let me just start by saying…. blah blah blah’. Then they will generally talk about how normal they are, or how attractive the opposite sex finds them. It’s the internet equivalent of the racist person talking about how they’re not racist because they have a black friend.
Gamestop…. it’s possible that i hate every last thing about this company. First of all the companies business model is built to ensure that they’re giving as little money as possible to the publishers of the game. Which in turn means as little as possible to the developers. How do they do this?
First they push pre-orders. This ensures that they only need to purchase new games from the publishers to fill their pre-orders. So if they have 10 preorders they might buy 12 copies from the publisher.
Just a quick image that pretty much encapsulates what’s wrong with this country (to me at least.)
You really need to watch this. It is an interview by the incomparable Bill Moyers with the ex PR head of Cigna. This ex VP (Wendell Potter) lays out some of the tactics used by the healthcare industry to derail healthcare reform. You see, the healthcare industry does not sell managed care. They sell consumer products.
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