checkeredknight
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Well, not literally kicking them up the arse, but yeah. We had to pretty much say "sorry, we're closed" and lead them to the door. If anyone had anything to buy, we put it through the tills quickly.
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UK Retailer GAME is dead | Brera's Lament
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Well, not literally kicking them up the arse, but yeah. We had to pretty much say "sorry, we're closed" and lead them to the door. If anyone had anything to buy, we put it through the tills quickly.
Plus the constant complaining about used games killing the gaming market. Damn, GAME was doing well from the Used market. New hardware is always good for gaming stores.
While most on GAF will use online means, having no dedicated high-street chain to deal with midnight launches for hardware and software is going to suck.
I'm not entirely sure.
On Twitter people said both are closed, but alternatively Gamestation says this:
http://twitpic.com/91k9b7
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/store-closures-begin-at-game-and-gamestation/093365
A list of stores being closed
A list of stores being closed
Psychotext
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That looks like a decidedly unpleasant area. Where is it?
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Word on Twitter is that all GAME stores in Ireland have been closed (not all closed up here in the North though). Can anyone confirm?
The GAME closed in Belfast is the one in Castle Court (predictable).
The GAME closed in Belfast is the one in Castle Court (predictable).
Diablohead
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Reading Oracle is the one near me, shame to see it go as a friend works there.
We have a gamestation down the highstreet which imo will do better.
Game Castlecourt was the very definition of superfluous.
I am hearing Game Bloomfield (Bangor) is gone although Ards maybe still open.
Heard that too. Omagh GAME is gone. The owner of the street it's on is trying to turn every shop in that street into a bar/nightclub, so it would've been gone anyway.
That is Stockport. The arse-end of Stockport. I have been to rough places late at night but I have only ever feared for my life once. The midnight launch of GTA:SA and yes, I was there in that same street.
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GAME and Gamestation in Glasgow are both closed.
That's it. I'm off to check the Gamestation at Hamilton.
They're still open at have this sign up.
damnit... my closest one Gamestation in Dumbarton has also been closed. (It opened not that long ago, maybe a few years ago? But before that we had none and now we again have no gaming stores really in Dumbarton).
I go to Glasgow mostly but it was nice that if I wanted something quick, I could get on a bus or train and get to the Dumbarton Gamestation within 15 mins.
This is only the first day... wonder how the rest of the week will go...
If no buyer is found, they all close.
GameStation Grimsby has closed. Had to get the customers out and close the shutters down at 1pm. A lot of customers seem pissed (since most seem to like GameStation here more than GAME.) Lost my job anyway.
Can't say I didn't expect it, but today is a sad day.
Wow, you're close to me. Best of luck in your future endeavors.
Data Ghost
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While I agree that the prices could be high and the trade in prices were very poor, Im still kinda gutted.
As a gamer its great to go into a dedicated video game store during a console launch etc. Aside from that the manager at Llanelli Gamestation is a great bloke who would always sort me out with whatever discounts he could as I have been a loyal customer for years and years.
Does anyone know if Llanelli Gamestation and Game are still open?
I feel that if they arent saved it will have a negative impact on gaming in the UK :/
As a gamer its great to go into a dedicated video game store during a console launch etc. Aside from that the manager at Llanelli Gamestation is a great bloke who would always sort me out with whatever discounts he could as I have been a loyal customer for years and years.
Does anyone know if Llanelli Gamestation and Game are still open?
I feel that if they arent saved it will have a negative impact on gaming in the UK :/
Psychotext
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Ha, thanks. Scary times.
Didn't even know there WAS a LeedsGAF, really...
And they have always been Game stores as far as I remember. It isn't like one used to be an EB store that was rebranded. I'm certain they were both Game stores the first day the Trafford Centre opened.
I remember asking my old area manager why Gamestation doesn't have a Trafford Centre store and he said it costs over £1m just to open a store in there!
Mutterings on Twitter suggest that the Westgate Centre GAME is alive and well in Oxford. Rooting for the Templar's Square Gamestation now.
I'd assume there's a reasonable amount of student trade in the city centre one, so I suspect that might hang around for a fair while. Worried for the Gamestation, though, it's more off the beaten track.
I'd assume there's a reasonable amount of student trade in the city centre one, so I suspect that might hang around for a fair while. Worried for the Gamestation, though, it's more off the beaten track.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/store...station/093365
Check the list. I think Llanelli is on there. Wondering if Carmarthen will also loose theirs.
JonathanEx
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I've only been to Dumbarton twice, but I was under the impression that there's nothing at all in Dumbarton, let alone gaming shops. Apart from Morrisons. With an unhealthy amount of Irn Bru.
Infrastructure, trained staff? That's a LOT to set up from scratch that would cost a lot.
Maybe it'll be like a reverse auction. 400 stores? No buyers? 300 stores, will anyone take 300? 250 stores? 250? SOLD!
The administrators are legally obliged to pay you for all services given from the moment they took control of the company.
They are not obliged to (read: will not) pay you any wages earned prior to the moment the company entered administration.
So, basically, this month's paycheck will only count hours worked starting from today. I hope you have a little bit saved up for emergencies. I was in the same boat as you a few years ago with Music Zone.
An upside is that GAME Group now has zero debt. To a company big enough to stomach the up-front costs and competent enough to run the stores, it'd be a fairly attractive prospect.
I'm really surprised that I haven't heard about the Lowestoft GAME and Gamestation stores closing. It's a pissant little seaside tourist town (where my parents now live) and I've thought for ages that having two open was stupid, so I was expecting to see one or both down as closing, but so far neither...
Maybe they are hitting the bigger towns and cities with several GAME/Gamestation stores. If my local goes, I will be very disappointed.
checkeredknight
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True. Although, didn't GAME state a week or so ago they had enough put by to cover every-bodies wages owed throughout March? Hopefully that will still apply. Thanks for the information; I have quite a bit of money saved up and I plan to move away to another town next month. Hopefully I will have more chance of finding a job there (plus I get to live with some friends too.)
Yeah there isn't much there at all apart from Asda and the shops near it (and the fast food stuff).
Woolworths closed down before and now Gamestation... apart from a Pet Store I like going into, there isn't much reason to go to the City Center. (where that stuff was located)
I read somewhere that pre-appointment wages will be honoured for this month.
there is absolutely NOTHING to do in lowestoft, so all the kids just sit at home playing video games
well, the airshow is good, for 2 days a year
Yup. Even the big department stores there struggle to turn a decent profit. I know for fact if John Lewis could roll back the clock they would not have opened a store there.
Data Ghost
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Confirmed: Llanelli Gamestation has closed today, not sure about the remaining Game :/
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Any news on the Wolverhampton Games and Gamestation?
Ridiculous that they had 2 games on the same side of Dudley St. about 30 seconds worth of walk apart, with the Gamestation in the Wulfrun Centre too. Not difficult to see why the chain's dying.
Best of luck to anyone who's lost their job today.
Ridiculous that they had 2 games on the same side of Dudley St. about 30 seconds worth of walk apart, with the Gamestation in the Wulfrun Centre too. Not difficult to see why the chain's dying.
Best of luck to anyone who's lost their job today.
Correct. The money for wages pre-administration was put in a trust fund with RBS so all staff would get their money at the end of the month.
Other news in my local area. Not only has my store (Halifax GS) closed, but both GAME stores in Bradford have closed, although the Gamestation has survived. Both the GAME and Gamestation in Huddersfield have survived as well.
Yeah, to be honest, I wouldn't be surprised to see the GameStation to go.
Scratch that, Swansea's Gamestation store have tweeted that they've closed.
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Leeds GAF everywhere... can certainly see the Gamestation here getting closed if it hasnt already due to its fairly terrible location. Grainger Games should hire some of the fallout staff to replace the bellend that normally serves me in there, and maybe I'd go back!
How are they positioned? I'm wondering if they'd be in a similar situation to Oxford, thriving on student footfall.
The one opposite Primark was closed at the weekend as a planned closure. Dont know about the other two, but theres no way that GAME'll be closed. It was only refurbished a few months ago. The Gamestation is probably more likely to go.
Little Old Man
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It'll be interesting to know which Liverpool stores are shut. I agree with Paul that I expect the GS on Lord Street and the Liverpool One Game will be kept. The other two outlets seem to small and hidden to be saved.
Wonder what will happen in St Helens and Warrington: Game and GS in each currently?
Wonder what will happen in St Helens and Warrington: Game and GS in each currently?
Good to hear. You guys have got off lucky.
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