Only thing I could see them dropping is used game sales. Then again, I have no idea how well they do with that.
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Canadian Gaming Deals and Discussion Thread 5: Much Ado Aboot Shipping
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CuthbertAllgoodz
Member
If it happens I hope that they would at least keep selling them online. They do that with a lot of stuff.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
I wonder how much of their game sales is from the E3 thing and how much they sell otherwise.
Did they even do many midnight launch things this year?
Did they even do many midnight launch things this year?
nobodyshero
Banned
I feel like they did as many as most other places. Destiny, CoD. EB did Smash & amiibo, but I don't think anyone else did.
Online sales have put a huge dent in midnight openings, I'm sure. Only the biggest games would be worth it.
Which reminds me, anyone know if EB is doing a midnight opening for n3DS/Monster Hunter/Majora?
firehawk12
Subete no aware
That's what subscriptions are for at least!
Oh they did Destiny and CoD? Crazy, although I guess it makes sense. It just seems like their shelves are usually full of the new games, because, well... who is going to pay 80 bucks for a game these days?
CuthbertAllgoodz
Member
I don't think that it would change much for the regulars. However, newcomers might not spot the topic as easily.
nobodyshero
Banned
I have zero beef with the thread moving to community. It should be there. If Giant Bomb can manage the change, we can too.
AzureSkies
Member
Most of the threads that I pay attention to are in Community.
It's what subscriptions are for.
It's what subscriptions are for.
I wonder how much bigger that number would be if I started doing that sooner.
My GAF bookmark is my subscription page.
AzureSkies
Member
I wonder how much bigger that number would be if I started doing that sooner.
My GAF bookmark is my subscription page.
Holy shit.
I'm only subscribed to 22, but then again one of them is PentaGod.
Yeah, but people actually don't use the highlighting consistently, so that's kind of a non-solution. I used to be fine with Amiibo hunting here because it is relevant to the thread, but right now it's actively making it harder to parse for deals.
Furthermore, the idea that it isn't necessary because there's a dedicated Amiibo discussion thread already doesn't make sense; there's clearly active interest in focused, Canadian Amiibo hunting discussion, and that's enough to warrant it's own thread if it's being detrimental to this thread (which IMO, it is, since the highlighting isn't being used consistently, and is in itself a compromise for discussion that could have it's own thread).
grosvenor_92
Member
I could see them getting out of PC games since that section of the store has gotten pretty small. I still hope they would continue to sell them online though
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Yeah, you can automatically sub to every thread you post in. I have 6000 subs. lol
shadow2810
Member
If it's true then I'm fucked. My city only has one FS, no BB, and I don't want to go near my local EB lol
ultracal31
You don't get to bring friends.
I wonder how much bigger that number would be if I started doing that sooner.
My GAF bookmark is my subscription page.
Whoooooa
I only got 3 so far
Oh man I hope that's not true because if it is then we are well and truly screwed. If Futureshop stops selling games that means Best buy would stop as well since they are for all intents and purposes the same.
That would just leave us with what? Eb games who overcharge for a ton of stuff, Toys r us which has much less selection and Wal mart for physical stores you can go to pick things up
Not to mention losing the primary driving force behind the e3 sales which at this point are one of the only things keeping me going on the ability to afford newer games.
Lone_Prodigy
Member
Moving Amiibo talk would kill this thread faster than retail stores.
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Thread should be split into Shipping/Amiibo Whinning and an actual deals thread. Leave the deals thread in gaming and move the whining thread.
basically
thread 1 amiibo talk, tons of activity
thread 2 exclusively gaming deals, ghost town
this is unofficial canada gaf and that's gonna be no more if amiibo talk is removed.
people who are complaining, has the amiibo talk actually caused you to miss a deal? i kinda doubt it.
I still think the best solution is to keep everything together and somebody just posts a recap of all the current deals occasionally
nobodyshero
Banned
Yuuuuuup
All of you saying to get rid of Amiibo talk are acting like finding the deals is hard or something.
What do you not have Game Deals Canada on your facebook and twitter feeds? I mean frick that's pretty much the only reason I even use twitter.
I also check Red flag deals under the video game category every day at least once. And then the Cheep ass gaming Canada sub form just to make sure I didn't miss anything.
And even just going by this thread by itself it's never so fast moving that I can't keep up. Having to scroll through a handful of pages tops per day isn't a big deal
What do you not have Game Deals Canada on your facebook and twitter feeds? I mean frick that's pretty much the only reason I even use twitter.
I also check Red flag deals under the video game category every day at least once. And then the Cheep ass gaming Canada sub form just to make sure I didn't miss anything.
And even just going by this thread by itself it's never so fast moving that I can't keep up. Having to scroll through a handful of pages tops per day isn't a big deal
NuffDREW4two
Member
I think Future Shop/Best Buy would sooner go online only and close up most if not all physical shops. After gutting all senior staff the other year, there's not much more to get rid of other than the stores themselves.
phoenix296
Member
Create a new thread anytime you want to reply to one. That's the new trend, get with the times!
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
So you're telling me that we have come this far in so many years because Amiibo?
Ghost town my ass. Let me help you all:
http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=983273&page=100000
BigJonsson
Member
I don't see how FS/BB could get out of gaming, the stores would look empty
Nah. We're talking three aisles.
ultracal31
You don't get to bring friends.
'How can we improve the current business model?'
"...get rid of the video games?"
'....Johnson that's genius'
No, he's saying that if you cut out everything but deals (which in essence is what people are saying when they want no Amiibo/shipping/what people ordered during a sale talk) then this thread would be dead. There has been plenty of non-deals talk in this thread forever. Just look at the beginning of this thread:
My order updates for Last Guardian and Mirror's Edge 2 are going directly to Junk Mail now... Even my email doesn't believe
Thread title credit to Grimsen which everyone seemed to vote for over the others!
It's not until the 7th reply that there's anything relating to a deal of any sort and that's lupinko looking for one.
Hell, just look at your other 4 posts in this thread and tell me which should've been posted going by the "no off topic" rule that so many want.
Yeah, one. Thanks for the contribution.
More likely that future shop will get out of the business of being future shop.
The the cold hard truth of the matter is with our dollar in the toilet and sinking even more fast the deals are way fewer and father between then they used to be in past years.
So take away the Amiibo and we'll have very little to talk about until June once the e3 sales arrive. Assuming we still have Future shop/Best buy around anyhow.
In related discussion is anyone else cutting back since everything is going up in price? I canceled my preorder for Majora's mask which reduces my game purchases for the month to zero
Maximus.
Member
You're taking it to an extreme. No one is saying don't discuss what you bought from said deals, rather conversations that are not related to deals is peeving off a number of people who use this thread. For me, the biggest complaint I have is when shipping-gaf comes into play. The amiibo talk hasn't been too bad for me, but I understand where people are coming from requesting that be moved outside of this thread, unless its related to a deal or a shipment or tweet about preordering.
I understand that after 5 OT's there is a community here that talks beyond just the topic at hand, but it has recently gotten to the point where the thread is getting constantly bumped with very little talk of deals (yes shitty dollar and all).
Gonzo The Great
Banned
You people have convinced yourselves that this thread has to be active for some reason. I don't see any harm in making a separate thread for amiibo related discussion, but I don't care either way.
But the Amiibo talk has been about deals (when they go up, what's going on with Rosalina, etc).
Some hate shipping talk. Some hate Amiibo talk. Some hate lists of what people ordered. Where's the line?
It's a moot point anyway since Stump said he'd come in here and handle it one way or the other.
BigJonsson
Member
It's ok
Evolve and The Order are out in a few weeks
We will all be wondering what Amazon will do with the premium edition price error
Evolve and The Order are out in a few weeks
We will all be wondering what Amazon will do with the premium edition price error
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Let's just agree that the people will post deals in the Amiibo thread and then just have two deal threads. lol
