I hate game for the simple fact that they bought over gamestation, now they have a monopoly in the games market here grrrrrr

I try to avoid them at all costs... i bought my 360 Elite from gamestation before the buyout and i got my PS3 Slim from HMV... HMV had a way better deal!

my games at a small local shop. that way i get the game when the shop get's it and that is 2 to 3 days early most of the time.

Does this mean they will start hiring people that actually have a clue about games or just the usual retards and pikeys?

This move will mak GAME the primary high street stockier in the UK, meaning they will hike their prices up even more. They already charge way above the odds. I understand they have more overheads than an online retailer, but they give you no reason to buy in their stores - staff are generally unhelpful and incompetent. None of the display machines are ever working, and they pay peanuts for trade-ins which they sell on for 90% of the value of a new game.

What baffles me is how they are making money to take over anyone, they must be getting their profits from fleecing the Wii population and other poor souls who don't know any better.

Well I don't support monopolies...

Game is a nice shop and all, but its prices are ridiculous.

the more consumers buy online, the more stores will close in the long run, which in turn result in more job losses.
so whose fault is it? id put my money on the consumers.

The Meadowhall Shopping Center in Sheffield has no less then 2 GAME's and 1 GameStation.

It's guaranteed that 1 of those will shut down but I think they will keep it at 1 GAME and 1 GameStation.

saleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee eeeeeeeeeee

what i'll miss more than i'll ever miss game, are the independent game shops they had better deals and prices and got games in for you especially, it was way more personal than game and gamestation (i dont know what it is about gamestation but i always feel like i need a shower after going in there).

yeah you get a few independent shops here and there and a few online but its just not the same anymore.

For me in the UK its...........

1. CEX. (Best shop by a mile)
2. Blockbuster (they have overtaken gamestation in the value stakes)
3. Gamestation (not as good as they once were value wise)
4. GAME (plain and simple, they are crap)

Game offer you lame trade in prices even on new games.

You could buy bioshock 2 on the day of its release, then go to GAME with it the following day and they would offer you somthing pathetic like £10 trade.

still, i feel for those losing their jobs :-(

It amuses me when gamers moan about supermarket's and their occasional low pricing for big blockbuster releases (games like MW2 or the FIFA series for example) and how they affect dedicated computer game shops like GAME. I remember the old independent shops that slowly disappeared as GAME's monopoly grew and how they gobbled up other chains like Electronics Boutique, Gamestation and the online retailer Gameplay. They have slowly raised prices and slowly all but phased out support for PC gamers. Their second hand pricing is a joke when all they knock off for new releases is £2. Game developers moan about the second hand games market and while I agree gamers should do what they want with their copies like we do with other media and belongings I do see why publishers and developers get upset when I walk into GAME and go to the counter with a new copy and they actively try to promote a second hand copy over the new copy in my hand. I'm sorry that people will lose their jobs, especially in these difficult economic times but I'm not sorry to see GAME shrink a little under the pressure from online retailers.

yeah,totally rip off games instore,way cheaper online

GAME sounds like GAME MANIA in Belgium.Another big store brand with a zillion stores and ridiculous prices.They open a new store every month and even operate in the Netherlands now.
I was a loyal custumer until i found some internet shops.The previous owner of my GAME MANIA store was a wel informed salesman and became a very good friend.The store was sold to another guy and turned the shop in a living hell for regular costumers.Me and several other costumers with 15 years of loyalty turned there backs on the store and never look back.I miss the weekly visits to look for new games but i HATE shops with employees who know sf@t about the products they sell and charge you ridiculous prices.

In my neck of the woods there is a game and a gamestation but both tiny little shops in really inconvenient spots, yet right over the road from the current Game is a big shop which used to be Zavvi. Even if I wanted to I could not shop in there on a Saturday or at any time near Xmas because you physically cannot browse in the shop because of the size of the queue.

Regardless, they are rip-off merchants and they wiped £10 of reward points off my card without notice because I had not used the card for about 18 months (because even with £10 off a game from them, it was still cheaper to get games from Sainsburys etc). if I was gonna £50 for a game, I would rather go to an indie store, whats the point of a giant chain of stores if they do not use their size to undercut everyone else.

Sorry for the people losing their jobs but maybe they will decide to start their own indie stores in the towns that stores are gonna close.

Spider-man, I know exactly what you mean, and its stupid that they set up another GAME at Cabot Circus.

I do understand about GAME and Gamestation being right next to each other though, they are in Weston. Thats because if Mr.Joe Public isn't happy with the service they receive at GAME, they go to Gamestation instead (not knowing any better) and so the company still receives his money. Its the same with Currys and PC World being right next door to each other too.

As for the employees, its ashame they could loose their jobs, but they can always be transferred to other GAME/Gamestation stores, and I won't be missing those shops anyway, they're totally over priced. Why buy a game for £45-50 when you can get it cheaper at ASDA or Amazon?

As long as the one in my home town doesn't shut down, I couldnt care less!

I like GAME, they get good exclusive editions of games and the reward system is FTW, thanks to the reward system I just got God of War 3 pre-ordered for £24.85

You do realise GAME & GameStation are now one company.