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3CorsaMeal
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4th Jan 12 at 10:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Anyone else heard they are going down the toilet soon?

Just spent my remaining reward points and rage quit them.
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Can't see it myself, had a friend who worked there and they operated at a profit. I can see stores closing however, theres 2 in norwich less than a mile apart, 2 in wolverhampton on the same shopping street
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I can see a shitload of retailers going to the wall in the first 6 months of this year.
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Hope they don't, awaiting a game in February that I preordered a few months ago
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HMV will be the first big one.

There is a Game and Gamesatation 50 yards apart in Burnley, I assume they both make profit though as they have been there a bit now.
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Thats a point Dave, forgot they were the same company, the Gamestation in norwich is Pissing distance from one of the Game's too
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In Hemel we have a Game and Gamestation opposite each other, then another Game inside the shopping centre a 2 minute walk away
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They closed 37 stores last year and profits dropped from 80 odd million to 23 million, or there abouts.

Can't see them going just yet but its not looking good. Having said that though there haven't been any new big console releases for a few years, 3DS was it last year but they wont have sold anywhere near like a new PS or Xbox would.

[Edited on 04-01-2012 by Adam_B]
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Theres 3 games in norwich Russ theres one inside debenhams as well
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Game is one of those shops that is poorly laid out, always dirty, always smelling of sweat and always poorly lit - a lot like HMV -
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A lot like an A&F shop.
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i would recommend everyone spend their remaining points, quit GAME and just use amazon from now on.

amazon are cheaper too
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Amazon and Tesco sell just about the same stuff cheaper why bother with GAME?

And the GAME & Gamestation in Reading are practically opposite each other as well.
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
Game is one of those shops that is poorly laid out, always dirty, always smelling of sweat and always poorly lit - a lot like HMV -


Amen
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quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
quote:
Originally posted by ed
Game is one of those shops that is poorly laid out, always dirty, always smelling of sweat and always poorly lit - a lot like HMV -


Amen
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That said HMV in the Oracle is awsums
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GAME are crap, so expensive and they charge about £10 extra for digital download.

Used to use them in the time of PS2 ! but now they just don't have a competitive prices.

Amazon
Zavvi
Shopto
coolshop

in terms of online for me.
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Wouldn't be surprised if they disappeared soon, as said they're always expensive but goons queue outside for midnight launches
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Dont they do px's or is that another shop?
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you can trade games in there.

i have a local shop called CEX and its all trade in games and dvds. i jsut visit there and get all my games and dvds there.

got all the lethal weapon films for £3.50 and Batman and Batman Returns for £1 each,

can order online from there to
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We have a Game, Gamestation, and CEX all within 50 yards of one another. Makes it easier when I go and compare prices.

[Edited on 04-01-2012 by Nath]
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There's a Game and Gasmestation virtually right next door to each other in a shopping centre in Oxford too I only really go in there for pre-owned stuff as once it's been out for a while it can be quite cheap. Gamestation is good for retro stuff Bought a Gameboy Colour in there a couple of years back They have a bunch of NES games in the Oxford one too.

[Edited on 04-01-2012 by Daveskater]

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quote:
Originally posted by Andy Stocker
In Hemel we have a Game and Gamestation opposite each other, then another Game inside the shopping centre a 2 minute walk away




Game own Gamestation.
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My friend said something about the new xbox having no disc tray and it will be all digital download's, he said that would affect them quiet badly.

Did'nt Game buy Gamestation a few years ago? Noticed that they stopped selling retro gear like Megadrive and Snes games once they got taken over CEX, Amazon, Play, eBay and the local indie gameshop are pretty much the only places i get my games and consoles now tbh.

EDIT: Shows how stupid they are with trade in prices in some stores...

Bought Skyrim on offer in Gamestation when it was like £25 odd took it too the CEX over side of the high street and then they gave me £38, done this 5 times for insta-profit.

[Edited on 04-01-2012 by JamesMc]

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