Last Friday GAME announced it was closing 60 of its stores, laying off 281 members of staff. Yesterday, one of those staff members had to help close a store, and he managed to capture a couple of final moments.
I always find empty stores really depressing, but particularly when it affects the industry I’m part of. Good luck to everyone who lost their jobs in the last week — hopefully something better is just round the corner.
i think what highlights GAME's plight more than anything was during DIablo III release in how they could not go lower than 69$ to sell the game yet next door at Dick Smith they where selling it for 59$ which is confusing because i thought it was Dick SMith sotre which was going into liquidation?? yet here they are offering the lowest price you could find for Diablo III !!!
I remember setting up 3 stores that looked just like that. Although when I worked there we were preparing those empty racks for new stock. It was exciting, unpacking boxes and filling up the shelves.
I quit working with GAME a few years ago for a whole range of issues, mostly due to serious issues with the way upper management was working. I really feel for the staff that wanted to give 100%, but were not given the opportunity. I also feel for those individuals that went above and beyond, and yet were ignored whilst the area and regional managers took the credit. The guys working the floor, from the store managers to the christmas casuals busted their asses to attempt to make unreachable targets. When I set up stores we were full of optimism. It's sad to see them begin to reach the inevitable conclusion.
I hear you man, was a shame for us passionate managers that believed in good customer service for gamers like us. Guess we knew it wouldn't last in the end
Well when your business model is based around ripping off your customers this is how your story will end
Buy your game for 10 bucks resell for 50 as new.. lol
the Greenhills store is still open - the only franchised store in the whole company and if GAME goes completely under they will continue to trade probably under another name.
Game tried to stop selling PC games. Then they went out of buisness.
Nuff said.
i walked past my local game shop the other day to see it completely empty with 3 staff members sitting inside looking very down. i felt for those guys
Game Greenhills sucks, I never ever see anyone in there when I go in there..and the over charge up the wazzoo.
well dont go in there loser
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lol i save more from importing my own game then by at the store think this is why the store are going out off bushiness cause of people like me and guess what they will be more people like me if prices for game in Australia are still high as shit losing GAME will not have any affect on me but i do feel for those who like it because they don't know any better oh... the staff i wish you the very best of luck thought i did when to to game a couple of time but man they are beyond my go to buy places. only time buy from a store in pre-order for game i really like. oh well
That wouldn't be GAME Bendigo would it? Thats my local store, and where I also picked up my ME 3 Collectors (thank goodness I was able to get it). They also sold me my 3DS and a bunch of those Nintendo plushies. Good times, good crew, sad to see it gone.