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35 GAME to stop selling physical games, other than fulfilling pre-orders - report

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Tom Phillips @ Eurogamer.net 2 place · 06/24/2024 06:27 EDT

Beleagured high street chain GAME will no longer sell physical games, other than fulfilling pre-orders.

That's according to a Gfinity report which states that upcoming new launches will need to be pre-ordered before launch to be picked up in store.

The same is true of video game consoles, the report goes on, suggesting that outside of hardware launches you will no longer be able to walk into a shop and buy a Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X/S off the shelf.
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