GAME management told to prepare for administration 'within weeks'

[Vause]

I worked at HMV for a while over two different Christmas jobs, and both times I was there they were told to expect administration and it never happened, so fingers crossed that GAME might not end up closing!

[samsaBEAR]

The one thing I don't like about it is that there is literally no games I want to get atm, so i cant even take advantage of the sales

[Chris]

The one thing I don't like about it is that there is literally no games I want to get atm, so i cant even take advantage of the sales

Same! I have a game voucher that I need to use up, but there is nothing I want.

[Chris]

Bit of an update:

GAME has potential buyers for its UK and foreign branches, a report has suggested.

OpCapita, the company who acquired Comet last year for £2, is said to be interested in the retailer's UK stores, according to The Financial Times (via MCV).

A "synergy" between Comet and GAME is the basis of the buyout, with a suggestion that GAME could move away from being a game-only retailer.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/n...-opcapita.html

[GommeInc]

A great shame and hopefully it won't happen, but the worst has to be prepared for. I quite like GAME, but their prices can be a bit more than average, but this comes with being a High Street retailer :/ Their pre-owned market is more for the benefit of the consumer than the industry in general, and is common-place with all retailers and e-tailers. GAME aren't that big in this area of the market anymore, other than giving recycling (environmental) a go to benefit the consumers - the buyers and the sellers.

Besides, these companies which want to sell digital copies are pretty dreadful - Origin is the main culprit with their incredibly discouraging terms of service. At least Steam is reasonably good.

[Neil]

If GAME manage to pull through this all then it'll be nice but they REALLY need to sort themselves out, they need to work out a way for publishers/developers to benefit from pre-owned games, they need to sort out prices, especially with the PC section, most games aren't worth stocking in the PC section because every year steam does massive sales that reduce a lot of new and old games, most of the stock in GAME is worthless at those points in time, they aren't exactly giving consumers a fair deal with most of the prices and deals they do, the encourage you to trade in games all the time because it makes them more money, none of that goes towards publishers which is just wrong.

[dbgtz]

Bit of an update:



http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/gaming/n...-opcapita.html

My GAME already stocks blurays and CDs so it's pretty much already straying from being a game-only retailer.

[abiartemis]

Bad news if stores are going to close, my cousin works at game

[beth]

planning to pop in tomorrow and see if there's anything interesting going down, there's nothing in particular i want but worth a look.

[peteyt]

If GAME manage to pull through this all then it'll be nice but they REALLY need to sort themselves out, they need to work out a way for publishers/developers to benefit from pre-owned games, they need to sort out prices, especially with the PC section, most games aren't worth stocking in the PC section because every year steam does massive sales that reduce a lot of new and old games, most of the stock in GAME is worthless at those points in time, they aren't exactly giving consumers a fair deal with most of the prices and deals they do, the encourage you to trade in games all the time because it makes them more money, none of that goes towards publishers which is just wrong.

I think you got it wrong - from what I see the consumers benefit from the cheap titles but obviously the developers don't. However I think the one thing I like and I know some do like is the fact that game sells a few PC titles and not just the chart stuff - People forget that not all games are available on steam and sometimes people such as myself, like to go in to an actual shop where they can buy something and take it home on the day.