A big bundle has been released by Sony this week which puts together two of the biggest games of the moment. For the price of the standard console you can now buy a PS4 which includes both Minecraft and FIFA 15, giving a saving of just over £60. The major retailers have started taking orders for this bundle, with Amazon offering the cheapest option at £349. Shopto has the bundle for £349.85, while both GAME and Zavvi have priced it at the RRP of £349.99.
This bundle could prove popular as we start to enter the run up to Christmas, which is one of the busiest sales periods for the games industry. However there are also price cuts for Microsoft’s console including the Xbox One Sunset Overdrive bundle, which contains the white console, available for as little as £309.97 from GameStop. There’s also the limited edition CoD: Advanced Warfare bundle which contains a 1TB Xbox One being sold for £399.99 at GAME.
GTOWN
Same at Tesco. But add voucher TDX-HTRW and you’ll save another tenner.
Tuffcub
You are such a company man.
GTOWN
Ha. I’m also a shareholder. The offer only works if it’s your first order so just go into any click and Collect store and tell them you’ve never ordered before!
bunimomike
One of the busiest periods? Try crazy-town-busy! :-)
I remember a TSA article from a couple of years back mentioning how that something like three-quarters of the year’s revenue was earnt during October, November & December. Talk about it being loaded heavily.
Anyway, I was wondering if this still holds true or whether we’re seeing a shift in revenue peaks & troughs throughout the 12 month calendar.
ron_mcphatty
I can attest to being a sucker for pre-Christmas price drops, having just bought a PS4 plus Fifa for a very reasonable £350 (although no Minecraft, bugger!). I reckon it’ll hold true this year, not only because the retailers will simultaneously target those of us who have been holding on to our cash all summer but also because us consumers spend so much together, all at once in just a few months whilst these price drops and offers are going on, that retailers can afford to keep or improve the offers and rely on bulk sales rather than margin to make a profit. Good times for all.
gazzagb
Saw this deal over the weekend and was tempted by it, but I think I’ll still wait for a bundle with a game I actually want (e.g GTA V) to save me the hassle of trading it in, plus there’s no harm in waiting an extra month if it means the price will come down a tad more.