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John Menzies, Woolworths, Toys R Us, even WHSmith used to have enormous computer game sections when I was a kid, I'd love to go back in time for an afternoon!
Ahhh John Menzies!! I remember getting the Eldorado VHS from there that had a sticker on the inside telling people not to watch it before a certain date as it hadn't aired on TV yet. Forgot about that shop
Them pieces of paper you had to take to the front of the store
I miss Gamestation, especially the massive one in Nottingham, which had tons of retro games!
Game stores continue to close down or dramatically reduce games in place of toys 😭
The local independent game store in my town was the ONLY place to by Japanese exclusive games as a kid. It was awesome to get the opportunity to buy games you saw in magazines which weren’t available in the normal stores. This was waaaay before the internet. Sadly the store closed but I still have games with their store name metallic stickers on the cover!
I'm confused, I've got 2 GAME shops right next to me and they have been there forever, been going in weekly for 15 years. I'm 100% sure GAME never went away to make a return 🤷♂️ maybe I mis understood the video. 🤣 {Edit} I think I understand what your saying now, first NEW store to open in years. That makes sense, pretty cool to see
Back in 97/98 i used to get most of my Snes games from International Stock. Our store had thousands of Music CD's and a large selection of games upstairs.
Forbidden planet when it sold games! I do miss the days of going off the box art and just winging it and finding some gems which is how I fell in love with time splitters!
I remember back in the day there was one in limerick city in Ireland, I miss seeing that place. Anne summers is gone from limerick too while I'm on the subject lol
And i here in my town (Knottingley, West Yorkshire), we had a shop called Choices, which sold VHS, DVDs and games to rent as well!
Electronics boutique was the place to go back when I was a teen, but if mum brought me a game as a kid it was always curry's... dont know why?
Electronics boutique, but before that Future zone.
Love the videos, been watching for a long time now and ur content is getting better and better, keep up the good work bud. See u in the next 1
I wonder why the stores started to dwindle? At the Trafford Centre they had a game store upstairs... and on the floor below had another game store. Genius placement really, because if there's one thing gamers need, it's two identical stores within a few yards of each other
I'm on holiday in Lanzarote this week and there is a game like 10mins away. Tempted to go take a look.
Softcentre was amazingly good upstairs in the arcade. Spent many years going in there during the 90s
We had a game store called chips There were a few about the north east area
My local Game mainly has gaming memorabilia and plushies in…it’s crazy.
Woolworths was my local place to buy games.
Had a great shop local to me called Kart Klub. Had a big figurine/statue of Abe from Abe’s Oddyssee - was great times
I remember going to game station as kid at the minute were I'm from we got game /cex and a retro game shop
We had an amazing store in Norwich called One Step Beyond.
To this day I have never seen a shop with so many games, no wasted space at all, just GAMES!
We had a shop called chips, it was an epic little place
For me in ipswich growing up we had an independent store called super sonic i went there very weekend as they had consoles instore they would let you play for 10/15 minutes
The High Street pic you've used in the opening is from my home town! Looks a lot different now as nothing's open there now
Grainger games was my go to was gutted when it went under felt sorry for the owner he started the shop from a little market stall in the grainger market in Newcastle hence the name built it up to having stores up and down the country then it went bust was also great for trade prices
Bristol has indie Game stores, in the centre and at Cribbs Causeway.
Mine was either Game station or Game, as i used to trade in my games just so i could afford the latest new game. (i regret doing that years later) but i did love going into Game to get some pre-owned games with the deal they had.
I feel your pain on this, I regret having to trade so much as a kid but needs must I suppose - that's why we are adults collecting I guess haha. First world problems, eh! 😄
I know what you mean about trading stuff in. I used to do it weekly, if only I could turn back time
In the days of zx spectrum local newsagents would sell £1.99 - 2.99 games by companies like Mastertronic, Firebird and Codemasters. There were some real gems like bmx simulator, atv and fruit machine.
I used to love grainger games but it shut down quite a while back now, it was so cheap and I never had a broken game from there. They used to have a 3 for £5 deal on 360, ps3 and wii games so I used to come home with 15 games for £25 every Christmas. I miss those days.
I feel like I've heard of that. Not sure why
@@TVMReviews they were big
I had one near me
I came to put Grainger Games too, they even opened one in Darlington near me which was great at the time. Shame they closed down.
I miss Grainger Games shame there shut down 😥
I used to love Grainger Games in Newcastle or Metrocentre Gateshead, I shopped there for many years. Sadly they closed down a few years ago 😢
Microtron in Pontefract~you should have seen the retro carrier bags ❤️
Independent gaming stores are few and far between. With work I spend a lot of time in central Newcastle and north London. The only two I've found within walking distance of work are N1 Games in London which has an amazing collection of both retro games and consoles but their prices are astronomical. There's a Cex and a pawn shop just around the corner from it and they charge about 25-50% above the others prices, I can't see how they can afford to stay open. In Newcastle there's a tiny shop in the Grainger Market which specialises in retro stuff, kinda pre ps3/360 and his prices are good just I don't collect anything from that period so not much use to me personally. Other than that in Newcastle I guess we're quite lucky as we still have 2 Cex and a proper Game in the city centre along with a cash converters.
an often forgot about game store is called Chips in the UK, it was one of the best and always had retro stuff even during the mid 2000s (I'm talking like gameboy, atari and gamegear etc) and they just went bust cos of too much investment in new aswell.
An independant store called Bits 'n' Bytes, WHSmith's and Boots where I bought my Commodore 64 tapes, and then Electronic Boutique later on.
In Bognor?
@@kregwilliams-jt5qt yep, that's right!
I'm not sure I've ever bought a video game from WHSmiths. I think they still dabble in the odd game
@@rmgb-tv how funny! We got our first family pc from bits n bytes. I remember the old lady that worked there.
Insane games for me, its street and bridgwater based. Allways really helpful
Playtime in Nottingham at the bottom of Broadmarsh Shopping Centre, Good Prices and would always have what you was looking for
You're from Cwmbran right? Theres a couple indepedent retro shops around here. Theres "Super Tomato" in Cardiff (about 5 min walk from queen street) and theres a cool comic/collectable shop that has a retro game section in Merthyr called "infinity toys". Both pretty pricey though
I loved Gamestation. OK it wasn't on the level of Cex for pre-owned but at the time they were the only ones doing it on a large scale. I was either in there on on the local market there was a unit selling retro games. But Game vs Gamestation I feel like we lost the wrong brand.
Not the case down my way. The Romford store which has been there since the 90s closed down last week and will be moving into Sports Direct and now today I saw that the one in Westfield Stratford is also closing down. I used to love Gamestation back in the day, their pre owned stuff was great and their retro games were dirt cheap but sadly GAME bought them out. I used to buy new releases from Blockbusters too as mine was a 5 minute walk from me.
Planet games is one of my favourite game shops
There have been 2 game stores near me that have been open for years. I don't think they ever went away.
Not as a company but this is the first GAME store to open on the high street in years
My local Virgin Megastore in the 1990s used to have a good video games department.
I'd forgotten about this one too. I used to get a fair few games from Virgin. Got my 360 from there at launch as well
There's one unit in my nearby town that used to be Electronics Boutique, then Game, now CeX :)
Also nice shirt!
Weird how all these different companies will take over the same space as other video game stores. I guess it's to take advantage of people know there's a game store there
The GAME store in my local area has never closed down
Toys r us and Electronics boutique were my go to game shops before game station and game dominated the market.
Another world in Hanley. They also had a great shop in Newcastle under lyme.. Remember the bloke Colin diamond who loved anything pc engine as did i
I used to trade at a local one called premier games, his prices were ok, not amazing, but I got on with the guy in there. Also went to blockbuster, was gutted they shut down. Funny because a cash converters was across the street from them, but they give you terrible prices.
There’s still a game in Bluewater I’m pretty sure. Haven’t been there in a while
When I was 16 there was a shop called pink planet
i have a local game in my town but i find every thing so over priced only good thing is the 3 for 2 . but my local is always empty i cant see how they make money
Gamestation was mine inside blockbuster, oh how I loved spending so much time in there searching for PS2 games, I think I sold them my snes and about 20 games for a great price, although today it would be worth an absolute fortune.
The good thing about CEX is the prices are the same throughout, they don't hide what they'll give you trade and credit. Whereas the likes of Cash Gen you haven't a clue what you'll get, and store to store prices are different. I'm not going to lump stuff down town to CG just to be offered a rubbish price. Game could capitalize on how CEX operate with their transparency and their range of choice.
Game in Sports Direct in the town I live in, and I wonder how well it's working for them. They're harder to find tucked away at the back with just a small sign outside to indicate they even exist. But they are open till later, 7pm, and overheads must be massively reduced. I'd be curious to know how well it's REALLY working for them.
Mike Ashley who owns sports direct is a very good business man so am guessing game isn't doing amazing but it's doing alright
Blockbuster was my favorite store
My local GAME store shut 2 months ago.
it's strange why they seem to want to close some and now are opening others. Mine didn't go that long ago either
I just checked all the stores of GAME, I heard they were shutting down. It definitely affected me a lil with the highs trees stores. I always thought they were still up & running & they are semi ~ . I live Kent SE England . That’s literally the only place these stores exist.
I hope they return
Do any shops now do a refund or exchange if you don't like the game within a 14 or 28 day period? I remember electronic boutiques use to do it.
Honestly I prefered gamestation myself, there was one at the highstreet near my home before they went bump and cex took over the store. That particular cex is one of the reason I rarely go to cex anymore. Saying that, there are 3 Game's near me, one in a house of fraser, one in a sports direct and one independant, I do like the space they have in the house of fraser but honsetly if they did more pre owned i'd be in there mor often. Like you say, the 3 for 2 is a banger, the major problem though is compertition with the likes of amazon, why pay £18 in cex or £20 in game for cyberpunk on ps4 when you can get it to your door from amazon for £15. the deals and 3 for 2 are going to be its saving grace, if only they would have more stock.
That's the issue with retail stores selling new. Amazon is so good for prices, they have to focus more on things like pre owned and 3 for 2 if they want to compete. I've never understood having 2/3 stores in close proximity either. The amount of that I see with GAME is confusing
@@TVMReviews I can understand new console's, for me personally with the cost of them i'd rather go get them from store, but for games, i'll just go cheapest option compaired to amazon. i have found some of the time cex is cheaper but its very common for it to be withing £1 difference of new on amazon. Game though, sure theres some games that are around the same as amazon but the 3 for 2 does blows it out the water let alone the rewards card, i have the standard card and i have £7 usable credit on it at the moment
game, gamestation, blockbuster, whsmiths and woolsworth were mine as a kid
I always found Woolies to be a little over priced on games. I had a mate who worked there, he used to give me his discount. That was the only time I ever bought one
@@TVMReviews They were overpriced but i worked there in my late teens, it was worth it with the discount and i did it for my friends also lol
Stealing the pick n mix in woollies was a great childhood memory 😏
should be a mix
Game used too years ago before they closed their stores before they shop shared with the likes of sports direct. If game went down the same way as cex it would give people a selection or a choice of the two shops to go to. I'd be up for that idea. That's probably what cause gamestation to go bust they didn't go down that road.
Gamestation didn't really go bust though did they? Game swallowed them up and dropped the brand. Back then the retro range was basically Nintendo and Sega carts. Imagine how successful they would be now!
Was that a photo of Rhyl high street back in the 80s?
I didnt realise game ever went away.
There has been one in the town I live for the last 15 years or so inside the small shopping center ( 2 doors down from CEX) They also have sell pre-owned phones and tablets and were actually much better when I was thinking of selling my original OnePlus One phone, CEX didnt even know the brand and just gave me a straight no, where as the Game made me an offer (poor offer but an offer none the less).
GAME have been closing independent stores for a few years and squeezing them into Sports Direct and House of Fraser. I'm hoping with this new one opening, they can start a revival and focus a little bit more on the older stuff people are looking for these days, rather than plushes
I think I might know the one you're talking about, by any chance was this in Chelmsford because we had a GAME only a few doors away from CEX, it was near a card shop and Smiggle.
It’s electronic boutique I miss minimum £10 trade in for games all my games were free back then🤣
I miss electronics boutique
We had Grainger games
Grainger was goated
as someone who has worked for GAME, this couldn't be more wrong. Their core profit is on pre-owned goods. Moreover than anything sold as "mint". As you say, there is far more margin in preowned and the sales staff are actively encouraged to sell preowned at all times.
The difference is that GAME have direct partnerships with publishers to push their new titles to the forefront, the publishers pay for space in stores for this, making GAME more of and advertising company than a gaming retailer.
That publisher money is drying up, so instead GAME are selling the space fltp toy companies, this is why you are seeing lego and Hasbro getting highlight space.
The preowned is always there and it is what has propped up the company through thick and thin though. Without it, GAME would not exist.
As for retro, they have tried it many times before and it NEVER works for a company as big as them. The pricing is wild West territory and the inventory is too patchy to be seen as a reliable investment. You need that reliability to run a profitable chain.
There was a Game store in Chester but they closed because the building they were in was rent free and they closed the store because the rent was no longer free and they didnt make enough money to justify it. Tbh, I stopped going there because they were expensive and cex had just come into chester.
Fingers crossed they do something different with this new store to entice people back
Game station and the video games center the good old days ❤
Yeah it's a bit of a shame they've gone so heavy on toys, plushes, cards etc. Game needs more games haha
Where have you been? Game have fully fledged stores on the high street that are not in Sport Direct stores all over the UK. I have one in my town which has been there for years, and also there is one in the next town 20 mins down the road - which has been there since forever! These stores do exist - this isn't a new thing.
The “new game” market is pretty much dominated by downloads now. There is still a market for physical games but its mainly used/trade so IMO it makes sense for a high-street shop to focus on selling physical products… if thats used then so be it. My local game closed down recently which wad a massive downer.
Sports direct own game now. It’s part of the frasers group .
My go to place as a kid was Sony play station centre in old hill cradley heath in the west midlands sega suppliers is its over name thay are using the sega name again now as it's still going a long time family business though I went retro and thay mostly sell current stuff so I don't go in there
a couple of local independents were always a favourite as a young kid, but, as a teen you couldn't top gamestation for me - still bitter with GAME for them swallowing gamestation and killing it. Their latest business model definitely needs to change, there was more second-hand phones, board games, funko pop's & lego than games in the end in my GAME just before it shut down. Fingers crossed their new opening is successful, more places to buy games can only be a positive for us collectors. Enjoying the daily uploads lately 👍
I loved the Gamestation era. My GAME started to focus on a lot more tat toward the end. Bins of soft toys and board games like you said. it's a wonder how they survived as long as they have done
@@TVMReviews all that Mike Ashley money keeping them afloat I guess. Hoping this is them turning a corner
The Gamestation business model would work a lot better nowadays than Game.
We have a local independent called Gamescene here in Bristol, there were 3 stores I think one has shut or is shutting soon unfortunately.
Gamestation was always my favourite of the chains growing up, way better than GAME.
I'm a PS3 collector and GAME don't even sell that generation anymore.
The problem with game there prices are very expensive they never give you a good trade in price conpared to cex.
Didn't HMV also stop selling video games at one point?
Yes to all of the above.
Gamestation for sure!
charlies games in newcastle and grainger games
Grainger games 😍
They're not the one I work at closes for good this Sunday
Sorry to hear that dude. 've been trying to google a few things regarding closures and openings but it's all a bit secretive. I was hoping with them opening their first store in years, they may have a change of tact and try to entice people back
@TVMReviews I'm in the essex/Hertfordshire cluster and 3 of our stores have now closed in the space of 6 months, we were given the news Wednesday morning out of the blue that we were closing Sunday for good and it's not even the shopping centres choice it's a company decision.
Toys R us was a great place for games! They had everything there.
I used to love evening trips to Toy R Us. Even if I didn't get to buy anything
Loving the amazing content and my childhood gaming store is CEX.
For me here in northern Ireland it was xtravision so many good Memories going to get that new release after school also sometimes they would mess up and leave a disc in the case me and my friend would go up and check if a case was heavier than usual we got a few good games that way
game made a mistake not copying cex modell with franchising
I went into my game, the prices on pre owned are just too much (switch)
I've managed to find a few under priced Switch games. The selection is the issue for me
@@TVMReviews My problem is the price of pre owned is so much I can buy a sealed one on ebay for way less.
There was a little shop called MELODIES, run by an old stoner/hippy called Roy! I used to swap NES/SNES games in there, roy only charged £1 or £2 for mario games! 😂 Even back then mario games held there value! 😂
Digital and lazy people have spoilt the gamestores,
I miss waiting outside of a game store for a game release, many times I waited for FIFA and call of duty games and met alot of people while in a queue,
Every year waiting for call of duty and battlefield 12.00am release
@@bmw540ise brilliant times, trying get there before everyone so you had a chance of getting the game and getting back home to play it.
Also booking a day off work ..
Game are just expensive. Also how does a pre owned game that costs x then sells for y differ from a game that 2nd hand cost x and sells for y. Your theory only works it was free
Are you in burnley
Hope this is true
Game focusing in new games isn't a smart idea with Amazon and other online retailers being able to do that with more convenience
My thoughts exactly
I only buy of eBay
They never left where i am…
Blockbuster and game station
Please bring back gamestation or Blockbusters video or EB
Sadly blockbuster will never come back Netflix killed blockbuster
Your forgetting Asda Tesco Sainsbury’s Argos Morrison’s can all provide new games so GAME could go preowned
Yeah, I actually cut that part out of the video. I mentioned supermarkets as an option but for me, going to browse games or pick up a new game, is far more enjoyable in a video game store environment. Definitely an option for sure, but if GAME could just stock new releases and then offer a huge pre owned and retro section, that would be the best of both worlds
@@TVMReviews good point
u dont need a whole store for new games here....
As someone who worked for Game, a long time ago. I swear they won't do retro because for every older system they do the same thing. PS4 is a prime example as they slash the prices (3 for 2) to make way for new systems. However, this time could well be the last dance for Game as digital sale are on the up and less people are buying physical copies. After the PS5 and Series X, I bet there won't be disc drives. Then Game's business model is dead in the water and CEX is too well established in the retro market for them to fail, as they've spent years doing it.
Also, Game's trade in values are laughable compared to CEX. You've proved that in your own videos.
Also side note, if you've used Game's website in the last few years. you will quickly know that it doesn't have the capability for them to even get in to the retro market because it is awful. It's pain to find stuff on there and they charge way to much in postage.
EROL computers shop walthamstow hight st 1990s
Game station and game