GAME goes into administration

[idontreallygiveashit]

Computer Exchange is the worst, most disorganised and scutty shop i have ever had the displeasure of using.

[legend4ry]

Have you been to multiple? I have been to some shite ones and some great ones - the one in Kingston is amazing but the bromley one (dunno if its still there?) is shocking.

[wub]

Have you been to multiple? I have been to some shite ones and some great ones - the one in Kingston is amazing but the bromley one (dunno if its still there?) is shocking.

Try the one in Tooting if you want proper giggles

[DoubleSided]

It is sad, but it's a) a sign o' the times and b) a reminder that, eventually, HMV will quite possibly end up ruling the world.

[wub]

It is sad, but it's a) a sign o' the times and b) a reminder that, eventually, HMV will quite possibly end up ruling the world.

Err, what rock you been living under? HMV issued multiple profit warnings last year and have been fighting to survive for a while now. They're losing money to the online sector just as much.

[Riddles]

It is sad, but it's a) a sign o' the times and b) a reminder that, eventually, amazon will quite possibly end up ruling the world.

fix'd

[Basstronomer]

Amazon is even planning to open up shops at the moment...

[jameshk]

Its not surprising, was a long time coming unfortunately.

[wub]

Amazon is even planning to open up shops at the moment...

The whole point of their business model and the reason they keep their prices down is because they don't have the outlay of a physical shop front to maintain.

[murky21]

Next gen consoles are gonna be DLC for the most part anyway, where does that leave retailers or re-sellers, kind of sad to see it go this way but Game are cheeky with their markup anyway.

Wonder what industry this is mirroring

[capo ultra]

shops can fuck off

[Basstronomer]

Amazon is even planning to open up shops at the moment...

The whole point of their business model and the reason they keep their prices down is because they don't have the outlay of a physical shop front to maintain.

They want to do a "click & collect" thing. They said it would be much easier since they don't just sell small items like books & DVD's anymore.
Not sure if that is a good idea to be honest.

[DoubleSided]

Yeah. But HMV also bought a fair few venues last year recently and are still going relatively strongly considering the number of shops they have. They could get rid of half of them and still have more than enough.

[jameshk]

Next gen consoles are gonna be DLC for the most part anyway, where does that leave retailers or re-sellers, kind of sad to see it go this way but Game are cheeky with their markup anyway.

Wonder what industry this is mirroring

DLC?

[wub]

Next gen consoles are gonna be DLC for the most part anyway, where does that leave retailers or re-sellers, kind of sad to see it go this way but Game are cheeky with their markup anyway.

Wonder what industry this is mirroring

DLC?

DownLoadable Content

[jameshk]

Oh, cue the. Game disks are better audio/video quality than DLC crew.

hipsters buying old games in charity shops etc...

[Pedro Sánchez]

Oh, cue the. Game disks are better audio/video quality than DLC crew.

hipsters buying old games in charity shops etc...

Well retro game collecting has been thriving for about the last 20 years, plus, when all that tb's worth of game data you dl'd to your xbox 720's harddrive disappears after disc failure and you have to exceed your monthly usage limit just trying to recover a third of it, people will soon be asking 'why no disc?'. It should be cheaper for games in theory but a look at the PSN, with full downloadable games costing more than retail disc's suggests otherwise.

[meanmrcustard]

Oh, cue the. Game disks are better audio/video quality than DLC crew.

hipsters buying old games in charity shops etc...

Well retro game collecting has been thriving for about the last 20 years, plus, when all that tb's worth of game data you dl'd to your xbox 720's harddrive disappears after disc failure and you have to exceed your monthly usage limit just trying to recover a third of it, people will soon be asking 'why no disc?'. It should be cheaper for games in theory but a look at the PSN, with full downloadable games costing more than retail disc's suggests otherwise.

It's incredible how expensive it is to download full games considering how much the games companies are getting out of it (they're sidestepping both the retailers mark up and completely cutting out the secondary market, and that's before you consider the overheads/materials required to produce the physical games themselves).

The way things are going, computer games are inevitably going to end up being cloud based, without even the need for much (any?) downloading. Not the best trend in my opinion.

[apmje]

Serves them right for not employing me. stnuc.

[jameshk]

Serves them right for not employing me. stnuc.

Very well executed plan.