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SO, it's been awhile for me. Stopped working at the movie theatre to focus on school. Well, the school situation is now being changed dramatically and I now find myself in need of work for at least a few months.
Gives a guy something to do. But I digress. I recently started working seasonally at a big well known electronics retailer (who's name I can't say because they will sue me
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This isn't a sucky story so much as it is, well, misinformed.
So I'm stocking things a few days ago in the video games area when this older couple comes up to me. They inquired about the new CAll of Duty game that's going to be out in a few weeks. So my coworker and I take them over to the preorder cases.
For those unfamiliar, The new call of duty game is being released in different packages (think halo 3) and the most expensive package comes with the game and a pair of fully functioning night vision goggles.
Well, the mother was having a hard time realizing that you don't need the googles to play the game. This went on for at least ten minutes of my coworker and I basically trying to get it through this woman's head that the goggles (while increadibly cool) were just a gimmick for the company to make more revenue.
I had to grab a copy of Resident Evil 5 off the shelf to better explain myself.
Me: Look, Here's a copy of the Collector's edition of Resident Evil 5. And here's just a random game case. Call of Duty is going to come in two flavors. Just the game itself (motions with random game case) and a collectors edition. See how with this game (RE5) they add like a messenger bag, DVD, figurine etc...?
Mom: (gets it, but really doesn't)
Me: well, with Call of Duty, it'll be the same basic principle. They just add a bunch of bells and whistles to the better copies as insentives.
CW: When Halo 3 was released they came out in 3 different packages. The most expensive one came with a life sized helmet to store everything in. Same thing with Call of duty.
At one point I had to say: It's not like guitar hero where you need a guitar peripheral to play the game.
woman: So what's the point of the goggles?
CW: Just to play with. You know, take em outside and run around in *shrug*
Mom: and you're sure you don't need the goggles to play the game?
Me: I'm like, 90% sure.
Mom: So that means that they could be used with the game?
Now, I'm no rocket scientist. But I'm pretty sure that if the game were intended to be played with night vision goggles then they would have been released with the standard package.
Eventually they did end up 'getting it' and walked away with a preorder for the standard copy of the game, convinced that their son didn't need a pair of night vision goggles that were probably going to collect dust in a closet.
Funny story.
Gives a guy something to do. But I digress. I recently started working seasonally at a big well known electronics retailer (who's name I can't say because they will sue me
)This isn't a sucky story so much as it is, well, misinformed.
So I'm stocking things a few days ago in the video games area when this older couple comes up to me. They inquired about the new CAll of Duty game that's going to be out in a few weeks. So my coworker and I take them over to the preorder cases.
For those unfamiliar, The new call of duty game is being released in different packages (think halo 3) and the most expensive package comes with the game and a pair of fully functioning night vision goggles.
Well, the mother was having a hard time realizing that you don't need the googles to play the game. This went on for at least ten minutes of my coworker and I basically trying to get it through this woman's head that the goggles (while increadibly cool) were just a gimmick for the company to make more revenue.
I had to grab a copy of Resident Evil 5 off the shelf to better explain myself.
Me: Look, Here's a copy of the Collector's edition of Resident Evil 5. And here's just a random game case. Call of Duty is going to come in two flavors. Just the game itself (motions with random game case) and a collectors edition. See how with this game (RE5) they add like a messenger bag, DVD, figurine etc...?
Mom: (gets it, but really doesn't)
Me: well, with Call of Duty, it'll be the same basic principle. They just add a bunch of bells and whistles to the better copies as insentives.
CW: When Halo 3 was released they came out in 3 different packages. The most expensive one came with a life sized helmet to store everything in. Same thing with Call of duty.
At one point I had to say: It's not like guitar hero where you need a guitar peripheral to play the game.
woman: So what's the point of the goggles?
CW: Just to play with. You know, take em outside and run around in *shrug*
Mom: and you're sure you don't need the goggles to play the game?
Me: I'm like, 90% sure.
Mom: So that means that they could be used with the game?
Now, I'm no rocket scientist. But I'm pretty sure that if the game were intended to be played with night vision goggles then they would have been released with the standard package.
Eventually they did end up 'getting it' and walked away with a preorder for the standard copy of the game, convinced that their son didn't need a pair of night vision goggles that were probably going to collect dust in a closet.
Funny story.
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