Where do game shops get their stock from?

boogie man

Just wondering where the big game shops like Game, Gamestop, HMV, etc or even the online stores like play and cdwow get their games from. Is it Irish wholesalers, UK wholesalers, straight from the individual games distributors?

And how much, per game, are the b@stards making off us nice game buying folk?

Just curious!

BM.

aidan_walsh

Depends on the title, I suppose. I'm guessing they would probably get them off UK distributors, though, who would most likely have agents/distribution points in Ireland.

jonnybadd

Theres a game wholesalers based in tallagh somewhere i think. It could be just a storage warehouse but im 90% sure its a suppliers for the majority of shops in dublin

But again i could be mistaken

Maximilian

they get them in Musgraves or in any Cash 'n Carry

CombatCow

lol, Musgraves


Game get them in from the uk iirc, smyths get them from france.. pc games are usually about €9-12, can't remember how much a console game is.

CC

boogie man

Thanks for the replies, if combat cow is right in saying PC games are €9-12 they sure are making some decent money off us! Probably making even more on the old console games too.

BM.

Micheal Wittman

I work in HMV myself, don't really know where we get them from to be honest. They usually come in a day or 2 before the release date anyway.

I do remember though, there was a guy on Ebay selling a booklet of game wholesellers and their addresses.

Give Ebay a try

KdjaCL

Company called Game used to have distribution rights for Sony Ninty and Msft for Europe. Afaik they all changed to another crowd.

Games are not 9-12 each.
Cost 0.01 to make 0.05 to package, due to the nature of games and markups wholesalers are cut out and a distribution agent is used. So Sony.Ninty makes the game in their own factory (well maybe a 3rd party) who then ships to a specialised warehouse in say Dublin who then use the national post carrier (or cheapest carrier) some shops like game have large networks and bloke in small van would service Dublin and maybe SDS would do rest of country for a cheap rate.

The actual preretail price would be about 25 for a month then lower as Games life wore out. kinda like the cinema system, the games dev rec a price and each shop takes a set amount.

kdjac

CombatCow

Well that was the info i gathered whilst working in a game shop, and in my current place of work we can get a ''reduced'' cost on games from the uk suppliers at €7 each.Go figure

CC

KdjaCL

^ Console games , place i used to work for got and lost the contract to make Xbox games and distribute them , they said it wasnt worth keeping as they thought it would bomb.

kdjac

RobertFoster

Maximilian wrote:

they get them in Musgraves or in any Cash 'n Carry

I found that Musgraves had about 10 games in stock and when you add the VAT they're dearer than buying from retail.

heggie

CombatCow wrote:

lol, Musgraves


Game get them in from the uk iirc, smyths get them from france.. pc games are usually about €9-12, can't remember how much a console game is.

CC

Why do people completely bs ?
PC games are €24 - €35 cost depending on title, release date etc

monument

heggie wrote:

Why do people completely bs ?
PC games are €24 - €35 cost depending on title, release date etc

Yeah sure they are, if your not buying in enough bulk, from the wrong people, or just with a bad deal. Knowing what kind of bs (some) retailers can come up with at times, I’ll half-trust CombatCow’s bs before retailers’ bs. Or even the bs that is feed to retailers.

One one-store retailer with reasonable prices comes to mind, asking how they managed to sell games around, and usually lower then the high street chains, I was told because they bother to do the work when it comes to sourcing games.

CombatCow

Im just telling it like it is mate, would you like to explain how i can get discounted prices on copys of HL2 for €7 each from the uk suppliers, and that there still making a profit, Im sure GAME and co. are buying them for a bit more than that.

CC

Maximilian

RobertFoster wrote:

I found that Musgraves had about 10 games in stock and when you add the VAT they're dearer than buying from retail.

What about Argos?

KdjaCL

CombatCow wrote:

Im just telling it like it is mate, would you like to explain how i can get discounted prices on copys of HL2 for €7 each from the uk suppliers, and that there still making a profit, Im sure GAME and co. are buying them for a bit more than that.

CC

So how do valve make €25 off each game as said by Gabe Newell in the Gamespot HL2 Final hours article?And Steam gets them the full 50ish. Cant see any shop making a profit on goods they sell for 7 and dev gets 25 off each one.


kdjac

monument

He's talking about "uk suppliers" - distributors. But it's still a bit iffy.

heggie

talking absolute *****, you cannont get legit retail copies of new games for €7 euro

monument

CombatCow I’m guessing you cant offer any proof?

CombatCow

Yer i was talking bout the uk suppliers, obvsiouly the game shops dont sell them for €7...:rolleyes:



Anyway heggie whats your problem... what the hell do i care if you dont believe me or not, the simple fact is i can get legit retail copies of new and older games for €7 euro each, just tell me how and i will give you proof heggie*



*apart from going round to your house, cause you sound like a fcuking pyscho


CombatCow

Guy:Incognito

CombatCow wrote:

Yer i was talking bout the uk suppliers, obvsiouly the game shops dont sell them for €7...:rolleyes:



Anyway heggie whats your problem... what the hell do i care if you dont believe me or not, the simple fact is i can get legit retail copies of new and older games for €7 euro each, just tell me how and i will give you proof heggie*



*apart from going round to your house, cause you sound like a fcuking pyscho


CombatCow

You can prove it by getting me a cpy of San Andreas for €10

Hugh Hefner

boogie man wrote:

Just wondering where the big game shops like Game, Gamestop, HMV, etc or even the online stores like play and cdwow get their games from. Is it Irish wholesalers, UK wholesalers, straight from the individual games distributors?

And how much, per game, are the b@stards making off us nice game buying folk?

Just curious!

BM.

Does anyone else suspect boogie man of planning a warehouse robbery?

heggie

hey idiot, i'm not the one asking for proof, learn to read.

boogie man

heggie wrote:

hey idiot, i'm not the one asking for proof, learn to read.

Hey guys, calm down :eek:

Didn't know I asked such a confrontational question!

peace out :cool:



BM.

CombatCow

tekkit

CC

boogie man

Hugh Hefner wrote:

Does anyone else suspect boogie man of planning a warehouse robbery?

They're on to me :eek:

Nice "ROLF COPTER" by the way!

monument

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