PumpkinPie
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Just to confirm, these are pre-owned?
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UK Retailer GAME is dead | Brera's Lament
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Just to confirm, these are pre-owned?
Steverulez
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Going to the GAME in Westfields shopping centre after work and see I can pick up
j0hnny_385
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and in store only, nothing online? #NotFromTheUK
J Tourettes
Banned
Stratford or White City?
Steverulez
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White City! Get off the tube at Shephards Bush though.
MarshMellow96
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Contemplating trying the Liverpool stores..
Is £1.98 Guitar Hero really worth a trek downtown?
Is £1.98 Guitar Hero really worth a trek downtown?
Sounds like the big guys and GAME had a negotiation and GAME lost.
Looks like pre owned for GAME is going out the window as part of terms to get games from EA, Nintendo et al at favourable terms.
Wickerbasket
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From what I've seen in my local store, those are the pre-owned prices in store.
I went into Game and Gamestation in Glasgow and Gamestation don't seem to be having a sale yet, none of the prices have changed.
I did manage to snag the following from Game though:
MadWorld Wii - 98p
Advanced Wars: Dark Conflict DS - 98p
Redsteel 2 Wii - £1.98
Days of Disaster Wii - £1.98
Also, the girl who served me was super excited about her Mass Effect 3 limited edition copy which she'd ordered from Amazon.
Just got back from my GAME, all the staff seemed really upbeat actually. The girl who served must of known about their problems, she was talking to a customer about Skylanders Giants, saying she's going to pre-order so they get stock, then said if they get stock at all..
Picked up Bionic Commando and Heavenly Sword though, £3 for both! The PS3 pre-owned selection was pretty dire compared to the 360, shame really, was hoping for more deals! Popped into GameStation too, but nothing is marked down in there, although I only looked at PS3 stuff. Found it weird that GAME and GameStation both had a lot of staff working, 5 in GAME (it's a small store) and 5 in GameStation, normally there's 3 from what I've noticed in the past. Wish I had more GAME stores around to visit!
Love how GAME advertise the sale as a 'Spring Clean' too. You're not fooling me!
Picked up Bionic Commando and Heavenly Sword though, £3 for both! The PS3 pre-owned selection was pretty dire compared to the 360, shame really, was hoping for more deals! Popped into GameStation too, but nothing is marked down in there, although I only looked at PS3 stuff. Found it weird that GAME and GameStation both had a lot of staff working, 5 in GAME (it's a small store) and 5 in GameStation, normally there's 3 from what I've noticed in the past. Wish I had more GAME stores around to visit!
Love how GAME advertise the sale as a 'Spring Clean' too. You're not fooling me!
frankie_baby
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A GAME focused on new games would probably a much better shop, yeah they need trade ins to survive and pre owned can be good for finding old gems but perhaps if they relegated pre owned to a smaller section of the shop and maybe put some kind of a no trade in window ( say games must be over a month old)
ScreenSplitter
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So half the options on the GAME website are gone, and they've started selling preowned DSis for £50.
SuicidalSteve
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any vita items for sale?
Everything was full price when I checked. Overpriced full price.
Cosmonaut X
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Hang on - are you still seeing this as GAME staying in business? Not that this is the last gurgle round the plughole?
radioheadrule83
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It would sound that way to me too if they're clearing pre-owned. They've been strong-armed into submission while vulnerable. It might be good if the new terms mean reasonable prices that I can't beat online or something in some cases. That said, they could just be dying *shrug*
ScreenSplitter
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Reducing the PS3 version of Marvel vs Capcom but not the Xbox version? Fuck youuu.
They're all stickered up as property of Sony so you won't be seeing anything Vita related getting reduced.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
What did I miss?
The sale in my nearest store was garbage. I found one game which was £1.98 and that was End War on 360.
Some games listed in this thread/other places online were nowhere near as cheap. Child of Eden was still £7.99, for example, With Killzone 2 being £2.99 which is pricier than suggested online.
Some games listed in this thread/other places online were nowhere near as cheap. Child of Eden was still £7.99, for example, With Killzone 2 being £2.99 which is pricier than suggested online.
radioheadrule83
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If anyone happens to check the Bristol store, PM me to let me know if its worth leaving work for!
ScreenSplitter
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I went into town to have a look at the sales today and it was really weird how the different stores did them.
Where I am there are two Game stores and one Gamestation, one of the Game stores didn't have anything on sale at all, the other had sales on every platform but hardly anything for 360 and the Gamestation had PS3 and 360 games on sale but no sales for DS or Wii games.
Ended up getting Vanquish for £2.98 and Advance Wars Dark Conflict for 98p, I was thinking about Bulletstorm and Shadows of the Damned for £2.98 each too but realistically I would probably never complete them.
Where I am there are two Game stores and one Gamestation, one of the Game stores didn't have anything on sale at all, the other had sales on every platform but hardly anything for 360 and the Gamestation had PS3 and 360 games on sale but no sales for DS or Wii games.
Ended up getting Vanquish for £2.98 and Advance Wars Dark Conflict for 98p, I was thinking about Bulletstorm and Shadows of the Damned for £2.98 each too but realistically I would probably never complete them.
Yeah same here, shelves are pretty stacked with pre-owned stuff but nothing cheap, game has the odd cheap game, but gamestation directly across from game is selling it's pre-owned stuff for nowhere near cheap.
zomgbbqftw
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This is looking more and more like a pre-liquidation sale. Game are finished.
killer_clank
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So who wants to fill out the form to section this man?
Dr Zhivago
Member
The Sheffield one? Looked this morning and there wasn't much stuff on sale. GameStation didn't seem to have anything on sale.
snoopeasystreet
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is this happening in ireland as well?
Zomba13
Member
I have a feeling if he keeps spamming that same gif then the mods will do it.
Well, he clearly thinks that he's onto a winner, but frankly, I think the writing is on the wall for GAME. We'll see though, perhaps rescue is around the corner, you never know.
They better. It's the only reason I'm popping in. £7ish in my budget and that's all they are getting from me.
frankie_baby
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Rescue for the business as a whole is impossible, the only possible solution is bankruptcy and somebody buying a portion of the shops probably 1 in each town, i just hope its not gamestop
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Queen of Hunting
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We are not stopping preowned games. We are clearing everything including new games.
ScreenSplitter
Member
Is it safe to say if your particular GAME are having firesales then they're shutting down that particular branch?
What's the news on hardware discounts?
zomgbbqftw
Banned
That was my feeling as well. The board want to ensure that the business has enough cash to ensure they get their fat payouts and pension funds secured before the company goes under.
A year from now when the auditors have sifted through the damage we will be talking about how those hateful directors all paid themselves massive cash bonuses on 2/4/12 and declared the company bankrupt on 3/4/12.
frankie_baby
Member
I thought there were laws against doing that now?
zomgbbqftw
Banned
There are plenty of ways around those laws.
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NinjaFridge
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Son of a bitch. I just left my local and Batman was still going for £29.98.
Nope. All GAME/Gamestation stores are doing the same sales. It just seems to me like a lot of them are taking their time actually getting them out.
For people who have been in today, don't forget that PS3, Wii and Mint software/accessories started this morning and will take the staff time to price up as they have to get every box from the shelves, scan them, reprice them and put them back on display. If you go in there and littel appears to be on sale, take stuff to the counter and ask, as they likely haven't gotten around to pricing it yet.
Pre-owned hardware sale starts tomorrow. Mint hardware is unaffected.
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