Ok so this topic is fast approaching it's first year on the site and I thought it would be a good time to start getting a few things in order for the new buying season ahead!

Trusted Retailers:

www.365games.co.uk
www.Amazon.co.uk
www.Argos.co.uk
www.ASDA.co.uk
www.Blahdvd.com
www.Cdwow.com
www.Choicesuk.com
www.DVD.co.uk
www.Foxy.co.uk
www.Game.co.uk
www.Gameplay.co.uk
www.Gameseek.co.uk
www.Gamestation.co.uk
www.HMV.com
www.Mymemory.co.uk
www.Pcworld.co.uk
www.Play.com
www.Powerplaydirect.com
www.Sendit.com
www.Shopto.net
www.Tesco.com
www.Thegamecollection.net
www.Thehut.com
www.Woolworths.co.uk
www.Zavvi.co.uk

Postage tips:

If you want your games early my advice would be to buy from ShopTo primarily. They offer next day delivery (recorded) for free on all of their orders. They will send them if the order is made before 5:30pm or the next day if it's after 5:30pm. They also have a txt service available which allows you to order when away from the computer.

Game are also very good at sending games out before they hit the street dates. The "latest" I've ever had my games delivered from them was on the day of release.

Gameplay (owned by Game) are also pretty good for this, however you are far more likely to recieve on day of release. You can get away with 2nd class postage (free) and get your game on time from both Game & Gameplay.

Quidco:

Basically, Quidco is a website where if you purchase through them you will recieve money back on all your orders. For games this is up 11% (some offer less) and hardware also varies. Just create an account, visit their website first before you buy a game and they will redirect you. The rest is done for you and you'll recieve your money back later.

Vouchers:

These come and go, and along with doing some searching for cheap prices, the next best thing to save you money (obviously). Game regularly update their vouchers on a 3 month basis from my understanding and usually offer either £3 or £5 vouchers. They also team up with Debenhams when it comes to Xmas etc for special prices on just about all their games. I will keep the topic up-to date as much as I can with the vouchers as they can make all the difference where you buy.

Game reward points:

This isn't specifc just to Game, but they are by far the best for it imo. Whenever you purchase from them you will be rewarded points which can go to further / future purchases. They also double them up when it comes to preorders so you can make quite a substantial amount back. If you find a game that's the same price on a few websites, my advice would be to buy from Game and at least you are saving money for future purchases this way. Not only that, but you can use them instore as well as offline which is something not all websites offer.

Deals

Nice one DrunknMonkey. Nice Deals, may pick up Clive Barker's Jericho from Gamestation, £25 looks a good price and the game doesnt look too bad either.

Is there a £5 voucher code for GAME.co.uk around?

Read much?

I'd grab that £250 deal if it was the Pro model

But he asked for a £5 code, not a £3 code

Doesn't matter, Game offer only one voucher code at a time, and the one available just now is for £3. If there was a £5 code, don't you think I'd include it instead of a £3 code..

Well in Canada the Premium is the same as the Pro.

I want a Mass Effect and Assasins Creed deal! Munky go forth and use your knowledge!

pro / premium are the same thing.

I'm scared it will lack HDMI and be an older "inside build".

The pro model or "hdmi" model in the UK isn't that widespread is it?

Whens Mass Effect out? It will cause my 360 purchase "cave-in"

27th. I'm literally counting down the days.

I think the only way you can be sure you get an HDMI version is to buy it in a shop and check the box yourself (it will say on the box if it has HDMI or not).

Is that for UK as well?

^ I thought the name "Pro" was replacing Premium?

Or does the box still say Premium and then "HDMI" enabled on the back?

According to wikipedia - its the 20th in the USA and 23rd over here. As its wikipedia though - it could easily be wrong.

With the Pro / premium thing, AFAIK its still officially called the premium (in the USA its just called the Xbox 360). And although I have no first hand knowledge of this, from what I've read, if it has HDMI it will say so on the box.

premiums do not have HDMI only Pros do in the UK. If in doubt check the box for a HDMI logo on it

Thanks for clarification

I'm gonna have to go elite though I think

TV = black
PS3 = black
TV stand = smoked black glass
Surround sound speakers/woofer = black

Arghhh need to save more moniesss!

I'm tempted to contact a moderator and request to make this the official bargains thread or something

Lots more 360 deals here and here is some 2 for £25 deals.

Keep 'em coming, this is relevant to my interests

PGR4 for £29.95 at Shopto

Edit:

RSV has just gone Classic and now £20 at Shopto

Edit 2: This one might be for you Audio. Xbox 360 Pro (with HDMI) Halo 3 and PGR4 for £259.99 at Shopto. Link here

Edit 3: Halo 3 for £29.99 at Shopto. Although I'm pretty sure everyone who wants it has it already. But for any of you new buyers, click here

Edit 4: Ok last one for just now, Naruto Rise of a Ninja is £29.99 at Shopto, for those of you not interested in the Game reward points and want it delivered faster. Click here

I wish the US had good deals like this.

what color is you wii?
i might sell my 360 for an elite, but then i got my Wii which is white more or less the same config as urself.

I have the Wii upstairs hooked upto the SD TV.

It looks like **** on the HDTV.

I was under the impression it was the 27th, feel feel to correct me if i'm wrong.

Fifa 2008 for £26 at HMV as part of a weekly offer. Link here

Maybe you should edit the first post as well to keep them deals in the same place

Well I suppose I could if this thread is going stay popular for long enough Could it be made sticky if that was the case? Or at least change the title to Official Bargains thread or something along the lines..

I don't know, we do have a lot of stickys, and it would only apply to the UK...

Title edited

Great thread!, DrunknMunky you rolling these out like a Currys tv ad lol, great job!

ahhh thank god for component cables

Yeah I know, but an Official topic is just as good. Thanks for the title change



Haha thanks, don't just count on me though, if any other members find bargains, post 'em! I'm sure we'll see a lot coming up to Xmas

Fingers crossed!

Elder Scrolls IV : Oblivion £17.99 at Play.com.

Timeshift for £32.99 at Powerplaydirect.
Link here

WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2008 for £31.95 at 101CD.com.
Link here

Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 for £34.79 at Powerplaydirect.
Link here

Overlord for £22.99 at Shopto.
Link here

Colin McRae DiRT for £24.99 at Shopto.
Link here

Bladestorm for £29.93 at TheHut.
Link here

Stuntman Ignition for £17.93 at TheHut.
Link here

Guitar Hero III for £55.99 at Powerplaydirect.
Link here

I got component cables, it still looks pretty bad

I'm going to check in town tomorrow and see what 360 bundles are about.

If Game have that £250 bundle in store and can give me a Pro (HDMI) then I think I'll pick it up.

Not sure if it has been posted but a Woolworths local to me was advertising the Xbox 360 Premium and 4 good games for 285 pounds.. an absolute bargain!

This it?

@ AudioBoxer, what about this bundle?. Posted it on page 2, guess you missed it.

I seen it

But it's outta stock/stock not in yet.

If I see a good bundle tomorrow I'll probably just buy it. Want to keep costs down so as long as I can get the Pro model and a decent game (eg Halo 3 ), I'll be happy for now.

I'm dreading getting the wireless adapter though... 50 notes

Any alternatives to using it?

Don't know of any of the top of my head, but third party dongles work. You need to set them up on the PC first I think, then use it on the 360. Check Google.

Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 is £35 in Tesco.

MotoGP 07 for £17.50 at Shopto.
Link here

I bought my "Pro" from HMV about a month ago and it had no mention of "premium" OR "pro" on the box, it was just "Xbox 360". It did mention HDMI on the back, though and luckily, the guy in HMV knew what I was talking about when I said "Pro".

This was a month ago, so no doubt there's plenty of Pro models around the place, just ask in store if they have any, but be careful about mentioning the HDMI because I got a LOT of people who tried to sell me an elite and were absolutely sure that the elite was the only one that had it because "that's it's major selling point"....

EDIT: I forgot to mention, in both HMV and Virgin, it does actually come up on their computer systems as "360 Pro" and is separate from the Premium, so you can always ask them to check for it there.

If its just coming up as xbox 360, perhaps MS has done here what they have done in america then? As in dropped the pro / premium thing completely? (just naming it xbox 360).

I'm still not too sure bout it now being called the pro, simply because a few were calling it the pro even back at 360 launch

Keep the discussion on topic guys, please post deals and special offers. AudioBoxer created his own thread about buying the 360 and bought it earlier today.

Thanks

All right, here's one -

Some Game stores are doing a special offer for Virtua Fighter 5. It's £20 when bought with anything in store (some stores require it to be a 360 game). Offer only lasts this week.
Oh and my local gamestation was giving £30 for VF5

Is an Xbox 360..(in the U.K) In most places £299 for Xbox Elite with the 120GB Hard Drive and the wireless controller?
Or do you have to buy the wireless controller separate..
and if someone form the U.K has an idea where to get one for less tell me

All of the SKU's come with a wireless controller now (Arcade, Pro and Elite).

Awesome

Awsome thread, damn I missed the fifa 08 deal.