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http://www.reghardware.com/2011/08/26/game_denies_it...

Whilst it might be pure lies again, i doubt it is.

I really do think it is the supermarkets, people over look their presence as retail stores. If it isn't either game or supermarkets then that only leaves the likes of HMV, if you wanted to look at the more farfetched potentials theres argos, pcworld/currys, comet, theyre pretty much the "main" vendors but i dont think anyone here would consider buying/preordering their brand new big title releases from them would they?

Tosscoes or Assda probably.
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People might not like stores like Tesco, but..........

If you pre-order a game from them online, it turns up 2-3 days before the stated release date. Add to that if you go via someone like TopCashBack you get £6 back per game.

I'll give an example.

I pre-ordered LA Noire from Tesco Entertainment, using a pre-order code that brought the price down to £32 delivered. I went through TopCashBack, giving me £6.06 back, bringing the price down to £25.94 delivered. Factor in the clubcard points which were on double promotion at the time, meaning I had 50p of points added to my clubcard. Final price £25.44
And it turned up 3 days before the release date, so I was playing it before my friends. Was 45% through the story by the time it hit the shops.

And what were Game/Gamestation doing the same title for? £39+
Amazon even had the cheek to charge £42.99.

So bash Tesco by all means. But if the retailers such as Game & Gamestation dont want to price match then they can stop moaning.

Your are one of the lucky ones then, because none of the supermarkets or hmv have ever arrived on time for me.

I ordered MW2 from hmv six weeks before it's release. My mate ordered it 6 days before release and received it three days before release. I received it 7 days after release!!! A proper p take if you ask me.

This time I have heeded time2die's advice and preordered BF3 and Resistance 3 on Shopto.net. If they don't deliver on time they pay me 3 quid. So I wood assume that makes them more likely to do so.
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I don't really have anything against Tesco, but the reason why they can offer the games so cheap is because they subsidise it with other things. You personally may not buy anything else when you buy a game but if I go to Tesco and get a game for £30 I usually then end up spending £10 on food / energy drinks as well. But with Game they are just selling games, consoles and accessories so not really much leeway. You may say cut their margins then and make less profit, but then they won't have money to reinvest into new stores, staff etc.

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I don't really have anything against Tesco, but the reason why they can offer the games so cheap is because they subsidise it with other things. You personally may not buy anything else when you buy a game but if I go to Tesco and get a game for £30 I usually then end up spending £10 on food / energy drinks as well. But with Game they are just selling games, consoles and accessories so not really much leeway. You may say cut their margins then and make less profit, but then they won't have money to reinvest into new stores, staff etc.

Ahh but now the discussion can get interesting.

Go and research how much profit the Game group make per game sold, then tell me their margins would suffer.

Theres making a profit, then there is greed.