a tweet on game's twitter says 20% off pre owned games in store tomorrow only.
looks to be this weeks equivalent of double trade ins.
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pbyron1 to redcantona
20 Jun 1610#5
Or it could be some sort of sales tactic to, you know, sell stuff.
Pauladin91
21 Jun 165#11
GAME deserves to go under with their prices. The trade in prices they quote for your games are just offensive. I've not been in for a year. Probably 3 years since I bought something.
CEX beats them every time, by some mile.
PurplePerson
21 Jun 164#24
If they're targeting mostly the sailor/pirate community as their customer base, I feel that that may actually be the root of their problems.
bobafettish
21 Jun 163#13
ok this is fun. I'll break it down for you.
1st the article you linked to, If you read more than the headline. It refrences the fact the decreased credit insurance is NOT affecting game's ability to purchase stock from suppliers. later stating since this inital announcement many of the crediters have changed their minds.
If you read other articles detailing this information there are refrences to the fact the drop in credit insurance is related to game's strategy of focusing on digital content. example being in two years game have gone from 80% physical pc & 20% digital to 90% digital and 10% physical. which probably requires a different kind of financing.
as for the "property of sony until sold to customer" stickers that's "began to surface". they've appeared on every single new and sealed sony first party product for at least 9-10 years. That's not a game only thing either, seen them on the back of new copies of games from argos and asda to name a few.
Also there have been rumours about EA pulling stock from game. in the build up to mirrors edge. People were saying due to financial issues game wouldn't be stocking more than pre orders etc...NOPE like most ea games they're not in short supply. This stems from when game had financial issues in 2012 and couldn't stock mass effect 3. ever since game restablished themselves every ea release is met with the same rumour.
alot of folk enjoy jumping to conclusions with little evidence. "they're offer 20% off preowned for ONE DAY so they must be going out of buisness. " if it was 20% off all products, you might have a point.
Most of the hotukdeals community moan about games terribl etrade in value...a valid point (but that's why they price match) however 90% of the customers who trade in, just trade in at games prices. That's the reason they can do these offers. The profit margins on preowned are so high that these kind of offers don't make a dent in profit.
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paully
20 Jun 161#1
The cynical part of me says this will replace the 3 for 2 offer that had been on recently!
bobafettish
20 Jun 161#2
won't replace it.
but you won't be able to combine them.
t&c says not to be used with other offers. 3 for 2 is an offer.
redcantona
20 Jun 161#3
So they offer double the value of games then sell those games at 20% off. Looks like a quick cash grab. If I had any vouchers I'd be looking to get rid sharpish.
pbyron1 to redcantona
20 Jun 1610#5
Or it could be some sort of sales tactic to, you know, sell stuff.
Breadas
20 Jun 16#4
I'm sure there's no need to worry and get rid of vouchers... Probably they just wanna increase their customers coming inshore and chance that they'll buy normal priced or preorder stuff as well... They've only really got cex as competition other than supermarkets and they only stock current or chart most of the time... so i feel my gift vouchers are safe
metalmakabre
20 Jun 163#6
cold 20% off an already over inflated price
Matty8787
21 Jun 16#7
nah he is right GAME are struggling again.
EA is refusing to send them new stock and Sony are "lending" them stock and taking money after the sale.
Cashing in on vouchers is a wise move.
Jay080286
21 Jun 161#8
Proof?
focux007
21 Jun 16#9
where has anyone read any of this? i could believe that they're struggling because there's been naff all out pretty much all year (lots of amazing games en route though) but I've not seen anything to suggest it.
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looks to be this weeks equivalent of double trade ins.
Top comments
CEX beats them every time, by some mile.
1st the article you linked to, If you read more than the headline. It refrences the fact the decreased credit insurance is NOT affecting game's ability to purchase stock from suppliers. later stating since this inital announcement many of the crediters have changed their minds.
If you read other articles detailing this information there are refrences to the fact the drop in credit insurance is related to game's strategy of focusing on digital content. example being in two years game have gone from 80% physical pc & 20% digital to 90% digital and 10% physical. which probably requires a different kind of financing.
as for the "property of sony until sold to customer" stickers that's "began to surface". they've appeared on every single new and sealed sony first party product for at least 9-10 years. That's not a game only thing either, seen them on the back of new copies of games from argos and asda to name a few.
Also there have been rumours about EA pulling stock from game. in the build up to mirrors edge. People were saying due to financial issues game wouldn't be stocking more than pre orders etc...NOPE like most ea games they're not in short supply. This stems from when game had financial issues in 2012 and couldn't stock mass effect 3. ever since game restablished themselves every ea release is met with the same rumour.
alot of folk enjoy jumping to conclusions with little evidence. "they're offer 20% off preowned for ONE DAY so they must be going out of buisness. " if it was 20% off all products, you might have a point.
Most of the hotukdeals community moan about games terribl etrade in value...a valid point (but that's why they price match) however 90% of the customers who trade in, just trade in at games prices. That's the reason they can do these offers. The profit margins on preowned are so high that these kind of offers don't make a dent in profit.
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but you won't be able to combine them.
t&c says not to be used with other offers. 3 for 2 is an offer.
EA is refusing to send them new stock and Sony are "lending" them stock and taking money after the sale.
Cashing in on vouchers is a wise move.