Discussion Tesco, a UK retailer, is discontinuing the sale of physical games

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UK supermarket chain Tesco will no-longer stock physical video games in its 2,800 stores, Gamesindustry.biz can reveal.

Once the current range of games have sold out, the firm will not be giving any more shelf space to games products. The one exception are digital points cards, which will remain available through its outlets.

It follows the news that GameStop Ireland has closed all of its 35 stores. It operated eight stores in Dublin, six in Cork and three in Limerick.

The retailer told customers it was 'disappointed' to announce the closure, before revealing details of its closing down sale on Instagram in May.

UK supermarket Tesco to stop stocking physical games as GameStop leaves Ireland

The UK games market loses another retailer

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This is the first time I am hearing about this but I can't say that it is a shock to have happened. For a while now we have seen more people going the digital route with not as many people buying games physically anymore.

It would make sense that they would now move from physical to digital themselves in the form of cards that you can redeem which is becoming the most used.