| Eletronics Boutique Australia Pty Ltd | |
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| Type | Private |
| Founded | 27th February 1997[1] |
| Headquarters | 59 Bancroft Rd Pinkenba, Queensland, AUS |
| Key people | Steve Wilson (Managing Director) |
| Industry | Electronics Stores |
| Employees | 5000+ |
| Website | EB Games Australia EB Games New Zealand |
EB Games Australia headquartered in Pinkenba, Queensland (a suburb of Brisbane), is Australia's largest video game retailer. The term privately held company refers to ownership of a business company in two different ways first referring to ownership by non-governmental organizations and second Pinkenba is the name of a suburb in eastern Brisbane on the northern side of the Brisbane River For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Pinkenba is the name of a suburb in eastern Brisbane on the northern side of the Brisbane River Brisbane ( is the state capital of Queensland. Brisbane is the third most populous city in Australia and the most populous city of Queensland A video game is a Game that involves interaction with a User interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. The company operates over 200[2] stores across Australia's seven states and territories and 30[3] more stores in New Zealand. New Zealand is an Island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses (the North Island and the South Island EB Games Australia is part of the GameStop Corporation. GameStop Corporation ( is the world's largest Video game and entertainment software retailer
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History
The first Australian store was opened on July 5, 1997 in Westfield Shoppingtown Miranda, New South Wales. Miranda is a Suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
The 100 series stores all had the same layouts and finishes respective to store sizes. The 200 series stores have a similar finish on fixtures and counters but is a slightly darker blue. These stores all carried the EB Games logo on the front counters.
In 2003, Electronics Boutique officially started trading as EB Games to stop confusion with the idea they were an electronics store.
Core business
EB Games' main business is based on selling, trading and reselling of computer and new and second hand video games and game consoles and accessories.
They currently stock PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS Lite, Wii and PlayStation Portable consoles and games. The Xbox 360 is the second Video game console produced by Microsoft, and was developed in cooperation with IBM, ATI, and SiS. The PlayStation Portable (officially abbreviated PSP) is a Handheld game console manufactured and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment.
Preorders
EB Games Australia requires that you pay $10 AUD minimum deposit on all preorders and usually have special offers or discounts offered to you when you preorder. Special offers include:
- Trade in a certain amount of games to get a discount or get the preordered game free (The discount can be higher when you trade a game that has only been released)
- Get a discount on a strategy guide that goes with the preordered game
Preowned
EB's preowned section covers the above consoles and games but also incorporates their predecessors and other consoles such as
Game Boy Advance, Nintendo 64, Nintendo DS, Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation and Xbox. The Game Boy Advance (often shortened to GBA) is a 32-bit handheld video game console developed manufactured and marketed by Nintendo. The, often abbreviated as N64, is Nintendo 's third home Video game console for the international market The is a dual-screen Handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo. The, often abbreviated as GCN, is Nintendo 's fourth home Video game console and is part of the sixth generation console era. The PlayStation (abbreviated PS, PSone, PS1, or informally as PSX) is a 32-bit fifth generation Video game console The Xbox is a sixth-generation Video game console produced by Microsoft Corporation.
Whilst this generation and last generations consoles are still carried in every store, only a few stores referred to as mini-guns, carry the older generation consoles and games.
POS Updates and the new Gift Card system
Recently there have been several updates to the POS GUI surrounding the launch of the new gift cards which no longer rely on manual authorization.
Websites and stock tracking
The EB Games Australia and EB Games New Zealand both offer a complete catalogue of games coming soon, new release games, games currently available, preowned games currently available and accessories currently stocked. Typing in your postcode will show the stores with that item in stock as of 9am EST.
References
- ^ ASIC Database search for ABN 50-077-681-442 http://www.search.asic.gov.au/cgi-bin/gns030c?acn=077681442&juris=9&hdtext=ACN&srchsrc=1
- ^ About Us section Australian Website http://www.ebgames.com.au/home/about.cfm
- ^ About Us section New Zealand Website http://www.ebgames.co.nz/home/about.cfm
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