by MiTT3NZ » Sat Sep 08, 2012 3:34 pm
@SC: Haha! In a stereotypical sense you're right, otherwise they'd probably just say they'd get it another time to be nice. Either way, they should employ different tactic dependant on the customer.
@Riku: Yeah, he was probably just bein nice. Again though, shit sales tactic. Telling someone not to buy one product in favour of another could jeapordise both sales. Mafia II should've been an alternative, sayin "If you like GTA IV, then why not pre-order Mafia II, coz the media are already billing it as a better game" or summat along those lines.
@Sonikku: GAME's a franchise, so whilst the executives are still to blame as far as the general direction of the company, it's on the managers to do whatever they can to make the sales, as that is their job. As long as they work within the guidelines set by the higher-ups, it is essentially their shop and it's up to them to do the work.