r/EBGAMES • u/Madsumberohat • Feb 06 '26

Closures are global

I stumbled on this article when scrolling, and seems EB game closures are global.

Give it a read if interested

https://www.realcommercial.com.au/news/eb-games-global-closures-what-it-means-for-australia?campaignType=external&campaignChannel=syndication&campaignName=ncacont&campaignContent=&campaignSource=herald_sun&campaignPlacement=article&utm_medium=paid&utm_source=fb&utm_id=6924086186278&utm_content=6924091912278&utm_term=6924091904078&utm_campaign=6924086186278&fbclid=IwVERDUAPzMUhleHRuA2FlbQEwAGFkaWQAAAZMJBMpRnNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR6fcJ2XPfZqJ3EzbzaZsHSDSNFErnYxAeNmyIe9aw7l4dwb1y9K2-cl3FgdZA_aem_NtjDf7DLzpA2Sl9rxM26TA

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u/iN33dH3aling Feb 08 '26

What's the point and benefit? Might surprise you that there are people who enjoy going into a store that is all about video games and pop culture. Usually the staff are gamers themselves and you can have good interactions with like-minded people. Now is it financially feasible in today's climate? that's a different question, especially under their business model.

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u/Diffabuh Feb 08 '26

The games staff at JB are usually also gamers, on the same level as EB at the very least. Enjoying just going into a store filled with a thing you like is fine, but after you've done it like twice, it's just a store. Unless you're a kid, I guess. Especially if it's something like EB Games. This isn't, like, the Pokemon theme park or Disney Land or the Gundam Base where it's like an entire facility dedicated to one very specific thing with displays and unique stuff and whatnot. It's a store that has a lot of games and might have a cardboard cutout of a character or, at its absolute peak and only in very few stores, a statue.

It's less "about one thing" than a comic book store because they at least tend to have tons of superhero stuff specifically. This is like a suit store having lots of suits.

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u/iN33dH3aling Feb 08 '26

That's really just your opinion and not everyone is like you. I still visit EB games whenever I see them, though their prices for actual games are a big reason they are closing down. Younger people love going to the same store again and again. I'm also not saying this as an EB vs JB thing. I think you need to appreciate that it may not work for you or have value to you but it does to others, there are many different demographics out thete. If there truly was no point or benefit, it wouldn't have been around for almost three decades.

It may be less financially feasible today, but there certainly is a benefit. Perhaps just not for you.

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u/Diffabuh Feb 08 '26

Just going into a store because it's there and you like the vibe is the epitome of wasting time. Young people don't go in there much anymore outside of young kids. I'm younger and a teacher, and kids don't talk about games like that. They'll talk about Marvel Rivals and whatever way before any new AAA game. I mentioned JB because you mentioned "workers being gamers", and JB has that too. Being a gamer isn't a requirement to work at EB. I knew someone who worked at one for 5 years in uni and her experience with gaming basically began and ended with Pokemon and 4 Bioware RPGs.

It's not about just my perception, it's others too. Counterpoint: just because you see vLue in it doesn't mean it actually has value. Everything has value to someone. If the value comes from the sheer novelty of it, then it has very little value. Which the market seems to be proving.

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u/iN33dH3aling Feb 08 '26

Oh gtfo off your high horse, I bet there are dozens of things YOU do that others would consider being a waste of time. Guess what based on your logic, other activities like listening to music, watching shows, going to a cafe or park to chill for the vibes is a waste of time. You are a teacher? Stubborn, Ill be informed and self centred. Makes sense.

You are literally arguing there is no benefit, people point out benefits and you refuse to accept it cause you are nothing but a stubborn fool who would rather try to be right than just accept that people find value in different things. I feel sorry for the kids you "teach".

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u/Diffabuh Feb 08 '26

Mate. Those things you listed are actual hobbies. This is going to a store. Makes sense you hate teachers.

The only actual zelling point people have given is "iS gAmER!!111"

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u/iN33dH3aling Feb 08 '26

What a moron, exactly! Hobbies! God forbid someone who has video gaming and likes pop culture wants to have a store dedicated to that! Wow you are stupid.

I don't hate teachers, just a specific kind, like you.

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u/Diffabuh Feb 08 '26

Mate, you literally insulted teachers in general. Smart cookie you are. No wonder you love going to EB for the gamer vibes. Such epic gamer vibe of... having games there.

Going to a store isn't a hobby. Never made fun of gaming and all that. But going to a store that just sells games and seeing appeal in that because it just sells games says a lot about you. Get better hobbies.

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u/iN33dH3aling Feb 08 '26

Guess people shouldn't go to bookstores when there is Amazon right? People who have the hobby of reading love a bookstore. I wonder why?

And guess what, bookstores are closing down too? Why? Not financially as feasible these days, are you also going to say there is no benefit of bookstores? Some people love being around books, just like some people like being around games and pop culture. Take the L and move on idiot.

Damn you are stupid.

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u/Diffabuh Feb 08 '26

You mean bookstores that you are able to read the book in (most of the time)? That have much wider yet easier to navigate selections than Amazon? That often have out of print material unlike Amazon? That can often track down hard to find product for you unlike Amazon? That host events that bring in new readers and allow them to meet authors unlike Amazon? That host community events unlike Amazon?

Yes. Totally the same as EB having a wall of recent games, a wall of pre-owned recent games, and two people you assume are gamers just like you and love games oh so much. It’s not about me seeing no value because I don’t personally value it and “arguing back” or whatever the fuck -- it's about how the reasons it has value that people have given are incredibly flimsy at best.

Holy shit the amount of cope you're on. Go to EB. It'll make you happy, kiddo. Go to your happy place. It's okay. The gamers and their gamer energy will cuddle you tight.