PlayStation®3 General Discussion

[JBIP23]

Both of my nearest (Bury St Edmunds and Ipswich) are staying open, so I've been lucky!

[JaKeUtd]

I've never bought from Game or Gamestation online, but if you do, do they come wrapped in the plastic cover thingy?

It would make a change from their awful 'policy' of the game not being sealed but still being classed as new.

Probably one of the reasons why it went bust.

[mike20036]

I think my Gamestation In Bury (north west england) Is closed as It don't show on gamestation website anymore. So It must of closed down then. Game Is still open In Bury still which says on the Game website.

[DEAD4EVER_UK]

yea and i think the reason why there closing is people prefer to download the games instead of going out to get them

[aaron9992000]

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DEAD4EVER_UK wrote:

yea and i think the reason why there closing is people prefer to download the games instead of going out to get them

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i dont think thats it, yeah lots of people are downloading, but gaming is still a market on the grow, it has recently overtaken movies in terms of revenue. There are still millions of people who buy discs from stores.

I'd say one of their biggest problems is that they just had too many shops, espicially since they took over gamestation. Perhaps there was a clause when they took over that they weren't allowed to shut any shops down, i dont know.

[XxCoBRaHAzExX]

Im sure a "GAME" branch is going to close near me, it's in birmingham in the local city center, sad the company has gone into administration but yep.. I've heard they have already closed 200 branches in the UK.

[ocelot07]

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DEAD4EVER_UK wrote:

yea and i think the reason why there closing is people prefer to download the games instead of going out to get them

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Not even close. Have you been into GAME over the last few years lol. There prices are a joke. Most of the time the new titles are between £42 - £45 where online stores sell for £35 - £39.99. Even Grainger Games stores sell new games for £38.

[LarasAider]

5 stores will close near my location including Lincoln City, Hull City and Doncaster and my main store in Grimsby will close too. So they can go Bankrupt for all I care. All is not lost; I still have a Grainger Games and a Gamestation (same Company as Game) in my location, but I'll think I'll stick to the online markets like Play, Amazon and Shopto, cos' of better deals, promotions and a vast variety of new games.

The highstreet Gaming shops just seem to sell majority of Pre-owned titles, but I prefer New games.

[HUYI]

yes:
all bromley stores
lewisham
orpingtom
eltam
bluewater
croydon

so nothing left for me now apart from blockbusters and online.

i am sad about oxford street store closing as that is where i met charles martinet back in the day, some good memories.

[lord_passy]

This is the store in Chesterfield.........gone

Like a lot of places though, Gamestation is still open