Hello Brit anons
Remember me?
>>321188197
I miss you.
You threw in a free charger when I got my 3ds because it didn't come with one.
....b-brit /v/ thread?
>>321188197
I miss the massive stash of shitty £1 shovelware/classics these fucks kept. Some of those games were great.
>>321188197
All time UK Game retailer power rankings:
1.) Gamestation
2.) Game
3.) ASDA / Sainsburys etc
4.) Argos
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Gap
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10.) HMV
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Gap
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9001) CEX
Fuck, I miss GS. Now the only local game store I have is GAME, and it's getting worse every day.
>go in to the store to get Animal Crossing Happy Homes, it's £32
>take it to the counter
>guy takes it out back, fucks around for a bit
>comes back out
>"we only have preowned"
>it's also £30
>mention that the website lists it as £27
>"yeah online prices are sometimes cheaper"
I'd rather just order it on Amazon for £26 as a late gift. When will GAME fucking die
I remember getting Pokemon GB/GBC games and N64 games for dirt cheap.
I remember scrambling around the store, having dilemma after dilemma over what game(s) to buy, good times
>>321188626
GAME is dying soon, their stocks are sinking lower and lower by the day even in the holiday season.
Sad thing is they bought out GS, they're the reason we must suffer.
>>321188804
GS staff were great guys here, too. The contrast in store quality was amazing. I'm honestly considering opening my own game shop and selling things at a non-bullshit price, just to get the local GAME to fuck off.
>>321189000
If you do good luck.
I'm no expert in economics but I imagine there's some reason all the small game shops that used to be in my area have closed down.
lads, if i ordered something off GAME when it was half price (total order £45) and the order went missing, so they resent it, but at full price, because the offer ended (total order £90), would I get £90 back if I took it back?
My invoice says £90 on it, but I only paid £45. I'm probably just going to get £90 worth of steambux if this works
Will Jeremy Corbyn ban vidya if he somehow gains power?
>>321189090
Yeah, I imagine it'll end poorly for me, in all honesty. Their brand alone would be difficult to compete with, and I have no idea what the ideal selling price would be to cut a profit. If it did take off, it'd be a good few years of stress, and there would be a tiny market here for a store like it. Normies and clueless parents are likely the only reason GAME is afloat.
>>321188626
Just get it at Tesco, all their game prices are way cheaper than Game.
Grainger Games > Any supermarket > CEX > GAME
>>321189483
I'd be lucky to find a Tesco that stocks new 3DS games here. I couldn't even find it on their website.
>>321188518
>there might be people right now on /v/ who have unironically bought ANYTHING from cux
gamestation was based
>>321189429
GAME stays barely afloat because of their "exclusive" deals. a lot of people will willingly pay £5 extra for their version of the game with shitty 20 minute DLC missions tacked on. the second publishers start to realise they could just charge EVERYONE £5 more, in exchange for having the extra DLC "bonus" in every store is the day GAME dies.
>>321189809
Yeah but who'd replace them? CEX? CEX is just as awful and the supermarkets are downsizing their video games sections.
CEX looks like shite on the inside, and is only good for when you want to buy your mate 10 copies of Brink for 50p each.
>>321189919
if GAME died, we'd probably see either Gamestop make serious moves on the UK market OR Asda/Tesco opening "entertainment" stores.
either way, the future of UK vidya sales lies online.
>>321188518
>Twats buying scratched discs from Cux
>>321190058
>buy Nier on the PS3 for £7
>it's in perfect condition
Same applies to my MGS Legacy Collection. They were both online, though. In-store, they never even bother to fucking check. They just slam it in.
Who remembers this? Started out as a mail order company in the 90's then transitioned to the web. Inevitably GAME bought them and shut them down.
>Never used mail order before but decide to pre-order Pokemon Silver because was cheapest there and I was a poor anon with little pocket money
>"Estimated dispatch time 12-14 days"
>Day of game's release
>I'm in bed thinking about how much it sucked that the game was out but I'd probably have to wait another week or so
>Hear something come through the letterbox and land on the mat
>I jokingly think to myself it's the game but figure it would be impossible. It was probably just junkmail
>Lay in a little longer
>Eventually get up
>Head across upstairs hallway to go have a bath
>Something at the bottom of the stairs catches my eye
>It's a package
>OHFUCK
>Tell myself not to get excited. It could still be something else
>Run downstairs
>See the gameplay logo
>FUCKYES
>Play the game until I've bled dry every single battery in the house
>Mum comes home
>She's mad I never had that bath
>Go to Cex online
>Find in trade-in value
>Get it beaten at game by a pound
>used to be able to go into HMV or Virgin and play the games on the demo units
>Virgin nearly died, got bought, then the company that bought them died.
>HMV nearly died, but is making a comeback by re-dedicating itself to just music
>the best "gaming" thing to do in the local shops is to go and read all the gaming magazines... but I can just do that via the internet
>>321189762
CEX was GOAT around here even before my Gamestation turned into a Game
Emphasis on "was" because after it moved to a bigger shop, I started experiencing the horror stories first hand
>Trying to flog a broken 360
>Can't get anyone to take it as they keep finding the torn warranty sticker under the faceplate from when I tried to do some DIY repairs
Even CEX wouldn't take it, I thought they weren't supposed to give a fuck. The amount of scratched games I've got from there is unbelievable.
>>321190248
>getting packages earlier than expected
it's great, like getting a present from the future
Grainger Games is second best to GameStation. Fuck GAME and CeX, they will always try and rip you off.
What happened to these guys? I don't even know if they're in business anymore, ever since I converted to PC I stopped buying physical copies.
>>321190185
>First time buying something from Cux
>Mass Effect 3
>Disc 1 scratched to hell, can't finish the story past the moon near Palaven
Cux NEVER AGAIN
>>321190687
There's still one open here in Derby, I'm sure. Can't remember the last time I went in though.
>>321190687
The one in Beeston is still open.
>>321190687
They still exist, but the nearest physical store from where I live is a good 30 miles away. So I just order from them online sometimes, less hassle.
>>321190248
Fuck I miss Gameplay. I exclusively pre-ordered from them purely because you got your game way before release date.
I use Shopto now for pre-orders because they send them out like Gameplay used to, days before. In example when I pre-ordered MGSV I got it on the Friday, rather than the Tuesday.
>>321190712
Sounds to me like they did you a favor by preventing you from finishing that game.
>>321190528
>preordering a game
>it arrives a day or two before release
>>321191556
This has literally never happened in the UK.
HMV used to be good, I got a few classic shits from there, but last time I went it the PC section was literally three shelves, one full of sims 3, one for WoW subscription cards and one for the latest AAA shovelware
>>321191556
>Game is released Tuesday in US
>Same game is released the following Friday in UK
Why do they bother? I'll either digitally purchase the US version, or just pirate it and then not purchase the UK version.
>>321191771
Did for me when I used to pre-order from game a few years back.
also
>>321191180
>>321191771
>This has literally never happened in the UK.
Are you fucking retarded? It happens all the time with certain online retailers.
See >>321191180
always went there because it was cheaper than game, also they didn't have loyalty faggotry where you had to buy like 1000 games to be able to use your credits for a single shitty free one or something
>>321191794
Why are there so many greggs?
There's fucking two in my town, and they're literally 2 stores away from eachother on the same side of the street. Why have two?
>>321191794
They don't care about manchilds like you throwing a fit. Most people can wait a week or so.
>>321191024
Whereabouts? I don't remember ever seeing it.
>>321191950
Same here. All we have in my town is fucking Greggs, Poundlands and Bookies.
>>321188197
Sure I do.
You'd still become irrelevant anyway though. Amazon exists.
>>321188518
Game shill plz
>go to game
>tell the spikey haired faggot im interested in how much I can get for my ps4 copy of fallout 4 cos I want just cause 3
>£25 trade on chart games £20 cash
>not good enough tbqh
>this guy has clearly underestimated my power level
>'I checked cex website earlier and it's 32 cash 36 trade mate'
>spike 'well if you come in with a print out of that page we can match the offer'
>'what about if I show you on my phone?'
>'yeah that would be fine'
>'nah fuck that your prices are shit m8, I'm getting cash from cex then going asda for jc3 lol'
CEX: saving the used game market
>>321191794
Bean & Sausage Melt > literally every other pasty.
>>321192101
>all of the pubs slowly closing
>being replaced by hair stylists, pizza shops and bookies
feels bad man
Used to be two independent game shops too but they both sucked utter balls compared even to ASDA so what's the point?
>>321191950
Two is nothing, Glasgow here, theres 14 of the fuckers within a 3 mile radius of my house, GameGreggs when?
>>321192032
>a week or two
September 17th 2015 for JP
November 20th 2015 for NA
February 19 2016 for EU
>>321192257
>Trading games in to retail
>>321192032
Pretty much, and most of the time the EU version gets some extra stuff due to the wait.
Y O U F U C K I N G C U C K S
A M A Z O N E X I S T S
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I'm trying to find a new/used copy of Wonderful 101 for under 30£, can anyone help?
>>321192593
>30£
just
>>321190248
Gameplay being shut down was by far and away the worst thing that Game has ever done.
I am old enough to remember ordering things to the actual catalogue that used to come through the mail. It was great, the using the Gameplay site and they were always as good as they always were.
Who here Special Reserve?
>>321192414
More a case of trading shit in for gold
>>321192327
>>321192593
Shopto had it for like 20 quid NEW but they're sold out now. Probably check ebay at this point but I don't like using ebay these days.
>>321191950
greggs is based
>>321191950
I love Greggs desu
Steak bake and sausage roll master race
>>321192264
>not eating based Steak Bakes
>>321192041
Opposite the CEX on the high street
>>321192970
The same thing happened with Etrian mystery Dungeon.
It's out now but the hype I had for it has dampened out.
I might pick it up eventually.
>>321192593
Got mine pre owned from Game for £12, why has it gone up?
Posted in wrong thread due to sleep deprevation
>>321193174
>>321193174
>>321193174
>>321193367
Get some sleep or else Santa won't come
>>321193367
Don't go to game they're kikes check out hotukdeals I got a 1tb in July for £280
>>321193195
That explains it then, I thought you were talking about Beeston, Leeds.
>>321193494
Yeah i've worked a week of 22-6 shifts in retail - fucking sucks
>>321193576
shiiiiet, guess i'll have to check all online retailers before thinking about walking in - i've worked for GAME before so i know you can jew them back for better deal if you know their KPIs
>>321193708
Beeston, Nottinghamshire m8.
WHO /DERBYSHIRE/ HERE?
>>321193159
Cold stake bakes are the reason god doesn't talk to us anymore
>>321193724
Just checked, you can get a 500gb delivered for 229 right now
>>321193338
>>321193002
You lucky dawgs... I only got my Wii U this month.
>Go to CEX in Oldham
>Whole place smells of corn because of that one Paki stall nearby
I had to quit Greggs after a sausage roll made entirely of gristle.
Shame too, that used to be at least a third of my diet.
>>321193967
Pretty nice desu - But isn't it worth more to get a 1TB console due to the updated hardware?
>>321194127
the one in Lincoln is alright, but Gotham Games is 100x better
>>321191024
Is there still that big ass tradex in beeston?
>>321194127
>Go to CEX in stockport
>Whole place smells of weed
>>321194127
They get a bad rep with all that terrorism and child molesting but I honestly can't imagine life without kebab shops.
>>321194628
Mine smells of piss, I don't know which is the better option.
>>321194246
Well I got the 1tb so I'd recommend that.
I have to get everything online due to living in Buxton for Uni.
Base.com is pretty good. I preordered JC3 for £33 and it came a day early
>>321194127
I pretty much turn full /pol/ whenever I'm in spindles
>>321190687
Still got one in Newcastle and South Shields m8
>>321194765
The one in Sheffield smells like piss actually.
I don't play vidya at uni though so i never really go there.
>>321194815
Aight cheers lad
>tfw my local gamestation was turned into a Blockbuster Games the month after I stopped going there
I'm so sorry.
>>321188197
miss that ps1 bargain bin, was about 20 odd copies of who wants to be a millionare
>>321194765
Weed obviously
Every game I've ever pre ordered from amazon has arrived 2 days early, mimimum
>>321195083
Weed stinks just as bad as piss.
>>321195294
2U maybe
>>321191950
There all over the place but damn they're good.
>Can buy Greggs frozen
Have my doubts if they're any good.
>>321190248
Hell yeah I got C & C red alert retaliation through mail order. It came early but I had to go to school so I took the manual with me.
>>321190687
There's one open in Sheffield, and it has some decent prices for physical PC discs from what I've seen.
>>321188197
They live on in the almost as based Grainger Games.
It's just no the same though.
>>321189370
No.
>>321196549
He probably would though. He's just as out of touch as the Tories.
2003 until buyout gamestation was unreal
I remember getting £25 back for COD big red 1 about 6 months after buying it new.
I suppose that's why it failed.
Also - any high street game shops are shit, what's even the point of them anymore?
>>321196697
Nah, the toe rags are wankers that wanna make everybody poor. Corbyn seems really based. I don't see him fucking everuthing up like that.
>>321196890
The loony left, everyone.
>tfw would go into Gamestation as a kid and the staff would let me play previews of the latest ps2 games behind the counter.
I miss the good old times.
But yeah, GAME's prices are outrageous at times but I still go to CEX for PS2/Gamecube games and such.
>>321197324
Good call Nige and we all miss the old days
>>321197324
literally that kid
>>321188197
You gave me an NES with 2 controllers, and TV and power cables for £3. I'll always love you ;_;
>>321196970
>mfw nigel farage built his power being a banker
>all his donations come from financial giants
>idiot DM readers love him
He'd be 10X worse than Cameron
>>321197737
They were too good for this sinful earth.
I still have the loyalty cards.
>Gamestation
>Only ever bought bargain bin games to see if they were worth playing more than once
>Game
>Only ever buy games on 'buy X get 1 free' offers
>Never bought a new game in either
Why do shops never have good offers on physical copies? Fucking Steam does more offers on recent releases, and that hardly EVER happens.
>>321197987
He wasn't a banker, though.
>>321197987
I SAW NIGEL FARAGE DRINKING A PINT AND I DRINK PINTS TOO SO HE MUST BE ALRIGHT
>>321188197
Miss the preowned section. I remember buying nights in to dreams in 2006 and a sega saturn.
>Go to Cex to buy a used controller
>They try to push me to open an account with them
>Leave, never go back
Why do people still go there?
>>321188518
Game is worse than HMV. Better selection but HMV have slightly better prices.
Got some Amiibos for £8 from HMV a few days ago. Game charge £15which is why they're nearly bankrupt again.
>>321191950
>why have two
So you have to walk less? You're never more than 100m away from one in Newcastle.
>>321198282
literally the first sentence on wikipedia.
>live in small north east colliery where games get sold cheap because few people have disposable income to buy them
Being a Poortherner has its perks
>>321188197
>tfw Gamestation still exists on my Island
Thank fuck for being in the middle of town.
i remember going into gamestation for the first time and being amazed by what they offered. only went into game before it and everything was clear cut and presentable and expensive. gamestation the one i went to felt way more unique, there were figures and shit everywhere for you to buy and upstairs were tons of other things like card games and comics. was great while it lasted
>>321198536
Fuck off Russel Howard
>>321198536
>>321200513
Kippers are so easy to trigger lol
>>321188197
nah, always bought from amazon andblockbuster
>>321199293
They ask me every fucking time. Mind you, I have an account but I just wanted to buy fucking fantasy life. The box was printed, too. mind you the cart was like new. The staff are twats.
>>321200798
I don't even support UKIP
Russel Howard is just massively unfunny
>>321201258
Speaking of unfunny, I thought we shipped James Corden off to the US already? Why is he on everything still?
>>321201258
It was never Russell Howards joke to begin with. He's well known for stealing material from the internet and treating it as his own. He's basically the British Ray William Johnson
>>321200798
>thread about video games
>start posting unrelated petty shit about ukip
>get called out
>le so triggered xD
cool
>>321201407
Both are just as shit as eachother
>>321201768
I know.
>>321200823
Bought my ps3 from blockbusters
Came with month free rentals
Never played so much vidya in my life
So instead of this autistic shit, how about this
>I'm getting a Ps4 soon and i want to know some worthy titles to get
>But also some that have local multiplayer as i do entertain people
Already got Jojo Eyes of Heaven and Naruto UNS4 preordered
I need more
>>321201819
good lad
>>321201459
>posting things that aren't vidya on /v/
Shit nigger call the cops
My town used to have a Gamestation, GAME, Grainger Games, Chips, a great Blockbuster and an independent shop called the Entertainment zone. Chips was full of bargain bin PS2 games and warhammer stuff. They got me Anarchy Reigns for £18 when nobody else knew what it was. Everything is gone now. It's just normies buying Fifa in Tesco.
>>321202794
>Chips
Are they still about anywhere? I remember one in Darlington seemed to last a while but I haven't been back for a while. They were pretty based.
>>321188197
Of course. I worked at you. I wads there when it all went to shit too.
we keep our christmas decorations in an old Gamestation bag.
Every year I'm hit with the same nostalgia and sadness
>>321203005
They have three stores left. Even the one in Boro with Spiderman on the roof has closed.
>>321203005
Still one in Stockton man. They've got a lot of good shit still in the shop.
There's a place in Middlesbrough just outside the bus station that's ran by ex-Chips guys. Really nice place, if a little pricey. Tons of classic gear in there.
>>321202794
>>321203343
I was talking about Hartlepool here, our Gamestation opened right next door to GAME, those beautiful bastards.
>>321188197
The HMV in Manchester used to be pretty good. The downstairs had this massive gaming lounge where you and your mates can just chill and play the fighting games on the Xbox 360s or the PC multiplayer games.
>gamestation closes
>gets replaced by CEX
>another GAME opens literally a few hundred metres away from the other one
why
WHY
>>321193708
When I was in Leeds about two years ago there was a Grainger games, it was in the shopping centre with the Morrisons.
>>321203395
Did the Chips in middlesbrough used to have another store joined to it? Popcorn or something?
>>321203005
Might still be one in Bishop near Darlington. Can't remember at all.
Still a Grainger games there at leastits shit though
>>321193367
Late reply, but the new JoJo game is being released here in the summer.
>>321204597
Yeah man i know, it's what made me think about getting the console
>>321203395
Yeah, Super Game World, I went in to check out their Dreamcast games and saw Skies of Arcadia at £50. They know what they're doing so it's pretty hard to get a bargain.
What's his name again?
>>321194358
fucking gotham games relocating up the high street
good shop
I've got a decent local shop called Pink Planet. I once got a Dreamcast, Chu Chu Rocket and Shenmue for £40.
I went to GAME for the first time in ages a few days ago. They have tons of Amiibo and other plastic toy shit across half the building. It was really depressing.
