Forum Posts: 462 | Comment #1 by M1 Punk Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 05:42:59 AM | |
Someone just close that store down and put them out of their misery...
Better than a slow death :/
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Forum Posts: 39 | Comment #2 by Bluetooth1987 Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 05:43:05 AM | |
| Goodbye "Game" it seems, such a shame :( |
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Forum Posts: 25 | Comment #3 by DarthTrakd Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 05:43:34 AM | |
How unlikely is it that this will be sorted out before GAME slips into admin??? it's unpossible thats what.
Hopefully whomever buys out GAME will keep the physical stores, not just for the shops to walk around and good banter but also for the jobs. |
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Forum Posts: 1 | Comment #4 by bennoth Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 05:44:14 AM | |
| R.I.P |
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Forum Posts: 10 | Comment #5 by A Social Reject Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 05:44:46 AM | |
| The Chinese company that makes the GAMEware stuff are probably their only supplier still giving them stock now. |
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Forum Posts: 3173 | Comment #6 by Wreckon Dracgon Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 05:45:38 AM | |
| NO NO NOT THE ZHU ZHU BABIES... Farewell GAME |
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Forum Posts: 127 | Comment #7 by ooh ahh mcgrath Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 05:47:55 AM | |
| And no FUCKING 1YEAR WARRENTY ON MY XBOX! |
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Forum Posts: 228 | Comment #8 by the action frampton Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 05:50:04 AM | |
Wow, I didn't realise Nintendo had stopped supplying. Next up will probably be Sony, then they are finished.
They haven't really helped themselves with their 'sale' as I've been checking it every day, and they actually put the prices of most games UP today...
Still a few good deals in store; picked up 4 games for 7 quid on Saturday, but I don't think that'll help them much lol |
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Forum Posts: 56 | Comment #9 by segagamer Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 05:50:25 AM | |
| Doesn't OpCapita own Comet? Dixons Group PLC own Currys, PC World etc... |
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Forum Posts: 189 | Comment #10 by Bunglist Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 05:50:52 AM | |
| Just pull the plug already |
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Forum Posts: 3104 | Comment #11 by Bleeding Star Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 05:54:20 AM | |
| hmm literally yesterday we had a Microsoft Rep in our store confirming we were going to be getting the Star Wars console... |
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Forum Posts: 169 | Comment #12 by Arron114 Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 05:56:23 AM | |
@bradders.
Dixons group owns currys. Opcapita are a retail investment partnership. |
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Forum Posts: 5 | Comment #13 by roza Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 05:56:54 AM | |
Microsoft: "These are not the consoles you're looking for."
Anyway, sucks all this is happening. On the bright side, I may be able to pick up some decent deals if anything further happens; been meaning to get an update on my 360. |
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Forum Posts: 22 | Comment #14 by sumthingchronic Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 05:58:23 AM | |
| Ha! I wonder what will happen to the competition they have to win the star wars console? It was to vote on the BAFTA GAME Awards |
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Forum Posts: 2 | Comment #15 by DC KUSH 91 Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 06:08:11 AM | |
| So basically it only sells pre-owned games now. |
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Forum Posts: 17 | Comment #16 by Whitesnake75 Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 06:12:11 AM | |
This is quite ironic seeing as I was in my local GAME yesterday lunch time and there was a MS rep putting up point of sale material for the Star Wars Kinect game and console...
My local game is actually located inside a Comet store as well.
If MS are refusing credit terms on new release hardware that can only be a very bad sign.
Stocks of MS branded accessories are already low in that store so things can only get worse.
here's hoping a buyout is sorted soon, to save peoples jobs and to ensure we still have a highstreet games retailer. Nothing quite like having a good browse on the shelves of a lunch time... OpCapita would be my preferred buyer I think as maybe then some business sense will be brought in. Two GAME stores located metres away from each other is seriously not good practice... |
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Forum Posts: 47 | Comment #17 by darthchimp182 Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 06:13:36 AM | |
C'mon...just a week more, silent hill can get delivered and I'll bid a fond farewell to another highstreet outlet vanishing from the dying highstreet.
Bad times, but atleast I get mutants to kill to stem the pain...i hope :/ |
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Forum Posts: 299 | Comment #18 by BUZZARDIO 1080 Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 06:15:04 AM | |
| as the sega rally announcer would say, GAME OVER YEAH. |
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Forum Posts: 0 | Comment #19 by Nihlus87 Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 06:19:04 AM | |
| I have like £40 of credit with them but theres not much interesting left i could fucking buy, lol |
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Forum Posts: 166 | Comment #20 by the emcee Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 06:19:45 AM | |
| Another example of how greed fucks you up. I just feel sorry for all those staff who will be out of work because the heads of their company took the piss with their pricing. I never shop at game, they're always a few quid more than everywhere else it's annoying. Fuck em, and best of luck to the unfortunate workers who put their faith in the cheating bastards at the top of the tree! |
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Forum Posts: 56 | Comment #21 by BrySkye Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 06:26:24 AM | |
@19 I used my £25 worth of loyalty points, plus the £5 voucher for cancelling ME3, to just buy 2x 2100 Microsoft points.
Codes were given instantly by digital delivery as well, so I'm sorted for XBLA and DLC for a while. |
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Forum Posts: 19 | Comment #22 by Dasha UK Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 06:29:04 AM | |
| On a cheerier note I just got battlefield 3 for £15 from gamestation ! But I have to say I don't want them to close down,It's always nice to have a look around there whilst the girlfriend looks at shoes and stuff ! |
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Forum Posts: 267 | Comment #23 by macd Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 06:30:20 AM | |
That's them beyond screwed now. And this happening may well put off potential buyers as renewing contracts etc may be a total pain (I don't know, I'm not a lawyer. I have a soul.)
I spent my £5 Gamestation credit and I might pop in today and buy something... anything... dirt cheap to use all my points on my reward card. I pretty much already picked their carcass clean by buying stuff from their even cheaper than normal stock selling. Got like 15 new ( to me, mix of new and preowned) games for under £100. |
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Forum Posts: 3 | Comment #24 by Mr Wiggles Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 06:35:28 AM | |
| @19 can also just buy stuff up quicky and sell it on. Even for a loss it's better than lossing that credit full stop. |
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Forum Posts: 0 | Comment #25 by Problemo Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 06:37:38 AM | |
| If they even last to Autumn they need to at least get stock of Call of duty and FIFA to survive. |
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Forum Posts: 510 | Comment #26 by quidyg Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 06:41:38 AM | |
| hope someone buys GAME and leave the stores open. i prefer to go to a retail shop to buy my games and the only one that would be left is HMV, and there prices are rediculous |
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Forum Posts: 6 | Comment #27 by Koonz88 Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 06:48:30 AM | |
| Any idea if this will affect GAME Australia? |
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Forum Posts: 387 | Comment #28 by Caramel Cardinal Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 06:55:52 AM | |
| activision is no great loss (untill november obviously) but micrsoft now aswell, if they manage to find a buyer then who ever it is is going to have to spend a load to get it back up and runing again |
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Forum Posts: 493 | Comment #29 by Timmsy Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 07:19:34 AM | |
fuck it i am actually going to get the star wars xbox i dont care i have waited too lnog to get a slim and now i am going to get one with a kinect to hell with it :)
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Forum Posts: 105 | Comment #30 by ClassicZach Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 07:22:21 AM | |
| OMG!!!! give them a break ffs!!! its not always about money if game goes then it could mean a potential profit loss in the long term....wish game company would give them a life line |
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Forum Posts: 30 | Comment #31 by Astrex Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 07:29:52 AM | |
| to anyone who is like goodbye game just remember how much you got ripped off by those cunts, glad to those fuckers go online deals FTW! |
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Forum Posts: 8 | Comment #32 by Falloutkid22 Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 07:43:55 AM | |
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsx2vdn7gpY
Couldn't resist sorry |
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Forum Posts: 0 | Comment #33 by ninjaraiden2003 Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 07:47:39 AM | |
Its gonna be a real shame because it'll put such a large amount of people out their jobs.
Unemployment rate is at a ridiculous high at the minute already here in the UK and its ridiculously difficult for people to find a job without the closing down a chain of a stores and adding 10'000 more people to it. |
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Forum Posts: 131 | Comment #34 by AKirk93 Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 07:54:11 AM | |
| I guess GAME are just going to have to hope that they can get a deal sorted out asap. Last thing we need is for hundreds of people to lose their jobs. |
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Forum Posts: 155 | Comment #35 by ScoobyWRX555 Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 08:07:02 AM | |
| well with millions of shares bought buy a big US finance house it should be ok. Though with comments from publishers like this "Hopefully all of these solutions will also leave the preowned bullshit to eBay and Amazons marketplace where it belongs" looks like they are deliberately making it fail. one question though doesnt Gamestop do exactly this? how about they kill off their own stores rather than the 'rest of the worlds' |
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Forum Posts: 103 | Comment #36 by Shadowfan789 Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 08:31:17 AM | |
| Did anyone tell them? On their website, they are advertising the Star Wars Console, literally the first thing you see on the site. |
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Forum Posts: 3104 | Comment #37 by Bleeding Star Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 08:36:31 AM | |
#36 ever thought then maybe GAME are stocking it?
I work at GAME and we received an email today saying that the Star Wars report is wrong and that the store will be stocking it |
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Forum Posts: 1 | Comment #38 by superdred Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 08:42:59 AM | |
| what i cant seem to understand in all this, is that if a different company takes over are all these studios also not going to allow the new company to stock their new games? either way long term i feel that developers are shooting themselves in the foot by limiting the consumer as to where they buy their games from thus introducing competition |
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Forum Posts: 155 | Comment #39 by ScoobyWRX555 Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 09:01:54 AM | |
we really need someone in Gameto get the real truth, i find all the preowned talk lately too suspicious.
It was that previous ceo's fault whats-her-name how did it happen again blockbuster bought gamestation and went on a shop building spree and went heavily into debt. Gamestop were beaten by Ms Game whats-her-name and bought out competitor gamestation at start of recession, it naturally starts going tits up, now G & GS are one didnt really close down the stores that are feet apart so it goes more into recession poo, she bails out with £1.5mil package and the final year or so...well its a shame |
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Forum Posts: 13512 | Comment #40 by B A R 4 D Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 09:20:02 AM | |
| They just need to shtudown the company . |
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Forum Posts: 60 | Comment #41 by Drazer76 Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 09:23:22 AM | |
I asked in my local Game and they say the star wars rumour is false.
They are apparently still getting it in..
I'm not so sure.. |
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Forum Posts: 243 | Comment #42 by Coldgears Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 09:42:54 AM | |
| Is game some sort of North Korean version of gamestop? Lol! |
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Forum Posts: 6 | Comment #43 by Kaisar Villhelm Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 09:48:10 AM | |
@35
Gamestop and GAME are completely separate companies that just happen to have the same business model. Gamestop is closing some of its stores in the US, but is actually doing really well financially. |
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Forum Posts: 120 | Comment #44 by alklein35 Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 09:51:40 AM | |
| Microsoft AND Nintendo? 2 of the companies that make the freakin' consoles (and 1 does extra handhelds)? Forget the publishers, 2 console makers could take down game by themselves holding back their product. |
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Forum Posts: 151 | Comment #45 by MastrMeatWad Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 10:01:54 AM | |
| Not sure if this continues to be news. The past month or so every day a new title/console is released/releasing and GAME will not be carrying. Without further stories it is safe to assume you will not find any decent new games at the retailer. Next piece of news should be the sale of GAME. |
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Forum Posts: 463 | Comment #46 by francisrossi Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 10:51:41 AM | |
| The potential buyers are all hovering, waiting for the company to go into administration, so they can pick it up on the cheap. Any debts will be a lot easier to pay off that way too. |
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Forum Posts: 0 | Comment #47 by ThoracicKez Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 11:03:58 AM | |
| perhaps its because they have things like NBA 2K10 for £32.99 |
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Forum Posts: 19 | Comment #48 by Len lfc Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 11:09:40 AM | |
| I should probably spend the money I have on my Game Card ASAP, but then, there isn't a lot to choose from anymore :p |
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Forum Posts: 270 | Comment #49 by FroZeNSouL Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 11:43:40 AM | |
As others have said, Lee Bradley, get ur facts checked.
ITS ALL BS!
Kept quiet till now, but tired of seeing these daily update which mean NOTHING because Game have been telling everyone just not getting any new releases for March. There ISNT a conger line of publishes dropping out!
Its all feking old news!
So stop reposting be from other sites.
And no im not a lover of Game, just don't like to read scaremongering bull everyday. Id watch Bbc News24 for that |
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Forum Posts: 24 | Comment #50 by KrisXX Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 11:44:11 AM | |
| I guess its GAME OVER. |
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Forum Posts: 0 | Comment #51 by Orcus101 Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 12:09:55 PM | |
Well this clearly isn't right seeing as my local GAME has had the Star Wars consoles in since December waiting on the updated version of the Star Wars Kinect game before release.
Where are you claiming to have gotten this news from? Maybe you need to check a bit better before posting... |
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Forum Posts: 19 | Comment #52 by papanesta Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 12:44:40 PM | |
| @21, genius. I was considering Halo with my remaining £27 worth of reward points, but that might be a better idea. Already got Syndicate for nothing. |
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Forum Posts: 2521 | Comment #53 by jamie1000013 Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 01:05:05 PM | |
| Why are these suppliers now supplying Game/Gamestation? Is it that Game/Gamestation aren't paying enough or something? |
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Forum Posts: 15 | Comment #54 by Foreseen 360 Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 01:38:12 PM | |
| @53, All the companies stopped supplying Game/GameStation because they got all the games/hardware on credit and paid them back after selling the products. But because they are in debt, they cant pay the credit back and therefore the companies dont want to hand them their products knowing that they wont ever get the money back for them! Shame, but Game charge FAR too much for the games anyway. I was in last week and they wanted £35 for a 2nd hand copy of Saints Row 3, its a joke to try and charge that much! |
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Forum Posts: 3 | Comment #55 by db dazzler db Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 01:55:53 PM | |
feel sorry for the job losses but hope it'll create more independent stores.
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Forum Posts: 0 | Comment #56 by potiwilm Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 03:04:53 PM | |
| @51 That's the stupidest thing i've ever heard, where do you get this info from? the Game fanboy facebook page or perhaps the magic Game unicorn they have in every store? |
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Forum Posts: 0 | Comment #57 by Orcus101 Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 03:13:22 PM | |
@56 From my mate that works for GAME. Was going to cancel my preorder for the Star Wars 360, due to what happened to my Mass Effect 3 and Street Fight X Tekken, but he let me know about this.
I honestly could careless if you think it's stupid and want to try and act cool by getting on the GAME hate bandwagon, I'm merely passing on information which clearly contradicts this report and question the source of this info. |
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Forum Posts: 11 | Comment #58 by Callam001 Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 07:13:18 PM | |
| Fuck the game companies, they only give a shit about there selves, bunch of fucking wankers |
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Forum Posts: 0 | Comment #59 by csiangel91 Thursday, March 15, 2012 @ 07:33:42 PM | |
I myself work at a Gamestation store and have heard no news of this from anyone higher up then me. As far as I am aware it is just the March releases that we will not be getting as we still have boxes on the shelves with information pertaining to the Star Wars 360.
I can understand that customer see some of our prices as ridiculous an sometimes I tend to agree, but it is due to the amount of stock we have if a game is pre-owned or how much the game manufacturer's allow us to sell a game for. For example we have so many old Fifa games it's ridiculous which is why we can sell them from 98p to £1.98, but games like Saints Row 3 and Skyrim I have noticed are difficult to find pre-owned so the prices can be a bit higher. I know me saying this will not help, but we have had many loyal customers who enjoy the experience in our stores worried about Gamestation disappearing from the high street and me and other colleagues who work as hard as we can for the customer are just as scared especially when me and a friend have only been working there for 6 months.
I'm willing to take any insults this post may bring, but I enjoy being a member of staff at Gamestation and would be thoroughly upset if the store disappeared, not only for the sake of my job, but also for those customers who are willing to stick by our stores during a difficult time for us. |
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Forum Posts: 0 | Comment #60 by winter zombie Friday, March 16, 2012 @ 06:06:57 AM | |
TO CSIANGEL91
we are talking about the GAME company, and by the sounds of it you work at GAMESTATION ! i think you have your wires crossed. LoL |
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Forum Posts: 60 | Comment #61 by Drazer76 Friday, March 16, 2012 @ 08:44:06 AM | |
@60
No he doesn't. You have yours crossed..
Game Group owns both and this news whether true or false affects both |
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Forum Posts: 0 | Comment #62 by csiangel91 Saturday, March 17, 2012 @ 05:55:31 AM | |
@61,
Thank you very much, but I have one small change to make, I am a she rather then a he. But thank you again for informing winter zombie of his error :)
I am working this evening and will try to find out what I can find about the situation for Game and Gamestation |
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