Missed the massive GAME sale? Didn’t get around to buying any of those Steam games? Don’t worry – new consoles and plenty of sequels will make for consistent good deals in the months to come. And if you aren’t enamoured with the bells & whistles of the new 360 Slim, now might be your time. Here’s what’s good at the moment.
Economical Gamer points to a Dick Smith sale that would like you to take some of their 360 Arcade consoles off their hands in an online only offer which ends today. $199 gets you the Arcade and four games: Pure, LEGO Batman, Halo 3: ODST, and Forza 3. The Arcade console also comes with Pac-Man: Championship Edition.
Nice selection of games there for cheap, but seeing as the Arcade doesn’t come with a hard drive, you might as well tack on another $50-100 if you want to save your games. Unless your circle of friends or eBay have a solution?
If those games hold no weight for you, GAME still have a few 360 Elite consoles to get rid of, and are offering them for less than the price of a Wii.
JB HiFi have some good software deals, which aren’t quite the same as GAME’s $2 for Mirror’s Edge craziness last week, but are still nothing to sneeze at. For $29 there’s:
-Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe
-Resident Evil 5
-UFC: Undisputed 2009
-GTA IV
And some more recent titles for $49:
-Prince of Persia: Forgotten Sands
-Splinter Cell: Conviction
-Assassin’s Creed 2
-Lost Planet 2
-Heavy Rain
-MAG
FIFA World Cup South Africa is also going for $44, but keep in mind its annual edition will be out in a few months. Check the catalogue out here.
OT
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 1:30 PMi got the new 360 for 90 dollars at game
dzc12
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 2:03 PMHow? And can I still get that deal?
Matthew Buckner
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 6:46 PMI assume he traded stuff towards it. No store in their right mind (liquidating or not) would sell a brand new Xbox 360 S for $90
DaveCage
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 1:35 PMsaw the Elite console at Dick Smith Greensborough(VIC) today and it was $250 and comes with ODST and Forza 3, just thought someone may be interested
Catalyst_27
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 6:17 PMMost JB-HIFI’s have the exact same sale on thought as always it depends on the amount of units they have left.
greenacid9
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 1:38 PMGAME has the following:
Assassins Creed 2 for $38
Prince of Persia: Forgotten Sands for $39
Heavy Rain for $48
MAG for $38
UFC 2009 for $24
Was just in there before checking it out, seems like a good deal…
MrBS
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 1:46 PMIn the space of a year I went from paying a premium to get the fastest wireless I could for all my devices to replacing it all with gigabit LAN. Ethernet cheaper, faster, more reliable and cheaper! I only turn my wireless on when I need to download something for the DSi.
Chikasu
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 1:56 PMdont know if its aus wide but my local harvey norman has 120gb elites for $249 with the forza3 and odst bundle…(castle hill)
Corey Lee
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 2:05 PMSome GAMEs will sell Lost Planet 2 for only $24 preowned.
Bought my copy in Hurstville but saw an Xbox360 copy in Hornsby last week for $24.
Here’s a few other things I saw recently,
Assassins Creed 2 White Edition – $49
Red Steel 2 with Motion Plus – $49
Hori Arcade Sticks (Xbox360) – $69
Tekken 6 Collectors Edition (Arcade Stick included PS3) – $69
As to whether you can find these things is simply based on your nearest store’s stock, etc, etc
Jimu_Hsien
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 4:18 PMThose sale prices at Game differ from store to store.
symolie
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 4:30 PMI picked up KOF XII last week, new, on 360 for $24 from Game in Armadale WA -sweet! They had quite a few bargains which is really, really strange for them.
grumbleM
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 5:17 PMThe most infuriating part of all these deals is the comparative pricing of a 360 wireless controller. These usually go for $50-80.Looking at the arcade $199 deal, it almost makes sense to buy an additional console for the controller rather than just buy one separately if any of those games were appealing, Forza/ODST running about $40, pure/lego batman about $20. The arcade comes with a month of gold membership too if I remember correctly.
And hey, it cant be that useless to have a spare xbox lying around.
As for the storage issue, I don’t know if its still going, but i picked up an official refurb 20 GB hard drive about 2 years ago for like $25 with 3 months live though some online offer.
OT
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 10:45 PM@ dzc12
i traded my elite 120g and my halo green 60g
at game
warden
Thursday, July 8, 2010 at 5:41 PMI had an RRoD and was about to pay M$ $168 to fix it. I cancelled and bought the $249 elite from JB with Forza3 and ODST. I basically paid $80 more and got a new console, new warranty, extra controller, 2 games and an HDMI cable. I was going to get an arcade and use my old hard drive but at $249 the elite is a bargain!
JB Brisbane had 4 left on store floor when I got mine
Now what to do with my RRoD console?….
hristinho18
Monday, July 12, 2010 at 8:06 PMDont forget that the Dickies Arcade console is a 2 year old model. Buy extended warranty AND keep it in the fridge.