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Where do you buy your playstation games?

  • 03-03-2010 8:32am
    #1
    Gummy Panda
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    So far amazon seems cheap for titles like FFXIII and GOW3 but their free delivery can take a week. Not great if you want it release day or close to it.

    With the flood of games being released this month, where are you shopping for your games?


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  • #2
    positron
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    I don't have anything useful to add, but just want to say I find Amazon super quick to deliver - 3 days normally, 4 maximum.


  • #3
    Minstrel27
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    Some games I want to have the day of release (God of War 3, Heavy Rain, Bad Company 2) so will buy them in whatever shop is giving the best price.

    Everything else I will buy online from either Amazon or Videogames Plus.


  • #4
    NotorietyH
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    Minstrel27 wrote: »
    Some games I want to have the day of release (God of War 3, Heavy Rain, Bad Company 2) so will buy them in whatever shop is giving the best price.

    Everything else I will buy online from either Amazon or Videogames Plus.

    Yup I'm exactly the same. Some games I don't mind waiting for, but others I go in the day of release and pick them up. Depends if I'm trading in a game or not too.


  • #5
    Gummy Panda
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    I sometimes find I am in two minds about buying games. I want the cheapest price but want the games on release day.

    Sometimes after I buy it from a shop I kinda regret not buying it online and just waiting for delivery.


  • #6
    tonydude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭tonydude


    I usually get the games im not pushed about online from play or sendit, however for the likes of cod wm i bought instore and i regret it . Ill be getting ff13 in smyths though as Game and gamestop would rob ye with there prices. Hmv is alright too


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  • #7
    Notorious
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    I work in a game store and thus get a 25% discount on all my games. :D

    Boo-ya!

    /brag


  • #8
    Glico Man
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    I buy mine from shops. I like the build up of anticipation as I sit on the bus on the way home dying to play it.


  • #9
    Captain Chaos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Captain Chaos


    Gummy Panda wrote: »
    So far amazon seems cheap for titles like FFXIII and GOW3 but their free delivery can take a week. Not great if you want it release day or close to it.

    With the flood of games being released this month, where are you shopping for your games?

    I've use Amazon quite a bit lately, their free delivery option has gotten quicker recently. I ordered a game last Wednesday afternoon and had it Friday morning. Very good service.

    For cheap pre-orders from the UK, I use Asda. They ship early and I have gotten new games on release day with them before and once a day early.

    Game ship early too but you usually end up with it on the Monday after release day.


  • #10
    Grumpypants
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    It depends if i want it release day ill get it in a shop, usually HMV are the cheapest lately. But if im not in a panic ill pre order from the hut or zavvi if they have a good promo on. Havent got many imports any more i think the price difference is getting closer for eu games plus it came be difficult to trade US games here.


  • #11
    WolfForager
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    I usually head into town after college on a game release day, check out gamestop, hmv and GAME, give smyths in bray a call and find out how much they're selling it for. Then i'll decide which is cheapest and if it happens to be smyths i'll take a detour to bray and pick it up on the way home!

    Over complicated but i'm a student, it's nature's way..


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