High Street retailer - and former Virgin - Zavvi is apparently* upping the video game price cutting ante with the following prices for Xbox 360 SKUs until December 24th:
- Xbox 360 Arcade to cost £99.99.
- Xbox 360 Premium 360 to cost £149.99.
- Xbox 360 Elite to cost £199.99
Also, for good measure, it's selling the PlayStation 3 for £269.99 as opposed to £299.99
This all sounds rather jolly. However, with the Zavvi website still unable to actually sell anything at the moment - and not showing any prices for products, including games - this offer is in-store only. Let's compare to HMV, Toys 'R' Us, Game and Gamestation:
HMV:
- Arcade costs £127.22
- Premium costs £166.37
- Elite costs £225.10
ToysRUs:
All prices include PGR4 and SEGA Superstars Tennis , ToysRUs value £58.68.
- Arcade costs £137.01
- Premium costs £176.16
- Elite costs £234.88
Game:
All prices include a single game option with a Game value of up to £27.40
- Arcade costs £128.49
- Premium costs £188.49
- Elite costs £248.49
GameStation:
- Arcade costs £128.49 with Mirror's Edge, GameStation value of £39.14
- Premium costs costs £166.37 with Kung Fu Panda, LEGO Indiana Jones, Lost and an Extra Wireless Controller, GameStation value £86.08.
- Elite costs £228.49 with a choice of single game such as Fallout 3 or Mirror's Edge, GameStation value up to £39.14
Frankly, the one hard piece of information for the Xmas shopper right now is, therefore, shop around. We would also suggest that you haggle the hell out of your local shopkeeper when it comes to PS3 pricing. In terms of Wii - we've not heard tales of shortages as occurred last year.
How has video game hardware and software been in your area? Tell us in the Forum!
* Source: MCV
- Xbox 360 Arcade to cost £99.99.
- Xbox 360 Premium 360 to cost £149.99.
- Xbox 360 Elite to cost £199.99
Also, for good measure, it's selling the PlayStation 3 for £269.99 as opposed to £299.99
This all sounds rather jolly. However, with the Zavvi website still unable to actually sell anything at the moment - and not showing any prices for products, including games - this offer is in-store only. Let's compare to HMV, Toys 'R' Us, Game and Gamestation:
HMV:
- Arcade costs £127.22
- Premium costs £166.37
- Elite costs £225.10
ToysRUs:
All prices include PGR4 and SEGA Superstars Tennis , ToysRUs value £58.68.
- Arcade costs £137.01
- Premium costs £176.16
- Elite costs £234.88
Game:
All prices include a single game option with a Game value of up to £27.40
- Arcade costs £128.49
- Premium costs £188.49
- Elite costs £248.49
GameStation:
- Arcade costs £128.49 with Mirror's Edge, GameStation value of £39.14
- Premium costs costs £166.37 with Kung Fu Panda, LEGO Indiana Jones, Lost and an Extra Wireless Controller, GameStation value £86.08.
- Elite costs £228.49 with a choice of single game such as Fallout 3 or Mirror's Edge, GameStation value up to £39.14
Frankly, the one hard piece of information for the Xmas shopper right now is, therefore, shop around. We would also suggest that you haggle the hell out of your local shopkeeper when it comes to PS3 pricing. In terms of Wii - we've not heard tales of shortages as occurred last year.
How has video game hardware and software been in your area? Tell us in the Forum!
* Source: MCV
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Comments
Joji 15 Dec 2008 12:56
1/7
Sweet prices. I wonder how much a 120gb hard drive is? That's all I need right now.
mrAnthony 15 Dec 2008 14:26
2/7
i was about this close to buying a 360 today, but decided against it, as i am getting both Fallout 3 and Locoroco 2 from various people for xmas :-p
we need more hours in the day, can you do that for us please?
we need more hours in the day, can you do that for us please?
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TimSpong 15 Dec 2008 15:25
3/7
mrAnthony wrote:
we need more hours in the day, can you do that for us please?
We have contacted the platform holders who have come back with the following official response:
"We the platform holders are excited to present something even better than 'more hours' in the day. Going forward we will be sharing value-added hours of the day to the current 'hours' experience. We are proud to share a fully immersive value-added hours challenge which will feature exciting and original options. Stay tuned for more information."
Daz 15 Dec 2008 16:21
4/7
I got my elite last week from GAME with Lips, kung fu panda and LEGO Indy for 259.99 and The Last Remnent from HMV for 27.99
Rico 15 Dec 2008 18:29
5/7
smells like a preemptive firesale - (a "fire-break sale" maybe?)
burn up some stock to generate revenue and limit the damage before the creditors pull out their swords
burn up some stock to generate revenue and limit the damage before the creditors pull out their swords
Pierre_Pressure 18 Dec 2008 10:07
6/7
mrAnthony wrote:
i was about this close to buying a 360 today, but decided against it, as i am getting both Fallout 3 and Locoroco 2 from various people for xmas :-p
we need more hours in the day, can you do that for us please?
we need more hours in the day, can you do that for us please?
My brother has a 360. Sainsbury was selling for £99.99 in the Autumn. It is an Arcade version and it is poo according to the children. Pay extra and buy Premium is my advice
Do not buy PS3 is my final advice. As spong say, it is F*cked! S**ttie Big Planet, c'est-ca!
mrAnthony 18 Dec 2008 15:39
7/7
yeah the main reason i didn't buy one is that the arcade package seemed a bit crappy. not even a wireless controller. so i said nah. f**k it.
i cant take the second piece of advice. having a PS3 for the last year and a half or so. :-p
most of the games i play, literally 90% are on PSP or DS anyway. i like being able to play them anywhere.
i cant take the second piece of advice. having a PS3 for the last year and a half or so. :-p
most of the games i play, literally 90% are on PSP or DS anyway. i like being able to play them anywhere.