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"GAME - where have all the Cubes gone?"

This is an issue close to my heart and I know its said many times but i'm saying it again.

I went into my local GAME yesterday and to my amazement the Gamecube shelf space has shrunk even smaller. It really was a pitiful sight and quite embarrassing for a die hard Nintendo fan.

The shelf space is now just one block. There were the usual top five slots which were virtually empty and then the 'selection' of naff games underneath. Now yes I suppose you could look at it 2 ways, either they've all sold out (which is laughably unlikely) or that GAME just can't be ars*d with the Gamecube anymore (which I KNOW is whats happening).

Woollies now have hardly any Gamecube stuff. Dixons, Currys, Comet and all those electrical retailers stopped selling it months ago and it looks like even GAME are now on the 'dump Cube' runaway train.

3 years into the life of the N64 was better than this and that was considered a commercial flop.

I'm almost certain Game were selling it at £34.99 when it was originally released...

I don't think so, no. Although most of the stuff in there was.
It had a "Was £39.99, now £19.99" sticker on it, so I guessed not.

Bloody hell :| I thought they stopped shipping Skies in any real numbers ages ago. Sure they weren't second hand? :D

In both the GAMEs around here, they've moved the GC from right at the back (near the store cupboards, with cardboard boxes blocking all the shelves off) to right near the front, next to the GBA games.
Which is nice.

I also saw several copies of Skies for £20, which was also nice.

But I don't really care, seeing as I'll never buy a new game from there. I don't usually find paying £10 more than anywhere decent much fun.

Game stick posters in their windows. You can't really window shop with them.

JFH wrote:
> What were you doing in GAME anyway? They appear to be the most
> expensive source to buy from and you don't get the game in its
> original shrink-wrapping because they keep all of the discs and
> manuals in a drawer, tied together with elastic bands.

Your telling me expensive! GAME suck!
I was window shopping! And wanted to see what Cube games they had really.

Dringo wrote:
> Some GAME stores display a large supply of Gamecube games.
>
> Look at Gamestation, they are well behind the Gamecube.
>
> It isn't hard to get a Gamecube, shelf space will be made for
> Resident Evil 4.


Do you ever agree with anybody?

All GAME stores I've seen have Cube as some minor console they hide compared to the other platforms.
For Resi 4 to make some massive amount of impact in GAME's stores, they surely must become just as sickeningly optimistic as you were in your last post. Which in this non-twisted real world, really ain't gonna happen.

Some GAME stores display a large supply of Gamecube games.

Look at Gamestation, they are well behind the Gamecube.

It isn't hard to get a Gamecube, shelf space will be made for Resident Evil 4.

It's a shame.