GameStop Buys Out Electronic Boutique

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I'm still playing around with the layout, so don't be surprised if the look changes around a bit. Anyway, on to to day's topic. As you may have heard, GameStop Corp. has acquired the gaming store chain, Electronic Boutique, which is also one of their main competitors. Now, let's examine the oddities of this transaction.

• Electronic Boutique is a large supplier of Electronic Gaming Monthly, a competitor to GameStop's Game Informer. Seeing as how this is a GameStop purchase, I'd say Game Informer will be fine, while EGM's future at the store is still up in the air.

• This means little to no competition on the used/trade-in gaming market for GameStop. Does this mean that the customer will get the shaft since they don't have to worry about losing their following? Time will tell.

• Because of reason one, this is a major thorn in the ass of media distributer Ziff Davis. This isn't really an oddity, but I felt it merited a mention.

With that in mind, one this is abundantly clear: GameStop > EB Games. Eat capitalism, bitch.