So, why does this mediocre training video make GS bad for our hobby?
I'm not disagreeing with the thesis, but there's scant mention of the trade-in process, constant demands to pre-order games that will be available in 5-10 other stores on launch day, or buying games used to save $5, that games are virtually never sold at 'sale' prices, save for Black Friday, or even the practice of gutting copies of games which pisses off collectors to no end.
The whole point of the video is that their upcoming promotion appeals to casuals (in other words, parents), and that the usual sales tactics don't apply when the buyer has no idea what they're actually looking at. Crappy games are always going to be sold to non-gamers, if only because they don't know better. GS just wants to try and lure in their share of the no-nothings....rather than sending them next door to Best Buy or Target. How exactly is that 'bad' for our hobby?