Comments on: Rumour: Is EB Refusing To Stock The PSPgo?

By: Ella

Ella — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:15:52 +0000

i just found out about psp go about 10 minutes ago, at first i was crazy for it, but then, after a few minutes of rummaging through sites, i realised that you can’t buy packaged games for it. This sucks. Sure it has quite a bit of memory. But that’s only so you can have games, music etc. on it. In my opinion, it’s not worth it, i’ll definnatly be getting a psp 3000 than wasting my money on this, sure it’s a pretty good product, but it’s not my way of gaming, and im sure others will agree.

By: millie

millie — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:22:50 +0000

EB won’t stock the PSPgo because it’s contradicting everything that they stand for. EB sells GAMES, and consoles, yes, but by promoted digital downloads it’s taking away the money EB makes from people buying PSP games. Plus the amount EB would make from each PSP sold would be next to nothing so it’s useless for them to stock it.

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:12:59 +0000

Marked up? What bullshit! Eb games sell all of their new releases at RRP, and everyone else marks down

By: ThePhantom

ThePhantom — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:05:31 +0000

What the staff say and what is actually happening are too VERY different things.

GAME are stocking the Go. Emails were circulated a few days ago internally confirming it. One more thing we do better than EB.

By: Piper

Piper — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:21:59 +0000

Might be doing it on a state or region basis, but I know that the three closest stores to me aren’t getting any, since I know staff from all three.

They’re all giving me the same story – they don’t want to sell the PSPgo because of the lack of profit margins in the console itself, and the fact that there are no games to sell.

By: bigkid

bigkid — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:44:10 +0000

EB price match with no question asked? You’ve gotta be dreaming. IN 2008, Dick Smith was selling EXIT 2 (PSP UMD game) for $5, and EB refused to price match. In the end, I went to Dick Smith in the Eastern Suburb to get one for the advetised price, which is $5.

By: Hekgne

Hekgne — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:21:26 +0000

Why does anyone use EB anymore? I got sick of new releases being sold out in the first week but ‘hey you can buy a second hand copy for $120′. Now I just take the 2 min walk to Target/Big W/any store that doesn’t sell secondhand games and buy a new copy for 20-30% less. Funny how those stores always order enough copies to cover demand.

By: Reece

Reece — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:53:53 +0000

EB’s own business model has been waging war on software makers and distributors for years and is the main driving force behind the move to online distibution.

They are just high rent pawnbrokers. The sooner they are made redundant, the better it will be for software developers and consumers alike.

By: Claian

Claian — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:08:26 +0000

And how exactly can you guarantee that GAME aren’t stocking it.

I know for a fact that my local has a few ordered and are certainly getting them in.
Call any store and they will tell you the same.

Hell, check the dam website. game.com.au its in the list of ads at the top of the page.

By: Piper

Piper — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:12:59 +0000

Just for the record, I can guarantee that GAME stores won’t be stocking the PSPgo either.