GameStop and Electronics Boutique Merge

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  Eb games is all over europe : imperator
  • Yupp, EBGames recently bought a gaming chain here in Sweden, a lot of stores had to rebrand. I need to go... : SilverSnake
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  they have computers in canada now? : ilem0n
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    we need the Internet to coordinate seal hunts from our igloos : Postal
    • hahahahahah ;) : Powlin
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    Canada has more internet connected users per capita than the U.S. Our residential broadband is also more... : TwiLyght
    • Yeah, I played quake1 online (before quakeworld) on my cable modem & 486 100MHz : Judecca
    • i was just joking gawd. but fyi the US has 5x as many internet users(164million) as the entire populatio... : ilem0n
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  Is Eb Games Canada changing name too? : ArtilleryMarker
  • Duno, I guess it'd be cool to see them convert to Gamestops. : jcutner
• yeh i wonder whats going to happen to EB down unda : CoRDS

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  Except that price deals don't always come from volume purchasing - they sometmies come from loss leader p : sinistarfith
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    Yeah I swear people don't understand this concept. Lots of grocery stores do this as well. They take a ... : Chod
    • Right ... not like they dont sell used games and systems at a 50-75% mark-up. :-| : TheNarcis
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  I don't go to bigger stores (Fry's, BB etc) for games because they're usually out a day or two late. EB/G... : edgewise
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    really? I've found that they only ever get pre-order copies in. BB and CC rarely have that problem. I ... : AssGoblin
    • So...what you're saying is, with minimal effort on your part, they'll always have the game for you on day... : Vincent Grayson
  • In my experience, Fry's has always had new games on day 1 and often have them on sale during the first we... : Holesinswiss
  • Well, I do buy games from both Special Game retailers like GS/EB and large electronic stores like BB/CC. ... : silverback1138
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  The reason BB and CC and Fry's can sell games a bit cheaper is because they make their money elsewhere. W... : sam eagle
  • What's so bad about preordering. It doesn't cost you any more than buying the game on the release date. ... : silverback1138

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• a little bitter today aren't we? : humpx
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  Someone needs a hug! : DingoStoleMyBaby
  • And a Taco. : Anti_dentite
• lolz : google
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  Well that came out of left field. : Amadan
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    It's a sore spot to me when people talk about capitalism like it's a bad thing. I mean, of _course_ it... : Jack Mathews
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      It might be a good thing for the companies involved but it will be a bad thing for the consumer if it red... : gurgeh
      • Sometimes you can have too much of good thing. : TheArtMan
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      It didn't really sound like he was down on the merger, or down on capitalism. "Compete on a global scale... : Amadan
      • yeah thats pretty much how i read it too. but hey let jack be pissy. :) : Steve Gibson
      • Ditto. It'd be like reading about some guy getting off with a vapid whore with fabulous tittens saying h... : SiW73
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      I don't want to turn this into some sort of raging political firestorm, but have you ever considered that... : m0rb
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        You could always go with communism...then again, the last major country that used it with any success was... : Evangelion
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          It's unfortunate that communism is viewed as the only alternative to capitalism. I'm not even so sure ... : m0rb
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            I want to respond to this, but I do not want to be sucked in. Basically you have not experienced a pure c... : Nation
            • Have you ever read Jennifer Government? Awesome book that sort of tackles the potential degree to which p... : Vincent Grayson
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        How can you pin all those problems on capitalism? Capitalism, like any other market system has its ups an... : K1Bond007
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          Actually, I pin all of those problems on greed. Capitalism is tolerant, if not extremely indulgeant of... : m0rb
          • Stop buying their shit then. Wake the fuck up. I'm sorry I don't mean to be mean here, but if you're conc... : K1Bond007
      • Good post. There are lots of questions in this world that people condition themselves/get conditioned nev... : SpiderMonkey
      • Capitalism without ethics is bad. When the accumulation of capital in the immediate with no regard for it : Fred Garvin
    • Capitalism actually doesn't mean it is all about money. Capitalism is the system by which business operat... : gnoleb
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      I have to agree 100%. Nothing irks me more than jealousy of other's well being. To quote my favorite... : MR 9000
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        Wow, that's enough BS to fertilize and entire farm. You do realize that a lot of homeless people are ment... : Fred Garvin
        • P.S. - I don't know if I'd go around quoting someone that spews Coulter-esque line like this: http://m... : Fred Garvin
• lol I love you Jack : MrLobo
• Proletariats of the world unite! : porp
• hahah I <3 Jack : Dimmona
• JACK ATTACK'D : supermonkeyballz
• If you're interested in money you should develop for the PS2. Zing! : Judecca
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  Sarcasm meter = [|||||||||]r{|||}r : Vic Viper
  • Irony meter infinity+1 : {Venger}
• You're the man now, dog! : NukeDukem

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• EXACTLY! i hate having to go to gamestop. everytime ive ever been to gamestop ive walked into the middl... : ilem0n
• Yep...I agree :( : speon
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  Even online Gamespot bites the big one, I just bought IL2 Sturmovik Forgoten Battles Gold Pack for $19.99... : dangerdoggie
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    Gamespot is not game Gamestop. : supermonkeyballz
    • Yes, ugh haven't woke up yet. : dangerdoggie
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  IT depends more on the story, IMHO. Some are more PC friendly. Some aren't. : Sylvanus
  • store. not story. : Sylvanus
• I agree... they are PC unfriendly (get all PC games at Best buy anyhow now) ... but they seem to have les... : TheNarcis
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  The average Gamestop employee is an idiot who knows nothing about the products they are selling. I can't ... : jarek99
  • hahahaha, now that is funny : monohydrate
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    That's fairly unusual, in my experience. Most of the guys I worked with at Gamestop were fairly compe... : Vincent Grayson
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      That's all up to the manager. Most GameStop branches have the great opinion that you don't need to know ... : Rotten Deadite
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        Heh, well, my manager was one of the best guys I've ever worked for, so I guess he was the exception. ... : Vincent Grayson
        • Dont bother Vincent. We all know gamers are the most arrogant bunch of people on the planet. Especially... : TheNarcis
  • It all depends on the store. The Gamestop near me has cool people who are gamers. The EB store is full of... : Simulacrum
  • Gamestops near you sell PC games? mine don't. : PUPSTAHS
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  My experience with gamestop is that they are morons and jerks. I had a giftcard there and the guys swipes... : datafox
  • PROTIP: when dealing with a GameStop Manager on Duty, just utter the words "District Manager Contact Info... : Rotten Deadite
  • Is it possible to use the card to purchase on their website? : johngloid
• I'm gonna stick with web-vendors like GoGamer. : zuga

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  Negative x Negative = Positive : TPSReport
  • Is this an addition or multiplication merger? : silverlinkx2

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• This could be the funniest post yet this year.....wow. : Normality
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  EB Company Merger The Official guide. Unlock all secret employees! All Easter Eggs! even the one : famine101
  • 10% off with pre-orders : SixDemonBag
• This post winz my "best post" awardz.. for this hour. : DingoStoleMyBaby
• Oh, bravo! : SiW73
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  You've got it backwards. Gamestop tried to sell EB a subscription to Game Informer : Backspace
  • But they would get 10 free issues (including whatever back-issues they are trying to pawn off) plus a 10 ... : feratu
• Too Funny. Hopefully they buy the cd protection plan too! : araxen

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• Ditto. Best Buy CompUSA and places like that have always had better deals on games. In fact, I've never e... : wilbo26
• Since when has less competition ever led to cheaper prices? : gnoleb

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  I don't see why everyone says they're overpriced...they all sell their games (at least, the new ones) at ... : Vincent Grayson
  • Yeah, I'm not getting this either. Large stores can ocassionally sell a big game at a loss in order to ge... : Delithio

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  The advantage that EB/GameStop has over retail stores is that they stuff day one. If you can have a small... : Alec Matias
  • There has never been a game that was initially released that I couldn't find at Best Buy or the Internet ... : K1Bond007
• I always go to CompUSA because the EB Games around here have shit selection for PC. : DonkeyPopsicle
• Yes, you are the only one. : kelerian
• I'm with you... I loathe those stores. They're dirty and in the grungy part of the mall. I much prefer th... : ar-diniento
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  you don't wanna put up with a mall but find BB, CUSA and WalMart friendlier confines? : edgewise
  • Yes. Malls where I live are typically crowded and a huge pain to park. But I see your point, they're a... : wilbo26
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  Fuck. Don't ever buy games from Wal Mart. They're the loudest supporters (and enforcers, due to their lar... : jake2000
  • Not to mention their prices aren't that low. On console games you'll be lucky to save a buck or two. That... : Fred Garvin
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    I'm not sure where people get the whole "game censorship" from store policies and legislation giving pena... : WaterSign
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      Actually Wal-Mart has a pretty large influence, because they sell to such a huge amount of people. Execs ... : wilbo26
      • Exactly. Wal-Mart certainly has the right to refuse to sell certan products, but due to their size this c : Bold

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• lolz : eseiat
• this is what i was gtonna say : supermonkeyballz
• I was thinking the same thing, then gamestop would only sell EA games : Piggyson
• EA To buy Adobe; news at 11. : rorshack

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• Cause you just can't buy games anywhere else. *Rolls eyes* : critch
• A few GameRushes have opened up around me and that's where I go now all the time. I have a boycott agains... : Alec Matias
• Shack, home of the pinkies. : melt_core
• They don't sell PC games sadly, but the GameCrazy stores in Hollywood Videos generally have a pretty good... : jake2000

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• I know...wth are the antitrust people on this one? : PlanetPerfecto
• That was the first thing I thought of when I read the last line. : briandubau
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  Well, this technically is a gaming website. : Speedy8
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    we talk about gaming? who knew : RikiTiki2
    • This site is all about picking up chickz0rs.. : DingoStoleMyBaby
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  I wonder how much RAM the Adobe Flash 8 plugin will chew up. If it's anything like Adobe Reader 7... : the archvile
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    Reader 7 is a shitload better than 6. : Carnivac
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      ... thats only because they have a little exe that runs when windows boots up to "speed up" the program. : renamed
      • No I've taken that out from my startup. : Carnivac
  • I HATE acrobat reader. HL2 can load up in the time that it takes to start up the acrobat reader in ff or ... : shredder133
  • 8 (8ball/maelstrom) will still be 100% MM-created. It's kind of done already, but getting polished for a ... : rorshack
• Man, both of these mergers are depressing. I know people gripe about Dreamweaver, but I have found it to ... : drcomp
• O_o didn't see that coming : thebigbeefsandwhich
• gaming website... : edgewise

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  While perhaps not a rebrand, the ghost of things like Pagemill terrify me... Adobe has done VERY few thin... : Sotaku
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    By your statement alone, then this merger seems like a good thing for Adobe. Instead of being good at on... : Reignman
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      Oh yeah, no doubt this is great for Adobe. Hell, great for Macromedia too in that they'll finally have so... : Sotaku
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        I dunno, Photoshop doesn't really have any competition but it continues to grow in awesomeness with every... : SpiderMonkey
        • Yeah, no kidding. I would kill babies if that meant that Flash could have an After Effects/Premiere-style... : sonicstorm
      • I'll agree that there needs to be competition, but in Adobe's defense, Quark has been beating the shit ou... : Reignman
• Adobe Audition is pretty good, but it's basically exactly Cool Edit Pro, since they acquired Syntrillium ... : the archvile
• Adobe bought PageMaker then let it languish for about 3 years while Quark ate up all the market. : Dynotaku
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  Well, to be fair, Adobe didn't come up with photoshop, http://www.storyphoto.com/multimedia/multimedia_ph... : jccalhoun
  • Hahaha, using the toolbar as a way to suggest that Photoshop hasn't changed just suggests that the guy wh... : SpiderMonkey

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• Leave Dreamweaver alone, fags (Adobe)!! >:( : DingoStoleMyBaby
• If nothing else, this cleans up all those patent suits between the two. : sinistarfith

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  Gamestop is very very similar to EB in almost all respects, and they carry used games, and let you sell/t... : famine101
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    used CONSOLE games, no used pc games at gamespot : byorn
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      Oh, really? Hell, I didn't even know that EB had used PC games. Good question. Hopefully the Gamest... : famine101
      • I dunno. The used PC games at EB always looked pretty sketchy to me. Missing manuals and the like. I t... : Arcanum
      • I doubt they will. When I worked at Gamestop, they said they'd never do it, as it's way to iffy in regard... : Vincent Grayson
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        they are usually a whopping 5-10 bucks cheaper, not worth the chance of a used CD key or scratched disk ... : Turd Ferguson
        • yeah, and turning in a PC game would only get you $5 to $15 in credit, depending on how new and in-demand... : the archvile
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          Not really. You can find old gems in there for $5-10 bucks. : Blackdawgg
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            this is the reason why i check out eb, cuz you can find some rare/discontinued pc games that dont require... : X-GOUKI
            • yeah eb is where i got my copy of system shock 2 after looking everywhere for one. it was like $5 in thei... : kbnerd
• Generally with takeovers like this, if something's working for a company (and EB's making used PC games w... : Rotten Deadite

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  I seriously doubt it, Gamespot now owns that inventory so they'll probably just box it up and ship it bac... : dangerdoggie
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    GameSTOP not gameSPOT, ugh : dangerdoggie
    • I do this every time, even when I type in the link. =( Awake or Asleep, doesn't matter. : mikage
  • holy shit, Gamestop buys EB and now Gamespot owns all the inventory?! MEGA MERGER! : tsteltz

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  what the hell are you talking about? : DeathBlossom
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    If competition is becoming diminished like this in the retail sector, it's good that other forms of compe... : yourname00
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      Oh, and only specialized games retailers can sell games? : melt_core
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        Of course not, but they do tend to be more competitive. Things like this are bad for customers and it's s... : yourname00
        • Wow you really don't know much about games retail if you think it's the specialist retailers that are the... : SpiderMonkey
        • No. Small boutiques are never more competitive then huge wal-mart types of commerce. : melt_core
    • Yeah but since when did these retailers really compete? I mean, a game comes out for $49.99 and pretty mu... : Schnapple
• Oh ya, a merger of some game stores means we should all submit to draconian and grossly impertinent DRM s... : afo

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• and who else do you think is going to colonize space?! :D : speon

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• When Game and EB merged in the UK (or one bought the other/their stores or something), there were loads o... : SpiderMonkey
• That's probably what will happen. They only merged to eliminate competition, and increase total profit. : PenicillinX57

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• That is a typical by-product of any buy-out announcement. It will even out over time. It's primarily th... : eseiat

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  Yeah me too. I can order, have a game shipped to me, and be playing it in the time it takes for my local... : schnitz76
  • yeah thats a pretty big reason why i shy away from stores like that. the checkout time is just painful. ... : Steve Gibson
• Actually, I've had better experiences at GameStops. The day Chaos Theory came out for PC the local EB in ... : BrodieMan

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• BETS GAEM EVAR!!! OMG THI S GAME IES AWESUM!!! : tsteltz
• I KNO THIS GAEM ISNT OUT YET BUT MY COIUSIN"S BROTHER"S MOM'S GIRLFRIEND"S HUSBAND WORKED ON IT NAD I SAW... : rigidnips
• GAMCUB IS PURRPL AND LOOKZ LIK A PERSE. PS2 FOREVAH!!! : SixDemonBag

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• I'd like to see them compete with Fry's getting brand new titles for $35 is nice :) last week was Jade... : ghost in my shell
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  Oh well, we've got plenty of Best Buy stores as well as a couple of Frys here in Houston. To be honest, ... : killingwithkindness
  • I myself(New York) only get used games or old games at Gamestop. Gamestop just cannot compete with the d... : amrbean
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  There was never really any compeition between EB Games and Gamestop, They basically offered the same thin... : renamed
  • That's what always had me wondering. I can't speak for every city, but here, they were basically the SAM... : killingwithkindness

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• Games station are also owned by EB/Game. : yourname00
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  Gamestop absorbed Babbages/Software Etc. as well. We're going to have all of these storefronts with a sin... : TheSty
  • Actually I think it went the other way - Babbage's Etc. bought out GameStop (which I think was just a web... : Schnapple

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• The interest earned on that deposit is what made EB so attractive. : TheArtMan

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• Um... shitty service, I thought? : rotten element