Comments on: Game's Not Over For Game, Now The Industry Wants It To Go Digital http://paidcontent.org/2012/04/02/419-games-not-over-for-game-now-the-industry-wants-it-to-go-digital/ The economics of digital content Mon, 17 Jun 2013 22:31:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Reubs http://paidcontent.org/2012/04/02/419-games-not-over-for-game-now-the-industry-wants-it-to-go-digital/#comment-88504 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:57:27 +0000 http://gostage.paidcontent.org/419-games-not-over-for-game-now-the-industry-wants-it-to-go-digital/#comment-88504 I hear they’re hiring ex-GAME employees, gonna tip your hat into the ring …? ;)

]]> By: Annonymous http://paidcontent.org/2012/04/02/419-games-not-over-for-game-now-the-industry-wants-it-to-go-digital/#comment-88453 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:18:44 +0000 http://gostage.paidcontent.org/419-games-not-over-for-game-now-the-industry-wants-it-to-go-digital/#comment-88453 Personally, I believe their downfall had nothing to do with not having a digital strategy. If I wanted a game that was only available on XBLA, then I would download it from there. If in the future, Game has their own distribution network, I’d still download from XBLA.

Their problem lies in physical editions of games, and not being competitive enough. Due to the price, people are generally happy to wait a few extra days and get it cheaper online than to buy from Game itself. If you compare prices between Game and other high street shops, their prices are greater and their service is poorer. Most people would be happy to pay a little extra if the service was good, but it simply wasn’t living up.

Compare Game’s prices to any online stores and you’ll see why they have a problem. Hey, even compare their prices to their own site, which for the last 3 months have had most their products states as ‘Out of stock.’

They need to concentrate all their efforts to become more efficient so they can provide their products at lower prices in such a competing marketplace. Trim the fat and provide a service to be proud of.

]]> By: David Paul Evans http://paidcontent.org/2012/04/02/419-games-not-over-for-game-now-the-industry-wants-it-to-go-digital/#comment-88415 Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:19:42 +0000 http://gostage.paidcontent.org/419-games-not-over-for-game-now-the-industry-wants-it-to-go-digital/#comment-88415 So who’s going to launch the Digital strategy for GAME this time? Third time’s the charm…

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