“The video game crowd has been heard! A decree published this weekend clarified Jan Castex’s remarks. SELL welcomes the development of government and a fair consideration of video games. This decree refers to the second containment, and confirms that video games are allowed for sale, in stores of less than 400 square meters and open areas of more than 400 square meters, as part of the retail activity. Computers, peripherals, and software in specialty stores. Thank you so much for the campaign that all video game fans have carried out with us, and for listening attentively to Ministers Roslyn Pachlow and Cedric O who have championed the videogame cause.Sell is welcomed Twitter.
Since Friday, the Games Publishers Association has been the first to bring to the government’s attention what it sees as a difference in treatment between cultural entertainment activities. “It would be incomprehensible to close specialty stores and departments, even when CD shelves were open.“Can we read in the wake of the prime minister’s remarks on Friday?”France’s first cultural asset, video games have their place alongside books and records, whose works were licensed during this confinement. Video games are more necessary than ever to escape and create a bond: blocking access to them would be incomprehensible.I alerted, too Denise MassigliaVice President of LREM and Chair of the National Society’s Video Games and Esports Study Group.
Of course, video game stores located in closed malls to combat the spread of the epidemic will not be able to open their doors, which is especially the case with a number of Micromania outlets. On the other hand, Fnac comes from Confirmed Video game sections re-opened. A small subtlety brought to Figaro By Nicolas Vignolles, Representative General of SELL, the store must be registered under the code NAF 47.41Z to be part ofRetail sale of computers, peripherals and software in specialized storesAnd joining the libraries, record stores, confectioners, opticians and florists in the list of approved stores.
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