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 Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 10:24 am
Well, the last time I was in Blockbuster (which was to pick up Epic Battles cards), they had Metal Gear Solid 3 for $19.99. At that time, it was still $39.99 at Gamestop for another three months.
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Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 7:01 pm
Lady Leonardo I've seen MAD overpricing at both Blockbuster (because they're evil) and places like EB. If for some bizarre reason you ever get the urge to buy one of those Outlaw Golf mini games, don't do it at EB! They sell the damn things for $6 used when at Blockbuster it was $3 NEW. It's a freakin' mini game! *flails* But otherwise their prices seem okay. *L* And I do try to stay away from buying things at Blockbuster if I can help it. Have you ever heard of Rhyno Games? Apparently it's a division of Blockbuster, but it's its own store that only caters to games. There's one near me. I haven't been to it, but plan on checking it out sometime.
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Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 7:04 pm
In my area, there's only two stores that cater to games specifically.
Gamestop
Game Crazy
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Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 7:14 pm
S-X- Dual Personalities In my area, there's only two stores that cater to games specifically. Gamestop Game Crazy you don't have EB? eek
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Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 7:16 pm
If I go to Seattle. But it doesn't matter anyway, since Gamestop owns EB.
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Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2006 7:21 pm
S-X- Dual Personalities If I go to Seattle. But it doesn't matter anyway, since Gamestop owns EB. I had a feeling about that. Sort of like how MTV & VH1 are owned by the same d00d.
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Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2006 7:16 pm
Apparently, they just kept the EB name for that store, because there are many people who refuse to shop at Gamestop but go to EB instead... despite the fact that I heard that they were practically identical in business and pricing before the buyout, even.
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Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 5:15 pm
S-X- Dual Personalities Apparently, they just kept the EB name for that store, because there are many people who refuse to shop at Gamestop but go to EB instead... despite the fact that I heard that they were practically identical in business and pricing before the buyout, even. Yeah, a lot of people grew up with places like EB and Babbages. Perhaps they're still loyal to them. *shrugs*
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Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 7:33 pm
I never even heard of Babbages until I saw it on a Gamestop application.
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Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2006 10:56 pm
S-X- Dual Personalities I never even heard of Babbages until I saw it on a Gamestop application. Babbages has been around for like a good 15 (or maybe even more) years. They're affiliated with GameStop (and 2 other stores owned by the same company) and sometimes the GameStop brand takes over a Babbages. So, the GameStops you might have gone to, might have previously been Babbages.
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Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 10:55 am
Nah. One used to be a Funcoland, one a Software Etc., and the one I temporarily (I stress that word) worked at was just built a bit over a year ago. I don't think there's ever been a Babbages around here.
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Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2006 10:14 pm
S-X- Dual Personalities Nah. One used to be a Funcoland, one a Software Etc., and the one I temporarily (I stress that word) worked at was just built a bit over a year ago. I don't think there's ever been a Babbages around here. Yeah, I think you just named the other stores under their umbrella. 3nodding
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Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 11:29 am
Well, it's owned (or was owned, I forget) by Barnes & Nobles (another store which doesn't exist in this area), and is a fusion of Babbages, Funco (which used to be a mail-order only store... I remember getting cheap NES and Genesis games through them), Software Etc., and merged with EB. There's also apparently a "Moviestop" in the southeast America, despite the fact that most Gamestops (at least here) carry a lot of movies in and of themselves (maybe because GS had too many movies?)
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Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2006 8:52 pm
well, as i wrote in the OT topic, i beat the game about a day and a half or so ago. shredder was sooooooo easy this time around. now i have to beat the nightmare levels. i'm happy though because i wanted more game to play after i beat it. hehe mrgreen
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Posted: Thu Apr 20, 2006 11:49 am
So you're thoroughly enjoying the game? Take that, evil b*****d game reviewers!
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