{"id":2220,"date":"2025-03-17T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/?p=2220"},"modified":"2025-03-20T18:20:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T18:20:22","slug":"games-inbox-wheres-the-best-place-to-buy-video-games-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/17\/games-inbox-wheres-the-best-place-to-buy-video-games-in-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Games Inbox: Where\u2019s the best place to buy video games in the UK?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Is CeX your retailer of choice? (2009 Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Monday letters page has a go at predicting Nintendo Switch 2<\/a> reveal games, as one reader explores the difficulty of making new Silent Hill sequels.<\/p>\n

To join in with the discussions yourself email gamecentral@metro.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Limited options<\/strong>
No offence to CeX but the idea that they are now the UK\u2019s biggest games retailer<\/a> is beyond depressing. In terms of high street<\/a> stores though, I don\u2019t even know who the competition is. Argos<\/a>, I guess? I don\u2019t think any of the toy shops sell them anymore. I\u2019m not sure about HMV but I don\u2019t have one near me, so I can\u2019t check.<\/p>\n

I realise the battle between digital and physical was lost a long time ago but the idea that there are so few places to buy new video games<\/a> in person is just awful. It\u2019s still easy enough to get them from Amazon and other online website but it\u2019s not the same and takes longer.<\/p>\n

Argos is usually quite cheap, and I do use them sometimes, but if anyone can suggest somewhere better than I\u2019m all ears. Clearly I\u2019m old fashioned but I just like to go into a shop and buy a game on the spot, end of story. But it\u2019s obvious publishers just aren\u2019t interested in me doing that anymore.
Maddle<\/strong><\/p>\n

Milestone news<\/strong>
I\u2019m going to go along with everyone else and say I\u2019m really looking forward to the Nintendo Switch 2 reveal<\/a>, not for the ordinary reasons of being excited about a new console launch but the hope that it will be a milestone for the current depression in video games.<\/p>\n

If things go right then it\u2019ll be the kick up the backside that gaming has been needing all generation and hopefully lead to lots of exciting new games and ideas.<\/p>\n

If it\u2019s a failure, and we know from the Wii U that it could be, then I\u2019m really not sure what else there\u2019s going to be on the horizon to lift things. GTA 6 is going to be huge, of course, but that\u2019s just one game that\u2019s not going to do anything to help anyone but Rockstar.
Gandalf<\/strong><\/p>\n

Moving on<\/strong>
Starfield on PlayStation 5<\/a> is a given at this point, and I can absolutely see that it would make Microsoft more money to release it on another format, but after that Bethesda really need to give up on the series. It hasn\u2019t worked out, the DLC only made things worse, and it\u2019s close to a laughing stock.<\/p>\n

It will sell on PlayStation 5 based on Bethesda\u2019s name but it\u2019s not going to enhance their reputation, quite the opposite. Bethesda need to accept it\u2019s an experiment that didn\u2019t work and put all focus on The Elder Scrolls 6 and Fallout 5.<\/p>\n

I wouldn\u2019t normally be the sort to be demanding sequels, but these are big, important franchises that have been away for too long. They\u2019re also need to repair Bethesda\u2019s reputation, which after Starfield is not looking good. Skyrim feels like it was 100 years ago now and if it doesn\u2019t get a sequel soon it may be too late to make sense.
Lancey<\/strong><\/p>\n

Email your comments to: gamecentral@metro.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Some of the people<\/strong>
The next game by some of the people who made Disco Elysium is launching a Kickstarter campaign<\/a> sometime today and stars the narrator of Disco Elysium, Lenval Brown. I was going to back it to get a digital copy on PC or PlayStation and get my name in the credits!<\/p>\n

It’s being made by a new developer Longdue, based in London. I didn’t realise until GameCentral and Eurogamer said that there is at least three or four games being made from the developers who left the ZA\/UM game developer. I am excited to see the final game, after how highly rated Disco Elysium is.
Andrew J.<\/strong>
Just completed: Deadlight (PS4)
Currently playing: The Mummy Demastered (PS4)<\/p>\n

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