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Two biggest specialist games retailers in the UK become one in £74 million deal.

Game has acquired 217 Gamestation stores across the UK and Ireland, bringing its total number of stores (including franchises) to 1,047 worldwide.

The company confirmed today that the deal had taken place for £74 million (approx $147 million) and that the company had unconditionally acquired Gamestation from video rental company Blockbuster UK Ltd.

The two separate brands will be retained, meaning Gamestation stores will keep their name. Gamestation will also continue to focus on its existing customer base, which consists primarily of preowned purchasers and male games enthusiasts.

The concessions run inside Blockbuster stores are not part of the deal and will "cease to operate under the Gamestation brand" by the deadline date of June 30.


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MY COMMENTS

OMG F**K GAME...i mean gamestation was their only competion and
now prices will go through the roof. I mean go into a game store its all
only the top realises are they are always over priced.
where as gamestation sell any and every gaming console you could need
or what...****

You dont have any other thing to post ......

oh boy, sorry to tell you this is BIG NEWS

Oh really why is so BIG news about Gamestation make a £74 million deal and blabla so they can make more money when all is on they right way. Or?

what?? did you even read the entire article? do you even know what
GAME and Gamestation are??

Never heard of em, Gamestation reminded me of that scene in Malibu's Most Wanted when the guy is like "Nah we can't afford that crap all I have is a Gamecast."

o.O so they dont make money to sell Gamestation? so explaine

then why the hell post here saying that...read the article and maybe
you would figure it out...Gamestation is the only honest and good value
for money game retailer in the UK.

Where as GAME (EB in the US) are a faceless money grabing group
of assholes

You made a thread so explaine now really not only some BLABLA and one link You must make work little harder when you make a thread ...

Lol, I liked Gamestation. GAME continues to take over, with its ever so lovely prices.

Lol it always makes me laugh to see you critisize other people.

hmm I say the true First Pokemon and this ,he must work harder to make a good thread ..now when he is a (LMAO) M** on other forum , But anyway he always critisize other threads to.

if anything this will bring prices down to compete with smaller companys whos focus is low prices

i shop in game and CEX lool and i know the prices of there shit il complain if it goes up not if it goes down

well everything in CEX is stolen and GAME dont give a shit about customers.
i mean in gamestation i talk to the guy about the game am buying
because he knows about it. Where as in GAME they dont give a shit
or care.

Also with their only real competitor gone know they can and most probley
will increase prices

my game and the one up in tamworth town center rule i can chat with them CEX rocks aswell

gamestation is just too far for me but one in central brum is the biggest in the uk and they have **** loads

Sounds like a situation we had over here a couple years ago when gamestop bought out eb games. Eb was always the consumer-centric store and gamestop was the ****** corporation fat cats. I miss eb.

since when is a 70 million dollar deal big news?

Sigh.

I suppose this is to be expected on a gaming-oriented forum.

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more like 150million dollar depending on exchange rates and such

gamestation was too expensive for me in the first place, in my town there are 2 other small games stores that are cheaper (and they bought your second hand games for more too). All 3 stores had people who actually knew alot about games though which was good.

Buying online is cheaper than all of them although you cant really talk to the websites checkout about the game.

you can try

lol....and who do you think owns gamestop??? GAME.

god am going to miss gamestation, looks like am buying online from now
on then

lol that was funny....."gamecast? whats gamecast?

well no shit. i mean were all on and posting in a forum for a online
game, so we cant say crap really