Can't wait.goatdan wrote: We've actually done very similar things in the past, so I wouldn't be surprised to see something like that happen. However, unlike the other groups that have released Dreamcast items, we also happen to be one of the largest Dreamcast dealers online (type 'Dreamcast store' in Google and see who pops up first ) so it gives us more freedom to work with various packages. We'll see how it all shakes out later
I half expected you guys to make your bread and butter from another source, but reading it officially puts things into perspective, but you know this is a sustainable bussiness. You are already into it and you should consider going the extra mile. I know saying it is actually way easier then doing it.While that is true when it is looked at that way, the truth is the GOAT Store is not my full time job. It is something I do for fun because I enjoy the gaming scene a lot. Gary and I manage to both hold regular full time jobs, as well as run the GOAT Store and organize the yearly Midwest Gaming Classic. And publish a few random Dreamcast games too! So, if I did this 40 hours a week, I'd be all about adding tons of stuff. But with a regular 40 hour / week job, 10 hours of commuting to that job (*sigh*), and making packages at least a couple times a week for a couple hours a time, my time gets pretty limited pretty quickly, unfortunately.
But take a look at Max Scharl, he started a website called Dreamcast-Petition which basically wanted Sega to continue GD-Rom production, he unsurprisingly failed at doin so however he started petitions to get other games to get released on Dreamcast which he acheived.
I also clearly remember he talked to Germany's GamePro about his discussion with Big Ben to officially release Goat Store's Feet Of Fury in England.
He slowly and gradually evolved made a partner ship with Lik-Sang started attein Game Convention with DCS/Lik-Sang Booth and then an independent booth.
He started a shitty publishing company Van Basilico who NG:Dev Team found horrible but he repackaged his company into RedSpotGames abandoned DCS and focused all his efforts into RSG, he won back NG:Dev Team and became the distirbutor of Dux and to mu surprise just announced he is publishing R4 which I was dead convinced was something you would publish and when I read that announcemen I thought Goat was finished, fortunately you announced something a few hours later, unfortunately it was R4 that had the spot light on 9/9/9 maybe it had the European time advantage but R4 made it to all Dreamcast discussions and forums.
Howeve I get it, you have lives and families etc ...
Although I would love to read your opinion on Max Scharl's evolution.
Look forward to it.Nope, and that's very true and we totally recognize that. Gary and I have been doing a lot of talking about this recently as we add and upgrade things with the site, and I would go as far as to say that I would expect the upgrades to be done with the Dreamcast items before everything else because of a few reasons, namely I own a full collection of all variations, so we can take all the pictures of everything and get them in there. And it is our most popular category... which reminds me, we've got over $2000 in DC shipments alone coming in the next few weeks
God Bless.Remember -- Gary and I were and are collectors first, and we started the GOAT Store because it was darn near impossible to understand exactly what we were paying for from places and what we would receive exactly, and we wanted to have people understand exactly what they were selling. Not everything works for everyone, but we have all the options. And, I have to say that I would venture to guess that I have one of the largest Dreamcast collections in the world including a bunch of weird and lucky things I've run across throughout my collecting... So, for the most part, we do know what we're talking about and can back it up. If I couldn't, then I shouldn't be in business!
Also, in the near future (I literally had emailed Gary with this yesterday), expect to see new Dreamcast categories on our site featuring import games, demo discs and collectibles! Like I said, it's all getting better, and we're doing a massive transformation of the site that started now about 5 months ago that we're about halfway through, but we're really happy with where it is going!
Although I would like to see your Dreamcast/Video Game collection could you share photos of it or something?