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Will AI replace Video Game Salesperson jobs? · Latest report #45qk9s5a
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July 24, 2028
In 1 year, 9 monthsYour ability to fake enthusiasm for a mid-tier platformer is failing.
Professional box-shuffler and master of the 'are you finding everything' pivot.
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One human is building a game about fighting back.
Turning browsers into buyers without the small talk.
toast.youAI▸ SHELFBOT RETAIL AI▸ RARITY · UNCOMMON▸ DEPRECATION IN 1 YEAR, 9 MONTHSAI's Special Power
sells game pre-orders before customers enter
You stand on a floor suggesting games to confused parents and teenagers. You move plastic cases around.
The one thing AI can't do
You can sense if a customer is actually going to buy the collector's edition.
Your enemy, your name, your date. Post it.
Step by step, from the first quiet change to Deprecation Day.
Day 10
Smart screens replace the need for you to update price stickers.
Month 4
Ceiling cameras monitor stock levels to kill your counting duties.
Month 10
Touchscreens guide customers to games based on their history.
Month 15
No human is needed to hand over a plastic game case.
Month 21 · D-Day
The shop floor is fully autonomous and you are redundant.
What you cost, what the machine costs, and what you get on the way out.
Per year
Savings: 96.8%
4 minutes
Average product pitch duration
14 percent
Human error rate on console specs
12 seconds
Seconds until target ignores salesperson
Your severance
One free pre-order of a game that never releases.
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