Resulta un poco absurdo ir a comprar a una tienda y que el dependiente te increpe por chafarle el negocio, pero eso nos pasó el otro día a mi y a un par de amigos que fuimos a comprar a un Game de por aquí cerca.
It happened on Halo Reach’s launch day, two weeks ago if I remember correctly. Since classes had not yet started and we were idle, we decided to go to eat at a shopping center after several unsuccessful attempts to go to eat at closed restaurants. After eating, to reduce the calories of the hamburgers a little, we considered two options: the first was to go for a run a couple of kilometers at a brisk pace, the other was to go to the Game, which caught us on the way, and buy the collector’s edition of Halo Reach. Obviously we chose the second option.
However, only one of us managed to successfully complete the mission of purchasing the game, but when he was about to pay for it, what seemed to be the final boss of the game, a level 50 old dwarf (From now on, KillerDwarf) appeared and the dialectical battle began.
KillerDwarf began to ask him the typical string of questions about whether he wanted to reserve a game or, why not, the special edition of the Xbox 360 + Halo Reach, to which my friend answered no, that he had already reserved it via webiba to finish with video game stores and the next time he wanted to go to a physical store he would have to go to a “Pull & Bear”. Because in the store you can do the same thing as online. With two balls.
I had just bought him a game worth 80 euros and the guy was so smart as to say that what he did would destroy the stores. Well yes, Mr. KillerDwarf, you can do the same except for the simple reason that sometimes the games are cheaper online and by reserving online you ensure that they will have your game no matter what. Starting from there, when buying online, they will never scold you for not buying in a physical store.
We have reached a ridiculous point of no return, in which it is intended to demonize the completely legal actions of users. A few years ago, a pirate was someone who downloaded a game from the Internet, but it seems that now there is a tendency to label as fraudulent any purchasing action that a user makes that provides them with economic benefit, such as in this case buying via the web or, if you hurry me, importing games from China or the United Kingdom. Do we have to be the only fools in the chain? At least not me.
Disclaimer: No, I am not going to say what Game it is because for me, this is nothing more than an anecdote and obviously I am going to continue doing what benefits me the most. If something similar happens to you, you will already know what it is :)