lollers

I gave a stern Wilder style "Good day, sir!" once to an arsey pastor I was serving.

Well that didn't work then.

Don't suppose any of you loveley people who work in these here brick 'n' mortar establishments could have a look in your cupboards and see if you have any 'spare' sleeves for Borderlands GOTY or Onechambara Bikinishitfest lying around?

Less conversing about getting an additional pound off your games and more conversing about pushing small children over in Harvester restaurants.

Surely this will mean the clousure of shops that are close? I've got a Gamestation and a GAME 3 units away from each other.

The new style game appears to sound alright - free wifi in store, search of all catalogue, gamestation's pre order guarantee carrie over.

Sorry, I meant mismanaged pre-collapse.

They can downsize until the chavs go home but surely there is no saving the company unless they start being competitive with their pricing is there?

Trust, Game is still seen to be the "place to go" for the majority of the families, as they don't know any better. This is a good move for sure. Catalogue searching is a great idea.

So, Best Buy in Canada has this awesome promotion whereby they reward you with 800 points ($10 in Gift Vouchers) each time you pre-order a game.

So not only do you get the pre-order bonus' but you get the ten bucks also.

But I'm morally oppossed to pre-orders - especially with a big-box store like Best Buy.

Does anything like this exist in the UK yet?

Diluted Dante wrote:

google wrote:

But I'm morally oppossed to pre-orders

Why?

From a retailer perspective.

I dont like the idea that I have to be pro-active with my ordering to guarantee that I'll receive a copy of 'big-budget-y' on day 1.

Diluted Dante wrote:

What about niche stuff, like the NHL game that came out today?

NHL is not niche in Canada my friend.

Dont get me wrong, I could walk into any big box store and pick up a copy.

But if I walked into EBGames on a Tuesday (game release day) to pick up NHL '13 they'd look at me and ask,

"Did you preorder?"

"Nope"

"Ah, well, we only have enough copies to cover pre-orders. Come back in a couple of days"

adkm1979 wrote:

So, pre-order.

Well, that's the point.

I feel I shouldn't have to pre-order a very mainstream videogame on the basis that I'm then on the hook to buy it. I have to put a deposit down, and even though that's $5, it's still money that I'm giving them for essentially doing what they should be doing as a retail outlet.

They're providing no additional service other than being one of half a dozen retailers who carry a game.

On the other point. If I havent pre-ordered but on the day of release but I feel like I'd like to get involved with the game, it's actually sometimes pretty difficult to  find a copy of. 

I guess my point is that I shouldn't have to put a deposit down for a videogame I might want to purchase in the hope that come release day, I can actually purchase a copy.

adkm1979 wrote:

If I've been waiting on a game for ages, and there's a limited supply, I'd rather the shop secured my copy than sold it to some spur-of-the-moment dick who's just heard about it.

Totally agreed. But I'm talking massive games.

NHL is the equivalent of FIFA here.

Imagine walking into GAME on a Friday after work to pick up FIFA only to be told that they cant sell it to you because the only copies that they have are reserved for their pre-orders. 

Sure you can go to Tesco or HMV - but it's a pain to be told that you cant purchase something that traditionally was in stock, should be in stock today and should be readily available.