GAME has been a mainstay here in Belfast in Donegal Square upcoming on 15 years now. Remember playing the Dreamcast on there demo machines Ready to Rumble demo :). never have i had trouble with the staff.

Ya trade in prces can be a bitch but i tend to hold onto my games either way thats why ive got a "games collection".

I also know they put the prices up on trade ins come Christmas time and the low side of the year you get less back choose your times better.

But really if there closing that don't matter anymore. from my experence there where better than Gamestop here that was for sure.

I totally agree, preowned buyers are cheap and GAME itself is overpriced, digital distribution FTW

I don't understand why this story is in the PC section because Game have hardly sold any PC games for the past 4-5 years thanks to the publishers stopping the sales of 2nd hand games(one game to one account) and once they manage to do this with consoles then everyone will see a huge drop off in sales of new games for consoles then all the blame will be put onto people who pirate software then once they manage to sort that little problem out then it will be mass layoffs(hundreds of thousands world wide) for all in the games industry.

What a load of crap.

There are other places to buy your games including my favorite, sitting on my fat ass and buy it online.

Arnt gamestation linked to game? If so then bye bye game shops in the uk period lol,havnt purchased a game in an actuall retail shop since the day I bought a release ps3. Way to overprised. Online is always so much cheaper or even the supermarkets do delightfull deals on new releases..

Typical child 'journalist'. Yeah, lets cheer the downfall of highstreet gaming industry! Failing to see the woods for the trees.

Everyone complains about prices. Well of course they are cheaper online. No overheads! Its called a highstreet shop for a reason; rent, rates, utility, staff wages etc etc. Prices are obviouosly going to be higher than online.

And they make hardly nothing on 'new' games. Hence gravitating to pre-owned because that is the only way to stay in business. That is the natural inclination of any business selling anything, if you make no profit theres no sustainability.

Will there be someone to fill the void? Absolutely, if there is profit and demand thats the natural business cycle. But it has taken a LONG time for Game/Gamestation to get where they are at. This would set back the industry quite a bit.

But word is the UK stores are actually in profit. Its just the Spanish ones I believe that are massively in the red. If they really cant cut those loose, and the whole ship goes down then so be it. Thats the reality of doing business. But nothing to cheer about when you have thousands of real people losing real jobs.

Good riddance, indeed.

People being put out of a job is terrible, obviously, but GAME simply failed to compete with online and other, less specific, retailers. The people who buy a ton of games aren't going to GAME, they're going online where the prices are just so much better. Relying on people buying FIFA and Call of Duty once a year or parents going in because they don't know any better is a terrible, terrible busines model.

Also, they annoyed me with my Vita pre-order saying they couldn't refund it in cash and had to give me store credit, which was ridiculous.

Their selection has been pitiful for a while now as well.

msxbox-world can write all the idiotic titles they want... i won't be clicking on their articles ever again. they are like the tabloids of the gaming world, ZERO credibility

I never been to Game, the pricing is always high in Australia. EB Games (for preorder)or JB Hifi for cheap bargain.

Saying that, I pick up Shadow of the damned NEW at EB ($30 AUD) compare to NEW at JB at $50.

I'm going to miss getting my pre-ordered games a couple days earlier than launch :(

I hope GameStop is next.

It's hard to sympathise with them after they robbed me all those times!! LONG LIVE AMAZON AND ASDA!!!!

maybe if they didn't give a quid for a title you bought a week before and then sold on at an extortionate price, and , instead, gave you a decent price and sold on for a profit but not a taking the pee pee price so they made a respectable 20% instead of 190% they would have had more customers and sales , cheeky barstewards only gave me about 15 quid for about 3 blu rays and 4 games once , couldn't believe it, r.i.p game you corporate snidey twarts.

While I agree with most ppl's view on game going down the drain is a blessing because of over pricing and poor trade in value, Game has been main the visual front for gamer's and game publishers within the UK. To lose this high street name, regardlessly, will be a blow to the console market.

When the Wii released I heard rumour that a GAME had stock left, So I rang them first concidering the nearest shop was 4 hours from my hometown. They said they had indeed got some left that they would be selling the next day and they would keep one for me. I travelled up the following morning and made it to the shop early. They told me to come back at 2 o clock for whatever reason. I left and returned at 2 but they said they were under strict instruction not to sell them until the following day. I stayed the night rough in the city for the big pay off the following day. When i returned to GAME they ''regretted to inform'' me that they had indeed sold all the wii the previous evening after all and sold out.
All the time they had my details and contact information

I HATE GAME!!

Wow so many unintelligent comments and tools.

Personally Im not looking forward to only being able to get my games online

dick^

Ahh I tried to tell them they should have employed me instead of those retarded little girls (logic has it they sell but they dont understand you cant get mario on the 360 WTF).

Their going under has alot to do with their staff employment policy of oh "t1ts sell" yes they do indeed....but badly.

I think its unfair to generalise all GAME`s staff as rude. 90% of the time the games sold there were a rip off though, i wont miss them to be honest

Never liked GAME always used GAMESTATION but don't use them any more beause of the simple to shop on Amazon, Brilliant!
I hold the biggest trade in at Gamestation near were I live, £857.98 I still have the recipt slip. I regret it big time as it was my retro collection. Funny thing is I have collected it all again...lol
Getting back to GAME in the uk, don't they own Gamestation? Will they go under aswell.
Get ready for a big sale then, grab them bargins...lol.

They screwed me over plenty of times. Once i ordered a memory card for a PSP and they sent me a memory card for a PSPGO and they made me jump through so many hoops to get a refund due to their mistake. I had to print off the receipt 3 times before they would accept responsibility for selling me the wrong product.

Anyone who thinks GAME folding is good for consumers/workers is stupid and doesn't have a grasp of the full picture.

GAME drove competetion within the sector, less competition means higher prices.

Less places to trade/buy/sell old games that have no use.

Thousands of people will lose their jobs, most of which are probably gamers themselves whcih will continue this recession and leave the economy in a worse state.

For everyone who didnt like GAME, then their stores being here or not doesn't make a difference, as I'm sure they just wouldnt visit a GAME store anyway.

I just got an email

"Dear (my name),

Capcom have officially confirmed that Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City will NOT be available on the High Street from GAME next week.

Capcom recommend you pre-order Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City from ShopTo.net for the great price of £36.85. Click Here to Pre-Order

If you have any questions about Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City or any other games that you have pre-ordered from GAME please do not hesitate to contact the ShopTo Customer Service department for information to ensure you get your game for release day on 0844 318 1328.

FREE with every copy of Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City: ShopTo are giving away free downloadable extra weapons to use in the game including the Machine Pistol (aka Steyr TMP) and Cowboy Shotgun (aka Remington SPR220) more details available here.

The official Capcom statement reads:

“Capcom must confirm that the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City scheduled for release on Friday March 23rd, will not be stocked by GAME or Gamestation either in their retail outlets or on their online stores operating in the UK and Ireland,”

“Capcom wants to reassure its consumers who have already placed a deposit with GAME that a full refund will be available – please contact your local GAME or Gamestation shop or visit the online stores."

“Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City is available for pre-order from ShopTo.net.” "

Tesco and argos both trade games in and give better prices so do blockbuster and their preowned prices are cheaper, this is a big part of the reason GAME are in this position they have simply priced themselves out of the market On a plus point my local store the staff have been on the whole cheerful and helpful

Tell me again how the multiplatform strategy was supposed to fix everything. Look at your results and compare them to Nintendo, which keeps thriving with exclusives. Your loyal fans are gone. And let’s not forget the pile of IPs you purchased only to let them rot.

The worst thing is this is down from last years numbers/expectations which was down from the previous years numbers/expectations. You think about how long “down” has been a consistent part of the communication and you realize those subscriptions are what’s holding that boat together. The price cut of gamespass is still a price raise in a string of price raises. They are trying to use players to offset the missing revenue. Now call of duty is out of gamespass, which is literally WHY they bought the company. To draw people to the subscription. They realized they missed a boatload of money and that wasn’t sustainable. Now you pay for it like you would have if they never bought the company… so why buy the company? Mind you those billions still need to be paid back. Yeah it gives you a chance to say we make the biggest FPS… but the internal conversations must be brutal at high level on topics that really matter. Like revenue. Profitability. And ROI for the shopping spree.

Is this like the 10th quarter in a row they're down 33% on hardware how is that even mathematically possible. You would think their mediocrity would Plateau