GAME in Admin?

malkie76

This is probably the future - http://www.onlive.co.uk/ Immediate access to top games without the need for a hardware upgrade every 3 years as you do with PCs and consoles.

We have (had?) two GAMEs and one Gamestation in the same short high street. They should have taken the opportunity to close stores when they bought Gamestation.

Has anyone been to the stores ? Are they 'fire-selling' everything ?

FTBFun

I'd like to know this, but would be surprised if I could get anything cheaper than online still (I just bought RUSE for £1.95 from thehut.com, for instance).

FTBFun

ruggedtoast wrote: »

As far as downloads and there being no need for physical media or stores, no thanks. I no more want to only be able to buy games from Steam than I want to only be able to buy music from iTunes.

You might not want this, but it is a market-led sector and if the market means that we ultimately go to download and on-demand services, I'm afraid you'll have to like it or lump it.

You can still buy boxed copies of most games online and personally I can't see this changing any time soon.

Obviously its advantageous to publishers, they have an enormous saving by not needing to manufacture anything, and a defacto captive market on their download outlets where they can rig the prices to what they want.

If you don't want to pay their prices, don't buy them. Games are a luxury item not a necessity so they'll get the hint if enough people agree.

It would also kill off the, perfectly legitimate, second hand market in one go.

You can still sell 2nd hand games privately and online if you wish. Also I'd note for PC games this is technically in breach of the EULA in most cases but not enforced.

antrobus

RandomDan wrote: »

... With their purchase of Electronics Boutique a few years ago...

It was the other way around; EB purchased Game, then rebranded all the EB stores as Game stores and changed its name to the Game Group, hence the confusion.

Not that it makes much difference of course.

worldtraveller

The investment group, Opcapita, will announce on Sunday it is buying a large part of the troubled Game Group out of administration, the BBC understands.

The deal will keep open 333 stores and save 3,100 jobs.

Half a dozen banks, led by Royal Bank of Scotland, who are owed £85m, have approved the takeover, says BBC business editor Robert Peston.

BBC News

ruggedtoast

FTBFun wrote: »

You might not want this, but it is a market-led sector and if the market means that we ultimately go to download and on-demand services, I'm afraid you'll have to like it or lump it.

You can still buy boxed copies of most games online and personally I can't see this changing any time soon.



If you don't want to pay their prices, don't buy them. Games are a luxury item not a necessity so they'll get the hint if enough people agree.



You can still sell 2nd hand games privately and online if you wish. Also I'd note for PC games this is technically in breach of the EULA in most cases but not enforced.

I guess Opcapita don't agree with you.

Good news for the Game staff that have kept their jobs, lets hope they turn the business around.