For all you EB/GS haters out there...

[FantasiaWHT]

http://www.gamefaqs.com/poll/index.html?poll=2594

Good to know that your blind rage against the machine doesn't amount to much.

Ahhhh I'll sleep better tonight

[slip81]

What is the point of this thread? To tell people that don't like a certain company for whatever reason to shove it and tell them that their opinion doesn't matter?

If I came out against the Xbox 360 would you try to prove to me that it was the best system by showing me some internet poll that holds no real statistical value?

[Neil Koch]

I'm neutral on the whole EB/Gamestop debate, but using a poll from GameFAQs as proof of anything is laughable.

[Half Japanese]

So what does this tell you, other than the most laughable 'internet community' on the internet today likes to overpay for their games? I'll still buy from them occasionally, but I don't feel the need to throw it in anyone's face when I shop somewhere else. Maybe next time I buy a game I should stop by EB afterwards, throw the Guitar Hero controller at the manager's head and yell "GUESS WHERE I JUST BOUGHT THIS GAME MUTHAFUKKA!!!!"

[kainemaxwell]

Using a GameFAQs poll as proof of something is as worthless as their forums.

[FantasiaWHT]

I loooooooooove it hehehe. Just what I thought

[MegaDrive20XX]

Doesn't surprise me, since GAMEFAQS is overruned by underaged kids, who worship Final Fantasy 7. So going to EBGames or GameStop is easier for them, because their mommy's and daddy's don't wanna drive all the way to GameCrazy or a decent store with lower prices.

GameStop/EBGames? The Wal-mart of the VG Industry pretty much, they are everywhere and always in the way of another good retail business.

[n.ooka]

I can't believe you just linked a GameFAQ poll.

It's like...Fox News.

[Wolfrider31]

I don't have any moral objection to EB/Games (are they chains or franchises?) with the exception of the ignorance of some(all) the employees I've ever encountered. I prefer to have an actual conversation with someone who knows what he/she is talking about as opposed to someone who likes to pretend. I remember quite a few times where I've had to correct an EB Games employee who, perhaps intentionally, was misinforming a customer. The best example was 2-3 years ago when an EB Games employee told a woman who was looking for a GameCube that Nintendo would stop making them in 6 months or so and to instead by a (more expensive) Xbox.

Oi.

[Push Upstairs]

I don't have a problem with EB/Gamestop....

but linking to a GameFAQS poll makes baby jesus cry.

[slip81]

I loooooooooove it hehehe. Just what I thought

yeah you had me. I realized slightly after that you probably weren't being serious.

I gotta stop posting responses right after I wake up.

[mills]

Sweet lord are you kidding, gamefaqs forum trolls are probably the most immature bunch of goons on the internet!

[mailman187666]

I make a lot of my purchases for new games at EB/Gamestop. I normally have no problems with them, but every once in a while you'll see people hired there that know nothing of games (one guy asked me how to insert a DS game into the case). Every now and again I'll buy used games there that are beyond repair also. Every now and again I'll even get the wrong game inside the case of a used game as well. The worst is when they lie to you, thinking you've done no research on your purchase or videogames in general, and try to get more money out of you. Other then that, those stores are not that bad.

[AlphaNerd01]

I work at GameStop, and my only complaint about the store is that they'll hire anyone. I know a lot about games, and I make the same amount (now that I'm only part-time) as the kids who "aren't buying the W-I-I console because it's goofy-*ss system." (That's a direct quote from a fellow employee.... *sigh*)

The reason I don't agree with the, "They're the Wal-Mart of the game retail market," is because they over-charge for a lot of games. Wal-Mart has the cheapest prices on a lot of their stuff. My opinion is that it's better to pay the extra 3 dollars (if there is no GameCrazy nearby) in order to support a retailer that is heavily involved in the selling of all games, both new and old. I make the same argument about smaller hardware stores.

No, but seriously, GS/EBG sucks, but it's the lesser of two evils. If you have a GameCrazy nearby (I don't), try shopping there. But I think getting your games at GS/EBG will have a bigger effect on the industry (because they're more involved) than getting your games at a Target or Wal-Mart, or even a Circuit City or Best Buy. What do you guys think?

[Richter Belmount]

Everyone knows you just go to gamefaqs.com to troll on there , its the 2nd best thing to owning children at halo 2 on live.

[-SuperYoshi-]

Enjoy your opened games being sold as new.

[Wolfrider31]

Everyone knows you just go to gamefaqs.com to troll on there , its the 2nd best thing to owning children at halo 2 on live.

LoL. I so didn't notice anything after "owning children". Are they imported?

[sabre2922]

Gamefaqs boards - the HORROR the HORROR

forums like Gamefaqs are populated by nongamers,kids, casuals-for lack of a better word and basically ppl that have next to NO knowledge of videogames AT ALL.

Gamefaqs= the ANTI-DIGITALPRESS

[Jimmy Yakapucci]

I remember back in the pre-merger days, our local Babbage's had a really knowledgeable manager. My step-son would usually buy a game a week and would talk to the manager about what was good/bad. The manager would even let him take a game home to try it out since he worked right across the street. Another time while making a purchase, the manager asked him if he had the current issue of a certain game mag. When he replied that he didn't, the manager threw one in the bag. Obviously, this manager was quickly replaced with a know-nothing. My step-son made the grave mistake of looking in a magazine (not bagged) without buying it and got yelled at by the new guy. He only wanted to check out a review to see if he should buy the new game. He has never bought anything there since. What a way to loose a very loyal customer.

[Ed Oscuro]

I loooooooooove it hehehe. Just what I thought

Quit trolling, please