GAME Not Stocking Mass Effect 3

Finishing the fight

by Sammy Barker Wed 29th Feb 2012

The woes for UK retailer GAME continue, with reports circulating that the publisher will not be carrying Mass Effect 3 or any EA titles beyond this week’s SSX.

Eurogamer.net reports that if you have a pre-order placed for Mass Effect 3 at a GAME store, you’ll be able to claim it back as in-store credit. Apparently the store will not be offering cash refunds for placed pre-orders.

IGN has a photo of the internal communication confirming it will not stock Mass Effect 3 or any of EA's March titles.

It’s bad news for GAME, who also failed to stock Ubisoft’s PlayStation Vita titles at launch last week. The situation was rectified earlier this week.

EA’s titles are some of the biggest sellers, with Mass Effect 3 expected to fly off the shelves next month. It's a worrying time for GAME.

[source eurogamer.net]

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Dazza
Wed 29th Feb 2012

The preorder cancellation is bad enough, but to only offer in-store credit rather than a full refund to the customer is an absolute kick in the teeth. As sad as this news is for the games industry, personally I wouldn't preorder again from GAME until they get all this sorted. It's a vicious circle I guess!

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get2sammyb
Wed 29th Feb 2012

@Dazza Yeah it's a shame. I believe GAME had an exclusive on the Mass Effect 3 Collector's Edition too, which means a lot of people will have pre-ordered from them. That's now showing up on other websites.

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ComicBookGuy
Wed 29th Feb 2012

Sorry, just managed to get this large rock off me. Why is this happening?

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James
Wed 29th Feb 2012

@seeafish Recently GAME's credit has become less reliable forcing it to pay cash up-front for stock. Obviously the bigger the game, the more stock it needs and the more cash it needs. It seems EA and GAME were unable to reach an agreement, so there won't be new EA games in GAME stores for the foreseeable future.