Opinions on: GAME and their site GAME.co.uk
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I usually shop at gamestation because they're cheaper, but i'm a big fan of GAME's gamefest.
Funnily enough, though, they're both owned by the same company.
Funnily enough, though, they're both owned by the same company.
I like GAME the one here has really friendly people, the nice man called me mate! and I dont care if he was just saying that because its his job! No one else has called me mate since!
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Besides their pre order prices are normaly ok, and their delivery is pretty speedy.
I normaly use Amazon though, I love that site.
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Besides their pre order prices are normaly ok, and their delivery is pretty speedy.
I normaly use Amazon though, I love that site.
I tend to buy most of my games through steam.
Failing that, if it's a ps3 game I'm after, then I use amazon. Or play.
Really, Game is a last resort for me.
Failing that, if it's a ps3 game I'm after, then I use amazon. Or play.
Really, Game is a last resort for me.
Nyeh... Mostly don't like them.
The staff in the one near me are nice and interested in games but the good points stop there. They tend to be overpriced, they shamelessly try to make you buy popular things (for example, I was browsing for Thief earlier, I found it, out of stock though, and it said in the recommended games I may also like Battlefield, CoD and Football manager) and their trade-in prices make me hurt.
I'll use an example I have used before about trade-ins. I was trading in my 360 and wii, with games and accessories, and GAME for the lot would give me £180. I went to CEX and they gave me £380, that was one of the last times I went to game.
All things considered I think I'm giving up on them. I'll get Just Cause 2 for 30p to use up the last of my points and then I'll just use CEX/Steam/HMV.
The staff in the one near me are nice and interested in games but the good points stop there. They tend to be overpriced, they shamelessly try to make you buy popular things (for example, I was browsing for Thief earlier, I found it, out of stock though, and it said in the recommended games I may also like Battlefield, CoD and Football manager) and their trade-in prices make me hurt.
I'll use an example I have used before about trade-ins. I was trading in my 360 and wii, with games and accessories, and GAME for the lot would give me £180. I went to CEX and they gave me £380, that was one of the last times I went to game.
All things considered I think I'm giving up on them. I'll get Just Cause 2 for 30p to use up the last of my points and then I'll just use CEX/Steam/HMV.
You do realise that GAME and Gamestation are owned by the same people right?Lawnmooer said:
And they're just a marketing trick. GAME is designed to appeal to mainstream customer, while Gamestation exists to appeal to the hardcore gamer. So that the parent company doesn't lose sales from either group.
Basically, by saying "Gamestation is SOOOOO much better!!!" you're falling directly for their marketing tricks.
Opinions on GAME as a whole seem to be founded on a shop to shop basis. For instance my local GAME are expensive, but their staff are mostly knowledgeable about what they're selling. The one thing GAME has to its credit is that it's pretty honest about what it is. It's clean cut and corporate. Unlike GameStation, which insists with its pandering appeal to hardcore gamers with the condescending shop window advertisements of dolled up goth chicks. When on the inside their prices are near enough identical and their staff are just as hit and miss as it is at GAME.
Sure I've had bad experiences with them, like when they adamantly refused to sell me a game at a discount price. It was advertised at £34.99 new or £29.99 when bought with anything else in store, so I bought a gift card with £1 on it. The manager isnsisted I was abusing the system, but the fine print on the promotion didn't state the item I had to purchase had to be a specific value. At the same time GameStation refused to honour my pre-order on Super Smash Bros Brawl because my reciept had been torn in half.
As for their website, I've had no problems. The customer service was friendly and helpful when I needed to change my password under their old password recovery system. That and their games are cheaper online, Sonic Generations was £19.99 online and Super Mario World 3D was £29.99 and in store they were £25.99 and £37.99 respectively at the time.
Sure I've had bad experiences with them, like when they adamantly refused to sell me a game at a discount price. It was advertised at £34.99 new or £29.99 when bought with anything else in store, so I bought a gift card with £1 on it. The manager isnsisted I was abusing the system, but the fine print on the promotion didn't state the item I had to purchase had to be a specific value. At the same time GameStation refused to honour my pre-order on Super Smash Bros Brawl because my reciept had been torn in half.
As for their website, I've had no problems. The customer service was friendly and helpful when I needed to change my password under their old password recovery system. That and their games are cheaper online, Sonic Generations was £19.99 online and Super Mario World 3D was £29.99 and in store they were £25.99 and £37.99 respectively at the time.
I wish there was a viable alternative for buying games, some high-street competition for them, I mean if we're going purely on release titles, they generally speaking do the best deal, on the high street. The only real competition they have is HMV, and given any new releases from them tend to start at £5-£10 above game, not really any second guessing where you're buying your game from... Obviously if you're going 2nd hand CeX is the way to go, I've came home with some great little bargains for £5-£10...
As far as personnel go, it blows my mind how I've got beat out by these half-wits on the part time staff, they know NOTHING and you can TELL the one guy/girl on the staff who knows something, or perhaps even further up the chain who passed a memo down to the shops, gave them all these 'teleprompter' responses designed to hook in old grannies and no nothing parents into spending an extra £20
Anecdote below.
As far as personnel go, it blows my mind how I've got beat out by these half-wits on the part time staff, they know NOTHING and you can TELL the one guy/girl on the staff who knows something, or perhaps even further up the chain who passed a memo down to the shops, gave them all these 'teleprompter' responses designed to hook in old grannies and no nothing parents into spending an extra £20
Anecdote below.
Example, in buying Skyrim a couple of days after release, I go straight up the the counter, the cabinet behind them filled to the brim with copies of it, couple of posters etc. So I say "Skyrim for PC please" 30 pounds half pinched in my wallet and game card held in thumb.
"I don't think that's out yet on PC would you like an Xbox copy instead? the strategy guide is only 15 pounds if you buy it with the game"
"...Ac- it-...Are you sure? There's definitely copies of it in there *nods towards the cabinet* and Skyrim's DEFINITELY out for PC, they were all out 3 days ago, and as it's seen as primarily a PC release"
"I'll check with the manager *30 second later* he'll be here in minute, you played the new fifa or Cod?"
*mental facedesk into desk flip*
"I don't think that's out yet on PC would you like an Xbox copy instead? the strategy guide is only 15 pounds if you buy it with the game"
"...Ac- it-...Are you sure? There's definitely copies of it in there *nods towards the cabinet* and Skyrim's DEFINITELY out for PC, they were all out 3 days ago, and as it's seen as primarily a PC release"
"I'll check with the manager *30 second later* he'll be here in minute, you played the new fifa or Cod?"
*mental facedesk into desk flip*
I don't like the Game near me either, the staff are useless. Only went there to buy my 3ds and ended up taking twice as long because the guy behind the counter was far to interested in tacking on crap I didn't want. I was spending £170, couldn't he just bugger off and let me go look at some 3d Zelda?
The gamestation near isn't too bad though, but I don't have high expectations of anything here in this back water crap hole I live in.
The gamestation near isn't too bad though, but I don't have high expectations of anything here in this back water crap hole I live in.
I'm not too keen on them.
1) Their new-game prices are often more expensive than Amazon's.
2) I get constantly harassed by acned men in their middle twenties, asking if I need any help looking for a game, ignoring other customers to help direct me - a female customer - to the Sims. Seriously, I asked for Dragon Age and they suggested I get the Sims, I was pretty offended.
3) Their used games section is never tidy which aggravates my OCD to no end.
4) They won't hire me so I can sort out their damn used games section without looking like a complete nutjob. As a young, relatively attractive female gamer with quite a lot of knowledge of gaming I would have thought I'd be an excellent choice to work in a shop that caters to a primarily male audience, apparently not. Ho hum.
Come to think of it, has anyone ever seen a girl working in a game? I know I never have...
1) Their new-game prices are often more expensive than Amazon's.
2) I get constantly harassed by acned men in their middle twenties, asking if I need any help looking for a game, ignoring other customers to help direct me - a female customer - to the Sims. Seriously, I asked for Dragon Age and they suggested I get the Sims, I was pretty offended.
3) Their used games section is never tidy which aggravates my OCD to no end.
4) They won't hire me so I can sort out their damn used games section without looking like a complete nutjob. As a young, relatively attractive female gamer with quite a lot of knowledge of gaming I would have thought I'd be an excellent choice to work in a shop that caters to a primarily male audience, apparently not. Ho hum.
Come to think of it, has anyone ever seen a girl working in a game? I know I never have...
There's one working in the store by me, and personally she's not what I'd call knowledgeable about what she's supposed to be selling, but she's friendly enough. They won't give me a job either; I don't get it.Necroid_Neko said:
their site is awful as ive tried ordering so many games and theyve suddenly become out of stock and sometimes even not arrived on time. and i once bought portal 2 in store for £40 even though it was £30 on-line and they said they couldnt do anything about it 
and they never have anything in stock online or in-store
and they never have anything in stock online or in-store
I don't know why anyone would shop at Game. Everything is massively overpriced and the amount they give you for trade-ins is negligible compared to any other shop, especially CEX. Unfortunately CEX isn't anywhere near as good as it was a few years ago and now most stores have jack all in stock, half the shelves are just bare.
I haven't had any problems either. My only quibble is that their voucher card things don't have a code to use online.Phasmal said:
The CEX in Leeds maintains excellent quality and a huge influx of customers.Zaul2010 said:
My only problems are them not updating their in store preorder lists as fast as they update their website.
Minor complaint recently was trying to preorder Metal Gear Solid HD, to be told it was online only, so I ordered it from their website. I came in friday to buy FFXIII-2 and SCV, and it was on the shelf, so that was a bit annoying. When I got home it was on my doorstep so that was good, I was expecting them to dispatch it the day it came out, but they were nice instead. They have been known to wait til the day it comes out to dispatch for some people.
Minor complaint recently was trying to preorder Metal Gear Solid HD, to be told it was online only, so I ordered it from their website. I came in friday to buy FFXIII-2 and SCV, and it was on the shelf, so that was a bit annoying. When I got home it was on my doorstep so that was good, I was expecting them to dispatch it the day it came out, but they were nice instead. They have been known to wait til the day it comes out to dispatch for some people.
The one in my local GAME store seems to be the person everyone else relies on. She's one of the few people that remember pre-order bonuses without having to be told.Necroid_Neko said:
The staff at my local GAME store are generally nice enough to talk to, and they have given me deals/given me free stuff just because I'm a regular customer. The store manager is a massive Oblivion fanboy, which I capitalised on and told him I found it boring. He then went on to tell me how amazing it is and how I did't get it, bringing other people into the discussion.
They usually do know what they are talking about, although when I went to pre-order The Darkness 2 they were adamant that it wasn't real, so I got my phone out, opened Safari and showed them the official site. I hadn't seen faces that red for a long time...
They usually do know what they are talking about, although when I went to pre-order The Darkness 2 they were adamant that it wasn't real, so I got my phone out, opened Safari and showed them the official site. I hadn't seen faces that red for a long time...