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> It's not unique to GameStop, we also have a European chain called GAME which is the same. I was interested, because I’ve never heard of them, yet I know of G
by Semaphor 2y ago
> It's not unique to GameStop, we also have a European chain called GAME which is the same.
I was interested, because I’ve never heard of them, yet I know of GAME in South Africa.
Looks [0] like GAME in UK is a UK-only chain, and GAME in SA is an eventually-owned-by-Walmart SA-only chain.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_(disambiguation)#Brands_and_enterprises https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_(disambiguation)#Brands_a...
- wkat4242 2y agoWell yes, it's British but also active in Spain. Wikipedia says they are also active in Ireland but they left that country many years ago (it's annoying, nobody bothers with Ireland, there isn't even a real Apple store even though Apple has their own EU Headquarters there!). And apparently they were in Sweden too at some point: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_(retailer)#/media/File:Game,_Ume%C3%A5.JPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_(retailer)#/media/File:Ga...