In a recent statement issued by the 7-Eleven category manager for gaming and electronics, it was confirmed that the company would continue to sell games “year-round” and would commit to offering “value-priced” videogames and DVDs. 7-Eleven will also continue to sell rancid hotdogs, Slurpees, and gasoline.
Recently, 7-Eleven made a splash with their new games line-up because of an inability to understand street dates. Games like Gears of War 2 and World of Warcraft expansion Wrath of the Lich King have, in some cases, been sold at 7-Elevens days before they have been available at retail outlets like GameStop.
Along with the new commitment to providing games, 7-Eleven confirmed some new titles that they will be carrying. Guitar Hero World Tour (bundle), Fallout 3, Quantum of Solace, WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2009, and Call of Duty: World at War will all be available at your local store fairly soon.
I’m a little lost on this concept, but is there any reason to hit up 7-Eleven for a new game unless they’re selling it early? I assume once they really start selling products on a weekly basis, publishers are going to start watching this trend and put the brakes on the hiccups. What do you guys think?
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1. Slurpees are awesome.
2. 7-11 is KING of breaking street dates!
Neither of those two places sell real nachos.
:P
I haven't been to a 7/11 in forever. The nearest one is too far for me to care, but this is cool.
1 japan has video games in there convenience stores and have for ever, where there was NES disk system machines in them.
2. the name of the store is" Tomato" , and that is making fun of "super potato" one of the biggist video game stores in japan.
So no real life in japan made it cool not shenmue.
Sure, Japan had such things for a long time, but it was a video game that made it cool in America. How many Shenmue players do you know were aware of that fact?