The dim, pitiful, uninviting cave of switches, batteries, wires and various pegboarded electronic goods known as RadioShack may soon stock Xbox 360s alongside their humdrum wares.
The Seattle Times reports that two analysts, Evan Wilson from with Pacific Crest Securities, and Arvind Bhatia from Sterne Agee & Leach, said Friday that RadioShack would stock Microsoft's console and copies of Halo 3 in some stores.
This news sparked a 7.3 percent stock increase for RadioShack, as investors are probably hoping for a boost to holiday sales from this deal. Rick Weinhart, an analyst with BMO Capital Markets, said that "We think this enthusiasm is a mistake." Ouch.
No offense to RadioShack patrons or employees, but a visit to one of their stores to acquire a game console or title would probably fall into "last resort" territory.
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[thanks, JV]
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11:27 PM on 09.16.2007
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Do they like teh Haloes?
Radio Shack had bought early stock from Nintendo when the Nintendo 64 came out and then Nintendo decided to drop the price on them before selling it to the other stores.
Radio Shack was left with tons of systems they were forced to sell at the same price at the other stores, but they were losing tons of money on them.
After that Radio Shack stopped selling video games and systems for a while. They just started to sell Sony systems a year after I left.
Have you had any luck? I'm looking for an uber-switch that does VGA/Component/DVI/Audio/USB. Right now I'm using a KVM that does VGA, audio, and USB and I'm doing the rest by manually yanking cables.
I've got the PS3/Wii/360/PC hooked up to the same flatscreen and speakers.