GAME website removing PC games is a mistake

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Blame "a gremlin in the system".

PC games not displaying on the website of shop-chain Game are the result of "a gremlin in the system", the company explained to Eurogamer.

In other words, it's a mistake. Game's technical people are apparently working on fixing the problem right now.

At the time of writing, however, the Game website still displays no PC titles for sale.

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DoctorPolski #1 4 months ago

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Maybe someone re-priced them competitively and the system removed them assuming it was a ridiculous human error...
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PeacockDreams #2 4 months ago

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Phew!!! For a second there, all 7 of the PC gamers where really worried there
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bad09 #3 4 months ago

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I bet nobody would ever notice if it weren't for this article, who buys from game on PC?

Actually that's not fair, RPS pointed me to a rather nice �8 Deus Ex HR download this weekend from them so their downloads are worth looking at from time to time I guess.

Edited by bad09 at 25/01/12 @ 12:46
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CaptainTrips #4 4 months ago

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@PeacockDreams - 4.5 million concurrent Steam users disagree with that statement...

http://store.steampowered.com/stats/

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uninspiredcup #5 4 months ago

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The gaming industry is actively trying to blank out pc gaming so mistake or not, this is happening.
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X201 #6 4 months ago

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That new website has been a disaster since day one.

I hope they haven't paid the developers.
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glottis0 #7 4 months ago

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@PeacockDreams - don't knock it until you've tried it. A PC can help you with your grammar as well as fulfilling your (true)HD gaming requirements.
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bad09 #8 4 months ago

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@uninspiredcup

Actually retail are the ones blanking out PC, No resell value in 2nd hand so they stopped bothering as there is little money in it for them. The industry are happily selling on or setting up their own download systems while retail slowly catch on to the growth that's happening with PC moving to download.
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Whizzo #9 4 months ago

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I buy PC titles from GAME's website (at least when they're showing up), the pricing is usually reasonable plus there's points and Quidco to consider as well.

I don't buy PC titles from GAME's shops though.
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rockavitch #10 4 months ago

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So it's just like in stores.
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JMac Verified Designer, Rebellion #11 4 months ago

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Probably won't affect Game's sales much. All the PC gamers in the world are still working their way through the hundreds of games they bought in the last Steam sale!
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Cjail #12 4 months ago

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@X201
So true.
Not to mention that they seems no longer capable of quick deliveries: really all the orders I have made from them in the last months literally took weeks to arrive.
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Stratix #13 4 months ago

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Title put me in the mind set that GAME were actually removing PC games and some analyst considered that to be a mistake.

GAME website removing PC games is a glitch would have made more sense.
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kingmancheng #14 4 months ago

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@JMac I certainly am, I can't remember from the top of my head which ones I haven't played yet in previous sales and offers too!
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Sodding_Gamer #15 4 months ago

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Proper sneaky article title. Starting the fire there EG!
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JMac Verified Designer, Rebellion #16 4 months ago

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@kingmancheng I've got at least 7 games I haven't played yet and I'm not even that much of a PC gamer these days! They really have cornered the market in making people buy massive amounts of cheap stuff they don't really want
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kangarootoo #17 4 months ago

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@CaptainTrips

I don't give a rats bum about anti-PC gaming sentiment, but the pedant in me must point out that 4.5m players is really not a very big number. Unless of course we are saying that the majority of PC gamers don't have a Steam account (which is probably the case).

I do concede that 4.5m is indeed a larger number than 7, but I wasn't sure if that was the point you were making
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George-Roper #18 4 months ago

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@kangarootoo

4.5 million concurrent gamers.

Also, 4.5m online concurrent gamers. Not those in offline mode.

I would expect the total number of Steam accounts to be quite a bit higher.
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SweetMrGibs #19 4 months ago

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@kangarootoo

You don't think that's a large number when it's 4.5 million *concurrent* users?

I also have a pile of PC games to get through. Skyrim, MW3, Battlefield 3 are all staring at me, questioningly...

"Why did you buy us?"
"Why don't you at least install us?"
"Have we done something wrong?"

The voices tell me other things, too.
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kingmancheng #20 4 months ago

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@JMac Hah yes I believe we're in the same boat, 'Steam Syndrome' is taking over!
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SweetMrGibs #21 4 months ago

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The cynic in me is telling me that this wasn't really newsworthy, and that Eurogamer posted it to cause the usual "PC Gaming is Dead!" fight.

I don't *actually* believe that to be the case (although I'm beginning to worry that posting in the Comments section is starting to affect me , but I bet the author had a cheeky grin on his face when he wrote the piece.
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Toothball #22 4 months ago

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@kingmancheng

I tend not to install games until I plan on playing them, although that has left about two thirds of my collection uninstalled.
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SweetMrGibs #23 4 months ago

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@kingmancheng

Steam Boat Syndrome?
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kangarootoo #24 4 months ago

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@George-Roper

Ahh, fair dos then. I clearly don't understand how Steam works. I thought the number was close to representative of total active accounts. My bad.
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CaptainTrips #25 4 months ago

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@kangarootoo - the key word there is concurrent gamers.

Conservative estimates put the number of Steam USERS at around 40 to 50 million.
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SweetMrGibs #26 4 months ago

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@kangarootoo

I remember DOS. It was never fair. In fact, the bastard hated me (don't blame it, mind).
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George-Roper #27 4 months ago

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@JAGUARCD32x

ITs all 38 you can't count. I am only jesting please don't flame

/flamethrower
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kingmancheng #28 4 months ago

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@Toothball Yes me too, I usually buy them and have them just in my library to install for later when I have time to catch up with them!
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MrSandwicHead #29 4 months ago

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Maybe 4.5 concurrent gamers online BUT there are approx 50 million active Steam accounts...

Dying?... Yeah right...
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tankboi #30 4 months ago

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It's because they can't sell second-hand PC games. GAME doesn't understand products that cannot be resold for 1500% profit.
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SweetMrGibs #31 4 months ago

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I was playing Dead Rising on PC last night.

All those mindless, shuffling, smelly zombies, their sombre moans filling the air.

Last time I ever got into Game to buy something!
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PeacockDreams #32 4 months ago

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PC gamers are very touchy.

I cant believe a few had to bite the bait on what was clearly a tongue in cheek comment (comment number 2 BTW)

Everybody knows there are way more PC gamers than 7, i heard in England alone there is nearly 200
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Twistedknight #33 4 months ago

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Game must have the worst coders in history.crappy web site..Out Of Stock filter doesnt work..

Also nothing is ever in stock apart from some new releases. Game is worse financial trouble than they let on I expect. Their arrogance will get the better of them soon..
I hope Hmv survive over game anyday.
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SweetMrGibs #34 4 months ago

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@PeacockDreams

200 is actually the number of times we've heard the joke about PC gaming dying. Today.

We're not touchy on the subject. We're bored of the same old tiresome jokes ;P
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Sponz #35 4 months ago

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PC Gaming has been dying for years according to this very website. Yet here we all are still going strong.

My PC has had a hell of a lot more playtime this year than any of my consoles.
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geeza2020 #36 4 months ago

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Cool story bro.
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ChuckCB #37 4 months ago

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Oh what a shock. Eurogamer's apparently senior staff writer says something negative about GAME again. It's hardly a story. *Yawn*
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goldbug #38 4 months ago

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Years since I've bought a PC game in a box. It's all Steam and (sigh) Origin these days.
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