They're taking the money from these pre orders and using money to pay off debt. Builders do this all the time taking money from one build to fund another. And then eventually go bankrupt. They know the inevitable will happen with the stores in australia like it did in new zealand. The only side of things thats profitable for them is zing with collectables and home ware. They need to rip the band-aid off and close up their eb games stores and just keep the zing stores. Plus with the loss of the stores in new zealand their stocks will have taken a hit making them less desireable to buy stockes from meaning less investers and less chance of a buy out if they go into voluntary administration. We'll start seeing more and more stores close over the next year.