User blog comment:Darkshark74/ME3 N7 Collector's Edition/@comment-86.163.176.127-20120301150517/@comment-3444770-20120301182212

Dude, in business terms, this is called a "Shock". A shock is an unforeseeable event that has a negative impact on a company. It is hard to plan for shocks as they are often unforeseeable, so no, it is not EA's fault. Although GAME are hardly to blame either, the market for brick and mortar video game stores is in the crapper at the minute... and GAME's lending syndicate didn't help them much. If anything, blame the digital market (e-commerce - Amazon, Play etc) and the lending syndicate. Also, taxes never helped GAME either. They never took advantage of the Jersey Loophole that most businesses do.