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Razer's digital Game Store to cease operation by the end of this month

Arthands

Arthands

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Oct 26, 2017
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https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/technology/razer-game-store-to-cease-operations-11249614

That...didn't last long. Razer shuttered its digital game store less than a year after it opened in South East Asia.
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Regarding the game purchases already made by customers, Razer explained in an FAQ in its press release that they will still work even after closure.
"We will be sending you an email with an archive of all your game purchases where you'll be able to activate them on Steam or UPlay at your own convenience," the company added.
The company added that it will still fulfill customers' pre-orders and that they can still use Razer Gold to continue to buy games online.

Read more at https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/technology/razer-game-store-to-cease-operations-11249614
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kami_sama

kami_sama

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Oct 26, 2017
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Well shit, I bought some games from there, they were steam, so there's no way I'm losing them, but losing a competitor is always bad.
 
Mivey

Mivey

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Oct 25, 2017
17,826
Well, they did enter a pretty tough market. Razer is a huge company, though, so I'm sure they'll be fine.
 
Madjoki

Madjoki

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Oct 25, 2017
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Not very surprising. every week they had same 10€ off 20€ with coupon deal, you got with purchase you could use and then get another one in your inbox next day. no way that can be profitable.

LewieP said:
This is almost certainly absolutely nothing to do with Epic.
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Surely he was joking...
 

Deleted member 41520

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Mar 29, 2018
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I literally just found out about this store and some of the crazy deals they would have

Guess they were one too many in an already diluted market :(
 
Pakesaker

Pakesaker

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Oct 25, 2017
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I bought a few game from there including Metro Exodus months ago. It's likely a result of many factors but they probably see the writing on the wall with developers moving away from Steam, and since as far as I know they only did Steam and Uplay they'd have trouble competing on new releases.
 
AHA-Lambda

AHA-Lambda

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Oct 25, 2017
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That's a shame, they had a good few deals but did seem that people stopped talking about it quite quickly after the unveiling
 
ShinUltramanJ

ShinUltramanJ

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Oct 27, 2017
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Sucks to lose them, but their deals were more often a miss than hit. You could receive a credit good for about a month, with the purchase of an "exclusive", but more often than not the price was jacked up a bit.

I guess it just wasn't working out for them.
 
Valdega

Valdega

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Sep 7, 2018
1,609
Disappointing. When they were giving out $15 coupons for their special deals, you could save a lot of money. By using said coupons for deals that gave me another coupon, I effectively saved $30 on a lot of brand new games.
 
Soundtrack2chaos

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Oct 31, 2017
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The Blocc
Just checked my email, what a shocker. I didn't buy from them often tho, most of their deals were shitty. Less competition for GMG, Steam, and Fanatical then.
 
Xclash

Xclash

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Oct 25, 2017
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That really sucks. Had some great sales on their website. Even managed to use two coupons during a Dragon Quest XI sale and get it for $28.
 
inner-G

inner-G

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Oct 27, 2017
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PNW
Dang, never tried them. I didn't think they'd have good deals because Razer stuff usually means expensive, sounds like I was wrong though.

Steam/GOG basically covers everything I need besides Forza and some online games though.
 
Lakeside

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Oct 25, 2017
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inner-G said:
Dang, never tried them. I didn't think they'd have good deals because Razer stuff usually means expensive, sounds like I was wrong though.

Steam/GOG basically covers everything I need besides Forza and some online games though.
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Well, they sold discounted Steam keys so it would have been good for you.

I got some pretty great deals there, when I look back at my history.
 
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