GAME seem to be reducing 360 titles (price)

[smallvillex]

Tesco selling games......bad idea...

[mid]

Ordering online from Tesco = bad idea; they're slow and there's no telling just how slow they'll be as they always claim they'll be shipping it Any Minute Now, even if it takes them a week or two to get stock.

Purchasing in the shop as you walk round Tesco, for less than it costs at Gameplay? Perfectly fine.

[bwi]

where did i say order online?

Go into the shop you bunch of lazy tossers

bri

[Psyduck]

I've had DOA4 for ?30 from virgin online, GRAW for ?25 from lxdirect, ridge 6 for ?30-odd from videogamesplus, condemned for ?30 from amazon...you don't have to pay high prices for xb360 stuff!

[themanwithapc]

I've had DOA4 for ?30 from virgin online, GRAW for ?25 from lxdirect, ridge 6 for ?30-odd from videogamesplus, condemned for ?30 from amazon...you don't have to pay high prices for xb360 stuff!

Same here. I have only bought one full priced game in the form of PGR3 from my local GS, and that too cause I had credit notes.

[Angry the Clown]

It's a step in the right direction though, especially if GAME of all places is starting to lower the prices. Personally I'd like it if the set retail price on 360 games was actually ?39, and first party title retail price was about ?35. This would still leave the cost of software that little bit more expensive in comparison to what those on the other side of the Atlantic pay (roughly the equivalent of ?35 for general games, and ?29 for first party), but nevertheless it would make things a damn sight more fair and appealing - at least to me.

[ascender]

TBH I've only ordered 2 games from Tesco online and they've both arrived on release day so I can have no complaints about them.

[spikecast]

Tesco is the best bet for me, I work there part time whilst at uni and I get my 10% off, so the 360 games only cost me ?35.98 (providing they are ?39.98~) so I can't complain! I'm planning to get my g/f a Premium pack from there for ?250~ shortly, the discount certainly does come in handy!

[IanE]

Tesco selling games......bad idea...

They're cheaper than high street prices and the same as online, please tell me why Tesco selling games is a bad idea.

[Ouenben]

They're cheaper than high street prices and the same as online, please tell me why Tesco selling games is a bad idea.

As already mentioned their posting time/delivery time can be awful. and they tend to keep you around waiting.
Not to mention the various "bargains" that have appeared only for them to say it was a mistake and not honour it ft:

[Keith]

They're cheaper than high street prices and the same as online, please tell me why Tesco selling games is a bad idea.

Because they're destroying the salt o' the Earth local-market game shops!!!1!one! [/Trevor McDonald]

[bignige]

As already mentioned their posting time/delivery time can be awful. and they tend to keep you around waiting.
Not to mention the various "bargains" that have appeared only for them to say it was a mistake and not honour it ft:

Possibly online, but ?39.99 is the price instore as well. I've gotten most on my 360 games from Tesco, the fact that you can get them late Thursday/early Friday for new releases is a bonus too.

[Crisp_Rapper]

I've gotten most on my 360 games from Tesco, the fact that you can get them late Thursday/early Friday for new releases is a bonus too.

me and a mate walked into the 24hour tesco and asked for a copy of halo2 just after midnight... "but it says for release on such and such" told her to look at the time and it was in our posession some minutes later.

easiest launch get ever, severely lacking in geeks and also amazingly handy for midnight gaming snackage.

tesco is awesome.

[MikeRox]

They're cheaper than high street prices and the same as online, please tell me why Tesco selling games is a bad idea.

places like GAME offset their losses on "dud" selling games that they slash to ?10-20 within weeks by making up for it on Chart titles such as EA games that consistently sell well, Tesco only tend to stock these sorts of games and undercut normal shops selling titles at prices barely above wholesale cost due to fact they have revenue from groceries etc as well and so don't need the profits the same, ultimately it will lead to less choice and help completely kill off dedicated highstreet retailers. They don't sell the games at the full RRP as it's a good way of drawing people into stores as if they go in to pick up Need for Speed or Fifa Street 2 they'll more than likely end up picking up a few other odds and sods too.

Saying places like GAME need to buck up and compete is all good and well, but at the end of the day it isn't really possible to operate like tesco do, unless they turned into supermarkets themselves :P it was a similar thing with Music and DVDs but tbh this is really another thread.

[Angry the Clown]

There are plans - as far as online sales go at least - to curtail Jersey based establishments (like Tesco online) avoiding tax loopholes allowing them to sell products at prices cheaper than their competitors?. Although they might still be able to move and set up on Guernsey and still exploit it, but the aim is to try and impose a change in order to serve domestic mainland retailers more fairly. Whether any changes will be inside grumpy old Gordon?s red suitcase and be announced as soon as today however remains to be seen.

Bottom line really is that 360 games just shouldn?t cost as much as they do in the UK. Even over on the continent 360 games retail for a maximum of about 65euros which is around ?45.