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Nintendo 3DS - €205 HMV Grafton St

  • 20-04-2011 2:07pm
    #1
    WeleaseWoderick
    Registered Users Posts: 1,441 ✭✭✭


    Just spotted this at lunch time. HMV on Grafton St have the new Nintendo 3DS reduced from €249 to €205. They had a sign up saying only limited stock available.

    Cheapest online I've seen is £196.99 on Amazon so this is a great price.


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  • #2
    FutureGuy
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 15,226 Mod ✭✭✭✭FutureGuy


    WeleaseWoderick wrote: »
    Just spotted this at lunch time. HMV on Grafton St have the new Nintendo 3DS reduced from €249 to €205. They had a sign up saying only limited stock available.

    Cheapest online I've seen is £196.99 on Amazon so this is a great price.

    Can you confirm that the poster doesn't say something along the lines of "3DS is 205 euro when you buy a select (garbabe full price) title" They were doing this in Limerick 2 weeks ago. It's basically a 3DS and a poor title for 249.

    Good deal if its actually 205 for just the console.


  • #3
    WeleaseWoderick
    Registered Users Posts: 1,441 ✭✭✭WeleaseWoderick


    FutureGuy wrote: »
    Can you confirm that the poster doesn't say something along the lines of "3DS is 205 euro when you buy a select (garbabe full price) title" They were doing this in Limerick 2 weeks ago. It's basically a 3DS and a poor title for 249.

    Good deal if its actually 205 for just the console.

    There was no mention of having to buy a game on the poster. I didn't go into the shop to check though as I already bought one a few weeks ago.


  • #4
    kearneybobs
    Registered Users Posts: 3,923 ✭✭✭kearneybobs


    FutureGuy wrote: »
    Can you confirm that the poster doesn't say something along the lines of "3DS is 205 euro when you buy a select (garbabe full price) title" They were doing this in Limerick 2 weeks ago. It's basically a 3DS and a poor title for 249.

    Good deal if its actually 205 for just the console.
    Pretty sure it's with a game. Saw it there the other day and I noticed the low price when purchased WITH a game.


  • #5
    WeleaseWoderick
    Registered Users Posts: 1,441 ✭✭✭WeleaseWoderick


    kearneybobs wrote: »
    Pretty sure it's with a game. Saw it there the other day and I noticed the low price when purchased WITH a game.

    I'll be going by again after work so will confirm then.


  • #6
    alastair_doom
    Registered Users Posts: 1,758 ✭✭✭alastair_doom


    Could be correct. Just saw on hotukdeals that HMV online are selling the 3DS for £180 or £175 with voucher

    http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/nintendo-3ds-console-aqua-blue-black-175-del-hmv/923714#comments


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  • #7
    kearneybobs
    Registered Users Posts: 3,923 ✭✭✭kearneybobs


    alastair_doom wrote: »
    Could be correct. Just saw on hotukdeals that HMV online are selling the 3DS for £180 or £175 with voucher

    http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/nintendo-3ds-console-aqua-blue-black-175-del-hmv/923714#comments
    They deliver electronics to Ireland? Pretty sure they dont. Only games,dvds, cds etc, as far as I'm aware.


  • #8
    Nollog
    Registered Users Posts: 5,406 ✭✭✭Nollog


    kearneybobs wrote: »
    They deliver electronics to Ireland? Pretty sure they dont. Only games,dvds, cds etc, as far as I'm aware.

    I think he means that if the website is selling the console alone cheap, then it's likely the stores could be too.


  • #9
    kearneybobs
    Registered Users Posts: 3,923 ✭✭✭kearneybobs


    /\/ollog wrote: »
    I think he means that if the website is selling the console alone cheap, then it's likely the stores could be too.
    Oh. Didn't put two and two together there. Seeing as HMV have different offers across their stores merely a few 100m from each other, that could be a bit of red herring.


  • #10
    WeleaseWoderick
    Registered Users Posts: 1,441 ✭✭✭WeleaseWoderick


    Definitely the price for the machine on it's own. Not tied to any deal with buying a game as well.


  • #11
    kearneybobs
    Registered Users Posts: 3,923 ✭✭✭kearneybobs


    Wow that is a good price for it. Any idea how much they are giving for trade-ins for DS/DSlite/DSi.


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  • #12
    Wolverine359
    Registered Users Posts: 1,681 ✭✭✭Wolverine359


    I saw this deal in HMV in Galway, you need to buy a game with it from a selected list of 4 (Raving Rabbids, Asphalt 3D, Rayman 3D or Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars), effectively bringing the price to €249.99. Still a very good deal, especially if you go for Ghost Recon which got the best reviews.


  • #13
    kearneybobs
    Registered Users Posts: 3,923 ✭✭✭kearneybobs


    Wolverine359 wrote: »
    I saw this deal in HMV in Galway, you need to buy a game with it from a selected list of 4 (Raving Rabbids, Asphalt 3D, Rayman 3D or Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars), effectively bringing the price to €249.99. Still a very good deal, especially if you go for Ghost Recon which got the best reviews.
    Like I pointed out above, maybe the different stores have different offers. Wouldn't be the first time, and I'm sure it wont be the last time for it to happen in HMV.


  • #14
    Mr Trade In
    Registered Users Posts: 1,705 ✭✭✭Mr Trade In


    WeleaseWoderick wrote: »
    Definitely the price for the machine on it's own. Not tied to any deal with buying a game as well.

    Deal in Henry Street Dublin is €205 for the console only,also the old deal is no longer valid as most if not all 3DS games are now €39.99 new in HMV not €44.99 meaning the total cost would be €205 + €39.99 = €244.99 not €249.99 as many have posted,grab a bargain while this is on as it is finished on Sunday.


  • #15
    ShaneU
    Registered Users Posts: 14,818 ✭✭✭✭ShaneU


    Wow, you'd be gutted if you paid €270 for it a few weeks back.


  • #16
    Quackles
    Registered Users Posts: 1,484 ✭✭✭Quackles


    kearneybobs wrote: »
    Wow that is a good price for it. Any idea how much they are giving for trade-ins for DS/DSlite/DSi.

    I know for the DS Lite, it's 44 for mint, 39.50 otherwise.


  • #17
    syncosised
    Registered Users Posts: 708 ✭✭✭syncosised


    Wolverine359 wrote: »
    I saw this deal in HMV in Galway, you need to buy a game with it from a selected list of 4 (Raving Rabbids, Asphalt 3D, Rayman 3D or Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars), effectively bringing the price to €249.99. Still a very good deal, especially if you go for Ghost Recon which got the best reviews.

    I saw it today in Galway, the same offer as OP has suggested. There was no mention of having to buy a game with it. The offer ends on Saturday.


  • #18
    Wolverine359
    Registered Users Posts: 1,681 ✭✭✭Wolverine359


    syncosised wrote: »
    I saw it today in Galway, the same offer as OP has suggested. There was no mention of having to buy a game with it. The offer ends on Saturday.

    Really? Wow, that's pretty cool, seems like a great time to buy the console so. The only game I want it for at the moment is Zelda Ocarina of Time 3D, gotta wait 2 months before it comes out but might as well pick up the console now, that price is almost dirt-cheap! :)


  • #19
    tomslick
    Registered Users Posts: 546 ✭✭✭tomslick


    Same in Patricks Street Cork. Massive signs in window saying €205


  • #20
    ucd.1985
    Registered Users Posts: 860 ✭✭✭ucd.1985


    Just purchased one from HMV Henry St. €205 all in.

    Thanks OP


  • #21
    Wolverine359
    Registered Users Posts: 1,681 ✭✭✭Wolverine359


    Yeah, I stand corrected, it's definitely €205 for the console on it's own in HMV Galway, last weekend you had to buy a selected game too, just checked in-store and that's done away with, just 205 quid and you have yourself a 3ds. Offer ends Saturday, so make sure to buy it before Easter! :)


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  • #22
    tw0nk
    Registered Users Posts: 1,361 ✭✭✭tw0nk


    what are the best games available for it? Since I presume no games come with it, are there any good bundles available?


  • #23
    alastair_doom
    Registered Users Posts: 1,758 ✭✭✭alastair_doom


    now £176.45 sterling @ amazon

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nintendo-Handheld-Console-Aqua-Blue/dp/B004ISLDUG/ref=sr_1_1?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1303405783&sr=1-1


  • #24
    kearneybobs
    Registered Users Posts: 3,923 ✭✭✭kearneybobs


    I think I too was mistaken. Looks like I was referring to the offer on last week where you needed to buy a game with it. Great price for it now.


  • #25
    muppetkiller
    Registered Users Posts: 5,199 ✭✭✭muppetkiller


    I picked one up myself only to find the misses got me one too lol. I've a spare one on adverts if someone wants to save a fiver :D


  • #26
    Nollog
    Registered Users Posts: 5,406 ✭✭✭Nollog


    tw0nk wrote: »
    what are the best games available for it? Since I presume no games come with it, are there any good bundles available?

    street fighter 4, pilotwings, ghost recon shadow wars, nintendogs+cats, ridge racer.
    Depends what you like. Those are the best I've seen.


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