TDU and your local game store

[tenebra_uk]

I live in London and use several gaming shops.

Went to Game in Camden Town on Wednesday, no trace of anything TDU related stuff at all, apart from a mention in the "coming soon poster".

Went to Virgin Megastore in Oxford Street today, still nothing. Not a thing. Not even the cover on display, nothing. I actually questioned the shop assistant who was looking after me, he didn't seem to have a clue (read: he replied that there was some TDU stuff somewhere over "there"...there wasn't any)

Are you experiencing the same thing?

[craigie22]

went to GAME in Bluewater

they had games cases (coming soon), they adverted the free calendar and adverted the car. and of corse the coming soon board.

Also Virgin Megastores in bluewater had games cases.

[allmighteh]

I live in London and use several gaming shops.

Went to Game in Camden Town on Wednesday, no trace of anything TDU related stuff at all, apart from a mention in the "coming soon poster".

Went to Virgin Megastore in Oxford Street today, still nothing. Not a thing. Not even the cover on display, nothing. I actually questioned the shop assistant who was looking after me, he didn't seem to have a clue (read: he replied that there was some TDU stuff somewhere over "there"...there wasn't any)

Are you experiencing the same thing?

Well in my game store (stockport) big posters outside from TDU, and big clock with 3 games and countdown till there realease and TDU is one of them. I preorderd and asked about the car, and was told you only get the care from online , callendar when ordering i nshop. real good

[fun-meter]

I havent seen any advertising except for on the web with xbox360 related sites and shops like Play.com, which are purely online.

I went the other week to Blue water and looked in game and a few other shops, now sign of TDU advertisment.

Edit: Craige, you must have gone recently, as the cases and posters must have recently arrived in their stores (after i went the other week).

[craigie22]

i went on tuesday. It was in one store but not the other.

[Axe_Gaijin]

Well I don't live in London and mostly go to the same store. tonguegre An independant shop named Gamecity. Ellis, the girl behind the counter always has time to talk and always knows what you're on about.

I went to pre-order there 2 weeks ago, it was real busy at the time but when I mentioned TDU she knew what it was (even though she said 28th of september before checking :))

Nothing I've seen on promo's or posters or whatnot though.

[Vieon]

I live in London and use several gaming shops.

Went to Game in Camden Town on Wednesday, no trace of anything TDU related stuff at all, apart from a mention in the "coming soon poster".

Went to Virgin Megastore in Oxford Street today, still nothing. Not a thing. Not even the cover on display, nothing. I actually questioned the shop assistant who was looking after me, he didn't seem to have a clue (read: he replied that there was some TDU stuff somewhere over "there"...there wasn't any)

Are you experiencing the same thing?

Pretty much. The only thing I've seen is a couple of empty boxes of TDU in GAME in Kingston. Nothing major, sadly.

Maybe I could be an advertising consultant tonguegre

[craigie22]

kingston

is that in london? or am i getting confused?

[leighton]

i havent seen anything TDU related in woolworths or high street shops. I was in HMV,Game about a month ago but nothing.

[craigie22]

TDU is the 98th best selling game on amazon.co.uk right now

[tenebra_uk]

kingston

is that in london? or am i getting confused?
Sort of ;-) Technically Surrey, but Kingston is very much considered to be somehow London

[leighton]

TDU is the 98th best selling game on amazon.co.uk right now


72nd now :)

[craigie22]

ok and is there somewhere called kingsbury near harrow in London?

[tenebra_uk]

ok and is there somewhere called kingsbury near harrow in London?
Apparently so, never heard of it before lightbulb North of Wembley, apparently.

[craigie22]

yeah

thats where my pizza came from the other day :)

my nan lives in a place called kenton near harrow.

[KoenigViper]

At the local Electronics Boutique, TDU cover cases are on the top shelf mostly out of eye's viewing.

But there is a small poster cut out on the counter, and a couple posters in the store.

[tenebra_uk]

So the States are almost just as bad :mefiant:

I'm sort of puzzled. So there's a good game with a hell of a lot of support from the publisher. Special goodies for the retailer. A pretty nice fan base. Yet no support on the high street? :mefiant:

[Insecure_n00b]

Everywhere in Southend On Sea, Essex, that will sell TDU has quite a bit of advertising...

Game have posters, countdowns and pre order boxes.
HMV have, in the games section, a few posters and like a real small carcoard cutout.
Gamestation have a few posters.
Even the independant storeshave advertised in shop.

[KoenigViper]

So the States are almost just as bad :mefiant:

I'm sort of puzzled. So there's a good game with a hell of a lot of support from the publisher. Special goodies for the retailer. A pretty nice fan base. Yet no support on the high street? :mefiant:
Maybe it'd be better if the ads weren't so freaking stupid.

C'mon, guy in a speedo with 2 girls? Since when is that what TDU is about? It's actually kind of a turnoff.

[craigie22]

ooo i've seen that


horrible ad. Nothing about TDU at all.

[tenebra_uk]

KoenigViper, I'm talking more about Point of Sales advertising - simple things like pre-order empty boxes, that seem to be missing in major shops. Oxford Street is the shopping street in London, and Virgin Megastore is pretty big.

[craigie22]

really? i never found it?

i found HMV - that is BIG! but i never found Virgin. :hin:

[tenebra_uk]

They're about 500 yards apart

[KoenigViper]

KoenigViper, I'm talking more about Point of Sales advertising - simple things like pre-order empty boxes, that seem to be missing in major shops. Oxford Street is the shopping street in London, and Virgin Megastore is pretty big.
Ah, I see. Well, there's about 5 of those little boxes at that gamestore I was talking about. :)

[Bigticket]

I lived in Oxford and the Game shop got the cases with the released date

I didn't check HMV and Virgin though...

[xtermin8or]

In australia theres previews of it running on screens inside EBgames.. And posters too.

[Axe_Gaijin]

So the States are almost just as bad :mefiant:

I'm sort of puzzled. So there's a good game with a hell of a lot of support from the publisher. Special goodies for the retailer. A pretty nice fan base. Yet no support on the high street? :mefiant:

I think that's the Test Drive Stigma.

Test Drive as a name has been used for far to many far to mediocre racing games for far to long.

When I first heard about TDU I thought? "What the..? why don't they give up allready and let it die?"

Then I actually started reading about the game and I was hooked. :atari:

[TheAngel]

I have went to some game stores in Milan, but my bad italian itsn´t very helpfull (these guys english is B-A-D...) I think I´ve only seen some posters..