Even supermarkets? I look forwards to coming back to this thread in 10 years and watching you eat your computer. You never know, computers might just be a chip in our brains by then!

Amazon is the way to go. Good prices, good service, cheap or free delivery.

I've heard that GAME employees have to aggressively push second hand copies, offering them to people who bring new copies to the counter. Which is just bad for the industry since the publishers/developers don't get a cent from second hand copies, while GAME makes a ton of money.

There have been a few occasions (Like BRINK and Space Marine) of Steam not offering a game in the UK ('this game is not available in your region'), which was said to be because companies like GAME threatened to not stock the game at all.

It's a shame for the people losing their jobs, but from the stories I've been hearing all I can say is good riddance.

You're wrong. Would you upload a video for us of the PC-eating? Thanks.

No, they are not. Their unafilliated. Though for a time EB games owned 25% of their stock.

I'm more of a Grainger Games guy myself, but that place has been dead lately, at least in Sunderland.

I get all my stuff from EB Games/Gamestop, ive been to games and they had barely any stock and the customer service was terrible, and it was basically console games, so it wasnt worth me walking into, i was talking to someone here yesterday about whether it was closing here, but they say its not, but if the main company is going into liquidation, then all stores would close as the name and registered companies has gone bankrupt.

Not a bother to me, I but all my games from Amazon as they are much cheaper.

It's bad for the people that will lose their jobs though

HMV is just too cool.

Sad new, I liked GAME.

HMV is a bit hipster. The customer service in there can be god awful too and their prices have gone up to like ￡44.99 for a new chart game!

I liked GAME. The people who work at my local one have always been nothing but friendly and helpful. Are they still going to trade online? That was my go-to place if I wanted to get a game delivered a day ahead of the release date.

Would you like that with Salt and Pepper? Any particular condiments? Maybe in 50 years time, but in 10? No way. The infrastructure needed to accommodate that kind of move in terms of internet, is not in place in the U.S., and will not be in place in the U.S. for quite some time. There is no way that game developers and publishers will alienate 25% or more of their consumer base that don't have access to the needed internet infrastructure(In terms of speed and the obviously necessary unlimited(Or nearly so) bandwidth). Until everyone in the U.S.(or at least, 90% or more) have access to HIGH-Speed(not just Fast, but very fast) Internet, and either no download cap, or a very high one, such a move can't happen.

Is that just for games, music and films then? Because I'm worried about books. I have nothing against E-readers, I just like having books. But just today I read about one of my favourite authors publishing a Kindle exclusive. I honestly (naively) thought I could carry on with my books but I'm starting to think it will go the way of CDs and videos and I should just svck it up and save for an E-reader of some sort. I don't know why I place such sentimentality in books but I do; and while I'll go over to digital downloads for films or games or music if I have to, I really hope I won't with books.

What's Administration? Is it the same a filing for bankruptcy? One final question? What's GAME? Is it the same as a Gamestop here in the US?

It means the creditors have called in administrators to salvage what they can: either to recover assets, sell the company or just to try to get it back into shape. I think it goes quite a bit further than bankruptcy in the US if I understand correctly, though someone with some actual knowledge of how businesses work may wish to comment further!

I seem to recall that Game bought Gamestop, so kind of the same. But someone may wish to correct me on that too.

Books, unlike CDs and video, have thousands of years of impetus behind them. I don't see them in any danger of disappearing the same way discs have (if anything, the number of books printed is increasing.)