Whos next?

[dysfunction]

Sorry, when was that the point?

Im just asking. The way you lot are talking it sounds like there are cities in the UK that are not like that.

Why single out London if others are the same?

 

[soze]

Because London was a topic of discussion and when calling something shite you don't normally need to add a *All other xyz are equally as shite

 

[Raven]

Birmingham is a shit hole too. Don't worry.

 

[Lamp]

One of the most dismal places I've been to is Ely. Not as bad as Ilford, but joyless.

 

[Ch3tan]

Brixton is great, you don't seem to know London that well if you think it's a crap area.

 

[Lamp]

I know Brixton very well, but that doesn't mean I have to like the area. I was there 2 weeks ago seeing a mate in Villa Rd. The area around the station is a hole. There's a few decent bars & restaurants at the west end of Coldharbour Lane. They've done a decent job by Windrush Square, and Electric Avenue and Railton Road's got some interesting places, but I don't like the area. I wouldn't want to live there, and its not somewhere I'd choose to walk around at night.

 

[Ch3tan]

Lots of young professionals disagree with you.

 

[Embattle]

Because London was a topic of discussion and when calling something shite you don't normally need to add a *All other xyz are equally as shite

In reality it wasn't

 

[dysfunction]

Just because you don't want to live somewhere doesn't make those places 'dumps' and 'hell holes'.

In fact some of the places and huge areas that have been mentioned have a lot going for them.

 

[Ch3tan]

Lamps turned into an old snob

 

[leggy]

That's exactly the kind of mentality the boards of GAME and HMV had. HMV had already stopped selling PC games, GAME are down to one bay, and Gamestop have dumped them as well. I would be completely unsurprised if MS bit the bullet with the 720 and went all digital, or maybe offered a cheaper version without optical media.

An all digital MS purchase platform fills my wallet with the fear. XCOM just made available at the bargain price of £50.

 

[Billargh]

Lamps turned into an old snob

Just wait until Raven gets a sniff of this thread.

 

[Raven]

I already said London was a dump!

 

[sayward]

That's not the reason GAME pulled out of Sainsbury's.

Really!? Enlighten me?

 

[Aoami]

Sainsburys told game it had chlamydia.

someone had to.

 

[Ch3tan]

It's more likely game we're used as a test by Sainsbury's to determine if there was a potential market to having games in store. You are very naive if you think otherwise.

 

[DaGaffer]

Really!? Enlighten me?

It's more likely game we're used as a test by Sainsbury's to determine if there was a potential market to having games in store. You are very naive if you think otherwise.

This basically. After two years Sainsbury's wanted to massively increase their commission, making it uneconomic for GAME. It was always a bit of a weird deal anyway; every other third party deal GAME did in retail was GAME branded (e.g. Debenhams concessions etc.) but with Sainsbury's it was basically a wholesale deal with added merchandising, no visible GAME branding at all. The end result was pretty inevitable tbh.

 

[Moriath]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21124214

Atari file for chapter 11 in the USA

 

[Raven]

They peddle shit too.

 

[Gray]

Supposedly HMV Twitter guy is posting up a lot of stuff! Getting deleted though.

"We're tweeting live from HR where we're all being fired! Exciting!!"
"There are over 60 of us being fired at once! Mass execution, of loyal employees who love the brand"
http://i.imgur.com/GkYGSjZ.jpg

 

[MYstIC G]

Republics turn.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21431753

 

[MYstIC G]

More on republic: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21442301

 

[Chilly]

Standard retail sob story: massively leveraged and can't stand a couple of years of poor results without going bust. Good riddance, costs us all more overall.

 

[Raven]

Shit products sees shops shut shocker.

I should write for the Sun.