The annual game of “watch the supermarkets kill the games industry” is upon us. Prices are going to be slashed (I’ve seen PES for £18 and Enslaved for £23 this week) by online retailers and supermarkets while specialist retailers offer incentives and bonuses.
So it’s fitting that, with the year’s biggest release (probably) just around the corner, things are hotting up. HMV are the first big retailer to break cover and announce their trade-in deal for Call of Duty: Black Ops. Trade in EA’s contemporary shooter, Medal of Honor, and you can be the proud owner of a game with a RRP of £55 for just £7.99.
With the supermarkets seemingly keen on the “with any other chart title” and the “when bought with 2100 MSP” techniques, this might be the cheapest possible price. We’ll wait and see.
moshi
Here we go for the silly season offers
PriceKitty
That is a really cheap way to get even more people to play CoD rather than MoH.
CoD may be fun, but the developers/distributors are the definition of ‘greedy.’
nemesisND1derboy
I’m getting the Hardened Edition, so this isn’t for me. They probably aren’t even doing it in Ireland…
icuyesido
Got Black Ops for £20 from Woolworths.co.uk Awesome! :P
Origami Killer
im tempted but really like mh and im getting black ops for xmas anyway, cba getting it early
gazzagb
I’m still undecided where to get it. I’ll probably go with Amazon as I trust them and really want the game on day 1.
GranTurismo-Disciple
Damn i just paid for my pre order last nite £40+ on shopto! Oh well not the end of the world i suppose. This is the only cod game i have been excited about its looking good
bigdon23
@ColossalBlue How is selling games cheap killing the industry? i mean the supermarkets pay a set price to the publishers/distributers, its the supermarkets that make less profit if they sell it cheap
DJ-Katy
It kills off independent retailers who have the staff and the knowledge to provide a decent service to gamers.
[email protected]
Thats an awful deal, basically a game that could cost you around £40 at HMV itself is hypothetically costing you £48. Seriously guys not good.
Rocket_345
Enslaved £23 thats cheap. Where is that to.
On the subject of this offer it isn’t a bad offer but as i don’t have Medal of Honor and it has been Pre ordered for me as a christmas present. no idea if i’m having it early or not, this doesn’t interest me much.