Stretching all the way to August 10, JB Hi-Fi has a few bargains, particularly if you’re after a competitive console bundle.
All three consoles are represented by some decent value bundles. Can’t say the same for the handhelds though, with that DS Lite Mario pack being the only one any sensible person should consider.
Software-wise, there’s nothing out of the ordinary. Most recent releases are around JB’s standard $89 price point, with some older titles down around $59-69. Still, I’ve picked out a few highlights.
Hardware
DS Lite (handheld only) $188
DS Lite (handheld plus Touch Master) $199
DS Lite (red handheld plus New Super Mario Bros. and accessory pack) $229
DSi (handheld only) $274
DSi (handheld plus My Cooking Coach) $299
PS2 (console plus SingStar Queen and mics) $199
PS3 (80GB console plus MotorStorm and Resistance: Fall of Man) $669
PS3 (80GB console plus Assassin’s Creed, inFamous, Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection and HDMI cable) $699
PSP (red PSP-3000 handheld plus Ratatouille and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen) $299
Wii (console plus Carnival Games and World Sports Party) $399
Wii (console plus Let’s Tap, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Virtua Tennis 2009 and an extra Wiimote and Nunchuk) $499
Xbox 360 (60GB Pro console plus Fight Night Round 4, Gears of War and Gears of War 2) $449
Xbox 360 (Arcade console plus Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection, Sega Superstars Tennis and Xbox Live Arcade compilation) $299
Software
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts (360) $44
Battlestations Pacific(360) $25
BioShock (360 $39
Boom Blox: Bash Party (Wii) $49
Colin McRae: DiRT (360) $29
Disaster: Day of Crisis (Wii) $49
Dragon Quest: Rocket Slime (DS) $19
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (DS) $39
Guitar Hero World Tour (Wii) $34
Little King’s Story (Wii) $59
Lock’s Quest (DS) $24
Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (PSP) $59
New Play Control!: Mario Power Tennis (Wii) $29
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (360) $39
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (PS3) $49
Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) $59
Tomb Raider: Underworld (PS3) $49
Valkyria Chronicles (PS3) $69
Wario Land: The Shake Dimension (Wii) $49
audiochron
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 9:14 AMWhen are we going to see Elite’s back on the shelves?
Captain Pajama Shark
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 9:21 AMHey, how about some PC deals??? :)
Claian
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 9:25 AMnot bad,
but GAME have Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts for $29 on the web site.
Got the email about the online sale last night.
http://www.game.com.au/search?search=owo6
kristijan
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 10:18 AMJust letting you know at the upcoming target toy sale the red dsi + mario will be $199, cheaper than jbs
Takuie
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 11:28 AMpft… none of them have Ghostbusters for 360 yet though do they? Picked my copy last week at Gametraders Perth for 89.95!
Chris
Wednesday, August 5, 2009 at 11:14 PMI call shennanigans! It’s not out for another 3 months on 360!
T-Rocket
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 11:55 AMValkyria Chronicles looks tempting. Wish it had trophies.
Jay
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 12:24 PMHas something happened to Elites? Judging by ‘audiochron’ comment…
JB had an Elite deal i was saving for (Elite, Halo 3, Fable 2 & Assassins) for $499 which was the BEST deal i had seen for an Elite in a LOOONG time. It was up for a good 4 weeks or so and then taken down from catalogue and website.
I went into JB about a week or so ago and looked above the games to see all the boxes of 360′s with their prices and didn’t see an Elite although i only looked for a split second.
I just haven’t seen any deals for them in any catalogues for alot of stores.
I want to know if that GAME OF THE YEAR edition for $499 is still available???? Anywhere really….
f4cti0n
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 12:35 PMI thought the 360 Elite was being discontinued and only released as a Resident Evil 5 limited edition model or something?
Blah2
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 12:57 PMReally? I heard the pro was going to be discontinued, who knows, maybe they will discontinue the elite and upgrade the pro to a 120g hard drive with an HDMI cable.
David Wildgoose
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 1:10 PMAnyone out there who works in retail… is Microsoft still fulfilling your orders for Elite and Pro stock? Have there been any recent changes in what they’re able to deliver?
Slayer
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 3:50 PMHasn’t been anything clear on that situation David, I have noticed no elite stock coming through in the last few weeks, last i checked we were left with 1 elite left, more arcades/pros than anything. I can only assume that MS are recooperating or changing tactic. Time will tell unless someone has more of a definitive answer
Namarrgon
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 4:17 PMThere are rumours of a shakeup in the various SKUs – possible new “super-Elite” with a very large HDD which will push the Elite down to the Pro price and ditch the Pro altogether.
Perhaps best to wait & see, if you can.
Jay
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 9:23 PMIt’s so weird. A mate of mine got an Elite about a month ago. I think it was the deal i was speaking about. But that was a month ago (and the deal i want, was up well over a month ago which was why i thought it would be a permanent thing for a while be4 MS announce another bundle).
Well MS haven’t actually announced anything. Its all be hoo-ha about future bundles and SKU’s. I suppose they do so to prevent sales of current SKU’s. But at least say something like, their are a shortage of Elites, expect delays. SOMETHING to clarify the fact that i can’t seem to find them anywhere when i want to buy one.
If the PRO goes, Elite needs to be standard then. I think they need to make the normal size of HDD the 120GB. And offer the Pro or whatever it will be called in Black & White or possible other colours. Then make a Super-Elite or whatever and make that 300GB or something or with Wi-Fi & Internet Browser, maybe more internal storage possibly. Maybe they will wait for a Super-Elite for when Natal comes out like some are saying….
poedgirl
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 12:39 PMI take it no-one else is missing images on these posts? Every Kotaku AU, Gizmodo AU and Lifehacker AU post has images that I get a 403 forbidden error on.
David Smith
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 6:20 PMYeah, I’ve had that issue quite a bit. Both at home and work.
Mr Waffle
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 12:42 PMStar Wars: The Force Unleashed (360) $39
That’s just insane. I almost want to buy it again, that’s how good a bargain it is.
Josh
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 1:25 PMYou reckon that’s a good price?
Check this out:
http://www.game.com.au/showtitle?code=SWFORUNLP3
Darius Schnaare
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 8:18 PMi saw wii sports resort with motion plus AND another motion plus for 88bucks in dicksmith catalouge…
for that info can someone point me in the direction of a psp2000?
plok82
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 at 8:27 PMjust to update on the mario ds bundle its actually down to 178 until sun good value indeed