GAME is cancelling Fallout 4 Pip-Boy Edition Pre-orders

GAME has sent emails to customers who pre-ordered the Pip-Boy edition about a cancellation of their order.

[Perjoss]

It's probably a mistake, the folks at GAME haven't quite grasped the concept of electronic mail, wouldn't be the first time they send incorrect emails out.

[time2die]

Game are a complete rip of if you tend to go the route of the High Street retail outlet looking for a game,with the demise of Blockbusters and Gamestation completely ruined by game you have little choice if you don't shop online.

Supermarkets are a option but unless its a AAA title like Cod other games are not always stocked on the day of release and sometimes not at all.

When Game first came onto the scene i was extremely impressed and used nobody else but Game,But they are extremely greedy and some of there trade in prices are a complete and utter joke,in fact you can actually go into any Game store and see second hand copies of games like only a couple a pound cheaper than a brand new game still in the wrapper.

And don't get me started about there trade in prices either,i only use Game when I'm desperate to off load games i don't play anymore or haven't turned out like i expected,I'm lazy and can not be bothered with listing them on Ebay and other online places.

With the likes of Amazon and Shopto my preferred choice and has been for about 5 years there is very little reason to use Game and i wish they had of gone bust to be honest.

Oh and when i did use there online service 50% of the time the game never arrived on time,something i have yet to experience once with Shopto.

[ravinash]

The annoying thing is if Game had gone bust like they nearly did, someone else might have been able to pick up the pipboy edition.

Game know the only way their going to get any sales these days is to grab these limited editions.

[MRCodey47]

Same old GAME, same old bullshit. Nothings changed from old owners to new.

It's being run exactly the same.

[wheatley]

Exactly MRCodey47.

Why did they have to be bought out? Cause they wouldn't compete with supermarkets and online. Did they learn they needed to do that the second time round? No.

[caseh]

"with the demise of Blockbusters and Gamestation completely ruined by game"

Game and Gamestation were the same company, acquired by Electronics Boutique back when more bits apparently meant better console. The pricing and marketing was just a clever way to create competition where there was none.

With Blockbuster gone and Game pricing their games way over what they should be retailed at, supermarkets have zero competition so no longer lower their prices to compete, because even at £44 they are still way cheaper than 99% of high street stores.

[time2die]

Gamestation were acquired by Game but Gamestation apparently traded as usual until the financial mess Game got themselves into .

Game basically killed of the small independent Game retailers dotted around the High Street as they just could not compete with the discount Game got for buying literally Thousands of Titles for there Thousands of stores all around the UK.

Vote with your feet and use online retailers,there are plenty of online Game retailers a lot better than game,i admit they don't always have the exclusivity for products like Game and the Xbox Elite Controller,but that was easily solved,i just bought it from the Microsoft Store instead.

[wannabe gamer]

FYI Electronics Boutique is actually gamestop.

[caseh]

@wannabe gamer

Hah indeed it would appear they are, I've not noticed that before.

Quite an incestuous relationship those lot have had really isn't it.

[Anonagrog]

"Gamestation were acquired by Game but Gamestation apparently traded as usual until the financial mess Game got themselves into."

I used to work at Gamestation a decade ago and left for uni around the time Blockbusters sold them to Game. I was back there for temp jobs during the holidays though, so got to see the change over time - they really didn't seem to operate as separate entities in the stores themselves, though legally I'm sure they did.

First Game's POS system seemed to work its way into the store, along with extended warranties, high margin add-ons, pressurised staff quotas, and drastic reduction in trade and cash offers for preowned stuff. After just a few years it was effectively another Game store in all but name. A few more years again and the town's Gamestation was gone leaving just the same original competitor Game store to rule the high-street (it still is today).

I've never understood how it was approved by the British monopolies commission. Didn't understand it then, and still don't now. What a shame.

[PixelGateUk]

Gamestation was part of the GAME Group, it had been for years.

[EazyC]

Totally incompetent as usual. Can't even change delivery address on pre-orders, had to wait 2 months on a callback list after spending £10+ on premium rate helpline.

[Phoenix76]

GAME are totally useless. Ordered PIPBOY through store in Crayford. Still not got stock in, so can't put money down in advance. Even been told they're not even sure if they are getting them in!!! I order in June and now this BS!!!

Hell they're not even doing a display for it!!!

[jznrpg]

I rarely go to Gamestop anymore . They treat there employees poorly, I had a friend who was a manager for years and they were so shitty to him he just walked out one day . He has a wife and children and for him to do that shows just how hard they were on him. On top of that the prices they buy games at are ridiculous compared to what they sell it at. I rarely order limited editions of games that I can not order somewhere else like vita jrpgs or something but it my last resort.
O.T I have preordered games before where my collectors were cancelled or showed up 2 weeks later from Gamestop. I am assuming GAME is also Gamestop in U.S. Usually practices in a company start at the top and the crap rolls downhill so I am certain it is the same all over the world.