My personal viewpoint on MW3 hasn’t changed – I won’t be rushing out and joining the Midnight queues – but many will, and it seems that if you’re prepared to shop around or trade something in, you’ll get a bargain.
Of course, plenty of indies have been selling the game since Friday (with one local shop offering the game for, wait for it, £75 if you want it early) but officially the game goes on sale at a minute past midnight tonight, around the UK.
[drop2]Naturally, it’s the supermarkets that are trying the hardest.Tesco will sell you the game for £25 if you buy some Microsoft Points – the deal works if you spend £16.99 on 2100 Points, £34 on an annual Xbox Live membership or, for PS3 owners, a £25 PlayStation Network card.
Likewise, Morrisons have it for £25 if you spend £4.99 on an Xbox Live Gold card. Sainsbury’s will sell you the game for £28.99 if you spend £30 on other shopping, but ASDA will flog you Activision’s latest for a flat out £38.97.
The game will be £29.99 in Best Buy, but you’ll need to find a store.
Specialists? Well, GAME have it for ‘half price’ if you trade in Gears 3, Dead Island, FIFA 12, Batman: Arkham City, Resistance 3, F1 2011, Forza 4, Dark Souls, Ace Combat or X-Men Destiny, and HMV will sell you it for a tenner if you trade in Batman, Battlefield 3 or Goldeneye.
We’re assuming that if you’re buying it online you’re not in a rush, but Amazon’s the cheapest at a shade under £39.
We’ve not been sent a review copy yet – like most other outlets – so we’ll get it up as soon as possible.
Sources: MCV, GamerZines.
xMeRk
I’m getting Mw3 with the contents of the hardened edition minus the theme [PS3] for free. I pre ordered on play.com for £80 and got an email the other day informing me that due to a cock up by them, they didn’t have any hardened edition copies of the game. However it then said that by working with Activision they were able to make a similar deal in the form of a full refund, standard edition Mw3, a year of Elite and founder status, and a 100 page guide. So I’m getting everything from hardened minus the theme and the collectable case for free. I’d like to see someone get a better deal than that! :D
jikomanzoku
Sweet, gotta love it when a company takes customer service seriously :D
Awayze
Lol that’s awesome. Play are usually good, I wonder if I can preorder right now….
BrendanCalls
Is that Morrison deal a typo, £4.99 Xbox card, If its not then ill wait till Morrisos opens tomorrow morn and get that even though i dont have an Xbox
Youles
I thought that. I don’t even have an XBox but am tempted since it’s such a good deal!
Zephyre
Does seem rather too good to be true doesn’t it.
I’m hoping my Tesco clubcard points turn up (should be about £20) and I might go for their deal, despite telling myself I won’t buy it this year. Which is precisely what I did with MW2 and Black ops. Still, pretty sure I could trade in without losing anything
ljc1976
You can print your Clubcard vouchers out online now from the MyClubcard bit of the Tesco website. I found out last month and used the £28 I didn’t know I had to buy Fifa.
Sad Panda
Sods law, the first time I let a mate convinc me to go to an Asda midnight launch and they aren’t doing a special. Then again, I’m bowing to peer pressure buying the damned thing in the first place.
gaffers101
I promised myself I wouldn’t rush out and buy it, but those offers make it very tempting. I’ll try and stick with BF3 for now.
wirralsman
A heads up that Tesco Entertainment are selling the game online for £25 if you buy a psn / xbox live stuff, same deal as in store, but you dont have to leave the comfort of your own sofa except to answer the door to Postman Pat, and possibly to feed the cat.
Tesco Entertainment also have 8% cashback on quidco at the moment, so you could possibly score a bit of a discount through that as well, if you swing that way?
Sympozium
(Sick joke inbound)
Whats the cheapest in Paris?
JBoo
The way its advertised in the UK you would think its Xbox360 only lol
Awayze
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Mike
Fanboy much? How does the 360 have ‘no games’?! I have a PS3 and 360 and enjoy them both. Sony does exactly the same for some games where it has PS3 plastered all over the advert.
So please think before you type next time….
IAmJacksMedullaOblongata
“Because it’s a POS and has no games.”
I thought TSA had a no-trolls policy?
Mike
Quick work, AG! Keep it up ;)
SpikeyMikey23
Iamjacks…., meet awayze. Awayze, meet Iamjacks….. (cool name btw ;) cracking film)
Awayze
The fact is MW3 isn’t a Xbox exclusive, the way MS advertise it, you’d think it isn’t on PS3 or PC.
Yes I’m a PlayStation fanboy and hate Xbox with a passion. Adverts for multi games that say “On Xbox 360” annoy me and shouldn’t be allowed, from Final Fantasy to COD. Last advert I saw was Sony doing it for BF3. This leads to the normal gamer thinking its on 360 only. I can prove my original comment but I won’t.
Awayze
Name a “big” exclusive other than Forza 4 and Gears 3 for 360 for 2011……?
Forrest_01
Not to be argumentative, but Halo is pretty big.
AG2297
The thing is Awayze, it doesn’t really matter, it’s each to their own. People aren’t shouting Sony/PlayStation hate here, and people wont shout MS/Xbox hate here either. It’s really that simple. While discussion on console advertising is fine, in the right place, any form of hate, troll or fanboy comments are not.
Mike
There’s no doubt PS3 has the better exclusives this year, and I’m pleased about that. But to state that the 360 has no games is completely and utterly wrong.
Why do you hate the Xbox so much? It’s an electronic box when it boils down to it, has it done something to upset your or something? We aren’t in the playground here you know, dear me.
And in terms of advertising, it doesn’t state ONLY on Xbox, so I don’t see the issue, if Microsoft pay lots of money to have their brand on the advert, then that’s fair game, that’s how a capitalist society works.
The PS3 and 360 are both great consoles, let’s leave it there, shall we?
Awayze
I just don’t like Microsoft.
BIGAL-1992
Oh really, so why is it that you claim to have an xbox in the comment below? Your own words.
Awayze
I didn’t say I bought it lol. Grand parents bought it as I already had a PS3. I want to sell it but i don’t like selling gifts from family.
BIGAL-1992
Neither did I say you bought it. I said you have an xbox. different meanings. Anyway, enough of the matter.
Mike
I take it you have a mac then or run Linux?
I now run OSX Lion but I’m perfectly happy using Windows still
UKZ-N3M1515
Got to admit, it riles me a bit also when a multi plat game isnt given credit for all the consoles in adverts…
Saying ‘On Xbox 360’ followed by the xbox gif thing, is a bit mis leading (Not to a gamer like us, but to the not so common gamer, father thought Skyrim was 360 exclusive…).
And i agree MS line up of exclusives is a bit naff, GoW is the most interesting game ive played on it and found (after the 1st) them to just not grab me. But it does have all the same multi plat games.
To balance that, i also think one of the highest rated PS3 exclusives to be one of the worst games ive played, God of War… To continue, Resistance 2 was shit as are the Infamous games. Motorstorms mediocre at best.
Mmm… I dont think games are my thing anymore…
Awayze
£4.99 for Gold Live card? My Xbox has no Live so it looks like a good deal but is Morrisons open tomorrow as no way my sister will go tonight to get it me lol.
Burgess_101
no PC love ? :/
luke_c
I thought the GAME deal at least was for the PC version, I plan to trade in my PS3 copy of F1 2011 and get it on PC for £20, if not then I’ll settle for the 360 copy for £22.50 :P
Burgess_101
im really trying not to get it because i have regretted giving in the last few times i just have to be patient because its skyrim soon ! not to mention i have Battlefield