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Currys and PC World enter the digital gaming market
HIGH STREET AND RETAIL PARK giants Currys and PC World have dipped their collective toe into the online gaming market.
So confident are the firms, apparently, in their ability to make a splash in the arena that the first 10,000 people to sign up with them will get a games package worth £45. For ease of use and peace of mind, games can be picked from two piles, one for the family and one for over 18s, or teenaged boys in gaming short hand.
The digital gaming site goes live tomorrow morning and has a library of 600 downloadable titles ranging from shoot-em-ups to simulators through to platformers.
"The new digital download site really enhances our existing gaming offering, which already encompasses the latest and greatest in consoles, gaming computers and hardware for all types of interactive players," said Chris Rogers, category manager of gaming at Dixons Retail.
"With hundreds of games, from platform and puzzlers, readily available at the touch of the fingertips, we're confident that the download site will be hugely popular." µ
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This looks like totally bogus PR. I registered first thing and there was nothing about the offer on the site and no email received, not even confirming registration (which is usually standard practice). Looks like a bogus PR story to get people to register
If you make a mistake during the registration the website dumps you back at the registration page with half the fields needing retyping. It took me four goes until I had everything they needed. The free games aren't really worth the bother either.
How the original Deus Ex is over £15 but Crysis is £10?
Great business model guys...
I wonder if you have to confirm multiple times that you don't want the damn warranty on every purchase.