I've bought about 2 games in stores over 4 years of being in Australia. They're ridiculously overpriced compared to Europe, []
I've bought about 2 games in stores over 4 years of being in Australia. They're ridiculously overpriced compared to Europe, The US or Asia. Paying an extra $40-50 for a new game for no reason at all (even on digital games) is sick and as said above, Game were a victim of their own business model. A lot of Australian retailers are and will go the same way because they're too rigid in their business model and unwilling to bend to the demands of the new generation of consumers and internet shopping (Australia is still about 10 years behind Europe and the US when it comes to internet shopping. Many major stores have a pdf of their sales catalogue on their website and that's it).
As it is, I'll continue to import my games from the UK as it's stupidly cheaper to import it from the other side of the world than it is to buy here. As was also said above, second hand games were also stupidly overpriced. Sometimes I'd see a game a few months old dropped in price and then the second hand games would actually be priced higher than a new copy.
EB games will be next
