GAME refuses to stock Oblivion for PS3 in Europe

Leading High Street retailer GAME is refusing to stock copies of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion for the PS3.

The title, developed by Bethesda and published on the Sony console by Ubisoft, is not available in any of the company's 400 UK and Ireland stores.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=24619

Wonder if the retailer is worried about getting stuck with PS3 software due to the small user base at this time?

Discuss.

Discuss?

How about I just cringe. 

*Cringe*

How bizzare. There is probably some argument over how much Game has to pay for the title.

 I remember in the UK back when the Xbox just launched the major retailer WH Smiths refused to stock the machine for over 6 months because they didn't like the amount of profit they were to receive of each system sold.

Very weird, I wonder why they aren''t stocking what is arguably the best PS3 game around. Profitability issues? Makes you wonder if this will happen again with later PS3 titles._shadow99

Maybe with the games that have been available on 360 for considerable time and are already marked down.

Pure conjecture: Game may have wished to sell Oblivion at a lower price closer to that of the 360 version and Bethesda/Sony weren't happy with this. 

I HATE GAME, I just hate them.

If you want gaming without the agro, order your games online. You'll get them a bit cheaper as well.

Knowing GAME, it has definately got something to do with profit. maybe the profit margins on the game were too low for them?Truewiseblade

[QUOTE="Truewiseblade"]Knowing GAME, it has definately got something to do with profit. maybe the profit margins on the game were too low for them?reyad-u

Are you people nuts? When I lived in the UK I LOVED game. You could "buy" any game and as long as you returned it within 14 days or so you got a complete refund no questions asked or exchange it for another game (although this option sucked cos once you did that you couldn't get your cash back). It was like renting unlimited games for free.

[QUOTE="reyad-u"][QUOTE="Truewiseblade"]Knowing GAME, it has definately got something to do with profit. maybe the profit margins on the game were too low for them?blue_hazy_basic

Are you people nuts? When I lived in the UK I LOVED game. You could "buy" any game and as long as you returned it within 14 days or so you got a complete refund no questions asked or exchange it for another game (although this option sucked cos once you did that you couldn't get your cash back). It was like renting unlimited games for free.

That would be the reason why every retailer that I know of in the US that sells games only exchanges for the same title. Gamestop used to let you exchange like that, but people abused it and they started losing money.

interesting. euro ps3 owners sort of pwnt.chrisdojo

no, there is quite a few other retailers (i.e. gamestation) 

Leading High Street retailer GAME is refusing to stock copies of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion for the PS3.

The title, developed by Bethesda and published on the Sony console by Ubisoft, is not available in any of the company's 400 UK and Ireland stores.

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=24619

Wonder if the retailer is worried about getting stuck with PS3 software due to the small user base at this time?

Discuss.

Danthegamingman