game in serious trouble?

233 · 10 Jan 2012 at 16:46

just watching the news and seeing that their share price has dropped 43% today.

are they teetering on the edge of going under ?

Sho · 10 Jan 2012 at 16:49

Good. I hope they go down.

Edrof · 10 Jan 2012 at 16:50

Sho said:
Good. I hope they go down.

Deadbeat · 10 Jan 2012 at 16:50

Sho said:
Good. I hope they go down.

Why?

Roadkillv1 · 10 Jan 2012 at 16:50

yeah, hooray for thousands of layoffs. idiot.

Pate · 10 Jan 2012 at 16:50

Sho said:
Good. I hope they go down.

Reason: They are overpriced, and the staff are exceedingly unpleasant. They haven't even tried to compete with the internet threat via better service etc

Shayper · 10 Jan 2012 at 16:51

Game are shockingly bad. Terrible CS, and overpriced.

BeeP · 10 Jan 2012 at 16:52

One near me recently closed, I hardly used them but the kids did.

Strife212 · 10 Jan 2012 at 16:52

Why hope they go down? It's good to have somewhere physical to pop in when you want something.

Who the **** cares about CS, it's a damn retail shop for games, just go in, buy what you want and go out. Anyway, my PS3 broke a few days after launch, I took it in there, said it wasn't working and they instantly swapped it over the counter for a new one.

Sho · 10 Jan 2012 at 16:52

Pate said:
Reason: They are overpriced, and the staff are exceedingly unpleasant. They haven't even tried to compete with the internet threat via better service etc

This.

I've stopped buying anything from Game for a while. Good few years or more.

Glaucus · 10 Jan 2012 at 16:53

Need our cities to go back to old times. More farm shops, hand crafted products and that sort of thing. Mass produced low value stuff is online.
I can't see any game/music/film retailer surviving.

Sho · 10 Jan 2012 at 16:53

Strife212 said:
Why hope they go down. It's good to have somewhere physical to pop in when you want something.

Yea, but not overpriced?

Rilot · 10 Jan 2012 at 16:53

If they do go, I will be sad. I rarely buy anything in the stores but for older gamers like myself, they serve as a reminder of how mainstream gaming has become.
The high-street will be worse off without them.

Glaucus · 10 Jan 2012 at 16:53

Strife212 said:
Why hope they go down? It's good to have somewhere physical to pop in when you want something.
.

Downloads. Even consoles will have downloads soon.

Doomedspeed · 10 Jan 2012 at 16:55

Rilot said:
If they do go, I will be sad. I rarely buy anything in the stores but for older gamers like myself, they serve as a reminder of how mainstream gaming has become.
The high-street will be worse off without them.

My sentiments exactly, though im not really an 'older gamer'.

LeJosh · 10 Jan 2012 at 16:56

Only supermarkets and large chains like John Lewis and HMV can support games it seems now.

Even then, they're fighting a losing battle in retail.

Roadkillv1 · 10 Jan 2012 at 16:56

nice to see mass generalisation. never had bad customer service in a GAME shop myself, been in several. pricing is about the same as your regular specialist retail store.

~Mike~ · 10 Jan 2012 at 16:57

Overpriced? Not always.

Cosimo · 10 Jan 2012 at 16:57

Blimey, 3.8p.

They had already suffered a huge drop in November:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/...res-collapse-warns-about-tough-Christmas.html

So I guess the punters have continued to look into their wallets and said no thanks.

Sho · 10 Jan 2012 at 16:58

Mike306 said:
Overpriced? Not always.

Most of the time. It's all about online now these days. Likes of Steam sales, Greenman Gaming THQ and other websites etc, they've just taken over. Plus we all like to have it as Download/Delivered.