ok it's official GAME are A$$clowns

the_syco

Point1; Your in Ireland.

Point2; Your shopping in Ireland.

Point3; You somehow didn't expect the monkies to try to rip you off?

Dude, I feel your pain, but untill a shop sells something lower than 50, no shop will do it.

This will be the only time you'll see competition and Ireland in the once sentance, when talking about the price of games. Why? Because there is none. Every shop you go to, it's always €50 or €60 per game.

Gileadi

on a sidenote 45 euro for games is ridiculous

i seen in hmv you can get the console and any game for 175 which is 20 quid cheaper than buying it and a 45E game seperate,not bad considering most stores are con merchants

evad_lhorg

eh hmv are charging 55euro for project rub! that is fcukin ridiculous!

rainbow kirby

HMV were always pretty crapulent for handheld prices though. I'm sure half their GBA rack is still that price.

Mimikyu

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the_syco

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SoundCellar is the only place I really buy my music. The price is about €20 or so, but its a damn good selection :cool:

Jazzy

was driv3r a collectors edition??
doesnt matter that the 10 euro worth metal case was included, could still get collectors edition for 60 euro in xtra vision and bout 53eu in HMV, i emplore ppl not to shop at game, unless its a pre owned bargain....

Amazon, HMV are FAR better, game is not a specialised computer game shop... it does have every PS2 game + accessory u need though, they need a smack in the mouth, best way to do that is not to shop there. i havent for 3 years, i got starfox adventures for 15eu about 6 months ago, first business theyve done off me since half life

amp

The word "official" is so abused on boards. That said I tend to just browse in Game and buy in Smyths. Smyths are generally always a fiver cheaper and that's worth the extra legworth.

I don't get pre-ordering. I don't usually buy on the day of release (although World of Warcraft was pretty damn close) but wait until all the really impatient people have gone through all the stress they love to go through and simply walk up to the counter and just buy the damn thing.

Patience reduces stress I find.

Balfa

It's this sort of billox that makes me glad i don't live there anymore Fry's usually take $10-15 off games for the week of their release. I got WE8 (PES4) for $30 and Mario Tennis for $35 a couple of days after their respective releases. A guy I know got Half-life 2 for $20 the day it came out.

This happens with almost every new game. Delicious

jill_valentine

Alright, so here's the thing. GAME only have limited stock of DS's, and likely wouldn't have enough stocked to cover every pre-order if they were collected at once. If you refuse to buy the DS package, they can counter that they give preferential treatment to somebody who will. But they haven't actually refused to sell you the DS - they've simply said that you'll have to wait for every other pre-order to come in, in case they will buy the package.

Smyths on the other hand, are lovely. Especially at the weekend. Especially to Boards.ers.

Q_Ball

I'll be doing my buying in smyths from now on too, unless i can find it online and i can avail of a credit card!

super_furry

I dunno, I think GAME have improved a fair bit recently, well in Tallaght at least. The introduction of Xtra-Game as a nearby competitor has seen them lower their prices pretty much across the board, although their second hand stuff is still overpriced and you still get much, much less for trade-ins.

Boro

Well if you fancy the journey, they had a few left in xtra vision in clonmel when i was in there yesterday. They were just sitting on the shelf there. Its only about an hour from limerick

TwoShedsJackson

If you still buy anything in Game you deserve what you get from them i.e. crap service and ripoff prices - go to play.com for games, ok you have to wait two or three days but they don't charge postage and are generally at least a tenner cheaper on new releases. More sometimes, I got Football Manager 2005 for €28 delivered from them when Game & HMV wanted €54.99 - bollocks to them.

dynamize100

flogen wrote: »

what's wrong with comparing specs? I wouldn't make that the main focus of a decision, but if a customer asked me I'd say the Xbox was more powerful but... depending on what games you're looking for you might prefer a ps2.

flogen

Hi all,
I am aware this is a really old thread but just couldn't resist.

I used to work in that Game around that time.
We used to know about games but used to have competitions selling people stuff they didn't want, we used to have real fun with it. – Admittedly not everyone around Christmas time knew about games (Christmas temps were often as thick as 2 short planks). I have a (and had at the time) a Computer Science degree I was just working there while looking for a programming job (You know fund the Christmas drinks) & I am now a Senior Software Engineer working for a large corporation, I bet you know them (What’s your technical qualification). I was not the only one either at least 2 of the other staff members were working there to fund finishing their Computer Science degrees from UL. You say that we didn’t know anything that we were just corporate sheep but you see it was you guys that were the sheep, we just didn’t care.

Anyway my comment.
There was mention that the Xbox was more powerful than the PS2, well I suppose yeah it is in the same way that a large truck is more powerful than a Ferrari. Lets face it thou given the option we would all take the “shiny red one”.

Justification.
The Xbox is/was a stripped down PC.
The PS2 is just a console.

The Xbox has more layers than an Eskimo to deal with before it can start processing your game so by the time it does all that extra power is gone. The PS2’s machine layer instantly translates your game meaning that its power is all transferred to game processing.

So like my truck & Ferrari example, the Xbox might have more power but that doesn’t mean it’s faster or prettier than the PS2.

Cheers.

Melion

Dear god, a 3 yr old thread. Why bother? Nobody cares about the Xbox vs PS2 anymore

dynamize100

Melion wrote: »

Dear god, a 3 yr old thread. Why bother? Nobody cares about the Xbox vs PS2 anymore

I'm stuck at work waiting for a test to finish & I used to always hear plebs talking like they were similar machines, when infact they are apples & oranges!!!

Dont be at yourself

In summary:

dynamize wasn't clueless, he was, in fact, really cool.
This is an old, worthless thread.

In before lock!

monument

NekkidBibleMan wrote: »

In summary:

dynamize wasn't clueless, he was, in fact, really cool.
This is an old, worthless thread.

In before lock!

I had some vague memory of locking this thread. Maybe I forgot to press confirm etc or something.

In after lock! :pac: