Though to be honest with the articles all shuffled around now it is right at the bottom of the day's links so I missed it myself at first glance to reply 😅
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@JohnnyShoulder Yeah, not great. It's nice to have a dedicated gaming shop on the high Street. Despite GAME's various problems, I'd be sad to see them completely disappear.
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A shame but not massively surprising. Since the last rescue they've spent more time concentrating on stocking assorted tat rather making their offering a better retail experience.
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"Fate: Protects fools, little children, and ships named Enterprise." - Cmdr William T. Riker
With the advent of the digital age, I foresee physical media eventually taking a complete backseat and being phased out, which will only further fuel digital companies like Amazon, who will sell codes (like they already do in a lot of cases)
For one, it's bad for business, as physical media can be resold between individuals. Good for consumers, bad for companies. Secondly, physical discs are reaching critical limitations as far as data being stored. You've already got games like Red Dead Redemption taking 2 discs, with FFVII remake said to also be two discs. With next gen around the corner, this could easily turn into 3-4 discs, and lets be honest, I'm sure a lot of people wouldn't really want that.
Digital libraries are now a respected commodity to own, with new consoles respecting that, by incorporating previous libraries from the previuos gen consoles, and supporting them in the new console, so as to match the likes of steam for storage of your purchase history.
I'm not sure if this will be the absolute last generation to use physical media, but I'm sure at some point in the fairly near future, it will be phased out entirely.
I feel for Game. I get everyone's gripes but hard to undercut the prices of online stores. I still think there is a space for a brick and morter video game store on the High Street but I don't think people have figured out the model yet to be honest.
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I think also the rise of CEX has contributed a little to Game's downfall. Game have been undercut on both fronts - new games are cheaper on the internet (as are preowned ones) but Game always had the pre-owned side for the high street browsers. But CEX has done the preowned thing much better, frankly, leaving Game stuck in the middle, unable to specialise in any area, other than trying to explain games to elderly relatives at Christmas.
I'll miss Game, even though they've messed me about in the past.
EDIT That last sentence makes them sound like an ex-lover
@Gremio108 Here in Glasgow, we have a CEX across the road from Game. There just isn't any reason to go into Game. Unfortunately it has resulted in the death of Geforce Games, our local independent. I'd love to be given a reason to spend money in Game but they aren't making it easy.
@nessisonett GAME and CEX are even closer together in Cambridge, as they're right next door to each other. That GAME is quite small and cramped, with a lot of the space being taken up with figurines and merchandise. On the other hand, the CEX is fairly large and spacious, and has a good variety of games.
Then there's the Argos just across the road from them, which often has new games cheaper than GAME.
My eldest son had a couple of friends round for a sleepover last night. They could have played anything they liked, the PS4 was set up for them and everything.
They chose to play Golden Axe on the MegaDrive Collection. I was impressed.
Good job, Parappa. You can go on to the next stage now.
Hey, any Push Squarians from Down Under around here? I’ve been concerned about these devastating wildfires that are being reported in Australia. I wondered if anyone has first hand news. It looks terrible. My heart goes out to those affected.
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Some of you may recall one of my cats went walkies last year and I was in a bit of a mess. Unfortunately the same cat has been ill for the past week. He had some blood tests done on Monday, and at the time the vet mentioned there was a lump under his tongue and his kidneys felt small. On a follow up visit later in the week he said the lump has grown. Could be cancer, a benign lump or a foreign object stuck in it. Because of the placement, as far as I can gather, it’s inoperable if it’s a lump so we are hoping it’s just something stuck, but that isn’t very likely according to the vet.
To make matters worse we got a call yesterday to say his blood tests have come in, and it appears he has kidney disease. Could be linked to the lump..
He’s due back in tomorrow for scans and some investigation of the lump. All things considered the vet has basically said prepare for the worst. My girlfriend and I are totally gutted, he’s only 3 so it’s really surprising for this to happen to a member of the family. I’ve had quite a lot of cats and he’s the handsomest, friendliest, most intelligent and interesting one I’ve known.
The deck is stacked against him but please keep all your fingers and toes crossed for Buster aka Busterino, Beans, Chilli Beans, Beanarino, Bean Bandit, Screens, Screen Print and all the other weird random names I’ve given him over the years.
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