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To: Harry who wrote (1515)	11/29/1998 1:04:00 PM
From: Tumbleweed	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1773

I bought TR3 today ... ..(Sunday) at 2pm. The display rack was about 1/4 full or less. I guess it would hold 200 to 300 games. (just the empty CD cases in the display.) I spoke to one of the guys in the store. He said that the rack had been full, when it was put on sale at 5pm the previous evening (they close at 8pm I think). He also said that though they would normally hold a game over the phone for later payment and collection, they were not doing this for TR3 because they were getting so many calls asking if it was out yet, and asking for copies to be reserved, that they were just selling to personal callers. The store is Staples, which is similar to Office Depot in the US, so not exactly the sort of store you would expect to be a first choice for games buyers. JoeC

To: Harry who wrote (1515)	11/30/1998 9:07:00 PM
From: Brendon Woirhaye	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1773

* Someone else mentioned this already, but I wanted to second the point: Playstation sales should be the focus, as they will be much higher than PC sales. (I think someone here or on the THQI thread posted that 200K constitutes a mega-hit on the PC, whereas 1M is the benchmark for consoles.) Unsure about this. Eidos makes 70% of their revenue from PCs, only 30% consoles (and the PC share for Eidos is increasing).