As a former manager of both an EB Games and a GameStop, and having been in almost every other store in the district, I can say that EBGameStop keeps basically everything that is not out on the floor in the bathroom. Many stores have at least two stalls, but only one is usable because the other is stuffed full of marketing, supplies, game guides and, of course, stacks of consoles.
It's true that "there is no new thing under the sun", and this is not just in the world of games. Film suffers from recycled characters and plots, remakes and sequels, and the most groundbreaking thing being done in Hollywood today is special effects. King Kong has been done three times, twice winning the Oscar for special effects. That said, games have made huge leaps in storytelling and continue to push the envelope as to what is acceptable as "art" in ways that no other...