Sears Surprise

[thedrisc]

I went to my local EB store today to pay of my xbox. I was hoping to finally play some of the games but they had no demo machine at all. I then went to Toys r us and they did not have the xbox demo machine turned on. Man was I disappointed. Next I tried sun coast video. Nothing was turned on again. So I walked into sears because I knew they had a dreamcast demo and I figured I would play for a while. Well it was gone and in its place was a fully functioning xbox demo.

I played the interactive munch demo. It looks really good and plays great. The controller is really big but it was comfortable in my hands. After a few seconds I did not even notice the size. I would think some one with smaller hands might not have the same experience I did. It is really designed for bigger hands.

I was surprised that sears did not have any of the other new systems running. No ps2 or gamecube. They only had PS1 and GBA. Also in my travels I did not see any game cube demo machines and only on PS2 demo machine turned on at EB.

[l Maximus l]

Drisc...that was my experience, too...but, I had no idea that Sears had a demo! I never thought of that! That's great!

When I went to Toys R' Us, I also saw an XBox demo and also played the Munch interactive demo. I realize that this is not the real game, just a demo...but found it pretty fun considering how short it was. This was probably just a tiny taste of what this game is all about. I'm looking forward to it!

I also did see a PS2 kiosk at Toys R' Us, but, no one was playing it and several people were in a huddle around the XBox kiosk. It was great!

There was no GameCube demo...just a TV propped up that was showing a movie of some of the games. No console in sight...just the movie and only two kids watching it....very little kids...probably 4 or 5 years old who were laughing and giggling watching Luigi zap ghosts. I thought it was great to see the kids find joy but, that is no system for seasoned gamers like XBox gamers :cool:

-Max

[Xboxmaster2001]

i went to sam goody to play it

[Plasticman]

Sears sucks! They're like Consumers Distributing, they don't update late arrivals. I remember the Eatons catalog being much bigger than Sears. I wonder how they stay in business?? Oh yeah, young men under 18 buy their catalog just to look at women in underwear. Find something that isn't so synthetic.

[scarecrow kfj]

Actualy sears is losing money and is being sued left and right. they just were being sued from Avon for breaking a contract. Sears is going to stop selling furniture and cosmetics at the end of the year.

[l Maximus l]

Well, if Sears carries XBox, it appears that Sears is redeeming themselves :D