Gamestop buys EB

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creepindeth04

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Wow this came out of nowhere for me. I like gamestop a lot so maybe this is a good thing. What do you guys think?

http://xbox.ign.com/articles/605/605091p1.html
 
A crappy place soaking up another crappy place.

:D

Actually, I say good riddance to BOTH. Stickering up my games..... ::) makes me mad.
They are good for pre-orders, thats about it though.


BV :hat
 
I don't really think it will make that much difference. To me, they're both just stores that sell video games.

Hmmm... I did always favor Gamestop much more. EB Games around here have very rude workers and crappy service.
 
As far as I know Canada doesn't have a Gamestop. Or at least none near my residence. I wonder if Gamestop is going to assume all the EB Games up north, or if they're just gonna shut them down.
 
Dear god this is the worst thing to happen in the history of the video game industry since the bankruptcy of Babbage's in 1997....

Kiss everything NES, Genesis, Dreamcast, SNES....goodbye....GameStop will trash it all..

EB Games is no more....knowing GameStop, they will change the name to theirs...
 
yes mega.. i think only me and you are on the same page here.. the world is over as we all know it.. i just found a babagges in one of the malls i go to.. maybe there opening back up? i like them the most but only have seen one store in my whole life..
 
cheesehead said:
yes mega.. i think only me and you are on the same page here..  the world is over as we all know it..  i just found a babagges in one of the malls i go to.. maybe there opening back up? i like them the most but only have seen one store in my whole life.. 
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What really sucks, is last year, the first EB Games opened in Waco, TX here. It's not even a year old lol
 
will this be the 1st gamestop opened in texas? :lol

you know mm.. that would be cool... can only dream and try, eh?

Bv :hat
 
MegaDrive20XX said:
What really sucks, is last year, the first EB Games opened in Waco, TX here. It's not even a year old lol
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Really? I thought EB has been around a lot more than that. Before it became EB games wasnt it Electronics Boutique. Oh and BV I will be pre-ordering the new Zelda through you just let me know when you start taking the orders.
 
Bluevoodu said:
Game Addiction will rule the world some day... and we'll make sure to carrying EVERYTHING.

:D

BV :hat
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I could see that happening.

Does Gamestop include instructions with it's used games? EB doesn't and I don't understand how you can play most games with out instructions.
 
Well, I know that I work at GameStop, so that makes me a little biased, but I think you guys are looking at this the wrong way.

I mean think about it this way: Do you like quirky/rare games and/or rpgs that aren't made by Square Enix?

Then this is good, because let's face it, game-specific retail stores like EB and GameStop (and our very own Game Addiction ;) ) are the best place to get those. You're not going to find Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne, Katamari Damacy, or Disgaea at Wal-Mart (and probably not Target either).

Wal-Mart especially caters to the mainstream. The video game buyers order boatloads of anything made by EA, Rockstar, and Sony, and any movie-based game; but almost everything else is ignored. For example, Wal-Mart never got in Katamari Damacy. If video games could only be sold in stores like Wal-Mart, no game companies would take chances like Namco did with Katamari Damacy.

By EB and GameStop merging, it gives more power to them as a company, and in turn helps the smaller game companies, because hardcore gamers are still going to shop at GameStop and buy the lesser known games that will never reach Wal-Mart.

And I mean...GameStop and EB competed with each other...sure. But their biggest competition (well, everyone's biggest competition) is Wal-Mart. Now, GameStop has a chance of not being killed by Wal-Mart's video game division.
 
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