Don't shop at EB. it's as simple as that.
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Don't shop at EB. it's as simple as that.
reptilescorpio
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Infamous Second Son was AUD$55 on release day at Dick Smith.
No one shops at EB unless they have an insane clearance deal (like the Vita stuff).
I find it really weird that game specialists like EB have survived given how much they charge compared to everyone else.
reptilescorpio
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New releases are generally AUD$69 or AUD$79 at a few outlets on release day.
EB generally exist solely on stupid people and pre-owned games.
On Infamous -
Game was alright. Played evil. The ending was super poop. Kinda like the developers resented me for playing their binary morale choice game contrary to how most will. Not that the ending wasn't 'evil' enough, it just wasn't very satisfying? Also multiple times characters said to me, "you've killed dozens of innocents!" Like, what? Dozens? I killed half a thousand of them.
I dunno. The game was serviceable as an open world fodder game. Was no Sleeping Dogs, but then again, what is?
Game was alright. Played evil. The ending was super poop. Kinda like the developers resented me for playing their binary morale choice game contrary to how most will. Not that the ending wasn't 'evil' enough, it just wasn't very satisfying? Also multiple times characters said to me, "you've killed dozens of innocents!" Like, what? Dozens? I killed half a thousand of them.
I dunno. The game was serviceable as an open world fodder game. Was no Sleeping Dogs, but then again, what is?
reptilescorpio
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Sleeping Dogs.
Also those NPC's wouldn't know the entire reign of terror you have had over the town since you didn't leave any survivors!
95% of people who shop at EB don't even know you can buy games at Dick Smith and other places that have it cheap.
I've seen so many people walk in and grab a $99 game, not price match and then so easily get talked in to a guide or art book and 12 months of XBLive.
painfully so!
cute.
It's especially annoying in Rundle Mall when the two shops that are on either side of the EB regularly sell games for < $80 new.
See thats just weird to me given all the flyers from big w, jb hifi and everyone else always selling games. I'd think most people would not even know EBgames exists.
reptilescorpio
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Shoulda jumped on that $175 3DSXL deal at Good Guys! Or the $103 2DS deal, if I played more 3DS games I probably would have jumped on that (only played about 2 hours of Animal Crossing so far).
Bulbagarden
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EB Games are the Rugs a Million of the Australian video game market.
Hitler did well!
Lucian Cat
Kissed a mod for a tag; liked it
MGS GZ is well-worth the purchase so far as a hardcore MGS fan. The gameplay and atmosphere is just incredible. Especially when you turn all the crap off.
Feel like it's missing something though.. even for a 1-hour demo. The MGS2 demo was probably more ground-breaking than this.
That said after playing this I'm pretty sure The Phantom Pain is going be the best stealth game of the generation.
Feel like it's missing something though.. even for a 1-hour demo. The MGS2 demo was probably more ground-breaking than this.
That said after playing this I'm pretty sure The Phantom Pain is going be the best stealth game of the generation.
That sounds awesome. Wish I knew about it
Bummer. Gotta keep up with the scene Lucian!
Well you're a die-hard Nintendo fan do you must be in the 90s
Except for the hard trance part that sounds pretty sweet. Make it some good dance music and I would be jealous. Of course, being the 40 year old geezer at a dance event is a pretty uncomfortable feeling lol
LOL, flashbacks.
Good lord, it's like a time machine.
Planet_JASE
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You've got it wrong, Dead Man; rave culture exists in a time bubble. It looks like that now, as it always has, and always will.
LOL, God, I hope not. Last rave I went to was probably 10 years ago and that sort of stuff already looked dated. I assumed they had moved on. Then again, it had been pretty consistently ridiculous for the decade or so that I was into raves. I was more into the drum n bass secene though, less of the silliness, more of the 'i'm a serious music and drug head, don't bother me' crowd. So pretentious.
Was always worth a giggle though.
Planet_JASE
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Yes, but 20 years ago it looked futuristic. Right now it's in its hippy-retro-chic-passe phase and in another 10 years it will be hip again*.
*It will never be hip. Rave dress and culture seems to survive off of hand-me-down sensibilities and culture that never alters. That fluffy pimp hat you bought because you watched WCW in the 90s and liked Buff Bagwell? Good news; you can still use it when you go to a rave! And remember those capoeira pants you bought 15 years ago when you kinda though about doing a martial art? Don't chuck 'em, 'cause you've now got a use for them, buddy!! All you need do is buy yourself a tatty waistcoast from a Lifeline and you've got yourself a permanent rave outfit. For ever. And ever.
Until you drugsweat through it, that is.
*It will never be hip. Rave dress and culture seems to survive off of hand-me-down sensibilities and culture that never alters. That fluffy pimp hat you bought because you watched WCW in the 90s and liked Buff Bagwell? Good news; you can still use it when you go to a rave! And remember those capoeira pants you bought 15 years ago when you kinda though about doing a martial art? Don't chuck 'em, 'cause you've now got a use for them, buddy!! All you need do is buy yourself a tatty waistcoast from a Lifeline and you've got yourself a permanent rave outfit. For ever. And ever.
Until you drugsweat through it, that is.
Lucian Cat
Kissed a mod for a tag; liked it
We need pics
bodyboarder
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Anyone in the market for a nintendo 2ds? As new!
reptilescorpio
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I'm in the maroon
LAZY!
Lucian Cat
Kissed a mod for a tag; liked it
I'm in the maroon
Not even dressed up. Colour me disapponted
It's so ridiculous, it's like there's JB Hi-Fi on one side and Shin Tokyo on the other all selling games at a (usually) cheaper price and you still see lines and lines at EB games.
reptilescorpio
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Adelaidians are racist?
Ruthless_Barbarian
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BananaArnie
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how bout i colour you maroon
Ruthless_Barbarian
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Why are you wearing a skirt Jambo?
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