I'll start out by saying that I personally hate the Game store franchise. Their games are always more expensive than everywhere else - even Myers at times. It's the only game store at my local shopping centre so I pop in there from time to time to see what they're selling - though if I had to buy a game I'd rather drive 20km to EB and buy from them instead. An example was MGS4. Their price was $120 brand new or $115 second hand. Today I asked them if they had The Witcher or Bioshock for the PC. Their response was: The Witcher is extremely rare to find and Bioshock has been out of print for ages if you can find a copy of either you should get them straight away. Needless to say they didnt have it. I'm constantly surprised to see that their store is still open, it's always empty. On the flip side, EB is packed. They offer you the chance to swap your game for something else if you dont like it within 7 days. Game can't match that deal. I was at EB a week ago and they had four copies of Bioshock for the PC and two copies of the Witcher - so they can't be that rare. The only people I see doing deals with Game are those that have had shady dealings with EB in the past and refuse to shop there - so they're happy to pay extra at Game.
Any other Aussies that see the same thing where you live?
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