Been reading up on that, They wanted some sort of new credit and payment deals, I guess they basically were asking "We can not pay you now but when we sell xxxx of them we will give you the money for the stock cus we are struggling at the moment and still need to give our CEO's a payrise."

And I bet EA went "NO" and I bet they wont be the only ones.
The new Xbox when it gets announced likely at E3 this year for release next year it will make it ni on impossible to play used games on it. Game will die if not this year, next year.

It's not a case of Game will die, it's a case of major brand retail video game shops will die. Game Group PLC is the last major player in Europe and will take Game station with it.

Doesn't seem that long ago they started the whole thing up and I went for a job interview as 16/17 year old looking for part time work.

Late adoption to digital formats is an issue they simply can't compete with online retailers, also it was only a few months ago the last time i tried to buy a game on Steam and funnily enough i couldn't because Game had used their 'so called' buying power to make sure they had sole distribution/launch rights on that game.

I also read somewhere this would be a good opportunity for Gamestop to move over from Ireland, if Game/Station goes belly up Gamestop could make use of all those retail locations to expand.

Overall though it sucks big time as more an more stores vanish so does PC game availability on the high street, i for one like boxed copies but i will admit to buying more digital copies in recent months.

I personally wouldn't buy from steam if there was any other option at all.