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[CrunchinJelly]

Anyone know if the 20% off top 10 chart games in-store at Tesco is still on?

To quote myself, yes this offer is still on. 20% off top 10 chart games when you spend £50 or more in-store, which isn't hard at this time of year.

Rayman and Sonic end up being £17, there are probably a few other cheap games but I was getting bashed out of the way in the Christmas frenzy.

 

[NHale]

More deals just before Christmas.

RAGE Anarchy Edition (PS3/X360) - £9.98 @ GAME
Shadows of the Damned (PS3/360) - £9.99 @ Play (GAME has it for £4.98 but it's OOS at the moment, but keep checking them if you're interested because games in sale at GAME often go from OOS to In Stock during the day)
Bodycount (PS3/360) - £4.98 @ GAME
Resistance 3 (PS3) - £14.98 @ GAME and Gameplay
Medieval Moves (PS3) - £7.98 @ GAME and Gameplay
EyePet and Friends (PS3) - £7.98 @ GAME and Gameplay

 

[Lime]

Regarding the Dragon Age 2 topic:

It's just that it isn't only about its cheap price - it's also that you are going to spend time on it. There are tons of classic games that I bet Torque or others haven't played, yet instead devotes time to the mediocre and level-recycling shit that is DA2.

I would much more recommend picking up an old classic you haven't played yet instead of DA2. I mean, if you haven't played the following, play those instead of DA2, for the love of all that is holy:

• Vampire: Bloodlines
• Baldur's Gate 2
• Fallout: New Vegas
• Witcher 1+2
• Planescape: Torment

And that's just RPGs. There are so many other classic games from the 90's and early 2000's that is much more entertaining and worthy of anyone's time. Adventure games, strategy games, simulation games, etc. When lying on your death bed, do you really want to say to yourself: "Why oh why did I use 30-40 hours on playing Dragon Age 2, when I could have played Planescape: Torment?"

 

[miserable]

How do the preorders work at zavvi? Do they charge my card at the moment of the order, or at the dispatch?

 

[NHale]

How do the preorders work at zavvi? Do they charge my card at the moment of the order, or at the dispatch?

Unless they changed it recently (don't see a reason why), they charge you when they start processing your order.

 

[miserable]

Dispatch.

Even if i use paypal? I want to preorder the RE Revelations+Circle pad pro, but they redirect me to the paypal page, and i dont have the required amount on my debit card, so maybe they wont accept my order.

 

[Benedict]

We all missed El Shaddai for £4.98 (PS3/360) at Game and Gamestation.

Out of stock

 

[jonno394]

Even if i use paypal? I want to preorder the RE Revelations+Circle pad pro, but they redirect me to the paypal page, and i dont have the required amount on my debit card, so maybe they wont accept my order.

With all Paypal order the money is deducted from your account straight away.

 

[GHG]

We all missed El Shaddai for £4.98 (PS3/360) at Game and Gamestation.

Out of stock

Its in store as well apparently.

 

[meppi]

With all Paypal order the money is deducted from your account straight away.

Eum...

You submitted an order in the amount of 14,16 EUR to Zavvi.com
Please note that this is not a charge. Your account will be charged when the merchant processes your payment. You may receive multiple emails as the merchant processes your order.

Your funds will be transferred when the merchant processes your payment. Any money in your PayPal account at that time will be used before any other payment source.

To see the full transaction details, log in to your PayPal account.

It may take a few moments for this transaction to appear in your account.

 

[jonno394]

Eum...

every site I have used (and I am talking about at least 10 sites) take pre-order money with paypal when you place your order, it is a inherent flaw of the paypal system unfortunately.

 

[Starwolf_UK]

Game instore deals

Xenoblade £10 (including CC Pro bundle they stole from everyone else...if you can find their 3 remaining copies of it) makes me ponder the whole GAME strategy of "if a game is older than 4 months and not a billion seller we won't sell it new; clear out all the new copies and make a loss on them all; time we issued profit warning as we do that to most of our inventory"

I feel bad for anyone who bought Star Fox 3D at £20 as its £15 now.

 

[jonno394]

Game instore deals

Xenoblade £10 (including CC Pro bundle they stole from everyone else...if you can find their 3 remaining copies of it) makes me ponder the whole GAME strategy of "if a game is older than 4 months and not a billion seller we won't sell it new; clear out all the new copies and make a loss on them all; time we issued profit warning as we do that to most of our inventory"

I feel bad for anyone who bought Star Fox 3D at £20 as its £15 now.

Last week when it was £20 my local still had it instock with teh CC controller, may grab this now it's £10 if they're left over.

 

[Danj]

Game instore deals

Xenoblade £10 (including CC Pro bundle they stole from everyone else...if you can find their 3 remaining copies of it) makes me ponder the whole GAME strategy of "if a game is older than 4 months and not a billion seller we won't sell it new; clear out all the new copies and make a loss on them all; time we issued profit warning as we do that to most of our inventory"

I feel bad for anyone who bought Star Fox 3D at £20 as its £15 now.

Is there any way to check store stock levels online? I don't want to slog all the way to the nearest Gamestation to find out they don't have any.

 

[meppi]

every site I have used (and I am talking about at least 10 sites) take pre-order money with paypal when you place your order, it is a inherent flaw of the paypal system unfortunately.

Well that's weird.

I just ordered a copy of Crackdown 2 at the hut this week using Paypal, and the next day a copy arrived from Zavvi.
Forgot that I already ordered it for €10 from them the past week.
Since the hut hadn't shipped my copy yet, I tried to cancel the order even though I used paypal.
The order got cancelled and my account never got charged for it, so t didn't even need to be refunded.

Depends on the shops I guess.

Shopto does charge immediately, but the again for most items in stock it also means that they are packed and ready to go within 5 minutes.

 

[Starwolf_UK]

Is there any way to check store stock levels online? I don't want to slog all the way to the nearest Gamestation to find out they don't have any.

Nope. You can ring the stores but they might take a while to answer as I'd imagine they're pretty busy. The advantage of phoning is you can then reserve it if you do have it in stock.

Also it is unclear how many of the online prices are also instore. I can not see Metroid Prime Trilogy for 98p being valid for instance.

I noticed another crafty thing they did. They're selling Flingsmash without the controller for £10. Pretty sure the box says not for resale...

 

[jonno394]

Well that's weird.

I just ordered a copy of Crackdown 2 at the hut this week using Paypal, and the next day a copy arrived from Zavvi.
Forgot that I already ordered it for €10 from them the past week.
Since the hut hadn't shipped my copy yet, I tried to cancel the order even though I used paypal.
The order got cancelled and my account never got charged for it, so t didn't even need to be refunded.

Depends on the shops I guess.

Shopto does charge immediately, but the again for most items in stock it also means that they are packed and ready to go within 5 minutes.

I wish all sites did that, maybe the ones who take funds with the pre-orders are merely fabricating the inherent flaw. Places like Bandai for example say this:

"We cannot "charge" your PayPal account for pre-orders when they ship, so please be warned if you use "PayPal" to pay us, they automatically deduct money from your account instantly rather than wait for the merchant to send the product first. "

 

[Mastah]

Gameplay sale:

http://shop.gameplay.co.uk/webstore/sale.asp?platform=ALL

 

[Zutroy]

Motorstorm Apocalypse <£10

 

[Murkas]

Amazon have price matched GAME's Starfox 3D and Zelda 3D prices.

Also Earth Defense Force : Insect Armageddon for £7.99 at Play.com. PS3/360

 

[Steroyd]

Damnit, Starfox was one of the few Nintendo games, i believed would go down to £15 one day, never expected it so soon after going down to £20.

 

[BlindMonkey]

Also Earth Defense Force : Insect Armageddon for £7.99 at Play.com. PS3/360

£7.85 at Shopto if you'd prefer their service and points plan, + cashback might be better (or worse)

 

[Oxx]

Grrr... I bought Starfox last week @ £20 thinking that would be as cheap as it got.

I still don't have a 3DS.

 

[slaughterking]

Grrr... I bought Starfox last week @ £20 thinking that would be as cheap as it got.

I still don't have a 3DS.

smh

You could have bought Inazuma Eleven with that money.

 

[Oxx]

True.

But then I bought Ocarina 3D as well.

I had better win one of those Limited Edition 3DS systems.

 

[Palette Swap]

Crossposting from Lothar's post in the Steam Holiday sale thread because it's such a great deal:

Saints Row The Third PC + Season Pass for £14.99
Registers on Steam and can be bought from the rest of Europe (except Germany). I just bought it with paypal and it came down to something like 18-19&#8364;.

Also of note:
Dodonpachi Resurrection Deluxe: £9.98 @ Game and Gameplay

 

[Sidewinder]

Any zavvi 10% codes floating around? I want to order Portal 2, Vanquish and Dirt 3 on PS3 but maybe I should wait for next year to get all for 9.95£ each ?

 

[meppi]

Also of note:
Dodonpachi Resurrection Deluxe: £9.98 @ Game and Gameplay

Very nice!
Already got the game on release day, but I've just ordered a spare copy to show support for RSG.
Such an incredible game.

 

[Ronian]

Zelda price is good but the shipping costs are atrocious for both sites.

 

[kobashi100]

Crossposting from Lothar's post in the Steam Holiday sale thread because it's such a great deal:

Also of note:
Dodonpachi Resurrection Deluxe: £9.98 @ Game and Gameplay

bought!

 

[daviyoung]

The GAME sale has started.

http://www.game.co.uk/en/the-game-sale

A lot of bargains there.

 

[Binabik15]

Crossposting from Lothar's post in the Steam Holiday sale thread because it's such a great deal:

Saints Row The Third PC + Season Pass for £14.99
Registers on Steam and can be bought from the rest of Europe. I just bought it with paypal and it came down to something like 18-19€.

Also of note:
Dodonpachi Resurrection Deluxe: £9.98 @ Game and Gameplay

Don not, I repeat, DO NOT buy if you're from the fascist shithole that is censorship loving Germany. I did, and I could WASTE my season pass and Genki codes, but it WON'T let me register the game itself. So, do NOT buy it. Yeah, fuck us Germans, Steam, just fuck us. Hey, why don't you force EVERY game on the German store to have a low violence version while you're at it?

 

[Palette Swap]

Don not, I repeat, DO NOT buy if you're from the fascist shithole that is censorship loving Germany. I did, and I could WASTE my season pass and Genki codes, but it WON'T let me register the game itself. So, do NOT buy it. Yeah, fuck us Germans, Steam, just fuck us. Hey, why don't you force EVERY game on the German store to have a low violence version while you're at it?

Shit, sorry I didn't know, I've edited my post accordingly.

 

[Great King Bowser]

Picked up Dark Souls LE for PS3 for £19.99 and Xenoblade Chronicles for £9.99 in-store at GAME. Saw Starfox 64 3DS for £14.99 but I'd already ordered it from Amazon.

 

[Phife Dawg]

Don not, I repeat, DO NOT buy if you're from the fascist shithole that is censorship loving Germany. I did, and I could WASTE my season pass and Genki codes, but it WON'T let me register the game itself. So, do NOT buy it. Yeah, fuck us Germans, Steam, just fuck us. Hey, why don't you force EVERY game on the German store to have a low violence version while you're at it?

That's strange though since keys from other sites (GMG) etc. usually register without a problem even if there is a low violence version available. I also registered games that did not see a release here as well using that method or retail steam codes.

 

[Rufus]

Don not, I repeat, DO NOT buy if you're from the fascist shithole that is censorship loving Germany. I did, and I could WASTE my season pass and Genki codes, but it WON'T let me register the game itself. So, do NOT buy it. Yeah, fuck us Germans, Steam, just fuck us. Hey, why don't you force EVERY game on the German store to have a low violence version while you're at it?

How did you activate it? Fellow German here and I used a UK VPN (bought giving UK as a country) to activate both the game and all DLC. I bought it in an earlier sale though, so they might have changed something...?

 

[Danj]

Are there any deals (online or in store) on Starcraft II? Cheapest price I can find seems to be £27 but it's been out for ages already, and I'm trying to persuade a friend of mine to buy it so we can play multi.

 

[faridmon]

Cheap Arse Gaffers: I do think that the Vita itself is very pricey. When do you guys think it will hit the price point of £150?

 

[V_Ben]

Cheap Arse Gaffers: I do think that the Vita itself is very pricey. When do you guys think it will hit the price point of £150?

Not for a while unless it does truly horribly. I'm talking pspgo levels of horribly.

 

[Steroyd]

Cheap Arse Gaffers: I do think that the Vita itself is very pricey. When do you guys think it will hit the price point of £150?

Tough one, the 3DS had a perfect storm of having a cold reception + shops trying to move stock out, so I caught a 3DS at £150 at Grainger Games a couple of months after launch and before the official Nintendo price cut, so that was win win for me.

So my advice would be, follow the reception of the Vita at launch check shops every now and then a few months later, and who knows lightening might strike twice, if not next christmas is a maybe, the christmas after that I'd be surprised if it wasn't near that price point through chrimbo deals at the very least.

 

[CrunchinJelly]

Cheap Arse Gaffers: I do think that the Vita itself is very pricey. When do you guys think it will hit the price point of £150?

September.

 

[Spinning Plates]

Does anyone think the Vita will be £200 at launch (ie supermakret wars)?

 

[faridmon]

smh

You could have bought Inazuma Eleven with that money.

Wait, Inazuma 11 is cheap? Where?

Also, thanks alot guys, you guys are th ebest. I might as well wait a full year untill I jump on board with the Vita stuff. I just don't want to be there a bit late liek the PSP which I have missed out on couple of rare titles.

 

[Oxx]

It dropped to £19.98 on Amazon recently.

I think it might be cheaper at one of the sites banned on Gaf.

 

[thechemist]

Metal Gear Solid HD Collection (PS3) £20.33 @ Asda Direct

 

[Danj]

Football Manager 2012 £14.99 at GetGames
Deus Ex Human Revolution £8.99 at GetGames

Both are Steamworks and the deals are today only I believe.

 

[weeaboo]

Metal Gear Solid HD Collection (PS3) £20.33 @ Asda Direct

At first I was like :O

But then i remembered they don't ship outside UK ;(

 

[FreeMufasa]

Anyone know the cheapest place to pick up a PSP GO (new or used)?

 

[Danj]

Witcher 2 £12.99 Play.com

 

[Toge]

ignore