Here in Orlando, I literally have at least a dozen different retail game stores within ten minutes of me. These chains have experienced massive growth the last few years and they're popping up just about everywhere. But where does that leave the little guys? Those mom 'n pop game shops that are managed by the truly hardcore? Next-Gen.biz recently tapped an owner of one such store and had him detail the trial and tribulations of competing against global corporations.

It takes a cold dead heart to hand someone $6 for a game they probably shelled out $50 for originally, but you'll learn to deal with it. This is how you override all that bullshit you go through with the new stuff. That's the game, that's the whole stupid cat-and-mouse act. It's all right there in front of you reflected in the eyes of a 10-year-old and packed into a plastic DVD case. You had better push that guilt down inside you deep and get the product on the floor so you can start the whole mess of a cycle over. If you're lucky you'll sell that game and turn a profit, and if you don't you sink further into an abyss of debt and misery.