GAME Swallows GameStation For £74 Million
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Thu, 3 May 2007 19:09
Sora wrote:
jeff wrote:
if gamestation is so much better than GAME, how come blockbuster could not wait to offload you? game station has been up for sale for ages, but no one wanted to buy a failing business!!! GAME has always been the better of the two, and always will be!
OMG! THE REAL REASON why Blockbuster sold Gamestation is to save their own failing business. Everyone knows the rental industry is in trouble with DVDs going on sale at the same as rental. Blocky has been losing money big time and gamestation was the company keeping them in the game. They had to sell gamestation to cover their own loses.
Now with the money Blockys can attempt to recover (has any noticed a local Blocky close down near you?)
GAME bought gamestation purely cause its a major threat to their business. Gamestation is not a failing brand....far from it actually...and as proof, our branch at birmingham new street got the MCV star store award...so we must be doing somthing right eh?
Jeff is your ignorance a behaviour of all GAME employees?......Discuss
Sora - (proud Birmigham New Street Gamestation employee)
Sora
new street may have won the mcv star award, but who was specialist retailer of the year...............GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!
game station - 1 branch wins an award
GAME - the BRAND wins an award!
Thu, 3 May 2007 21:49
Jeff wrote:
Sora wrote:
jeff wrote:
if gamestation is so much better than GAME, how come blockbuster could not wait to offload you? game station has been up for sale for ages, but no one wanted to buy a failing business!!! GAME has always been the better of the two, and always will be!
OMG! THE REAL REASON why Blockbuster sold Gamestation is to save their own failing business. Everyone knows the rental industry is in trouble with DVDs going on sale at the same as rental. Blocky has been losing money big time and gamestation was the company keeping them in the game. They had to sell gamestation to cover their own loses.
Now with the money Blockys can attempt to recover (has any noticed a local Blocky close down near you?)
GAME bought gamestation purely cause its a major threat to their business. Gamestation is not a failing brand....far from it actually...and as proof, our branch at birmingham new street got the MCV star store award...so we must be doing somthing right eh?
Jeff is your ignorance a behaviour of all GAME employees?......Discuss
Sora - (proud Birmigham New Street Gamestation employee)
Sora
new street may have won the mcv star award, but who was specialist retailer of the year...............GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!
game station - 1 branch wins an award
GAME - the BRAND wins an award!
Gamestation won last year. GAME won the year before. This is voted for by publishers and the industry, not consumers, it's an indication of what the industry thinks of you.
GAME versus Gamestation - No one wins. Depends on the town and the staff. In some towns, GS staff are brilliant, in others they aren't. And vice-versa. There are crap GAME stores and crap Gamestation stores.
The two brands will be treated seperately - instead of allowing in other competitors, ie Gamestop, GAME have seen sense and cornered two sides of the market - Gamestation generally attracts 'hardcore' gamers with it's look and feel, GAME is more geared towards mum and family, and is also pre-dominantly on high streets, whereas GS is usually a bit to the side. That's not a given, but a generalisation on brand positioning.
At the end of the day, if you play games and work for a specialist retailer, whats the big moan? And for the record, GAME would not have bought Gamestation if it wasn't a profit making business. What's the point of buying a s**t business that loses money? Think about it.
Go figure dudes - I'm going to play games instead of reading about everyones arguments.
Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:53
a real pity, but at least we can still watch blockbuster dvd on my widescreen LCD tv.
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[25 Sep 2007, 08:39: Message edited by 'tyrion']
Get back into the mist with your guerilla marketing.
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[25 Sep 2007, 08:39: Message edited by 'tyrion']
Get back into the mist with your guerilla marketing.
Wed, 27 Oct 2010 13:16
it's pretty clear that Gamestation is a superior store.
end of discussion. kthxbye x
end of discussion. kthxbye x
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