The main shops of course only have megaseller, to exaggerate it a bit. EB-Games exists here under the name "Game-Stop", but hasn't much influence.
Electronic chain shops have quite a big variety, however, and even older games can still be bought here under budget labels like the "Green Pepper".
These electronic chain shops generate the most "low" of sold software.
However, warehouses also have games, not too mch, but they are still there.
What really goes down are second hand software (mostly gaming) shops. A really big one has closed here in Cologne not long ago.
On the other hand, there are always second-hand shops poppin out of nowhere here, but they usually concentrate on consolegames, and therefore 3 out of 5 of these as I call them "general electronic second hand shops" have no or very few PC games.
So, flea markets are the only reliable source for older games.
If I re-think of it, I think I must be quite glad that the electronic chains shops have such a good variety of even lesser-known games.
Console games consume - by the way - about the same space as PC games, even a bit less. PC games are still rather dominating here (I'd say about 60-70 % ).
I think that makes up a bit different market than for example the U.S. .
Electronic chain shops have quite a big variety, however, and even older games can still be bought here under budget labels like the "Green Pepper".
These electronic chain shops generate the most "low" of sold software.
However, warehouses also have games, not too mch, but they are still there.
What really goes down are second hand software (mostly gaming) shops. A really big one has closed here in Cologne not long ago.
On the other hand, there are always second-hand shops poppin out of nowhere here, but they usually concentrate on consolegames, and therefore 3 out of 5 of these as I call them "general electronic second hand shops" have no or very few PC games.
So, flea markets are the only reliable source for older games.
If I re-think of it, I think I must be quite glad that the electronic chains shops have such a good variety of even lesser-known games.
Console games consume - by the way - about the same space as PC games, even a bit less. PC games are still rather dominating here (I'd say about 60-70 % ).
I think that makes up a bit different market than for example the U.S. .