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kowenicki said:

new owners in March.  all stores secured and jobs saved.

pretty much the same as GAME .


Sweet.

Our local Blockbuster shut down and Im not actually sure where the nearest one is anymore.



                            

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Pretty durn sure same was said for WiiU at one point lolz.



http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/profile/92109/nintendopie/ Nintendopie  Was obviously right and I was obviously wrong. I will forever be a lesser being than them. (6/16/13)

sales2099 said:
Blockbuster still has stores?

I guess its more impressive knowing that this record is attained from having 90% of chain locations closed.


Saw this story earlier and had literally the exact same thought



kowenicki said:
Carl2291 said:

Blockbuster

Could this be any more ironic?

Good news for Xbox One. Would be nice to have a hard number.

Edit - How are Blockbuster actually doing right now? Would this be a risky place to preorder from? 

new owners in March.  all stores secured and jobs saved.

pretty much the same as GAME .

Rly? My area had a few, all closed. Can't see how the stores can be saved if physically renting movies has taken a back seat to netflix and on-demand. Canada and US Blockbuster are all but gone



Xbox: Best hardware, Game Pass best value, best BC, more 1st party genres and multiplayer titles. 

 

Thank god it's not Gamestop or it would've been doomed.



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So the UK has a separate Blockbuster? Must be something very different than in the US. I don't think the one in the US even sells game systems, though it has been many years since I've been to one.



They used to have a few blockbusters near where I live but they all shut down. They didn't even sell game systems or games back when they were open.



 

Just realized/ noticed that this is Blockbuster UK.

You should really put "at Blockbuster UK" in the title.



                            

In the end i think next gen both will be very succesfull ( yes also the x box one despite all the negative comments around)



I was all ready to be quite impressed over this but then I saw that it was Blockbuster only (which I thought was totally gone).

Interesting news, but nothing really that big.