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UK retailer GAME to cease video game trade-ins, staff say
(www.eurogamer.net)
Party at Cex rn
Keep your filthy Cex parties to yourself, you degenerate.
I thought they went bankrupt 10 years ago. Certainly haven't seen one in a long time.
They're inside Sports Directs, my local one has a GAME shop at the back of the store now
Not really a great place for them to be. I never go into Sports Direct because they're dodgy as hell (seriously if you've been shopping there make sure you don't have unexpected charges on your account because they love to add things they don't tell you about). So I'd never know that Game was in there.
To be honest Game has basically being irrelevant for years now. They have terrible customer service, they cannot order stuff in so you just have to go in and find out if they have something which is a waste of time, they never have any deals that are any better than you can get in any other businesses, they never do any events to make themselves relevant.
They are a brick and mortar store in the world where everyone does digital downloads. They could make that work but they'd have to add something extra to the experience, and they just don't.
They need to make shelf space for more toys
That's where the money is. Games and consoles don't make them enough. Especially when you can get it elsewhere for cheaper.
Haven't bought from there in over a decade anyway
I'm surprised Game has lasted as long as it has. Do people really buy games as a physical transaction when they are downloaded and activated by a code? As for hardware better prices can be found online as well.
I usually buy COD in tescos - always cheaper than a download on PS4
I also usually buy cod in Tesco. But probably not in quite the same way.
I *used to buy games on disc, complete them in a few weeks and then either sell it on marketplace or trade it into GAME.
Unfortunately, with the advent of the digital only versions of these consoles, that market has utterly dried up and I can't move games on anymore, and GAME totally takes the piss with regards to what they're willing to offer.
So, yay I guess. Long live only being able to buy games for above RRP on the digital store front.
As a PC gamer who tends to buy most of their games in Steam sales, I assure you that gaming on the cheap in a digital world is most assuredly possible.
The open ecosystem of that pc and the closed one of the consoles aren't really comparable though. I've got so much more choice on PC than I do on console.
... Yeah once you've also bought a gaming PC for more than I've spent on my PS5 and all the games I've bought for it since.
Fair point, I suppose the fact that I need a decent desktop PC for other things too means that it makes sense to spend a little more to get one that is also decent for gaming.
this post was submitted on 16 Jan 2024
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