GAME Australia Closing Up for Good

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  • Shawn Zipay
    Managing Communities 24/7
    • Apr 2003
    • 69279

    #1

    GAME Australia Closing Up for Good

    Administrator PricewaterhouseCoopers announced that the game retailer, GAME Australia, will close 16 stores immediately with the remaining 15 locations closing in the coming weeks.

    This news comes weeks after the struggling retailer went into administration. Prior to this final round of closures, 60 stores were were closed and 281 staff members were laid off, including many from the company's head office.

    Kate Warwick remarked:
    "In the interests of creditors, the 31 remaining Game stores are to be closed over the coming weeks and a final closing down sale has commenced with discounts of up to 60 percent available in-store and online.

    "This is a difficult time for employees and closing the stores was not a decision we made easily. Despite exploring available opportunities for continued trading, the ongoing trading performance and absence of viable offers for the purchase of the business has resulted in these closures."


    A meeting is slated for tomorrow to discuss the future of the company. Rather, a meeting is slated for tomorrow to discuss the lack of a future for the company.

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  • Stev0esque
    5t3v0 (I miss leetspeech)
    • Feb 2008
    • 6786

    #2
    Re: GAME Australia Closing Up for Good

    Wow, my brothers friend will be jumping for joy at this news (hes a former game slave. It was a good job for the first year, then it started turning to shit)

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    • The_Eliminator
      Senior Member
      • Aug 2006
      • 5486

      #3
      This is GAME's fault. They were selling games that were already overpriced at an even higher price. Why would anyone want to buy games from them when i can walk 2 doors down the street and at times get the game for $20-$30 less? Good riddance.

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      • jimykx
        No, I AM your father!
        • Jan 2010
        • 6641

        #4
        Re: GAME Australia Closing Up for Good

        Lol, battlefield 2142 northen strike was at 4 euros in the EA online store. Game was selling the hard copy for 39 euros..... (this was 2 years ago)

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        • The_Eliminator
          Senior Member
          • Aug 2006
          • 5486

          #5
          Re: GAME Australia Closing Up for Good

          Thats exactly my point though. They seemed to to think they could get away with selling things at an even higher price than everywhere else.

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