With all of the xbox rumors floating around recently, it got me thinking about the early days of the console. I remember working at Gamestop upon its release and it was wildly regarded as a ugly ass brick looking system with a big bulky controller.
It sold poorly at first as the Playstation and Nintendo garnered most of the attention and sales.
Then the demo units popped up in stores and that changed the game.
Customers saw that the xbox could rip cd's and they got to play Halo for the first time.... realizing just how special it was.
Fast forward to present day and thinking about it... I dont think Gamestop or BestBuy ever got the credit for pushing the sells of that console. It took that momentum with it and pushed out Halo 2 and 3... and eventually the 360. At that point shoddy build construction and the RROD took away much of the progress.
I wonder if Halo or the Xbox for that matter would have ever taken off if it had not been for the kiosks?
It sold poorly at first as the Playstation and Nintendo garnered most of the attention and sales.
Then the demo units popped up in stores and that changed the game.
Customers saw that the xbox could rip cd's and they got to play Halo for the first time.... realizing just how special it was.
Fast forward to present day and thinking about it... I dont think Gamestop or BestBuy ever got the credit for pushing the sells of that console. It took that momentum with it and pushed out Halo 2 and 3... and eventually the 360. At that point shoddy build construction and the RROD took away much of the progress.
I wonder if Halo or the Xbox for that matter would have ever taken off if it had not been for the kiosks?