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Thunderbirds are go! GAME Australia is advertising that the street date for Portal 2 has been broken. They are selling the game now in stores. Hurry up before they change their minds!
UPDATE: We’ve also gotten word that EB are also selling the game. The floodgates have opened.
Thanks to Christopher for the heads up.
How does this help anyone? PC copies are on steam, which hasnt been activated yet.
xbox users maybe?
Boom! Are we expecting competitive prices too? Anyone know who’s got the PS3 version the cheapest?
Yeah, checked ’em this morning and that price is brilliant. Waiting doesn’t bother me as I’ve got other stuff to play.
Question is though, Steam codes aren’t region locked are they?
You can have both if you don’t live in Australia.
Simple.
Pre-order in advance, when they get there stock it is shipped. Usually takes up to 10 days max.
Buy from EB Games and take back within 7 Days. Wait maybe a day or two to play again.
Gotta play the game.
Will the Steam activation work with a returned game, though, or is it a one-use code? I assume it’s a one-use code, and I’ve heard that EB won’t take the 7 day return on games that use that kind of code. I haven’t actually tried returning one myself, though, so I could be wrong about that.
EB doesn’t accept steam games (PC) for return
You CAN trade the PS3 version back (I think). But it’s only the new copies of the PS3 version that come with the one-time use PC/Mac unlock code.
(And you have to link your PSN and Steam accounts before you can use said code.)
You see, I’m in no hurry to pick it up, so I don’t mind waiting the week it takes to post. But if there’s a competitive, local price which I’m happy to pay the premium for, I’ll put my money down there. Easy as that.
$79 from JB is very tempting, but I was just testing the waters 🙂
JB have it for $79 if you preorder. So you might want to run in there and preorder before they get it out on the shelves 😛
JB have the standard edition for $79, my local EB has just told me they’re holding the last PS3 copy for me. Price match, you jerks! $108 at EB 😐
Don’t believe it… the cake is a lie.
P.S The one time the great Mark Serrels quotes me and I get my name spelt wrong.
Just got a text message from EB Games at Toowong, Brisbane who are now selling it. And I don’t have money to finish my pre-order till tomorrow. Oh the humanity!
Make sure to call whichever store you plan on going to, as they’re still waiting for deliveries in the Brisbane CBD stores.
Yeah, seems to be the same around Adelaide too.
GAME refused to price match them, and EB only had the cube edition in stock 🙁
I just checked JB and EB in Rundle Mall in Adelaide and neither one of them had it yet 🙁
Guess I’ll wait until tomorrow. Oh well. I’m going to see Bob Dylan and B.B. King tonight, so probably wouldn’t have played it before tomorrow night anyway 🙂
Just got an SMS from JB in Rundle Mall – it’s available now. Might drop in there after work if they’re still open.
Excellent news!
But I gotta say it’s a bit of a slap in the face to those who bought the Potato Sack and diligently played the games for hours on end in the hope of having an early release..
I saw EB games PC preorder was $90ish.
My two pack worked out to be about $40 each, why anybody would by the PC version from anywhere except steam beats me.
At this rate if the countdown is anything to go by it will be unlocked in time for me to play when I get home from work tonight so I am happy!
Hopefully we can trust GlaDOS this once and the game will be released in 4 hours instead of the 12 hours on the steam store page. I may die before 12 hours. The anticipation is killing me!
90 bucks for PC games in Australia, what a joke
I’ll gladly take the 40 dollar steam price thank you very much.
JB are selling it in Sydney Galleries Victoria. Opened the box just as I got there 🙂
JB are selling it for $89 in Sydney Galleries Victoria. Opened the box just as I got there 🙂
On the note of game prices, last time I checked, the AUD was worth 1.05 USD, yet US gamers pay $60 for a console game while we pay $90-110… that’s literally 50%, going on 100% price increase… how long will it take for the market to notice the exchange rate isn’t what it was ten years ago?
Worth reading this piece on the cost of Australian games.
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2010/11/why-do-videogames-cost-so-much/
Well I can confirm that EB, JB Hi Fi and GAME are NOT selling it in Wollongong Crown Central mall….dicks..
Just checked both JB’s that sell games in Perth CBD. Neither have it on the shelves, looks like ENEX may have it out soon (they were clearing space).
I’m going to ring the JB stores at Carousel/Cannington in about an hour. Will post results here.
I appreciate you ringing perth stores, havent got access to a phone at the moment but cannot wait to get myself a copy.
I hope ganme do this to Duke Nukem Forever… Im probably gonna get flamed for this but i dont care for Portal 2, i might pick it up later when its a bit cheaper.
Game comes out in a few hours… UNless u want the console version i see no need to buy Portal from a shop…
Just picked up a copy from EB, after being told at JB that it’s not being released ‘until thursday’.
suckers
This pleases me! Just finished number one last weekend (that second last test chamber is a beeyatch)
Just grabbed a copy from EB. This is how I’m spending my afternoon http://hullcrushdepth.net/2011/04/19/portal-2-with-a-cold-bottle-of-steam/
EB Games Wagga has Standard edition available, Dick Smith and JB Hifi haven’t received theirs in stock. So EB won’t price match them, so if you want it today you’re gonna have to pay the full $108 🙁
Just picked mine up from EB 🙂
They also just got some more 3DS’s in too… so I just went ahead and got one of them too 😀
I can also Confirm that JBHIFI has had the embargo lifted. Although some stores do not have stock.
Just picked up my copy from JB MacArthur central. Turns out I was the only preorder from there. It’s $89 without preorder.
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