We're not going anywhere guys >http://www.bbc.co.uk/

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What is his problem??

>>383788485
What the fuck is game?

Is it like some greasy bonger ripoff of Gamestop?

>preordered snes mini from there for £50 deposit
>week later read about how it's going bankrupt again

Just stay open until October you fuckers

>>383788835
Pretty much, yeah, with extra chewing gum embedded in the carpets.

>>383788894
I just ordered the metroid amiibo from them, i better get them.

>>383788485
>go to gamestop
>new game is literally 80 bucks, used is 60
kek fuck that shit

>>383788485
Will there be a bargain section like in Sports Direct?

>>383788485
>Sports Direct owns Game
>FIFA is the most popular game in UK
They might be on to something...

>tfw used to work for Game when I was 16 up until I turned 18
>tfw they killed my interest in games completely during that time

I hope they die sometime in the near future.

>>383788485
>Sports Direct
I haven't been in a GAME for years but now I've got even less reason to enter one

>>383788485
Glad I'll still have somewhere to buy my funko pops, energy drinks and pop-culture shirts.

>Gamestation died for this

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>not going to superior game m8
serves you all fookin' right

>>383789224
For some reason our Gamestation closed, then our GAME closed then the GAME reopened where the Gamestation used to be. I don't know if it was cheaper to lease or what, but it felt like they were shitting directly into my mouth.

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>the used games and dog smell

>>383789083
Maybe they'll adopt the sports direct business model of only hiring 16 year olds and paying them £4 an hour.

>>383788894

If you're in Londonistan HMV near Bond Street is still taking preorders and you get your tenner back if you don't need it. I preordered at both because GAME have dicked me over before

>>383788894
>>383788990
>Pre-ordering stuff that they haven't even discussed with Nintendo about

>>383790618
No where left to preorder from. Online stores sold out in like 2 minutes or something

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Who here /CeXMasterRace/? There is no reason to buy anything from GAME

>>383790784
I don't shop in any retail store I order all my shit online.

>>383788835
It's gamestop with warm beer and boiled meat

>>383790784
>went to CEX today to waste time as someone inspected my flat
>they were still selling ps2 and PS3 games
>had a collectors edition of silent hill 2 for 5 bongs

Pretty neat desu

>>383790784

CeX is literally for poor people

>>383790784
I like the little bonus of finding a packet of White power tucked behind the game manual, you get like 10x the value of the game back if you go round the corner and sell it to a scummy mummy or some lad in tracky bottoms.

>>383789058
He also owns Newcastle football club. I hope they get relagated again.

>>383790909
Reminds me of the time my mother was first introduced to Mexican cuisine, around about 2005. She put mince (a Scottish/Northern English/Northern Irish word for ground beef, which is usually boiled in gravy) instead of skillet cooked ground beef you're supposed to put into it.

Was disgusting. Taco shells became soggy with gravy, and it didn't help that my mum had put lettuce and tomato on top of it because the packet had suggested it.

>Sports Direct
I remember buying like six pairs of shoes there when I on vacation in the U.K. since prices there are half it is here.

I haven't been to Game since I quit WoW in 2009 to buy pre-paid game cards since no matter where you buy them here are equally expensive and Game was just convenient for me since they were on the way home.
I still have their bonus card from 2007 in my wallet though.

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>>383790967
This, im poor as fuck and I shop at CeX regularly for used last gen games and foreign kino

>>383788835
the uk's games stop its not as bad though.

>>383790943
>had a collectors edition of silent hill 2 for 5 bongs
nice catch dude

>Cashley

lel, rip

>>383790784
Not hating on CEX specifically but I've been burnt pretty hard with preowned games.

Fuck that ugly fat jewish faggot

>>383790943

Was the slip case in good nick?

>>383791162
dude, we know what mince is.
All the stuff about americans saying they don't know you're weeeeird cuisine is a joke. we eat the same thing.

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You don't buy stock in a failing company unless you're planning some sleazy Gordon Gekko shit.

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>This thread

The last time I saw this many bongs in one place, I was at Tommy Chong's house

>went into game the other day
>turns out I had £50 on my reward card even tho I lost it 7 years ago
>got ARMS for 40p

Wew i'll allow it

DOSH
WALLOP
WHOP IT OUT

The Sports Direct guy? The same Geordie that drank 6 pints every morning and chundered into a fireplace?

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>>383788485
Heads up to non bongs. Game is GameStop with extra fucked up game cases, consoles, discs and useless staff.

Games are look like they have been wiped across razor sharp glass 75% time.

Consoles are not checked properly, I sold a console banned PS3 to them years ago. They will try to justify selling banged up consoles with missing parts because as Todd says " it just works".

Staff know fuck all about gaming, they usually employ the hipster dude bro crowd so getting opinions on a purchase are stupid. I had a staff member recommend me Halo ODST over 3 because the streets looked more futuristic and it has cool lighting.

Could go on, cba. I hope game dies.

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>>383788485
>>383788750
>Mike Ashley
As if buying from GAME wasn't already unappealing enough

fuck Mike Ashley

>>383792191
Meanwhile the manager of the game I used to go to back when I was in college was telling me about how he regrets the time he didn't pick up a copy of the dreamcast version of the JJBA fighting game.

This was a very long time ago now however.

>>383788485
>We're not going anywhere guys
Good. I have pre-orders of SNES to scalp from you.

>>383790784
>bought an secondhand fightstick for £50
>replaced all the parts with superior parts for £20
>ended up spending 70 bongs on something that would usually cost £150
I love CeX

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>>383790967
>Had an interview in my City Centre at about 9AM on a weekday
>Finished, decide to look in CeX on the way home
>Got filthy looks from everyone bar the staff because I was in a suit
They all looked like textbook junkies and dolemongers. Got Dog's Life on PS2 for literal pennies though so it was worth it.

GAME in australia went bankrupt and dissolved a few years ago. They got bought out by EB games/gamestop who sold all customer info too marketing companies.

Everyone who had pre-orders lost out of course too. Some developers gave out free games to people with receipts though.

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>>383792276
>Bought the PAL version for £20 [Spoiler]dole money[/spoiler] about 3 years ago
>Just checked eBay and the cheapest is £50
Jap versions are probably cheaper and probably run better if you have the hardware though. And of course >buying Dreamcast games

>>383788485
FUCKING GAME

>>383790784
>CEX still sells gamecube games
>Melee is fucking £80

Emm... fuck right off.

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Who here remembers Electronic Boutique?

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>>383792334
Gamestop exists in Australia? Where?

The only time GAME was ever good was when they let you return opened games within nine days for a full refund, so you could just use the overpriced shithole as a free rental service. That was a fucking long time ago though.

>>383788485
I remember when GAME went into administration, how did they survive that

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>RRP of all games in store suddenly £100 slashed down to MEGA VALUE ONE OFF DISCOUNT of £50

You're not fooling anyone Mike.

>>383793336
Every week, me and my friends used to buy a game, copy it to my modded PS2/Xbox HDD, pass it to the next guy, copy to their modded PS2/Xbox, repeat until everybody who wanted the game had it on their drives and then return it.
Obviously we took turns "buying" to prevent staff from catching onto our scam.
Thanks Game for the free games.

>>383793934
Closed a shit tonne of stores.

There used to be at least 3 in Glasgow city centre, not counting the Gamestation stores that they also owned, now there's just 1

>>383793124
At least where I live, half to most of all Gamestops had been EBs before. Heady days.

>>383793336
Think that was only used games, which was fine -- but I didn't know they'd stopped doing that. That's evil.

>>383793124
Only remember because my mum mentioned it. Bought Bugs Bunny Lost in Time there as a kid, shit was cash.

>>383788485
I remember buying SimCity 4 Deluxe once for like £4 from Game, it was still in shrink wrap.
Actually really good deal.

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>>383788485
Wish it was still called Games Wizard

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>>383790784
>Bought a PS2 Action Replay from them once
>Get home and realise it only has the disc and not the adapter for actually using cheats
>Try to return it
>Server has no idea what I'm talking about
>Calls over someone else, she doesn't have a clue
>Neckbeard working behind overhears and explains to them
>Twice, because they didn't understand
>Finally return it
>Go there the next day with a friend
>They put it back on the shelf for the same price I bought it for
Only real bad experience though

>>383790220
>midgets in leotards calling greg davis a bus wanker

Can't make that shit up

>>383789072
I worked for them for 5 years. I started out working for Gamestation (It was the glory days) then they were brought out by GAME and so we were forced to change into hard salespeople. We still had fun as an all ex-gamestation staffed shop, I was also working there when it first went bankrupt. Some people were real fucking assholes as they all just waited for the price of games to reduce.

Needless to say the best two weeks of my working life, I got paid to play my old Dreamcast with my work friends while some kinds watched us fuck around. No shits were given, it was amazing.

GAME have been tying to save themselves for a long time, sticking their fingers in as many pies as possible (gaming clothing, PC components, Mobile phones).

I actually feel sorry for the fuckers still working for them under this massive bellend. 0 hour contracts and slave labour anyone?

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>>383788485
Why would I ever use GAME if I can just get shit from amazon for cheaper?

>>383793116
Mine's selling a Sega Master System for £80 and a Saturn for £100.

>>383791920
That's not necessarily true. In fact there are lots of "activist hedge funds" that do this as their main biz. The idea is to wrest enough control from a board that is failing to run it well, and to turn the co. around. This often means making unpopular or unpalatable decisions, either with the ownership or with the customers or the employees, but anything is better than folding and killing all those jobs and narrowing the customer's choices.

This deal is not by a fund, but if Mike's better at running a retail business and can apply the knowledge that has brought them success, then hopefully the stores will improve rather than just all closing down. The game is to wait until the stock is as cheap as can be before the co. has passed the point of no return...

...Or, it's Gekko shit, and they just want the inventory and customer data, and plan to sell off the store space etc. but I think this is roundabout way of making a quick buck or starting a new game retailer from the ground up.

>>383791797
Except for beans on toast, people seem to get riled up about that one.

>>383793148
Everywhere that there is an EBgames as they are owned by Gamestop.

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>>383794962
>sticking their fingers in as many pies as possible (gaming clothing, PC components, Mobile phones)

How can you forget to list this?

>>383788485
I'm awaiting the day it crashes and burns which will hopefully be soon.
Fuck GAME, the second they took Gamestation away they were dead to me.

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>>383790784
>mfw the game didn't come with the online pass
Those things were shit

>>383793116
What kind of shit CeX are you shopping at? You can get Melee for £25 online or at the ones in the South West. kek

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>>383795514
Kek I looked in my wallet and I still have their loyalty card

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Vintage Stock makes me angry. """Vintage""" games do not exist. VINTAGE≠ANTIQUE.

Also, it's a literal hipster vidya store. This triggers me.

>>383795715
I like shopping in CeX. Don't like being near the fucking crackheads trying to sell their shit covered DVDs though.

>>383794964
That's largely the reason they're dying anon. You can get anything they're selling either cheaper from Amazon, CeX or some other independent retailer, or just buy it digitally and cut out the middle man.
It's just a matter of time and they'll be gone and we can celebrate their death together.

>Be Swede
>Game converts $1 -> 10:-
>Actual exchange rate is like 7:-
>$60 games end up costing $90 per game
I'm glad I glad I'm not a console pleb who needs to rely on bullshit like this.
Thank fuck for digital distribution.

>>383795934
I've still got my Elite staff card. GAME still accepts them.

>>383795715
>mfw south west
>mfw got Sonic R for 15 bongs
>mfw got master system for 20 bongs
>mfw got sonic 2 8 bit for 2 bong 50
>mfw bought a faulty psp for 15 bongs
>it worked perfectly

CeX in the south west is GOAT

>>383795934
Going to Gamestation and getting 2 gamecube games for £20 or buying some cheap Gameboy games for £2.50 out of the cabinets they had was absolute bliss to me as a kid.

>>383795715
I can kinda believe him
The CeX near me is still charging £20 for shadow of the colossus despite the rest of the PS2 games being at most £3

>>383793124
>EB, gamestop, and babbages all in the same mall competing with each other

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>>383795435
The game where I live used to have this mountain dew and some energy drinks out in the warm store without a fridge.

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>>383790784
>walk into CeX
>selling Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance for 120 bongs
>go home and look it up on google
>it actually goes for around that much

holy shit

For those who want some context to Mike Ashley

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jul/06/mike-ashley-high-court-sports-direct-newcastle-united

>makes multi-million £ business deals he cant remember while drunk
>challenges random workers to drinking contests
>throws up anywhere at anytime

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>>383795934
In fact have a photo of it.

>>383796109
It's £28 on their site though so it wouldn't be a surprise. Not nearly as bad as a store selling melee for £80 when most go for £25

Prices are weird as shit in CeX
>Crash: WOC is £12 despite being complete shit
>Max Payne is 50p
>GTA 3/Vice city is £2.50 but San Andreas is £5
>All 3DS games (including old ones) are £20+

>>383788485
GAME is shit, merger with sports direct would be obvious indication if you wern't burgers.

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>>383796348
Pic realted is going for £30 at mine rn

Seems fair, it guess they just google half the shit

>>383788485
Wonder if he will make female employees who are pregnant give birth in the staff toilets mandatory for a pay rise.

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>>383796250
>CubeNinja for £50
>Nes mini for £140
>Any gamecube game for £30+

>tfw they did their research

>>383796496

Also saw a NES classic for £500, they literally use Ebay as a price reference.

>>383791436
Its a crap shoot as to how fucked the disc is but I've picked up some dope shit in CEX like mint copies of Suikoden 4 and 5 for £25 each.

>>383794962
This sounds almost exactly like my experience in the US. I worked for Gamestop for 5 years, starting just after they had bought my local EB. It took a while to change the signs and the business of the store was more or less unchanged. But not for long.

I think that all these retailers hit a wall around the same time, starting with Amazon and then digital stores. The sales pressure, the rollbacks on customer service, the hellsent stocking practices and the pivot to the gift-shop made it a place to hate and drove away all the good (EB) employees and also the good customers. Since they are all struggling now, I wonder if they are kicking themselves for trying so hard to keep up with online retail by shitting on all the reasons a person would choose to shop at an actual store. I wonder if these practices actually bought them any survival time or if they are what ultimately did them in -- all I know for sure is that they haven't wanted me as a customer for years, which is fucking bizarro, because I spend way more money on games than the customers they DO want.

>>383796659
Most gamecube games at my local one go for under £30, the only exceptions would be Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness, Paper Mario TTYD and Fire Emblem Path of Radiance, but there's stuff like Pokemon Colosseum, Box and Super Mario Sunshine that are less than £20 and Soul Calibur 2 or Sonic Adventure 2 Battle that aren't even a tenner.
Then again my local one is the one in Bristol and when I lived in London things were more pricey

>>383790784
my local CeX is fucking awful, it's tiny, it stinks, it's overpriced and the music is so loud you can't even hear what the staff are saying when you buy something
Not that Game is any better, their Minecraft section is bigger than their sections for any current consoles and in all the windows they only have mobile phones on display, you wouldn't know it was a game shop if it wasn't called Game