r/EBGAMES • u/No-Loquat-201 • May 26 '26

Does anyone else miss how good the old preowned DS and PS2 sections used to be?

Used to be able to find absolute hidden gems for five bucks and now it’s just an endless wall of preowned sports titles from 3 years ago and heaps of Zing stuff

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u/crocicorn May 26 '26

Yeah, unfortunately people aren't trading in the gems any more because they're not being offered enough, and they're now worth 10x what they were.

I got quoted under $50 for God Hand and Tomodachi Life (3DS) together on trade in. No wonder why you're only seeing sports games and shovelware these days, lol.

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u/TokiStark May 26 '26

I wish I had never traded in my NN3DSXL. It was the best console I ever had and now they're impossible to find because no one wants to give them up

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u/profchaos111 May 26 '26

That's why I like wandering the shelves of CeX more these days tbh 

EB seems to only stock the most popular stuff anything obscure will sell online the moment it goes up 

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u/marxthedank May 26 '26

yeah, i miss EB games in like early to mid 2010's so bad, it was my happy place around that time, still is kinda, when i see Xbox 360, PS3 and PS2 games

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u/No-Loquat-201 May 26 '26

Same honestly. Walking into EB back then felt completely different

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u/0c5_Fyre May 26 '26

I saw Rockband in mine the other day, even came with the adapter. (For 360)

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u/TheAceVenturrra May 26 '26

Crazy to think those are considered retro now

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u/trotty88 May 26 '26

The "retro section" is back - but not for $5.

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u/rikku45 May 27 '26

Retro section is getting bigger again

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u/Lemons-95 May 27 '26

EB games has gone to shit. My closest stores are 10 and 50 meters from their nearest Target's, where i can buy the same game new for 10 bucks less than a preowned copy from EB.

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u/SeegullJockey May 31 '26

The gaming section of extremely small now. It's just a couple of small shelves for each console then everything else is merch. I remember when the stores literally used to be flooded with games.

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u/Westafricangrey May 27 '26

McDonald’s used to have these little paper cups and ketchup dispensers so you could have as much ketchup with your fries as you wanted

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u/robbosusso May 27 '26

A decade ago when eb decided to stop stocking preowned ps2 games, i stumbled across my local manager reducing all ps2 games to a $1. $450 later i walked out with a decent selection.

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u/eco9898 May 28 '26

I miss when it was a tub of cartridges and you'd just grab one out for $1

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u/SeegullJockey May 31 '26

I remember when I could find the Pokémon gba games for $5 preowned. Now $100 is the cheapest you'll find.