The CE? Check the price at the till. It was marked at full price in my local but only £20 when scanned
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UK Retailer GAME is dead | Brera's Lament
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The CE? Check the price at the till. It was marked at full price in my local but only £20 when scanned
Nah, it was just instructions on how to process the refund transaction for new releases we aren't stocking (i.e Resident Evil: ORC), and a footnote reminding us of the company's internet posting policy. It comes every time there's an announcement on what GAME/Gamestation isn't stocking.
Coppertracks
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This is my local
http://www.pimppad.com.au/
Console gaming downstairs, PC lan gaming upstairs. They have themed nights now e.g. Thursdays are fighting game nights.
Only prob is no liquor licence....because it is literally next door to a school. I hope it gets sorted.
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NinjaFridge
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I could only find one copy, the standard 360 version on the floor. I don't mind if its the CE or not, but I can't find anything. My store sucks. Might get Space Marine if it's still there the next time i pop in.
If you want 360 stuff, it's not actually that bad.
PS3 stock is an absolute shambles right now.
Gamestation were far better on all fronts if you don't mind a walk onto The Moor.
checkeredknight
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No comment.
I haven't been in today so I've no idea what this message is; I'm sure I'll find out tomorrow. At this stage, with us not knowing if we're even keeping our jobs or not, I'm a little past caring to say the least.
Shotgun Kiss
Member
I keep wondering if I'll have a job to go to each day.
checkeredknight
Member
We could always just come together and start our own games specialist shop. GAF Games. Brera could handle finances!
zomgbbqftw
Banned
I'm out.
IdreamofHIME
Member
I bought Trauma Centre Wii from the site on Friday and not hear anything from them yet. It was only £2, but it's a been a good few days without word.
Cosmonaut X
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dreamcastmaster
Banned
We could do with a laugh head office threatening store staff that are about to lose their jobs anyway. "what are you gonna do? fire me?"
Spunky Monkey
Member
Shares up to 1.5 ish now, rise currently happening for some reason.
MmmSkyscraper
Unconfirmed Member
The only way is up! /Yaz
bigtroyjon
Member
People buying shares to cover their shorts/options
zomgbbqftw
Banned
Hahahaha.
Shares going up you say, thank Cthulhu I didn't sell all those shares off early and took the loss....
Aim for the £149.99 new 320gb with a game (uncharted) if you can find it. You'll never find the £99 new ones now.
Anything below that is unlikely on my opinion since they'll walk out of stores at that price. Staff members have apparently been buying stock up themselves at 149 too.
So it sounds like actually if I want a cheap PS3, eBay is the best bet?
Seems that Comet deal has expired, any other places to get a PS3 at that price?
Ninja Moomin
Banned
I ALMOST feel sorry for them... watching the desperate price cuts to try and get cash in the bank is almost like when you see an alcoholic realise they are in a genuine mess, but carry on drinking.
Personally I hope they go bust or the entire management team is replaced if they get sold.
It would be the worst possible thing for the UK consumer to have Game stay as it is. The reason they have failed, despite being the pre-eminent UK game retailler is because they care nothing for the consumer experience, and everything for how much they can upsell you at the point of sale.
I want us to have a strong UK retailler, I just don't want it to be game.
Personally I hope they go bust or the entire management team is replaced if they get sold.
It would be the worst possible thing for the UK consumer to have Game stay as it is. The reason they have failed, despite being the pre-eminent UK game retailler is because they care nothing for the consumer experience, and everything for how much they can upsell you at the point of sale.
I want us to have a strong UK retailler, I just don't want it to be game.
Bizarrely they seem to have raised most of the prices again now. No idea why, I doubt that will encourage sales.
Blueshore begins with a B. What other entities known to deal in shares begin with a B?
Big fluctuation? It's not really moved, in fact it's at 1.33 which is down from where it was earlier, and only .08 above what it opened at this morning.
Will be interesting to see if this Blueshare group do anything though.
Kubricks Ghost
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Blue horseshoe loves anacott steel.
Haha okay then
Almost nothing at all happening here - they had 25 million before, and now have 29.
Psychotext
Member
I'm not generally this cruel, but I'll laugh my arse off if Game gets bought out and the share price rockets.
zomgbbqftw
Banned
This means literally nothing.
SuperEpicMan
Banned
Would any shares I own still have worth if GameStop bought them out, I honestly can't see publishers allowing Game to disappear, they are too big a contribution to the games market in the UK.
Brera?
I don't think the publishers are too concerned. They will just increase support for other retailers to compensate, as EA did with HMV when ME3 came out. Titles they haven't stocked have still charted well, Mario Party 9 with the best ever sales for a Mario Party game, for example. Game are not too big to fail.
Publishers have no say in the matter. It will be entirely up to whoever purchases Game, if anyone does.
I think the success of Mass Effect 3 does at least in part prove that a AAA title does not rely on Game's retail network to be successful. The market is extremely competitive, as has been reiterated throughout this thread, and other outlets could well just fill the gap.
Dr Frasier Crane
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Congratulations. You managed to make snort out an entire Salt and Vinegar Snack-a-jack. Well done sir, well done.
Shotgun Kiss
Member
Mass Effect 3 outsold both ME1 and ME2 without assistance contribution from Game/Gamestation. And while it could be argued that ME3 is high profile enough for people to shop around for it, the same can't be said of Mario Party 9, yet that placed third in the games charts the week of it's release, outselling previous Mario Party games during their first week.
One of the main reasons Game/Gamestation are dying is because people are now savvy enough to shop elsewhere for better deals, be it supermarkets or online.
And as for publishers, many of them WANT to see Game/Gamestation die, as the pre-owned market cuts into their profits significantly, and Game/Gamestation focus a lot more on pre-owned than they do new stock. There's a reason why EA were the first to pull support, when they're the publisher who fight used game sales the most (online activation codes in all of their games). Game/Gamestation's precense likely costs publishers more money than they make.
Also, as JoeTheBlow stated, Gamestop won't buy them out. If Gamestop do want to establish themselves in the UK, they'll wait until Game Group go into administration, and then set up afterwards.
Little Old Man
Member
Urgh, I don't think I can be bothered going back one final time for PSP/PS3 stuff in that case, could end up being a huge waste of time.
Not stocking the big games ain't gonna help them.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
My local Gamestation now have one of those cage bins with a 'Stuff' label on it absolutely brimming with Wii-related plastic tat. Steering wheels, golf clubs, console stands... 98p a pop.
It just looks so pathetic. I've seen a more professional looking Cash Converters.
It just looks so pathetic. I've seen a more professional looking Cash Converters.
Shotgun Kiss
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Kid Icarus is one of those games that won't hurt them much by itself, but all these absences of relatively lower-profile releases add up, and soon going to reach the point where customers won't even visit Game/Gamestation, due to the reputation of them not stocking anything.
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