Black Ops Pricing

Antigone05

hey all

did some pricing with Black Ops with retailers (Xbox and PS3)
(bricks and mortar only)

Smyths - 54.99
Xtra-Vision - between 49.99 and 54.99
HMV - between 45 and 49 euro UPDATED - €52.99
Game - no confirmed price, he reckoned 54.99
Gamestop - 54.99
Harvey Norman - unconfirmed €44.00 (this is now definite, advertising to go out on it this weekend apparently)
Tesco - only rumors so far, 40.00, but wont have it on launch (UK pricing in the UK is £39.90, so i cant imagine a €40 price, maybe €44-€48, still no information on stock on release date)

if anyone has anything to add or update feel free to

Its between Harvey Normans and Tescos at the moment i reckon

UnknownSpecies

Any reason why Tesco won't have it on launch?

CR 7

Viking Direct- €41.99

€5 delivery though, but I ordered it earlier on this week with 30% off, and I'm not too worried about not getting it on release day. Best price I found.

PerrinV2

40 euro at tesco? surely not

Mr. Manager

PerrinV2 wrote: »

40 euro at tesco? surely not

Apparently that's what it sold for last year on release date...

UnknownSpecies

Yup I got it for 40 in Tesco on release day. They had loads of copies down my local Tesco.

Headshot

has it been confirmed tesco wont have it on launch day?

tommy_irish23

they had fifa 11 for 40e on lanch day so hopefully they`ll have black ops for 40e.

iMuse

The thing about tesco is that it varies by store, some will have loads of copies, some will have none, some will have it on launch, some wont. You wont really know until the 9th what the story is. id expect a price war between the supermarkets in the UK over this so hopefully tesco here follow suit

chavezychavez

Pre-ordered the 360 hardened edition in XV yesterday (no other b'n'm around for miles) and had to put a deposit of €5 on it.
On the receipt that the girl behind the counter gave me, it said outstanding balance of €118.45 :eek:

I questioned her on it and she said that it was just some number that the system had in there to take pre-orders and that they had no idea of how the different versions were going to be priced yet, but it obviously wouldn't be that much.

Some shock to the system initially though.

Scram

rofl 60 euro on steam PC version ofc...screw that

fmcattack

Pre ordered mine on amazon for PC. Comes to €41 including delivery

Scram

fmcattack wrote: »

Pre ordered mine on amazon for PC. Comes to €41 including delivery

jesus ok that ill do then not being ripped off again by steam and activision

Liam O

Would like some clarification on Tesco if possible, planned to either get a lift to Clarehall at midnight or get up early and walk from Raheny dart station, anyone know for definite what the deal is because I've heard from a few places they wont have it on the day.

Tallon

I'll be driving around all night if tesco don't have it.

There are loads around me anyway, so I'll deffo get it (I hope )

Battleflag

Work for Tesco myself but we havent heard anything in the store Im working in, I know Fable 3 was selling for £35 in the UK and €35 here so we could be getting the same pricing

fmcattack

Do tesco sell pc games?

Battleflag

No just consoles

cotterman2

Anybody know what price it will be in Argos it's usually cheap enough and they usually have alot in stock , when I got FIFA 11 it was sold out in all three Tesco's near me and Argos had 30+ copies, this was the day after release date.

K.C

Park Ji Sung wrote: »

Viking Direct- €41.99

€5 delivery though, but I ordered it earlier on this week with 30% off, and I'm not too worried about not getting it on release day. Best price I found.

Good price. unfortunately they are sold out. ah well, I'll keep looking!

Thedogsgone

Going to trade in Medal of Honor against this...any ideas which store might give me the best value?

Saruwatari

I preordered the Hardened edition in GAME msyelf. They've always been rubbish when it comes to getting solid prices, so I've questioned two seperate stores.

The one in the Ilac Shopping Center just said roughly €70-€80. Liffey Valley's outlet actually checked their register but said there wasn't anything solid either, and quoted the same estimation.

Liam O

anyone gotten an update about whether Tesco will have in on launch day?

blobert

I'm interested in the hardened xbox edition with extra Nazi Zombie maps, any idea on where will be cheapest for this?

CR 7

K.C wrote: »

Good price. unfortunately they are sold out. ah well, I'll keep looking!

They aren't sold out, they're just not in stock yet, you have to pre order it.

cherryghost

PC version is 40-45 euro everywhere, except steam -_-

Antigone05

ive updated some pricing on the first page, still no confirmations from Tesco. will get more info tomorrow.

so far (that is confirmed) Harvey Norman is cheapest at €44

Nuri Sahin

Bah, nearest Harvey Normans to me is in Naas or Rathfarnham.

I'll be Tesco hopefully in the morning so I'll ask them then and post it up on here.

Headshot

xtra vision have a midnight opening

Br4tPr1nc3

cherryghost wrote: »

PC version is 40-45 euro everywhere, except steam -_-

guess its gona be a drive to the game shops for all pc gamers

chavezychavez

Headshot wrote: »

xtra vision have a midnight opening

Typical, no midnight opening in my local one.

http://www.xtravision.ie/Games/CallofDutyMidnightOpening.aspx

Creasy_bear

chavezychavez wrote: »

Typical, no midnight opening in my local one.

http://www.xtravision.ie/Games/CallofDutyMidnightOpening.aspx

go into them and ask if you can transfer it to the next closest one

Headshot

chavezychavez wrote: »

Typical, no midnight opening in my local one.

http://www.xtravision.ie/Games/CallofDutyMidnightOpening.aspx

Thanks for that. Im shocked my local xtra vision is open at midnight, its a small store.

First time ever I reckon

Nemanja91

Thedogsgone wrote: »

Going to trade in Medal of Honor against this...any ideas which store might give me the best value?

In the GameStop catalog there is a picture of a few games and it says if you trade it in towards another new release game you get it for 15 euro and medal of honor was in that picture.

Nuri Sahin

Tesco in Dub 14 and 24(friend asked there earlier) have both said the game is coming out on the 11th in all Tesco branches :rolleyes: and while yer wan behind the till was fairly unsure about the entire situation, she thinks the game will be 55 euro.

Liam O

El LoCo Ade wrote: »

Tesco in Dub 14 and 24(friend asked there earlier) have both said the game is coming out on the 11th in all Tesco branches :rolleyes: and while yer wan behind the till was fairly unsure about the entire situation, she thinks the game will be 55 euro.

I really hope that's not the case, they had MW2 on release last year so it may just be that they looked at the American release date and got confused, still, better if I can get this confirmed before Monday so I don't waste a journey up there to get it...

K.C

Thedogsgone wrote: »

Going to trade in Medal of Honor against this...any ideas which store might give me the best value?

http://www.gamezine.co.uk/news-story/2010/11/03/hmv-offering-black-ops-for-7-99

May just be the UK. If its legit, be a steal.:)

senordingdong

I doubht Tesco will be on the ball with this one.

Harvey Norman looks like the best bet.

GARTECH

Tesco in Dundrum had it on release date last year. I had reserved a copy in 'Game' the Que was out to the front door of the shopping center. I got tired of waiting at midnight (nearly an hour!!!) and walked straight into Tesco they had two boxs full of the game.

Tesco are one of the larges retail companies in Ireland you can bet you ass they will be on the ball with this and have plenty of copies.

Damo 2k9

Dunno if its been mentioned here yet, but gamestop are giving 25% extra credit on games when you trade them in against Black Ops.

Nemanja91

I just traded in Medal Of Honor in GameStop and got 35 euro so I only have to pay 20 euro, not too bad. Wasn't pushed about this game at first as MW2 was a big disappointment in my eyes but I'm getting a bit excited about it now. College is going to suffer though!

Antigone05

^ i was just in Game with my copy of Medal of Honor and Red Dead Redemption, 32euro credit or 25euro cash.

needless to say i walked out with the games still in my hand. crazy!

i rang tescos today and am waiting on a call back from a rep, but im not holding my breath. They dont seem to want to let anyone know any info on their pricing,including staff.

happymondays

Damo 2k9 wrote: »

Dunno if its been mentioned here yet, but gamestop are giving 25% extra credit on games when you trade them in against Black Ops.

it is not only certain games?

I saw the sign in gamestop last weeknend
Im planning on trading in Halo Reach.
xtravison currently offering me 30 quid tradein,
In Gamestop offereing 24 euro!
24 euro + 6 euro (25%) = 30 euro!

Coidence or do game stop drop thier tradein prices to make it seem
like they are offering more when in reality its the same trade in they're offering as every where else?

Joeface

Pre-ordered of Amazon for PC £35 / €39.99 , it appears to included free shipping .

I'm happy with that .

bigdogbarking

Hi guys,I've posted this on playstation forum too, just a quick question, due to mis-communication/misunderstanding and stupidity, (not on my behalf), it appears that i don't have a copy of black ops reserved!!!!

Does anyone know of any stores that sell games on a first come first served basis or does every store take a reservation/waiting list type approach?

I'm looking for a store in Dundalk, Drogheda or Dublin.

Crackity Jones

happymondays wrote: »

it is not only certain games?

I saw the sign in gamestop last weeknend
Im planning on trading in Halo Reach.
xtravison currently offering me 30 quid tradein,
In Gamestop offereing 24 euro!
24 euro + 6 euro (25%) = 30 euro!

Coidence or do game stop drop thier tradein prices to make it seem
like they are offering more when in reality its the same trade in they're offering as every where else?

No its +25% store credit on all software. I traded some games last week.

claiva

bigdogbarking wrote: »

Hi guys,I've posted this on playstation forum too, just a quick question, due to mis-communication/misunderstanding and stupidity, (not on my behalf), it appears that i don't have a copy of black ops reserved!!!!

Does anyone know of any stores that sell games on a first come first served basis or does every store take a reservation/waiting list type approach?

I'm looking for a store in Dundalk, Drogheda or Dublin.

Tesco - walk in and buy - be early though !
Most other retail outlets will have "off the shelf copies" aswell though I'd say.
Why not prebook it today ?

AnneFrank

lots of stores will have them on the day,i havent pre booked either

Nuri Sahin

Didn't slip my mind I swear but I was in Xtra Vision earlier, the one where their head offices are near to in D24. Anyway your man behind the desk said he didn't know what the price would be on the game. Suffice to say I was a tad puzzled.

happymondays

Crackity Jones wrote: »

No its +25% store credit on all software. I traded some games last week.

oh ok, still begers the question, do they drop the inital tradein price to make up the 25% difference.

Also whats the advantage of pre booking? beside the obvious fact of gaurentteing getting a game on lauch day. Is there any extras being offered by any places that are only avaialble if you pre-book?

senordingdong

After giving it more thought, I'm very anoyed about how the money making scam that is the DLC.