Remember trading in a stack of battered PS3 games for a shot at the next big release? That was GAME. For millions of Brits it was the beating heart of the high street, until the digital age, rising costs, and some brutal strategic missteps took the life out of it.

In this video we unpack GAME’s rise and slow collapse: from the 90s boom and the Gamestation takeover to 2012’s administration, the death of trade-ins, and Frasers Group’s carve-up.


Chapters:
0:00 From Glory Days to Game Over?
0:54 Rise, Consolidation… and the First Collapse
2:43 Digital Killed the Video Star (and Everything After)
7:55 High Street Death Spiral — and a Last Look Inside