{"id":879368,"date":"2025-12-20T14:15:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T14:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/game-reportedly-set-to-stop-selling-physical-games-aside-from-pre-orders"},"modified":"2025-12-20T14:15:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T14:15:10","slug":"game-denies-report-that-its-set-to-stop-selling-physical-er-games-aside-from-pre-orders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/game-denies-report-that-its-set-to-stop-selling-physical-er-games-aside-from-pre-orders\/","title":{"rendered":"GAME denies report that it&#8217;s set to stop selling physical, er, games, aside from pre-orders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/game-denies-report-that-its-set-to-stop-selling-physical-er-games-aside-from-pre-orders.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>UK retail chain GAME, somewhere you&#8217;ve probably bought at least one title from over the years if you live in Sadness Island, has denied a report that it&#8217;s set to move away from actually selling physical games in-store.<\/p>\n<p>The report in question, from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gfinityesports.com\/news\/game-ending-in-store-video-game-sales\/\">Gfinity Esports<\/a>, claimed that the move would see folks only have the option of picking up physical games or hardware that they&#8217;ve already pre-ordered, or have bought online via GAME&#8217;s website and elected to have shipped to a nearby store. <\/p>\n<p>Frasers Group, GAME&#8217;s current owner, has denied the report&#8217;s contents in a statement to VG247, saying: &#8220;This reporting is categorically not true. 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