The Baby Biz article about Gary Noakes' second-hand video game shop, Game Player, specified that Noakes' shop is "the only second-hand games shop in Brighton" (The Argus, April 26).
I found this surprising. Gamestar on London Road - adjacent to Baker Street and not two minutes' walk from Game Player - is part of a chain of three shops based in Brighton and Hove dealing in second-hand games.
Blockbuster, opposite Gamestar, has begun to buy and sell pre-owned games. And a ten-minute bus journey to the town centre will take you to Game, Gamestation and, until recently, Gametrader, all of which deal heavily in second-hand games.
The article says Gary Noakes "spotted a gap in the market". Game, the high street games giant - where Mr Noakes worked before - has been dealing in pre-owned goods for some years, as did Electronics Boutique did before it.
Gamestar has been around for almost a decade, and Game Player itself moved into a premises previously held by another pre-owned games shop - Games Box.
Game Player is by no means innovative and not at all unique. Mr Noakes deserves credit for succeeding in such a competitive area of trade, but none at all for "inventing" it.
-James Duffy, Rottingdean
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