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Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 10:15 pm
by Gonic
I spoke to a manger at game (like i said i know most of the staff there). According to him EA wanted GAME to sell Mass Effect 3 for £49.99 so they refused.
Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 10:26 pm
by Reknoc
I have a tough time believing that considering GAME have no qualms over selling 3DS games for £45.
Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 10:28 pm
by Gonic
£45? Never seen a 3ds game for that much in game xD
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 12:23 am
by Matty
Gonic wrote:£45? Never seen a 3ds game for that much in game xD
Do you walk around GAME blindfolded then!?
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 12:48 am
by Reknoc
Whoops sorry, it's closer to £40. Still an unreasonable price though.
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 6:10 am
by Quills on Wheels
I'm not sure but I'm guessing that GAME Australia will probably also be effected by this?
I never really went too much to game to buy stuff but I did buy my Sonic Wacky Wobblers. I always found them to be quite a rip though. I always found what I was looking for, a lot cheaper at other video game stores. Though that only applied to the video games. the merchandise are usually a bit cheaper.
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 8:49 am
by Gonic
Matty wrote:Do you walk around GAME blindfolded then!?
Nope. Just never seen any 3DS games that cost that much
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 9:12 am
by Kaito-kun
Biggest sonic fan wrote:I'm not sure but I'm guessing that GAME Australia will probably also be effected by this?
Yes. GameStop are considering a buy but they aren't too keen on the Aussie branches.
Story.
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 10:31 am
by Quills on Wheels
Ah... interesting.
Wait... I didn't know EB games was owned by GameStop. That's interesting...
Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2012 11:52 am
by richarddavies
Killer French Bread wrote:Maybe they'll go into receivership and the creditors will sell of the profitable shops to either a rival like gamestop or some venture capitalist company.
This depends on alot of factors. I worked at the head office of Music zone some years back and was there when they went tits up. They only rented all there stores so they had no land to sell and the same thing happened with them that's happening to GAME in regards to stock. The stockists/publishers wouldn't sell them stock and in Music zones case they even asked for there stock back as they knew the company was in shit so wanted to cut there losses.
I'd imagine GAME are in similar territory. From a buyers perspective they won't have stores to sell and they don't have stock to sell now either. They'll be pretty much looking for a buyer based solely on there brand name and what it's worth to customers.