Not the Sharpest Tool...

Brad

Shared on Wed, 10/25/2006 - 13:31
** I apologize in advance for double blogging today - but check this out **

First : Are EB Games and Gamestop competitors?  If they are, then why do their web sites look exactly alike?

Here's Gamestop:



And Here's EB Games:



Weird, eh?

The real kicker, though, are the "gamer reviews" at the bottom of both pages.

They are exactly the same!!  Written by the same people and saying the exact same thing.

I ask again - aren't they in competition with each other?

Comments

Gatsu's picture
Submitted by Gatsu on Wed, 10/25/2006 - 13:35
They look alike now because EB is now owned by Gamestop. So they are one in the same essentially.
Mixelpix's picture
Submitted by Mixelpix on Wed, 10/25/2006 - 13:55
Yep, I was going to say the same thing at Gatsu... Something about "Wholey owned subsidiary".
DreadPirate75's picture
Submitted by DreadPirate75 on Wed, 10/25/2006 - 13:59
It is cheaper to subsidize than to change everything from one company name to another. Plus, it gives the illusion of competition enabling a variety of sales techniques and limits the attention from other big businesses.
Brad's picture
Submitted by Brad on Wed, 10/25/2006 - 14:14
Dread - you learned that being a Marine?
Go_Aachmed's picture
Submitted by Go_Aachmed on Wed, 10/25/2006 - 14:16
HEY1 Marines can read books too ya know. :P
CapnHun's picture
Submitted by CapnHun on Wed, 10/25/2006 - 15:40
Actually Marines are given a bad rap. In general I think they are the smartest of the services...I have heard also that they are more able to input in their command structure...superiors trust them more?
A_Burn's picture
Submitted by A_Burn on Thu, 10/26/2006 - 11:58
Game Crazy is their competition

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