Xbox game prices.

smcelhinney

Bloody ridiculous.

I got my new Xbox 360 (with all the trimmings) from Ranelagh Xtravision the other day. Extremely extremely happy with it (apart from FIFA 06 being scratched the first time I put it in, but they kindly replaced it for me).

But what is with €70 a game! Thats just taking the urine completely. Xbox 360 games on NTSC in the States peak at $59.99 which is like €49.99 or something? Thats some frickin markup?

Justify this please Irish retailers?

KTRIC

Buy them online at Play.com, you pay just under the RRP for each game and delivery is free.

smcelhinney

Still a helluva difference though.

Sooner the WTO gets their act together and starts culling high import and excise costs, the better!

And who cares about the farmers...

ianmc38

smcelhinney wrote:

Still a helluva difference though.

Sooner the WTO gets their act together and starts culling high import and excise costs, the better!

And who cares about the farmers...

I bought Quake 4 for €52 inc p+p off ebay.

Got Condemned yesterday for €47 inc p+p thanks to the Paypal voucher code in the bargain alerts section.

Sweet!

ianmc38

Unfortunately i also bought PD0 and COD2 on release day in Game. €80 each. ugh.

Ciaran500

As usual its buyer beware, shop around when buying anything.

qz

ianmc38 wrote:

Unfortunately i also bought PD0 and COD2 on release day in Game. €80 each. ugh.

€160 for two games! Egads!

iregk

you actually bought something in game. you deserve to be ripped off for that!!!!

Scotty Ri

Try www.mx2.co.uk aswell...

Free delivery to Ireland and you can get 360 games from about €56

KTRIC

Does anyone know what COD2 is going for in Gamestop Dublin ??? I paid €67 for it in Newry yesterday.

Scotty Ri

Think its €69.99

www.gamesworld.ie

Splinter

right a little secret to u all...watch the paper on wednesday...or listen to the radio...sum real interesting stuff gonna b happening in this area with harvey norman...

JacoStanley

It's worth shopping round I suppose. On another note, my girlfriends mother picked up The Incredibles on dvd today in HMV for €39.99. Absolute rip-off. I got her another copy in Xtra-Vision for €17.50 so she can take the other one back to HMV. How do shops get away with this?? The whole Game selling way above the RRP is sickening aswell. I'll never be buying anything with them again.

Timans

i agree, They shouldn't be allowed to do this.

xanthor

JacoStanley wrote:

It's worth shopping round I suppose. On another note, my girlfriends mother picked up The Incredibles on dvd today in HMV for €39.99. Absolute rip-off. I got her another copy in Xtra-Vision for €17.50

I know it's going a bit off topic but.....


HMV are the *ULTIMATE* rip off artists. I don't buy anything from them at all.
Period.

mcgovern

Scotty Ri wrote:

Try www.mx2.co.uk aswell...

Free delivery to Ireland and you can get 360 games from about €56

The games are slightly cheaper than Play alright, but they are charging £40 for the AV Component cable and play are only charging £18...

Splinter

as i mentioned above harvey norman launched a new advertisement in todays herald, get either Kameo, Project Dark Zero or Project Gotham Racing for only 49euro... not all that expensive.... we got stock in swords anyway, not sure about other stores. hope that annoys the crap out of all other stores

mcgovern

splinter wrote:

as i mentioned above harvey norman launched a new advertisement in todays herald, get either Kameo, Project Dark Zero or Project Gotham Racing for only 49euro... not all that expensive.... we got stock in swords anyway, not sure about other stores. hope that annoys the crap out of all other stores

Any Harvey Normans a bit closer to Leixlip/Lucan area?
I have Kameo already, but I'd get PD0 or PG3 for that price, and to anyone who doesnt have Kameo, get it!!