Wheres the cheapest online for games

skywalker

I bought a ps3 the other day & now Im looking around to see wheres the cheapest website for games. Ive had a look on play.com & theres one or two older titles going cheap, but by & large its €60 for games, wouldve thought they could be got a lil cheaper.

Also had a look on playasia.com but they dont seem to ship into the eu anymore, presumably their getting sued.

So where do you buy yours. Oh & one more thing, how is the ps3 fixed for region locking, for both games & blurays?

CJackson

skywalker wrote: »

I bought a ps3 the other day & now Im looking around to see wheres the cheapest for games. Ive had a look on play.com & theres one or two older titles going cheap, but by & large its €60 for games, wouldve thought they could be got a lil cheaper.

Also had a look on playasia.com but they dont seem to ship into the eu anymore, presumably their getting sued.

So where do you buy yours. Oh & one more thing, how is the ps3 fixed for region locking, for both games & blurays?

Try this
http://www.dvd.co.uk/index_ps3.htm

cupthehand

What about the Canadian site whose name totally escapes my mind right now

AtomicHorror

You mean http://www.videogamesplus.ca/

cupthehand

Bingo thats the one!

4real

www.blahdvd.com
www.games-asia.com

Vorrtexx

I've never heard of the games-asia one.
Have you used it before and if so how is it?
Also will they ship PS3 games internationally as I think some other asian sites will not

guil

games arent region coded but blu ray is

butts

guil07, games-asia have Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Game of the Year Edition for €42 which is a great price. Howerver, the have it listed in a section called 'PS3 games USA' where as in the section called 'PS3 Games Europe' they only have 8 games listed. Just to be clear, are you 100% sure that if I order this version, it will work on a PS3 bought here in Ireland ? Thanks, Butts.

Vorrtexx

It should work. I've ordered 2 games from the US and both worked fine.

My original question was to do with the site itself just to know if it was reliable, what are shipping times like and will they ship JAP/US games to EU addresses because other asian sites like yesasia.com don't

DCImports

I think I may be able to help you out. I can get any game that is available in the US and it will be in PAL format. They will be €39.99

That any use to you? I get PS3 consoles too. Well just the 60GB at the moment.

skywalker

yep games asia seems to be the only site offering savings on the standard prices on play.com. Mind you play are a significant saving over the high street.

Amazon.com actually had the regular oblivion a fair bit cheaper, but were looking for more than the price of the game for shipping, and the .co.uk equivalent wouldnt let me order games. :rolleyes:

Ive ordered oblivion myself from games asia to test the water.

4real

the shipping time for ireland is usually 7-14 days from games-asia.com
and YES they DO deliver to ireland!

Hootie

I normally use www.play.com and they are having a massive sale on at the moment. They're a uk site with free delivery usually within 3/5 days

Vorrtexx

4real wrote: »

the shipping time for ireland is usually 7-14 days from games-asia.com
and YES they DO deliver to ireland!

Thanks for that. Might try them for my next purchase.

tman

Movietyme* and videogamesplus.ca** are 2 of my favourites. I'd rather use them than a rough looking site like games-asia, seeing as there's pretty much no difference in price

*free shipping but can take up to 2 weeks for delivery
**~€5 shipping, but quicker delivery than movietyme

skywalker

Id have to agree about not being fully secure with games asia. A retailer site that only accepts paypal doesnt scream well oiled operation.

zodiac85

I also got a ps3 n thinking about making a purchase,im a bit paronoid tho!Is there no Irish based retailers selling online,like one that just deals with the market here and will deliver ontime??

4real

how can i find ps3 games on CD-WOW???

byte

4real wrote: »

how can i find ps3 games on CD-WOW???

Don't think they have any?

4real

there was a guy here who had said that they have ps3 games but they r not shown!!!!

whiterebel

They do have 4 or 5 PS3 titles I think, but not a PS3 section. if you are after something specific type in the title and you'll find it if they have it.

I typed in Drakes and COD4 and they have them

4real

thanx for the info mate!!:cool:

Grim.

Do customs tax you on orders form videogamesplus.ca ?

4real

and does videogamesplus.ca charge u in Euros or Dollars??
if yes then wht r the delivery charges???

butts

I got my copy of Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Game of the Year Edition from game-asia.com last Friday, about 16 days after I ordered it and wasn't charged any customs duty. Although delivery was slow, I would still order off them again if they had the lowest price for a game I wanted.

AnCapaillMor

Grim. wrote: »

Do customs tax you on orders form videogamesplus.ca ?

Ordered 5 games so far and no customs. Delivery time is ridiculous, as in very fast.

Grim.

coolio thanks for the info

skywalker

I ordered oblivion from games asia on the 6th, & dirt & a bluray from movietyme on the 8th, so far only the bluray has arrived, so neither website is what you'd describe as quick on the delivery front. Movietyme definitely seems to be the cheapest though.

Might give videogamesplus a go for the next game.




http://www.find-dvd.co.uk/ is good for searching for the cheapest prices for dvds & games amongst uk websites. So thats a good one to have too. Probly be a lil more expensive but Id imagine you'd get em quicker.

Vorrtexx

4real wrote: »

and does videogamesplus.ca charge u in Euros or Dollars??
if yes then wht r the delivery charges???

You're charged in Dollars. Shipping is €5 per game afaik. Generally you shouldn't be charged customs/tax. I haven't been the two times I purchased.

Delivery time is good.

Vorrtexx

4real wrote: »

how can i find ps3 games on CD-WOW???

http://www.cdwow.ie/ps3_cat.php

butts

Skywalker, I ordered Oblivion from game-asia on the 9th and recieved it last Friday. However I did send them an email the Friday before I got it, asking when it would be sent. A guy called Steve emailed me a tracking number and an apology for the delay.

skywalker

butts wrote: »

Skywalker, I ordered Oblivion from game-asia on the 9th and recieved it last Friday. However I did send them an email the Friday before I got it, asking when it would be sent. A guy called Steve emailed me a tracking number and an apology for the delay.

Ha. I emailed him about a week after ordering too as nothing was happening with the order. Id got sent out a day or two after, must've just taken that little bit longer to get to me. Will prob be here in a day or so Id imagine.

penguinpoppers

Ebay!!!! holy god I dont know why people dont use it

whiterebel

penguinpoppers wrote: »

Ebay!!!! holy god I dont know why people dont use it

Stupidly expensive deliveries?

Keith C

Just compared a few sites & theres some difference in prices

F.E.A.R PS3

www.dvd.co.uk £17.99
www.play.com £39.99


Bladestorm 100 year war

www.dvd.co.uk £17.99
www.thehut.com £17.93
www.play.com £39.99

Is this the game that was €90 odd in GAME??


Fight Night round 3

www.dvd.co.uk £29.99
www.play.com £39.99


anyone find any cheaper sites??

ArmedResponse

I would say eBay is ur best bet!

Got Clive Barker's Jericho off it for 20 euro and 5 euro post and packaging!

Tony H

AnCapaillMor wrote: »

Ordered 5 games so far and no customs. Delivery time is ridiculous, as in very fast.

And how fast would be very fast ?
I ordered devil may cry 4 for my son from them as it was supposed to be released in the Us/Canada on the 5th feb and it has not shipped yet , I'm thinking of cancelling as it will be released here Friday .

r3nu4l

Keith C wrote: »

Just compared a few sites & theres some difference in prices

F.E.A.R PS3

www.dvd.co.uk £17.99
www.play.com £39.99


Bladestorm 100 year war

www.dvd.co.uk £17.99
www.thehut.com £17.93
www.play.com £39.99

Is this the game that was €90 odd in GAME??


Fight Night round 3

www.dvd.co.uk £29.99
www.play.com £39.99


anyone find any cheaper sites??

^
Just in case people think DVD.co.uk is cheaper than play for all items as this seems to imply

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Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare
dvd.co.uk £44.99
play.com £39.99

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
dvd.co.uk £39.99
play.com £34.99

So the moral of the story is that it pays to shop around folks! I'd recommend every place listed so far because at one point or another, one of them is going to be cheaper than the other for a particular game.

skywalker

Word of warning about movietyme.

The order I made on 8th Jan still hasnt arrived. I had emailed them a while ago to let them know this, only this week did they accept it as lost.

Their now telling me they have to post me a form, which I should fill in & return to them by post, and only then will they post a replacement. All of these steps, by their own admission, could take up to 21 working days (presuming none of them go missing the way the original did). Ive explained to them several times via email that this is unacceptable to me, but so far they havent budged.

They are cheap, but if this is what you have to go through when things go wrong, its not worth it imo.

penguinpoppers

whiterebel wrote: »

Stupidly expensive deliveries?

I got uncharted for €30 including delivery brand new and sealed. Where are the stupidly expensive delivery charges?