GameStop closes across Northern Ireland
GameStop has closed up shop in all three of the company's locations across Northern Ireland, reportedly informing employees just days before the closures. The shop fronts now feature posters directing customers to GameStop's online store.
“We are transferring all of our UK business on-line to www.gamestop.co.uk,” one poster read. “We will honour all outstanding deposits and gift cards on www.gamestop.co.uk.”
GameStop regional head Michael Finucane says the online shift has been in the works for a while.
However, The Gaming Liberty reports that employees were only notified of the closures on Sunday, January 22nd.
Finucane says store locations in the Republic of Ireland are "not affected at this time", though there's no mention of how long that will remain true.
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DominatorPatrick
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MaxiPower
funny enough my profile picture here was taken outside Belfast gamestop :P, thats the same location as in the pic above i believe haha, random that would get onto SA
MaxiPower
few of my mates work in gamestop lol so that commen is invalid lol. The gamestop near me (Newry City) recently got refurbished so dont think its going anywere.
They Call Me The Fizz
AND NOTHING OF VALUE WAS LOST
MaDdOg99
And in mean time a new release from gamestop ask customers to "To bend over, grab their toes, and take a deep breath."
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Just another dick more by GameStop.
ZigTheHunter
I'm not fond of Gamestop's practices, but I hope the people living there don't lose out on games, since non game-only stores don't have as many games as major stores, obviously.
JesterKris
I have only ever bought one game (SC2 collectors edition) from the GS in Belfast, sucks the employees got no notice but I can't say I'm surprised as most people I know are either stupid enough to use Game or smart enough to use an online retailer.
On a side note, yay for NI making some news!