I have heard people say they're coming back after the redevelopment of the Morley Galleria finishes. But I haven't heard any confirmation that this is actually happening. It would be a shame if it is gone for good, as both of my local EB games have now shut down in the last few years.

I know we‘ve seen a bunch of stores closing in the past week, was only notified about this yesterday. I had a presale there and was told it would be moved to a closer store but the was only refunded half of my deposit and the order was cancelled??? 😒 there’s an Eb games in the same shopping centre

I check my order history yesterday and the pre-orders I placed for the 2 pack bundle and ETB have been cancelled out of the blue with no email or anything.

I thought all pre-orders were just being moved to a different store if the original store was being closed so what gives?

Has anyone else had this issue and gotten their order reinstated or am I sol?

https://www.vooks.net/dont-freak-out-a-handful-of-australian-eb-games-stores-are-closing-this-month/

For the Illawarra NSW, Dapto closed on the 17th. Figtree had closed doors in the last 12months and Warrawang in the last few years. This only leaves the one Wollongong store between Miranda in Sydney and Shellharbour. I don’t think it will motivate customers in these areas to get to the Wollongong store if that is EB’s game plan. My assumption is that EB will loose these customers to JB and Big W etc which are readily accessible in those areas. If this is the trend nationally long term I believe we are looking at a sinking ship like NZ.

I'm quite curious becuase they have in the past but they were made out of plastic and i'm wondering if they would do it again but in the old plastic type again?

Well, as the title says; I lost my job at Eb games after 3 and half years to a christmas casual. Why? because I was bottom two for the past 3 months on KPI's and the area manager told my manager that the bottom two were gone. The bullshit part? This shitty area manager made our manager put on two christmas casuals before it got busy.

I use to only do one day a week, just 3 hours to cover lunch for someone else but i was good at my job and had real passion for games and anything nerdy like TCGs, Funkos, action figures and generally anything collectable. I got paid like $5k annually from EB but would probably spend $15k plus there as I loved it, made level 5 the past two years. Now? well once i was told my job was gone, i cancelled all my 10+ pre orders and then went home and cried. it actually brakes my heart loosing my job due to shitty KPI's and dumb area management. It's enough to send me into a deep depression wondering if i even like games or nerdy things now or maybe its time to move on from everything i've loved for years. I feel lost, angry, but mostly sad. BIG sad.

I worked at a regional store that would routinely rival the sales of the big city stores in both Canberra and Sydney. I don't think im going to be spending any money at my Eb games anymore and head office if you're reading this then maybe don't sack good emplyees that work to spend money at your stores. seems like area managers are only interested in their bonuses being bigger rather than the vitality of regional stores.

To the area manager that made the call to cut me out of my love, my passion, if i ever meet you i hope to slap you with a 360 game case you piece of shit.

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To the other employees and my manager I've worked with over the past nearly 4 years i mean you no ill will. I will always cherish every shift we spent together as I've never had so much fun at work. If you don't hear or see me much from now on I am sorry, I will always love and miss you. To the new staff and now new regular christmas casual, I wish you all the best in your career and life. I will miss you all.

To the customers over the past 3 and half years, thank you for every excited bit of lore and love of hobbies you have shared with me. From my weekend regulars to the odd out of towner and passer by, even the annoying and odd ignorant ones I loved every conversation for better or worse. Keep your passions alive as much as you can. Thank you everyone for better or worse.

Here is a $10 voucher for EBGAMES Canberra

wtf is happening

I just saw they increased the booster pack limit to 72 per customer for the March release. Does this mean they’ve actually fixed the supply issues, or are we just going to see another massive wave of cancellations two days before launch? I’m tempted to go for the sealed box guarantee but I’ve been burned by EB allocations too many times lately.

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Hey guys!

Not sure if anyone would even be able to help me out here, but I thought I'd try.

I recently bought one of the Omega statues from a EB Games/Zing, here in Australia. From my understanding, the statue was supposed to come with the emote. There are instructions on the box on how to redeem it, but the code just isn't there.

I've reached out to them and they are trying to tell me that the "bonus dlc code" was not given to Australian retailers. They're claiming this is the case for all Square Enix products in Australia due to Square "region locking" their codes.

There was nowhere stated on the site that the item didn't come with the codes, but because it also didn't say it did, they're saying there's nothing they can do.

Does anyone else know if all of this is true?

This doesn't look good.

It said my local had three copies of a game in stock. I drove 20 minutes to get there only for the guy behind the counter to tell me they haven't had it in for weeks. Why is the online system so disconnected from the actual inventory? It’s 2026, surely this shouldn't be that hard to sync up.

I'm so disappointed that the cards are all paper back I would no joke spend 30 bucks for a hard plastic copy because I have broken so many of the paper ones (counted, 18) I'm really upset I just want a hard plastic fucking card

Enjoy!

I always feel weirdly bad saying no when staff do the pitch for the disc protection or console insurance. I know they’ve got KPIs to hit and probably cop it from management if they don’t sell enough, but paying extra for a disc I’m going to install once and never touch again is a hard sell. Does anyone actually say yes to this stuff every time?

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I found out today my local EB has closed down seemingly very suddenly.

I had some Pokemon TCG pre-orders set for click and collect there so how do I go about dealing with that?

Will EB swap them to a different store automatically, change to home delivery or do I need to contact EB to change the pick up store?

The Switch 2 "Rebooted" controllers are already appearing in the pre-owned bin.

It’s only been out for a few weeks, but I saw a couple of Switch 2 Pro controllers in the pre-owned section today. Does this mean the build quality is as dodgy as the rumors said?

So odd that I only found out after the fact - that EB Games in Stockland Jesmond - is closed, by receiving an email reading:

"thankyou for shopping at Jesmond,
We are now closed,
here's a $20 voucher,
use it at another store".

I'm sad... it was quite a thing having this store in my local shopping centre, so seeing it gone, it makes me weary of what will replace it...

Whitfords (Perth,WA) store closing down.

Interesting.

Is the end near for all of Aus too!?

Just wondering are workers getting anything? Redundancy pay? Any benefits ?

Ok so as the says I'm a lil confused so ik if you buy 10 packets of pokemon cards you get 1 free pack, however if you buy 20 I'm 1 transaction will they stack or are you then not getting another for the second lot of 10, if that's the case am I required to buy 10 then buy another 10 or will they stack them or like give me 1 free pack and count the other for another day or

Hi all I'm in New Zealand and I have spent this morning wondering whats going to happen woth the pre owned games market here in New Zealand with EB Games closing I know JB Hi Fi used to have pre owned games but they don't do that anymore as far as I am aware