Dear GAME, go fuck yourself

[Bat Vader]

EA are the jerks here they always are and any gamer that likes their games these days is a fool

Seconded. Ea is the scourge of gaming scene. They are money hungry fucks that suck the life out of every developer they buy out. Just look at Bioware. All their games prior to EA buying them out were epics. The only two that were released after the buyout that lived up to their reputation was mass effect 1 and dragon age: origins, both of which were in development long before EA got their hands on them.

OT: Well done EA for effectively killing Game UK. If they had of thought about something other than their profits for two seconds they would have realised that they are near on garunteed to get all their money back. Here's how the meeting would have went:
Game rep: So if you could give us the game for free when we sell them we will reimburse you.
what the Ea rep would have heard: So if you could give us the game for free.
The Ea rep would then proceed to tell Game to fuck off.
We all know it would be like this because Ea are a bunch of greedy fucks.

If they got all their money back they would just break even. Which i suppose is good but they don't gain anything extra from it. Plus, from the comments I have read on this thread and other threads is that Game is notorious for screwing over publishers and developers by marking new games higher so people buy used games instead. Which does seem like a dirty tactic.

 

[black_knight1337]

If they got all their money back they would just break even. Which i suppose is good but they don't gain anything extra from it. Plus, from the comments I have read on this thread and other threads is that Game is notorious for screwing over publishers and developers by marking new games higher so people buy used games instead. Which does seem like a dirty tactic.

What I meant by getting their money back is that they will be making what they would of made if Game had the cash upfront.
As for this pre-owned stuff I personally have never seen it. I can remember not too long ago that the pre-owned copy of dark souls was about $88 but then the brand new collectors edition was only $85.

 

[Tufty94]

EA are the jerks here they always are and any gamer that likes their games these days is a fool

Seconded. Ea is the scourge of gaming scene. They are money hungry fucks that suck the life out of every developer they buy out. Just look at Bioware. All their games prior to EA buying them out were epics. The only two that were released after the buyout that lived up to their reputation was mass effect 1 and dragon age: origins, both of which were in development long before EA got their hands on them.

OT: Well done EA for effectively killing Game UK. If they had of thought about something other than their profits for two seconds they would have realised that they are near on garunteed to get all their money back. Here's how the meeting would have went:
Game rep: So if you could give us the game for free when we sell them we will reimburse you.
what the Ea rep would have heard: So if you could give us the game for free.
The Ea rep would then proceed to tell Game to fuck off.
We all know it would be like this because Ea are a bunch of greedy fucks.

If they got all their money back they would just break even. Which i suppose is good but they don't gain anything extra from it. Plus, from the comments I have read on this thread and other threads is that Game is notorious for screwing over publishers and developers by marking new games higher so people buy used games instead. Which does seem like a dirty tactic.

Exactly. You really can't fault EA for not providing them with free stock, especially when they're unlikely to pay them back.

 

[Schuldrich]

If they got all their money back they would just break even. Which i suppose is good but they don't gain anything extra from it. Plus, from the comments I have read on this thread and other threads is that Game is notorious for screwing over publishers and developers by marking new games higher so people buy used games instead. Which does seem like a dirty tactic.

What I meant by getting their money back is that they will be making what they would of made if Game had the cash upfront.
As for this pre-owned stuff I personally have never seen it. I can remember not too long ago that the pre-owned copy of dark souls was about $88 but then the brand new collectors edition was only $85.

Yes ME3 is going to sell well, but the deal is for all EA games. Not all of them will sell as consistently, so you have to pray they'll be able to work that out as well. EA's decision is sound. They fear that even if GAME can repay everything for ME3 that they won't be able to for other products, which probably would be the case.

As an aside, a tad dramatic about EA killing GAME given that GAME is already failing to produce a profit. It isn't EA's job to lose money to try and help another business stay afloat. Get as many buckets of water out of the sinking ship as you can, it's going to go down eventually.

 

[StarStruckStrumpets]

I stopped shopping at GAME when I asked if they had "Klonoa" in stock, and because they didn't, they tried to par me off with Fifa 12. GAME became a shop for working class mothers who have no fucking idea about gaming as an industry or even as a medium, they just go there because it's a convenient way to shut up their insufferable offspring. That's why I shop at Grainger now, where the staff actually enjoy games and know what the fuck they're talking about.

I shit you not, I went to GAME once and someone asked at the desk for a game called "No More Cheerios". Another time I went to Gamestation (Owned by GAME), and a woman was baffled when a member of staff explained to her that Little Big Planet had around 50 story levels.

Not much love for GAME here.

 

[Tiswas]

lol at everyone bashing EA.

Little knowing the likes of Nintendo, Konami and Capcom are doing the same with game too.

Keep in mind. These are the same publishers that Game is more than happy to sell pre-owned games for. EA especially half the shelves are full of Fifa. (Although this in turn is EA's fault for releasing the game every year.)

As for Mass Effect Collector's Edition. It's on shopto.net isn't it? (just checked. It's there but out of stock)

 

[rob_simple]

plus the fact that the difference between street price and net price is usually no more than £3-4.

On new releases maybe, high street stores have been over-charging for years and for the most part their trade-in prices are so abysmal it's not even worth it.

I could pick up about two or three brand new games online for the price of one second-hand copy of Modern Warfare 1 in Game or HMV, so I won't be shedding any tears when they go out of business.

 

[Tien Shen]

I just want to point out to everyone that the only GAME in trouble is the UK side. GAME in Australia is on schedule to deliver my pre-order copy of ME3. I emailed them about it and they said that the different regions' GAME retailers are all independent of each other and whatever troubles the UK GAME is having will have no effect on the Aussie GAME branch.

PS Also GAME in Australia is about AUD 10.00 less for most titles than JB Hi-fi and EB Games.

 

[Autofaux]

...the fact that Game doesn't know how to business.

I couldn't help but laugh a little at that, but not at you. Like when I played Halo 3 with a friend and he said "How to sprint?"

OT: GAME Aus is a pretty decent, but not altogether better, alternative to EB Games Australia. Smart people tend to just go to Gametraders.
The fact that GAME Aus is still stocking Mass Effect 3 is a fucking relief. Otherwise, I'd be feeling your pain, OP.

 

[garjian]

I'm getting pretty pissed at GAME right now, I'm happy they're still stocking unknown titles like Catherine, Binary Domain and even Touch My Katamari and I won't miss many Ubisoft or EA titles but missing out on Mass Effect is something I can't do and frankly HMV can have my money, I just hope they don't seize the opportunity and raise the price

Mass Effect 3 is a EA title, thats what it comes down to they couldnt come to an agreement on credit terms. Game is probably not long for this world unless theres a buyout or something similar, which is sad since where i live there is 2 Games and 1 Gamestation (owned by Game) so those 3 stores would dissapear

do you both live in Bradford? >.>
that's the exact situation here...

I can't believe this is happening to GAME... it's practically the only game shop in the UK (I suppose there's a granger games in the next city... but they're seriously tiny) ...how can they not have any money? what's gone so wrong?

EA AND Nintendo aswell? that's a HUGE gap, particularly Nintendo... were gonna end up with no game shops before long, or worse, Gamestops :/

 

[Conza]

Ok, there's two scenarios here, one where they are at fault, and one where you're at fault.

scenario 1. You pre-ordered Mass Effect 3 ages ago, and they tell you not that they can't supply it - your outrage is justified, they are in the wrong, you should get a refund and go try pre-ordering it from another store (if possible, might have to be the second or even third batch at most).

scenario 2. You went to pre-order it, like, within the last 4-6 weeks, and they said 'yeah, we won't have it for ages' which you took to mean they'll never have it - your outrage is completely unjustified, early bird gets the worm and you weren't early enough, again, try another store, possible a GAME store because you've got GAME money (it seems), and get in on the second or third batches.

You obviously know fuck all about the situation, so you should try doing some research on the subject before arguing about it. It's not just my local store that ran out of copies, every Game store will not be stocking ANY copies of Mass Effect 3.

You've been reported for the hostility, but I'll none the less see past that.

I know 'what I know' about the situation based on the information provided to me in the OP, hence why I tried to determine if you were in scenario 1 or 2, it seems you're more in scenario 1, so basically you should get a refund for your deposit, since GAME won't be getting the game in time for the launch date, or possibly you'll be able to get a discount for the game if it is coming later, only GAME could tell you this obviously.

Alternatively, there are plenty of online stores, so it's almost certain that one of them will be able to give you the main game even if it isn't the collectors edition.

 

[Rude as HECK]

http://www.edge-online.com/news/report-game-group-directors-mull-pulling-plug

Just found this article, which says:

The board of directors at troubled retailer Game Group are reportedly considering closing the business to avoid insolvency.

I-uh-Hmmm.

 

[Fudj]

I'm getting pretty pissed at GAME right now, I'm happy they're still stocking unknown titles like Catherine, Binary Domain and even Touch My Katamari and I won't miss many Ubisoft or EA titles but missing out on Mass Effect is something I can't do and frankly HMV can have my money, I just hope they don't seize the opportunity and raise the price

Mass Effect 3 is a EA title, thats what it comes down to they couldnt come to an agreement on credit terms. Game is probably not long for this world unless theres a buyout or something similar, which is sad since where i live there is 2 Games and 1 Gamestation (owned by Game) so those 3 stores would dissapear

do you both live in Bradford? >.>
that's the exact situation here...

I can't believe this is happening to GAME... it's practically the only game shop in the UK (I suppose there's a granger games in the next city... but they're seriously tiny) ...how can they not have any money? what's gone so wrong?

EA AND Nintendo aswell? that's a HUGE gap, particularly Nintendo... were gonna end up with no game shops before long, or worse, Gamestops :/

No i live in portsmouth, i think its the same everywhere also the GAME stores are barely 100 paces from each other.