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UK Retailer GAME is dead | Brera's Lament
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The Supermarkets will still have to compete with each other so I'm not sure what your issue is.
Wow, surprised they've closed both. Had a feeling GameStation might survive as it was always busy and had some good, knowledgeable staff.
Biggest regret of my gaming life was selling my mint, boxed SNES and 50 games to them in 2004 for £80
That was one of the most fascinating thing about GAME. How they actually had these trade-in prices for GC, SNES, N64 etc. and no one ever traded in those types of games. Once in a while, they had so truly terrible SNES games in stock, of course, if they ever had a box it was in the worse condition possible.
Anyway, i cannot believe you did that!
There is more than just GAME on the high street. Not to mention the numerous online stores they have to compete with plus DD on the PC.
Kubricks Ghost
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Telford - both game stores closed. Gamestation still trading.
Shorty11857
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From what I've heard people saying looks like the stores in Dublin might all be closed
I've never really liked the whole prepaid preorder culture, so I'm interested to see how this plays out in terms of public acceptance of the concept.
It must be *really* shitty for people who had an ME3 preorder but hadn't moved their credit onto something else yet.
Didn't see that coming either.
Visualante2
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GAME admitted to not competing on price. And if supermarkets colluded to raise prices, that would be an anti competition affair. They will always compete with each other, and on a playing field GAME couldn't begin to imagine. Look into loss leaders.
*REAL* gamers can subsist on pixels alone.
HuntTheMusic
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People need to get away from this fire sale idea. All new stock will be on retention of title with the big suppliers. This basically means that the stock remains property of the supplier until their debt is paid in full.
The only chance of a heavy discounting will come over time, the longer the administrators don't have a buyer. At that point you will see discounts to pre owned stock and new stock from smaller suppliers that does not require to be returned. This will be to help fund the continuation of business.
The only chance of a heavy discounting will come over time, the longer the administrators don't have a buyer. At that point you will see discounts to pre owned stock and new stock from smaller suppliers that does not require to be returned. This will be to help fund the continuation of business.
s_mirage
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To anyone in the know legally: does this have the potential to get ugly for the ex management? It seems as if they were still encouraging pre-orders and trade ins for credit when management must have been fully aware that in all probability they would not be around to actually make good on these arrangements.
Goddamn. I was served by a bloody awesome guy in one of those GAME's and a complete prick in the Gamestation. Game Group, you're firing the wrong people.
WOW, that leaves HMV and the few Gamestop shops as the only high street retailers.
ICYICYMCSHAKE
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It seems both GAME and Gamestation in Cheltenham are open...for now.
Isn't that kind of the point of the administration process though? Entering into administration allows for the company to be restructured or sold or whatever while under protection from legal liabilities?
Any more on this? Where's it coming from? All I've seen so far is chatter than the Dundrum stores are closing. Of course, that can't be the extent of it, but if ALL stores are going, that'd be a bit of a shock. I'd assume ALL irish stores would be going too then.
Fare Godmace
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Have they said anything about the situation of their international business? Namely, their Spanish operations.
Psychotext
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Cardiff Queen Street gone. Probably the right choice, the St Davids store is much bigger / better.
killer_clank
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Game in Sauchiehall/Buchanan Galleries are gone. Gamestation on Sauchiehall st has gone. Dunno about the others, I'd imagine Union st will stay open for the time being.
Shorty11857
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Heard it from a friend who works there but I can't be 100% on if it will be all the stores, people on boards.ie are posting that Ilac and Dawson Street are gone too which are the city centre stores so it wouldn't surprise me if what I heard is true
EDIT: CVG just tweeted all Irish stores are closed
Throwaway123456789
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Norwegian / Scandinavian stores are unaffected for the moment.
The Department for Trade and Industry doesn't have a massive amount of funding to go after dodgy directors, and even then it's only in high profile cases or where there has been clear nailed on fraud.
There are some mitigating factors at play here and the directors can argue that they were seeking a solvent sale up until they put down the notice to appoint admins. If they closed the pre-order / trade in side down then it may have diminished the value in the propsective purchasers / investors eyes.
Crappy tactics tho.
Damn... I expected some closures (especially the one in the galleries) but taking both Game and Gamestation from Sauchiehall I didn't expect.
Just Union Street, St Enochs, Debenhems (in St Enochs) left to find out about...
Either way, good luck to everyone.
Psychotext
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Look up a few posts. Queen Street is closed. Didn't even know we still had a Gamestation, where is it?
I know the game in St Davids (2) and the one near Cardiff City's Stadium.
Yeah, i just saw the retweet. Wow if true, a shame. Feel badly for my former manager and the other folks working there now.
Used to work there - the last retail job I ever had. Horrible place, and badly run by a lacklustre manager. The submanager (in training), whose name I forget but sported a fantastic mohican, was a decent chap, though.
I imagine Game Braehead will be safe, despite being even worse.
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lettermassing
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GAME and Gamestation in Glasgow are both closed.
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Wow. Things are going fast. I was in there the other day.
It makes sense to have one location in cardiff, I'm not surprised that the queens at one shut down. There was a game station but it closed a few months back unless there is one I'm unaware of.
bobs...onGaf
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Yeah I agree, all the same though I am slightly worried. I am looking at things in a slightly odd way, and I am probably off base, but even though the supermarkets will be in competition with eachother, because there wont be a store dedicated to selling games to try and price beat, they will feel less pressured into dropping prices. Im not sure how the dynamic works, supermarkets could be quite content to sell games on the odd occasion someone is doing the rest of the weekly shop and as such may not feel as pressured to price match other supermarkets.
Probably talking rubbish, I hope I am.
Dr Frasier Crane
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Seems Milton Keynes Midsummer Place has fallen.
I helped set that one up, when EB bought Game around 2000 the EB in the Shopping Centre sent loads of staff and stock over to get them going. I still remember writing rude messages on their deliveries from Lynx to the warehouse guy over there. It was always a pleasure to receive a box of PSOnes with a message saying "You c**t!!" on it.
I helped set that one up, when EB bought Game around 2000 the EB in the Shopping Centre sent loads of staff and stock over to get them going. I still remember writing rude messages on their deliveries from Lynx to the warehouse guy over there. It was always a pleasure to receive a box of PSOnes with a message saying "You c**t!!" on it.
lettermassing
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Never realised that there were so many of us here, and I know, how do you even get to the Fort without driving on the motorway?
Dr Frasier Crane
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Apparently Albion Street was on the list to go the other week. I imagine they'll just keep the one on the Headrow and the White Rose, getting rid of the gamestation near the corn exchange and the Game at Crown Point.
GringoLOCOo
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I was thinking of going down to my local store today as well
anyone know if the Manchester stores are closed down ?
anyone know if the Manchester stores are closed down ?
There are houses nearby.
Albion St store has had a "To Let" sign on for a few weeks now
* Stealth LeedsGaf admission *
Game Station is/was in St Davids 1 opposite bear factory (the the door that comes out where mothercare used to be on the Hayes
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