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Is This The Beginning Of The End For Videogames’ High Street Presence?

Questions are being raised this week about the future of GAME after a number of reports have arisen that indicates the specialist videogame high-street retailer is struggling to stock newer games following a number of its credit agencies withdrawing credit insurance on behalf of the chain. GAME is now having to pay for new stock of games up front if it chooses to sell them, something it has now had to rely on until now. There were serious concerns earlier this week that GAME would fail to have Friday’s triple-A releases (Final Fantasy XIII-2, Soul Calibur V, Metal Gear Solid HD Collection) on store shelves as a result, while concerns over the company’s long-term future meant Sony’s long-awaited portable successor to the PSP, the PlayStation Vita, was also rumoured to be following suit. 

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3DS Set To Best Year One DS Sales

The past year has been somewhat turbulent for Nintendo. 2011 has seen Wii sales slump, a brand-new console announced to a somewhat muted reception and some of the poorest financial results in recent memory (Nintendo reported a loss of £578m last month).

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