Retail

The consequence of GAME not stocking Mass Effect 3 could be 2m of lost profit and a 6-7m drop in revenue, one analyst has predicted. Working on the assumption that a decent triple-A title sells 0.8m-1m titles in the first few weeks of release in the UK and assuming GAME …

Speak to any analyst, and they’ll describe – whether politely or not – retail as a market in perpetual decline. The most colourful line recently: ‘dinosaurs thrashing about in the tar’. And yes, with physical retailers’ heavy products, shelves to put them on, meat-space customer service staff to sell you …

The recent developments at GAME flies in the face of a ‘successful’ supplier meeting last week. The event is subject to a strict NDA but MCV has been told that CEO Ian Shepherd delivered a ‘brave and compelling’ speech, leaving 100 execs with a plan on how they can help …

GAME has told its shareholders that it’s current trade stand-off with EA is temporary” and that both parties are in discussions to bring it to and end. "Today the Group confirmed that it will not be stocking a small number of titles from one supplier, Electronic Arts, during March and …

GameStop does want to buy GAME, but it doesn’t want the chain’s Oz business. If our sources are to be believed, the US giant hasn’t actually lost interest in UK retail as it told MCV last year. But it doesn’t want to double up Down Under by owning both GAME …

The industry may be wincing from this morning’s disturbing news from retailer GAME, but one man’s loss is another man’s gain. Online indie retailer ShopTo.net has this morning seen record traffic levels as gamers looked to secure their copies of Mass Effect 3 that can no longer be supplied by …

Retailer GAME has released a statement confirming rumours that it will not be stocking Mass Effect 3 next week. It has not, however, addressed the belief that a complete stop has been put on the stocking of all future EA games beyond this Friday’s Mass Effect 3. We currently have …

While MCV is still awaiting an official response from GAME regarding the news that Mass Effect 3 won’t be in-stores next week, an internal memo from current group channel director Tom Devine has shed some light on the situation. The document, obtained by IGN, appears to confirm Eurogamer’s claims that …

Zynga’s popular casual Facebook puzzler Hidden Chronicles has finally seen its growth slow to 33.1m monthly active users. The social network game has seen a massive increase in popularity since launching two months ago, and is still the third most popular title on Facebook, behind Zynga’s CityVille and Texas HoldEm …

GAME’s run of missing titles upon their release has reached a new low with confirmation that it will not be stocking Mass Effect 3. Furthermore, Eurogamer claims that SSX will be the last EA game to be stocked by the retailer when it is released this Friday. This sounds like …