deanb Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-02-29-game-not-stocking-mass-effect-3-or-ea-games-past-ssx GAME/Gamestation will not be stocking any EA game released after SSX. This means no Mass Effect 3. Currently they'll give you in-store credit too if you've pre-ordered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 (edited) Sonofa- Cheers for the heads-up, Dean. I'm assuming that applies to online orders too. Well, at least Play seem to have the CE of Mass Effect 3. EDIT: OK, so I switched to Play but then I saw ShopTo had it (didn't see it first time I searched) cheaper and with a release day delivery guarantee. Sorted. Edited February 29, 2012 by Hot Heart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 So, basically no one's going to preorder anything from GAME ever again, right? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 I'd say as much. If they've lost the confidence of Nintendo and EA, that's a big share of their games gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 ooh sorry about that HH. Honestly figured the meeting could've turned better than it did. As for the future, gamestop's waiting to buy them outright minus their Australian operation and so once the fate of that's been decided I think we know what the investor's are going to go for. As for preorders, the Diablo 3 CE preorder which was previously game exclusive turned up at Shopto so yeah that's gone. I'm sure Acti have more or less bailed if that's been happening. Sony was protecting their stock earlier this week despite the game being launched via Game's stores. Most vita's purchased on site had the tag/sticker 'Property of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe and something else that basically just stated that it's their stock and they own it until it's been purchased at the POS point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted March 2, 2012 Report Share Posted March 2, 2012 Sony was protecting their stock earlier this week despite the game being launched via Game's stores. Most vita's purchased on site had the tag/sticker 'Property of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe and something else that basically just stated that it's their stock and they own it until it's been purchased at the POS point. Did not know that. Ouch. Obviously SONY were concerned that an Administrator would step in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted March 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/express-game-directors-might-pull-the-plug/ So The Express has reported rumours that the GAME directors may just shut up shop. Also that Gamestop are apparently waiting in the wings. Oooh, goody. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 While I've no doubt about Game slowly folding, getting sold or whatever the source that everyone's reporting is The Express :/ I mean really next thing we know they'll say that Diana's responsible for bringing it down or something or it's somehow Germany's fault. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excel_excel Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 We have a few rare Game shops in Ireland, but they are all over the place in the UK. Everything is high priced, even pre-owned titles, I can understand why they are going down seeing as stores like HMV are nearly always cheaper and offer a wider range of games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted March 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 Wait... HMV cheaper? Which HMVs are you going to? When HMV put a game on sale at £5 off that brings the price down to £40. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excel_excel Posted March 5, 2012 Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 (edited) My local HMV is cheaper most of the time then Game or Gamestop. All depends really, its mostly just a few euros cheaper for newly released titles. For example new 3DS titles are normally €45 in Gamestop, in HMV they are normally €40. Edited March 5, 2012 by excel_excel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted March 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2012 http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/game-not-stocking-street-fighter-x-tekken-and-asura-s-wrath/ And now Capcom join the pile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted March 6, 2012 Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 The Webb group entered administration today, they own Choices UK (or rather bought it when it last went into admin) UK retail is just shrinking day by day. Physical retail. While I do believe games can be sold in physical retail, the mistake with Game was switching their focus from specialised retail to top10 and family. It's the same thing with the Nintendo focus on casuals and of course the price wars. It's only going to be sad when there could come a time that we can't find niche titles here anymore and would have to go back to the days of importing it from elsewhere. It's only going to get worse before it gets better, and that's the fact about the game industry in general. We need fewer games in every area from iOS space to Console Space (PC, DD, handhelds etc come in between) otherwise we could see a few years where there canbe mostly just sequels. Next week ME3 will be number one and everything else is probably going to sell like shit. Following that the next major release probably could be Diablo 3 in April followed by Max Payne 3 in May. For those who thought SSX's increase in sales meant it was great if memory serves me right the title barely broke half a million in Europe so that's not an indication of anything much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted March 6, 2012 Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 Like 2011, 2012 could be a year dominated by 3s. I did like GAME though. Not so much as an actual shop experience, where it was a load of pap (plus, I hate other customers around here), but being able to pre-order something, usually get it at least a day before release, and usually about £2.50 in points. That's just my personal preference though. Part of it was in their favour in terms of pre-order bonuses (not a practice of which I wholly approve) but I valued that ease and reliability. I'm sure I can find that elsewhere in future though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted March 6, 2012 Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 Oh it's definitely dominated by 3,s there's also far cry 3 and assassin's creed 3 amongst others. I'm sure you can find everything you're looking for elsewhere too. Reward cards weren't a bad thing but some of it is just forced onto you. I wanted to get the preorder bonus for the vita but couldn't unless I signed up for a reward card (i did though I got the vita from elsewhere, just the bonuses were limited so I needed to get it quickly). You're mostly talking about game's online presence though. As a shop it's long lost the edge and we do need something to fill that place. The thing is these days if you want to see gameplay you don't need to see a demo in a store you could just look it up on youtube around release. However I suppose we could do with a gamercafe and not that ridiculous HMV gamerbase thing at the trocadero which is crap to be honest (though lol I shouldn't say much since i know a few people who're associated with the place). There could be an independant gamercafe where you could buy a few specialist games, play and hangout and a place that could function like how a cinema like say the curzon soho or the rex but instead for games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hot Heart Posted March 6, 2012 Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 Yeah, like I said, that's more a personal thing. Since most of us are big fans, we know where and how to find what we're after. We had a gamerbase at an HMV near us, but that shuttered and then that branch closed (really didn't need two since there was a massive one in the main shopping centre). Problem with that place is that it functioned more like an internet cafe and just involved people buying time to go play WoW or something. Really was a massive waste of floor space as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strangelove Posted March 6, 2012 Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 Maybe itll be bought out by Gamestop. They bought out ever other gamestore here.(EB games, Funcoland) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted March 6, 2012 Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 I agree, Gamerbase usually functions like a LAN internet cafe and most people just sit and play WoW and the machines with geometry wars are largely unused. I mean that's well and good but they have decent amounts of real estate and it could be something but instead here we have a LAN area where they hold fighting tourneys from time to time. I suppose it's mostly cause the arcade in the trocadero is still functioning alright that there's no need for them to do anything beyond a cybercafe. Funnily enough I've not set foot in that building in over a year despite walking past it several times in a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted March 6, 2012 Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 Maybe itll be bought out by Gamestop. They bought out ever other gamestore here.(EB games, Funcoland) Game technically is EBgames or whatever's left of it. EB games bought out Game, however they had some issues with monopoly they couldn't rebrand all the stores as EB games. So instead they stuck with the GAME branding. The GAME of the past is long dead. This new mutant bought out Gamestation which was a sad demise really. Now that it's slowly dying and I suppose once it heads into admin or something someone will buy out a few stores. It's how it works here sadly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted March 6, 2012 Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 It wouldn't be antitrust to own the stores, but it would be to change the name? What? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thursday Next Posted March 6, 2012 Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 Don't think it was an anti-trust thing. More likely it was an earn-out provision in the takeover deal. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/02/28/game_loses_eb_royalty_case/ GAME had to pay 1% Royalty to EB until 2006 so yeah, pretty much an earn-out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted March 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2012 http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/report-game-puts-itself-up-for-sale/092593 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post deanb Posted March 12, 2012 Author Popular Post Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/game-stock-plummets-below-1p/092603 GAME stock is now worth 98.8% less than it used to be. Incidentally 98% less than original price is their trade in policy too... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excel_excel Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 So Killzone 2 is 48p there preowned, so you'd get probably....5p for trading it in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFlyingGerbil Posted March 12, 2012 Report Share Posted March 12, 2012 If you traded in ME3 you could probably buy the business! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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