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The UK Bargains Thread: You were only going to waste it on hookers and blow

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  • Xenogears of BoreXenogears of Bore Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Buy a US Gamecube, problem solved.

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  • SomestickguySomestickguy Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Buy a US Gamecube, problem solved.
    And...

    how much is that?

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  • Xenogears of BoreXenogears of Bore Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Buy a US Gamecube, problem solved.
    And...

    how much is that?

    Anywhere between $15-$30 for a used one, I've seen new ones under $50.

    Peanuts!

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  • subediisubedii Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Buy a US Gamecube, problem solved.
    And...

    how much is that?

    Anywhere between $15-$30 for a used one, I've seen new ones under $50.

    Peanuts!

    I know that GC's are going dirt cheap these days definitely, but wouldn't you get hit with import tax?

    EDIT: Why am I being so stupid? If you really want it, you can easily pick up a UK Gamecube for dirt cheap (like £20-£30), and then get a copy of Freeloader for that instead. Probably cheaper than importing a US gamecube, unless you know someone selling locally.

    Otherwise you'll just have to find a UK copy of the game I guess. I'm sure there must be somewhere selling them, but if not, then that US copy might be your best chance.

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  • XagarathXagarath Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I found ToS for £24, but it was kind of a one time thing.

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  • CentipeedCentipeed Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Oh yeah, Wii + GC Freeloader = Screwed. I had assumed you still had a GC. I keep mine around because it's easier to play GC games on it than the Wii, and the Freeloader works on it.

    But as other people have mentioned, GAME sell used Gamecubes for £20 or so. A bit excessive just to play one game though, but all you have to do is compare the cost of a Gamecube, ToS (USA) and Freeloader to the cost of ToS (UK) and see which is less. If the former is cheaper, that'll be quite special.

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  • SomestickguySomestickguy Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Ziggymon wrote: »

    I LOVE YOU

    KISSES

    Oh wait

    i don't get paid till monday

    is this temporary or..?

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  • ZiggymonZiggymon Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Ziggymon wrote: »

    I LOVE YOU

    KISSES

    Oh wait

    i don't get paid till monday

    is this temporary or..?

    not that I know of, if you can find them instore they're the same price aswell. Also check out GAME stores they're clearing out Gamecube games and stuff like Paper Mario and Zelda 4 swords are at £19.99 now.

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  • Mr_GrinchMr_Grinch Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Curse you LewieP, I paid £4 more than that for conan on PS3!

    It's a brilliantly shit game though. If that makes any sense?

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Mr_Grinch wrote: »
    It's a brilliantly shit game though. If that makes any sense?

    Yes

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
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    edited May 2008
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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Rayman 10th Anniversary, PS2 - £8.93 delivered
    Suikoden V, PS2 - £12.93 delivered
    Condemned 2, PS3 - £22.97 delivered
    Condemned 2, Xbox 360 - £22.97 delivered
    Echochrome, PSP - £16.99 delivered
    Lost Odyssey, Xbox 360 - £19.99 delivered
    IL2 Complete Edition, PC - £9.99 delivered
    Art Of Fighting: Anthology, PS2 - £7.99 delivered

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  • SUPERSUGASUPERSUGA Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    So I'm aiming to buy a 360 (premium) with GTA4 and an extra controller. Argos will give me those and Halo 3 for £250.

    Can anyone beat that? I'm planning to buy this Saturday.

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  • WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    That's a pretty fine deal.

    Also hahaha what the fuck is with the echochrome PAL case? That's the most ridiculous decision ever.

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  • The_ScarabThe_Scarab Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I think that is paback for us having the infinitely superior Resi 4 and Ico cases.

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  • WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I've put in a request for the US/JPN covers on thecoverproject.

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  • darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Anyone not buying skate and condemned 2 will get a 2x4 with nails to the head.

    In other news, I'm not dead!

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  • Sunday_AssassinSunday_Assassin Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    So where would be the best place to get Operation Darkness when it comes out then, chaps? It's released in the US on June 24th, and is region free, so I'm eager to get my grubby mits on it.

    edit: Scratch that. Turns out they will be region locking it after all.

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  • ArceusArceus Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Does anybody have any tips on any British online stores (with international shipping) where I can find Shadow of the Colossus (PAL version) on the cheap? The cheapest I've found so far is game.co.uk but there it's out of stock. Thanks for any tips.

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Arceus wrote: »
    Does anybody have any tips on any British online stores (with international shipping) where I can find Shadow of the Colossus (PAL version) on the cheap? The cheapest I've found so far is game.co.uk but there it's out of stock. Thanks for any tips.

    Try here, it's £9.89 and they deliver to the USA.

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  • ArceusArceus Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Man, that's a fantastic bargain, and the shipping is ridulously cheap too! Thank you so much.

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  • LewiePLewieP Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    No worries.

    Any particular reason you wanted the PAL version? Is there a difference?

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  • PiggoPiggo Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Probably the sexy case and the art cards, I don't believe the US version had them...

    Edit: Does anyone know any good places for MS points cards at the mo? I have had a look at past deals but they all seem to have expired, the ones I have checked anyway.

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  • ArceusArceus Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    LewieP wrote: »
    No worries.

    Any particular reason you wanted the PAL version? Is there a difference?

    Nah it's just that my PS2 is PAL because I got it during my semester abroad in college. SotC is the only game I still needed for it. :)

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  • WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Piggo wrote: »
    Probably the sexy case and the art cards, I don't believe the US version had them...

    Edit: Does anyone know any good places for MS points cards at the mo? I have had a look at past deals but they all seem to have expired, the ones I have checked anyway.

    Tesco.com Jersey for £13.97 with freedel code for free delivery.

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  • Rogueknight-Rogueknight- Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I'll add this up for consideration -

    What is the best deal you guys have seen so far for Mass Effect PC pre-orders? Bonuses are nice, but a low price is probably the best thing at the end of the day.

    So far I've seen:
    Game.co.uk- Double Points, £34.99
    http://www.game.co.uk/PC/RolePlaying/~r334333/Mass-Effect/?s=Mass+Effect

    Play.com -£26.99
    http://www.play.com/Games/PC/4-/5416474/Mass-Effect/Product.html

    Amazon -£25.99!
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Electronic-Arts-Mass-Effect-PC/dp/B0015M0PYI/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1211218534&sr=8-1

    At present it looks like the Amazon deal is by far the best, however if anyone has seen anything better let me know!

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  • SnareSnare Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Hey UKers! I was wandering if anyone knows how GAME will treat my RRoD? It hasn't been a year since I bought the 360 and I bought 2 years cover as well.

    Are they likely to let me take it in and get a replacement there and then?

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  • WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    You're better off getting MS to replace it themselves.

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  • SnareSnare Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Why's that? GAME likely to give me second hand or something?

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  • darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Yeah, I've had my local GAME replace mine a few times, it's quicker and easier than sending it to MS, surely.

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  • WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Well seeing as you bought the cover (didn't see that the first time) then you might as well get a completely new one, just make sure that you swap out the hard drives. what GAME can't do, though, is transfer your rights to your digital content, so you won't be able to run any of it when you're not connected to Live with the profile that bought it. MS can apparently switch that over for you now.

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  • darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    GAME don't take the hard-drive back, just the console unit itself. Also you can apparently get the rights back by opening up Account Management and then Download History (they explained this on Major Nelson's podcast the other week). That gives you a big list of all the things you've downloaded, where you can re-download them and it should re-allocate the rights to the console that you're doing that on.

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  • WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    darleysam wrote: »
    GAME don't take the hard-drive back, just the console unit itself. Also you can apparently get the rights back by opening up Account Management and then Download History (they explained this on Major Nelson's podcast the other week). That gives you a big list of all the things you've downloaded, where you can re-download them and it should re-allocate the rights to the console that you're doing that on.

    Yep. But that only works if MS have transferred the rights and you've replaced it through them very recently. That list has always been there, it's just never worked the way it does now.

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  • darleysamdarleysam On my way to UKRegistered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Ah, fair enough, I've not given it a thorough testing myself.

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  • SnareSnare Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Ok, I see. So i may have problems if I don't send it to MS? Or is it alright now?
    Would it affect things like GH Download content?

    Thanks for the info by the way, this place is by far the best place on the whole net to ask this kinda stuff!

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  • WillethWilleth Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Snare wrote: »
    Ok, I see. So i may have problems if I don't send it to MS? Or is it alright now?
    Would it affect things like GH Download content?

    Thanks for the info by the way, this place is by far the best place on the whole net to ask this kinda stuff!

    Yes, it would. You might even still get those problems even if you do send it to MS.

    I'll detail it more in a post in a couple of hours as I'm at work right now, but there are issues with repairs beyond just 'things break, you know, whatever'.

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  • SnareSnare Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    More hassle after it's fixed? Man... I was hoping this day would never come.
    Thanks Willeth, it would be great to know the whole story before I act.

    I'm even thinking about trading in all my 360 stuff and getting a PS3, sorta starting again. This breakdown crap isn't worth it. I don't even play the 360 that often!

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  • malerikmalerik Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Have you tried it again recently?

    My friend's 360 RRoD'd a while back and he phoned me up in tears. He'd been playing about 18 hours a day for like two months (get a fuckin job rob, seriously.) and STRANGELY it had decided it had had enough.

    Seriously, if anyone's xbox was gonna die it was his.

    So he rings me up and he's all like "dude it's fuckin RRoD'd! CAN'T PLAY HALO! WTF DO I DO MAN I'M FREAKING OUT!" and I felt really bad for him (though I was pissing myself laughing) so to give him some faint glimmer of hope for something that was clearly broken I said to him "ok, heres what you do, turn it off, let it cool down for like half an hour then power it back up. I heard this sometimes works (I hadn't, but i wanted to stop him crying).

    It DID work. His xbox went straight back into its 18 hour snipefests with nary a hiccup!

    Obviously this won't work for all xboxes, but don't assume the worst straight away.

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