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@zeldaharp Tell him to turn it down :P... Plus I totally understand your plight. I game A LOT and sometimes others really suprise me with how much they get a huge boner over certain game series, getting up for midnight releases ect... I'll still get to play the game god forbid it be 10 hours later than the first people to get it :O.
I remember when Game was a good shop to actually buy videogames from, that was about a decade ago though. Hah, how times change.
Since the takeover of Gamestation (that was ages ago too) they've been consistantly shit as far as I'm concerned and the most expensive place to buy games from.
From nostalgia, it'll be sad to see 'em go. Otherwise, nah.
Since the takeover of Gamestation (that was ages ago too) they've been consistantly shit as far as I'm concerned and the most expensive place to buy games from.
From nostalgia, it'll be sad to see 'em go. Otherwise, nah.
@Ken McFarlan
Here here. I took a 3 month vacation from dtoid because of this communities need to rally against a non-exsistant corporate baddies, that and the opprestive negativity.
I blame Dan Brown. That asshole has you all paranoid.
JPGSTFU
Here here. I took a 3 month vacation from dtoid because of this communities need to rally against a non-exsistant corporate baddies, that and the opprestive negativity.
I blame Dan Brown. That asshole has you all paranoid.
JPGSTFU
Knowing EA they know its the one of the biggest titles of the year and thus ask a lot of money for selling it, forcing the retailer to make hardly any profit on the game and the retailer just decided not to play along with EA's scemes as they know that EA would do the same next time and the time after that. At least that is what Game tries to make you believe but in the Netherlands we have a very efficient infrastructure of webshops selling the retail games for far less than the recommended price, any price change dictated by a publisher on any popular game would be reflected perfectly on the price of the game due to the strong competition, those webshops show that the price of Mass Effect 3 is perfectly in line with the price of other recently released games which are somewhere between 40€ and 45€ mass effect 3 is 40€. Naturally the UK is not the Eurozone price wise but I do think they didn't really pay a unreasonably high price for Mass Effect 3.
@qlum
no, stop this. The reason why EA didn't let them have the game to sell, the reason why Nintendo aren't giving them any games or even Ubisoft is because they way it works is the company buys product on credit! They then pay for it with the sales, it isn't just EA, it's not a conspiracy, it's a retailer that is so in the red that it's basically bad property, noone wants to give them something they can't pay off!
no, stop this. The reason why EA didn't let them have the game to sell, the reason why Nintendo aren't giving them any games or even Ubisoft is because they way it works is the company buys product on credit! They then pay for it with the sales, it isn't just EA, it's not a conspiracy, it's a retailer that is so in the red that it's basically bad property, noone wants to give them something they can't pay off!
They won't be stocking Mario Party either. An issue with credit means that there has been some problem paying previous bills. Cancel all your pre orders. Don't trade anything in. That company is going bankrupt, fast.
Yeah no copies for gamestation either they have dropped the game from there website as well. I know people like to hate on EA for pretty understandable reasons but this must have been GAME's fault, many of there stores had sold out of pre-orders for the collector's edition on top of all the normal copy pre-orders, they way I see it the struggling store must have asked for more profits biased on there massive numbers of pre-orders and EA must have refused. There is no way the deal could have been so bad they would not be making money on this game. But now there getting no money, EA isn't getting any money and as always we gamers get screwed with no game in our biggest retailers. On the bright side GAME are still selling the strategy guide :/
It's funny because everyone seems to know GAME is beyond overpriced except them. And they wonder why nobody's buying.
I love how everyone ignores the real problem. It's the pirates....it's the used game sales...it's the gamer who refuses to pay more....it's the retailer.
Really in the end the truth is that it's the publishers. They're killing the industry, collecting all the cash while developers bleed and then point the finger at everything else and scream CRIME.
Really in the end the truth is that it's the publishers. They're killing the industry, collecting all the cash while developers bleed and then point the finger at everything else and scream CRIME.
Well considering in the last month game group (game, gamestation and soon to be closed website gameplay i think) restructured its debt with the banks as its up shit creek without a paddle and it also owes millions to publishers already apparently (can't find the article).
Now in my brutal opinion due to being screwed around in the past by the gamegroup stores cant wait for them to close down and piss off as i'm happy with buying online where you have more than one choice. I also wonder how long it will take gamestop to open retail in the UK now as i've already seen an advert on the internet saying there the 'only place to get all new releases'
Now in my brutal opinion due to being screwed around in the past by the gamegroup stores cant wait for them to close down and piss off as i'm happy with buying online where you have more than one choice. I also wonder how long it will take gamestop to open retail in the UK now as i've already seen an advert on the internet saying there the 'only place to get all new releases'
@SebasGR
GAME isn't standing up to an evil publisher, GAME is, from recent accounts, in financial trouble. GAME can't guarantee that it can pay its bills, but they want publishers to send them games to sell anyway.
It could very well be that EA is the one standing up to an evil chain store in this case, not bowing to the demands of a financially unstable but location-powerful store.
Of course we don't know the details. The truth could be some middle ground. But if you were a publisher and I was a store front, you hear that my credit has tanked and you see that I'm cancelling orders for some games, then I ask for 20,000 (or whatever) copies of a game from you with a promise to pay you a month later, would you send them to me?
GAME isn't standing up to an evil publisher, GAME is, from recent accounts, in financial trouble. GAME can't guarantee that it can pay its bills, but they want publishers to send them games to sell anyway.
It could very well be that EA is the one standing up to an evil chain store in this case, not bowing to the demands of a financially unstable but location-powerful store.
Of course we don't know the details. The truth could be some middle ground. But if you were a publisher and I was a store front, you hear that my credit has tanked and you see that I'm cancelling orders for some games, then I ask for 20,000 (or whatever) copies of a game from you with a promise to pay you a month later, would you send them to me?
The weirdest thing about this is that GAME was the retailer with the only other pre-order bonus other than Origin. I thought this would have meant they had to pay extra for the game...not pay on credit just to stock it at all.
Okay, so I need a lot more info on how the retail end of the industry works. I've been trying to pick peoples brains for a while but I get no where with it.. But from what I gleam from this, the industry, or at least GAME, does it on a credit system?
Like, "we front you the games and you've gotta sell them and send us a set amount per-game"? Reason I ask is because I thought it worked on more of a wholesale system, where games are bought for an agreed on price (IE the publisher/distributor makes the sale no matter what) and then its on the retailer to sell for their profit, much like pretty much every other retail system seems to work.
The idea that a publisher prints a bunch of games and then has to hope the retailers can shill them out makes me understand a little better why the industry is so gloomy on the sales spectrum sometimes. Not only are publishers not selling games to the retailers and making their money upfront, but they're doing so for a CHANCE at a price that shifts from retailer to retailer? Thats got to be tough on them.
also, what other industries work like this really? I'm just curious about that because I'd like something to compare it to.
Like, "we front you the games and you've gotta sell them and send us a set amount per-game"? Reason I ask is because I thought it worked on more of a wholesale system, where games are bought for an agreed on price (IE the publisher/distributor makes the sale no matter what) and then its on the retailer to sell for their profit, much like pretty much every other retail system seems to work.
The idea that a publisher prints a bunch of games and then has to hope the retailers can shill them out makes me understand a little better why the industry is so gloomy on the sales spectrum sometimes. Not only are publishers not selling games to the retailers and making their money upfront, but they're doing so for a CHANCE at a price that shifts from retailer to retailer? Thats got to be tough on them.
also, what other industries work like this really? I'm just curious about that because I'd like something to compare it to.
I don't see how GAME won't die. You're not selling 3 of some highly anticipated games. Why would anyone even bother coming to your retail outlet, then?
@KingSigy Because they're still the best source of hardware deals and preowned games. Second to them is Gamestation, which GAME own and specialises more in merchandise.
Damn.. This sucks leper dicks... I feel bad for the Brits that pre-ordered their collector's editions from this retailer.
Personally I have always felt Game at least in Ireland was one of the better stores, I thought their new release pricing was pretty competitive and they often had pretty good sales.
This doesn't make Game look bad. It makes EA look bad. Clearly the profit margins on ME3 are so pitiful that the game isn't even worth selling. I can't blame Game for not wanting to stock a profitless commodity. Wake up, Jim.
@BoomingEchoes
I think more retail operations than you think work in this way. When Woolworths, one of the UK's largest retailers, went bust a few years ago, it started the same as this GAME situation; having their credit insurance removed. It led to the same issue, a vicious circle where the store isn't insured against not being able to pay the distributor, so can't borrow stock upfront and therefore can't bring in the cash to bolster funds and try and regain the credit insurance. Woolworths sold a huge range of good (snacks, drinks, sweets, books, housewares, games, DVDs, books, toys, music etc) so I think getting goods on credit must be widespread and not specific to the games industry. The same story is true of other high street retailers that have gone to the wall in the past few years, such as Zavvi.
If GAME had credit insurance, EA would be guaranteed to get their money no matter what, due to the retailer being insured against the event of not being able to pay. Without the insurance in place, I can see why EA are reluctant to lend them the stock upfront.
I think more retail operations than you think work in this way. When Woolworths, one of the UK's largest retailers, went bust a few years ago, it started the same as this GAME situation; having their credit insurance removed. It led to the same issue, a vicious circle where the store isn't insured against not being able to pay the distributor, so can't borrow stock upfront and therefore can't bring in the cash to bolster funds and try and regain the credit insurance. Woolworths sold a huge range of good (snacks, drinks, sweets, books, housewares, games, DVDs, books, toys, music etc) so I think getting goods on credit must be widespread and not specific to the games industry. The same story is true of other high street retailers that have gone to the wall in the past few years, such as Zavvi.
If GAME had credit insurance, EA would be guaranteed to get their money no matter what, due to the retailer being insured against the event of not being able to pay. Without the insurance in place, I can see why EA are reluctant to lend them the stock upfront.
To be fair, in my neck of the woods, Blockbuster and GameStation are the main brick and mortar retailers.
My local GAME is like a shady little thrift shop, piles of old stock, useless staff, out of date and out of touch pricing.
Let em die. They suck.
My local GAME is like a shady little thrift shop, piles of old stock, useless staff, out of date and out of touch pricing.
Let em die. They suck.
My pre-order got cancelled because of this, so I went into GAME to claim my refund (plus a generous £5 credit on top!). I asked the clerk what the deal was and after pretty much explaining what is written above, he declared he would never buy a game that directly benefits EA ever again. I'm almost inclined to do the same, as EA have made a lot of people upset because of this.
All in all, I think GAME and its customers have been completely sold out by EA and they should learn from this disagreement, the greedy fucks.
All in all, I think GAME and its customers have been completely sold out by EA and they should learn from this disagreement, the greedy fucks.
I hate EA and the way they're trying to ruin iPhone games with their shockingly priced freemium shite. However, all you idiots in these comments saying that this is all OBVIOUSLY EA's fault, like you have some kind of insider knowledge, just need to STFU. It's this kind of self righteous over reaction without checking facts, that tars all us gamers with the same reputation. Fucking pathetic
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