50% off Storewide (Excludes Hardware, Digital Content, Currencies, Gift Cards) @ EB Games (Instore & Online, No C&C Until 16/01)

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50% off Storewide (Excludes Hardware, Digital Content, Currencies, Gift Cards) @ EB Games (Instore & Online, No C&C Until 16/01)
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Luser3907 on 14/01/2026 - 19:17 ebgames.co.nz (3551 clicks)
Last edited 15/01/2026 - 12:54 by 2 other users

After careful consideration and consultation, we have made the difficult decision to close all EB Games New Zealand stores by Saturday 31 January 2026.

Our stores and website will be open tomorrow from Thursday 15 January 1PM NZDT with a 50% Off Closing Down Sale.

Click and Collect is currently unavailable, and will be available from Friday 16 January 9AM NZDT.

NO PREORDERS. NO LAYBYS. NO RAINCHECKS. NO HOLDS.
ALL SALES FINAL. NO CHANGE OF MIND.
LIMITED TIME ONLY. DISCOUNT OFF MARKED PRICE, INCLUDES ALE ITEMS. WHILE STOCKS LAST. NOT TO BE COMBINED WITH ANY OTHER OFFER - ALL RETRO SOFTWARE NOW $3.

End of an era bois

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  • Advocate2074 on 14/01/2026 - 19:22
    +1

    Will this be online aswell ?

    • Pinoy Punisher on 14/01/2026 - 19:31
      +3

      On the website it says click and collect not available, available from 16th. I assume website will be online from 1PM tomorrow but for delivery only.

      • mcaekey on 14/01/2026 - 19:38

        I hope so because I am at work then 😭

    • ye on 14/01/2026 - 20:12
      +2

      Just received an email confirming online will be available from tomorrow @ 1PM.

      https://i.imgur.com/5SjiVSl.png

  • quote on 14/01/2026 - 19:22
    +3

    Is xbox360 considered retro?

    • mcaekey on 14/01/2026 - 19:39
      +1

      Yep

  • Advocate2074 on 14/01/2026 - 19:24
    +2

    Okay so you cant buy anything off the website, all items are gone 😮 wow

    • quote on 14/01/2026 - 19:26

      Yeah thats annoying as was gonna look at prices

  • ye on 14/01/2026 - 19:27
    +4

    Damn it's actually happening

  • Dutch-Guy on 14/01/2026 - 19:29
    +2

    It will be chaos tomorrow I imagine, but I'll definitely have a look myself as well.

  • mcaekey on 14/01/2026 - 19:39
    +2

    My wishlist is gone. So I'm a little annoyed at that. Oh well, I'll still check it out tomorrow.

  • baishishun on 14/01/2026 - 19:40
    +4

    1pm tomorrow, not sure what would happen between 8am-1pm….checking stock??

    • Everettpsycho on 14/01/2026 - 20:00
      +1

      With their current stock levels they should be able to do that by 8:30

    • quote on 14/01/2026 - 20:03
      +6

      Probably doubling the price labels on everything;)

    • chemikills on 15/01/2026 - 10:31

      They're gathering up stock they're able to send back to suppliers

  • ye on 14/01/2026 - 19:56
    +2

    Looks like an FAQ just went up: https://www.ebgames.co.nz/eb-games-new-zealand-closure-faqs

    • Everettpsycho on 14/01/2026 - 20:01
      +2

      Interesting that they are goin to start shipping to us from Aus, so another online operation run from over there.

      Q: Can I keep my EB World PLUS membership and use it when it’s possible to ship to NZ via ebgames.com.au when it launches? A: Yes.

  • Jamerlybob on 14/01/2026 - 20:02
    +3

    This could be the next GME! I'm buying calls on EB games right now. This could moon 100%

    • kiwical on 14/01/2026 - 20:14
      +2

      Can someone translate this for me ? :)

      • KiwiHunts4CheapDeals on 14/01/2026 - 20:15

        Google 'meme stock' 😉 at your own risk.

      • dankd on 14/01/2026 - 20:57
        +5

        It's a joke about the GameStop short squeeze, but I'm not sure if the user above knows that EB Games is owned by GameStop.

    • garethbeverland on 15/01/2026 - 08:07
      +1

      give us some of those tendies

  • quote on 14/01/2026 - 20:07
    +1

    If i google borderlands 4 it says its 80ish at ebgames, but if u click on it get an error. I wonder if 80 is the half price or if it was already on sale for 80 and itll be 40.

    • Everettpsycho on 14/01/2026 - 20:11
      +1

      $80 would have been with the 30% off sales that has been on since boxing day. Most games that were over $100 came down to about $80, switch 2 games were mostly $83

      • quote on 14/01/2026 - 20:13

        So if i understand this right, itll now be 40ish? I guess 2mro b4 they open they may put the old price back

        • Everettpsycho on 14/01/2026 - 20:20
          +1

          will be off sticker price, so if it was $80 it's sticker price is probably about $110, so will be some where between $50 and $60 tomorrow.

          • quote on 14/01/2026 - 20:27

            @Everettpsycho: Oh is that what sticker price means? Like "original price" not "the sticker that was on it today" ah ill go anyway

            • Everettpsycho on 14/01/2026 - 20:35

              @quote: Well that's my interpretation of it, it won't be 50% off the 30% off price. They didn't change anything in store with the 20% and 30% sales so figure it will be 50% off the same value those sales were based on.

              • baishishun on 14/01/2026 - 21:06
                +1

                @Everettpsycho: I guess so, correct, they didn't change anything in store when it was 30% sale.

    • KiwiHunts4CheapDeals on 14/01/2026 - 20:13
      +2

      Will be 40. "discount off marked price" as stated.

  • KiwiHunts4CheapDeals on 14/01/2026 - 20:16
    +1

    Received this in my email:
    https://files.cheapies.nz/upload/17693/5904/screenshot_20260…

    @Wakrak might wanna update the title.

    • baishishun on 14/01/2026 - 20:18
      +1

      right, so shop will open 1pm, that will make sense…..was wondering what price would be tomorrow morning..

    • Everettpsycho on 14/01/2026 - 20:22
      +4

      interesting the website will be online at 1pm with 50% off. If they are shipping from stores I wouldn't hold hope you will get your order shipped before someone snaps up your game in store.

  • kiwical on 14/01/2026 - 20:28

    I'm in the middle of nowhere between Hamilton, Auckland, and Tauranga. If you had to choose and you could only go one way, which city would you head to try your luck?
    Any guess which would have more / better stock?
    Auckland has more stores, but maybe also a bigger population base.

    • mcaekey on 14/01/2026 - 21:50
      +4

      Tauranga for sure, less competition for items.

  • Makmak on 14/01/2026 - 20:35
    +1

    I'm assuming this excludes console hardware?

    • Everettpsycho on 14/01/2026 - 20:43
      +2

      It doesn't say it excludes them like they usually do. Imagine they will be snapped up by 1:01 though of they are included.

      • dankd on 15/01/2026 - 01:29
        +5

        They'll probably be bought by employees before the store opens. And fair enough, too, since they're losing their jobs.

    • quote on 14/01/2026 - 20:43
      +1

      Says everything……. so hopefully includes it

    • Flippant on 14/01/2026 - 21:21
      +3

      2nd hand ones should be, but I'd imagine all new console stock will be set aside to send back to the respective suppliers along with first party accessories and anything else the suppliers will take back.

      • mcaekey on 14/01/2026 - 21:55
        +2

        I wonder this too. The only thing I want is a Switch 2. Ah well.

        • Flippant on 14/01/2026 - 22:30
          +3

          If they were going into receivership then I'd say yes they'd probably have them, but because they're voluntarily closing the doors then that means they'd have had time to work with their NZ and Aus suppliers to minimize their losses.

          I could be completely wrong of course and the store floors tomorrow might be an ocean of new Switch consoles for $350 each and PS5's for $400 and all the latest games for half price, but I highly doubt it.

          I imagine staff will be snapping up most of the good deals anyway.

    • Brodeany on 15/01/2026 - 06:54
      +3

      Looks like there won't be any consoles as they're sending all the new stock back.

      https://www.reddit.com/r/auckland/comments/1qclrir/eb_games_…

    • Signit63 on 15/01/2026 - 09:29
      +1

      I saw a comment on Reddit from an employee saying consoles are being sent to head office.

    • quote on 15/01/2026 - 10:56
      +1

      Someone pointed out they have changed the website to now say it excludes hardware, so sadly no

    • boldbilly on 15/01/2026 - 11:49

      Correct. Home page (now) says: "Excluding Hardware, Digital Content & Currencies, Giftcards"

  • Wakrak on 14/01/2026 - 20:44
    +2

    Might be able to pricematch elsewhere too (Logitech, board games etc)

    • Dutch-Guy on 14/01/2026 - 20:46

      Yeah, I'm hoping to price match some games at The Warehouse.

    • ace310 on 14/01/2026 - 20:57
      +9

      Clearance price so could be tricky.

  • jinxnz on 14/01/2026 - 22:23
    +1

    What is everyone trying to get tomorrow if they can get to an EBGames at 1pm?

    • mcaekey on 14/01/2026 - 22:27
      +2

      Switch 2. And some Switch games.

      • Signit63 on 15/01/2026 - 09:30
        +1

        New Consoles wont be there

    • quote on 14/01/2026 - 22:28

      Borderlands 4 and see what xbox360 games they have

      • Flippant on 14/01/2026 - 23:42
        +3

        wow, judging by the downvotes there're a few people here who don't like lightsabers

        • The Hound on 15/01/2026 - 09:27

          trial by combat?

      • Wakrak on 15/01/2026 - 08:42

        Kinda hilarious how many downvotes this is getting. Screw your free will to do what you please with your money lol

        • bigcheese on 15/01/2026 - 09:10

          Do you think it's the idea of reselling or the lightsaber that's triggering?

          • Kiwi on 15/01/2026 - 09:15

            @bigcheese: Star Wars has been pretty divisive lately, couldn't be anything but that.

        • y2k on 15/01/2026 - 09:31
          +13

          Probably because a lot of people see Cheapies as a platform to help others find good deals, while buying everything to sell at a higher price is the opposite of that lol.

        • Flippant on 15/01/2026 - 12:00

          @Wakrak To be fair communism does have its advantages over capitalism, I can't think of any right now but I'm sure they're there.

      • moxpearl on 15/01/2026 - 07:12
        +4

        Gross

  • saxasianguy on 14/01/2026 - 22:35

    Anyone got any Hitman games (disc) for me on Xbox Series X? Haven't been able to find much if any

  • BlackLab on 14/01/2026 - 23:37
    +1

    I was in one of their stores today and thought it looked quite bare.

    Lots of stock already gone compared to pre-xmas.

    I was looking for the Roblox gift cards but couldn't find the gift card display anywhere in the shop.

    • Dan Baker on 15/01/2026 - 18:21

      Gift cards excluded

      • BlackLab on 15/01/2026 - 19:46

        I was looking pre-closing down sale and they had already removed them. I'm not surprised they were excluded.

  • moxpearl on 15/01/2026 - 07:11
    +3

    I thought the more interesting thing is how they are going to open the AU site to NZ.

    They have some stunning deals in aussie very often.

    • Everettpsycho on 15/01/2026 - 07:51
      +3

      The SD express card deals recently looked bloody good on ozbargain.

      Considering how much they used to sting for postage from NZ based stores though I'm not that optimistic about their pricing from aus.

      • mcaekey on 15/01/2026 - 08:03

        They fixed that towards the end, last time was $3.90 for shipping which I thought was reasonable.

    • Signit63 on 15/01/2026 - 09:31

      Shipping from NZ stores already costs a tonne from them

  • bigthebrother on 15/01/2026 - 08:15

    I do feel bad for the staff but it is bad management decisions over a long period of time. Yes transitioning to digital games could've been one of the factors but every business has had to deal with big changes like covid, tech shifts, AI and so on. Adapting is part of running a business. It is sad and frustrating that we are losing EB games from NZ. But it didn't come out of nowhere

  • Falvation on 15/01/2026 - 08:32
    +1

    I heard from an inside source that consoles will be getting sent back to HQ and resold so won't be available to the general public. Maybe the preowned ones will be available though?

    • coffeee on 15/01/2026 - 09:15
      +1

      Yea no way they going to be discounted, they will be sent back to aus.

  • Matrixx on 15/01/2026 - 09:33

    Anyone made it to the store, please advise some deals?

    • Lieutenantdave on 15/01/2026 - 09:38
      +4

      Did you read the post?

      "Our stores and website will be open tomorrow from Thursday 15 January 1PM NZDT with a 50% Off Closing Down Sale."

      • Jizah on 15/01/2026 - 09:45
        +2

        You have way more patience than I do.

      • Matrixx on 15/01/2026 - 09:49

        oh i thought the stores will be opening at 9AM usual time. thanks for clarifying.

    • coffeee on 15/01/2026 - 10:36

      The one at sylvia park opens at 1pm

    • moxpearl on 15/01/2026 - 10:52

      It's online at the same time.

  • coffeee on 15/01/2026 - 10:40
    +15

    I went to the slyvia park one, closed till 1pm, there is a queue right now.
    The store is quite bare, i dont see consoles,
    Sony games are so few,
    Mosty plastic toys remain and stuff they wont take to headoffice.

    https://ibb.co/2747TkxM
    https://ibb.co/9kJYRmXP
    https://ibb.co/ksZ894cP
    https://ibb.co/KM2cKY0
    https://ibb.co/rGJsFPfN

    • fatboyj on 15/01/2026 - 10:46

      Thx for sharing the pics. The stores gonna be packed they're pokey little places could be like rush hour in Shinjuku.

    • Spright on 15/01/2026 - 11:15
      +1

      Thanks for the pics. I dont want to go if theres only pokemon plushies left. It helped inform my decision.

    • boldbilly on 15/01/2026 - 11:53

      Wow, so anything of value is gone. Not worth the effort imho.

      • dankd on 15/01/2026 - 13:54

        I went to the site at 12:55 and they had all the stock online. Got a bunch of Switch 2 games for delivery.

  • Coolbro on 15/01/2026 - 10:49
    +2

    The homepage has been updated now to note that it excludes hardware

  • ObeyWilliam on 15/01/2026 - 10:52

    I feel like the stock that's left and not returned to suppliers and/or sent to Aus would be horrible, just junky stuff.

  • Griffo on 15/01/2026 - 11:19
    +2

    All I want is board games! I doubt there will be many left as stock has been dwindling for a while now.

  • Rubberducky322 on 15/01/2026 - 11:41
    +7

    Confirmed from Auckland store

    No trading cards
    No consoles
    No hardware
    No new games

    Only merch and pre owned games

    https://imgur.com/a/WDmE7Qx

    • gske on 15/01/2026 - 11:42
      +1

      thx for the headsup

    • jinxnz on 15/01/2026 - 12:38

      I'm outside Westgate store now. The line has gone around the block

      I'm turning back

    • jinxnz on 15/01/2026 - 13:13

      Now at Albany. The line is about as long as Westgate

  • VirtualRealityRental on 15/01/2026 - 11:45
    +1

    I can confirm Riccarton in Christchurch have no consoles, they were all sent back to the supplier. There were just a very small number of controllers there, but otherwise mostly it was merch, plush toys and such, I assume pre-owned games too.

  • Makmak on 15/01/2026 - 11:52
    +2

    It's beginning to sound like it's not worth the hassle.

    I mean, unless you're REALLY after some (shudder) Pop figure or a pair of novelty Rick & Morty socks.

    Although, 10 points for Gryffindor for whomever goes up to the counter and says, "You there, young man, how much for the shirt you're wearing?"

  • F armer on 15/01/2026 - 12:32
    +1

    Saw on a fb post where someone uploaded a photo saying only pre owned games and loot are for sale.

  • sPacedman on 15/01/2026 - 12:42
    +3

    Line outside Wellington Cuba St store is halfway around the block @ 12:40!

    • KiwiHunts4CheapDeals on 15/01/2026 - 12:44
      +2

      Lmao in this weather? I hope they get what they wanted.

  • Ionas on 15/01/2026 - 12:48
    +1

    Do not bother with Newmarket Auckland, think there are like 2000 people

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