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Far Cry 3 And The Stranger In A Strange Land When Harvey Norman staged a 50 per cent off games sale last month, it attracted lots of buyers keen for a bargain. However, not everyone is happy with the outcome: some shoppers are reporting extended delays in receiving their games, along with poor and conflicting information from customer service.
Whether they were good (Portal 2), bad (Duke Nukem Forever) or under your radar (Orcs Must Die!), you can get some of the biggest games of this year and other recent releases for up to 75 per cent off on Valve’s digital distribution portal. Starts today, ends on Sunday, Get clicking, folks: store.steampowered.com.
Sony started selling 320GB PlayStation 3s bundled with the new PlayStation Move controller last month but promised another option. Today, the company says the 320GB systems are now shipping to retailers. They’ll cost $US350. Move-bundled units run $US400; 160GB units go for $US300.
Still trying to sell the DS to people who don’t typically play games, Nintendo has plans for an application linking the DS with a supermarket’s inventory so users can simplify their shopping list and find what they need more easily.
“It’s clear most of these commenters can’t seem to conceive of a world where everyone doesn’t play video games all day long,” writes Chris O’Brien, whose column about returning a Christmas-gift Wii summoned a tempest of gamer fury .
It could have happened to any man with any console. But for Chris O’Brien, newspaper columnist, it happened with the Wii. The father of two bought his kids a Wii for Christmas, but returned it. Too many hidden costs.
