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Gamestation’s pre-owned blitz
Tim Ingham Mar 10 2008, 11:04am
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Second-hand Xbox 360 titles slashed in price, with offers beginning at £3.99
Gamestation has made its play to become the UK’s leading destination for pre-owned games by slashing its prices on next-gen software.
The retailer’s most impressive cuts have come on Xbox 360 titles, with the cheapest being sold for a startlingly low £3.99.
Games such as Sega’s Football Manager 2006 are being sold at the bargain bin price, joined by the likes of Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer 6, Microsoft’s Perfect Dark Zero and EA’s FIFA 06 at just £4.99.
PlayStation 2 games haven’t escaped the price cull, either – kicking off at a staggering 49p. EA’s FIFA Football 2004, Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer 3 and Codemasters’ LMA Manager 2004 are all being knocked out at the bargain price.
And the offers don’t stop there, with DS titles being sold for as cheap as £4.99 – including EA’s Madden NFL 2006 and Sega’s Project Rub.
Wii and PS3 titles are now being hawked at as low as £12.99, including THQ’s Avatar: The Legend Of Aang and recent Sega release Alien Syndrome on Nintendo’s console, and 2K Games’ Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver on Sony’s system.
Gamestation declined to comment on the move, but High Street chatter has pointed to it as a possible reaction to the aggressive trade-in pricing moves of other retailers such as former Gamestation owner Blockbuster.
The highlights of Gamestation.co.uk’s pre-owned cull come on Xbox 360…
Football Manager 2006 (Sega) £3.99
Pro Evolution Soccer 6 (Konami) £4.99
Perfect Dark Zero (Microsoft) £4.99
Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter (Ubisoft) £7.99
Blitz: The League (Midway) £9.99
Comments
“Why cant GAME do this?”
Posted by: Chuck Norris - Mar 10, 1:07pm
GAME own Gamestation yet Gamestation offer the best price on trade in's.
“Re: Why cant GAME do this?”
Posted by: ooo the game is on - Mar 10, 1:40pm
Yea we at blockbusters been kicking some gamestation ass on pre-owned, not suprising to see GS come out and change there price structure (even though game own them but we should see game shipping lots of things back and forth to both companies) I be suprised to see how Blockbusters react now (Blockbusters = trend setter)
“Re: Why cant GAME do this?”
Posted by: Sora - Mar 10, 2:49pm
"Blockbusters = trend setter"
Didnt you guys flog Gamestation to save ur own asses?
“Re: Why cant GAME do this?”
Posted by: hmmmmmmm - Mar 10, 5:07pm
nope. gamestation is a money loser, probably the best sale that Blockbuster ever did. Whilst Game have finacially done well with GS and made them a hell of a lot better, Blockbuster on the other hand have restructered there gaming end and made Gamestation, Game scared, if not then there wouldnt be a mention of them at all in this article, im a neutral who just happens to give blockbuster credit for the hard work they have done ever since selling a big company like gamestation
“Blockbuster lies.”
Posted by: dave - Mar 10, 6:41pm
Thats total crap about the blockbuster/gamestation deal, gamestation were propping up blockbuster uk, they sold gamestation because it was the only way they could pay off their multi million pound debts... since the sale blockbuster has had no choice but to pull its socks up and start taking some money...
“Re: Blockbuster lies.”
Posted by: FanboyKiller - Mar 11, 9:55am
Yeah, that is a load of nonsense. Blockbuster is crippled with debt - selling off one of its few money-making businesses was about the only option left to it.
“Re: Blockbuster lies.”
Posted by: Sora - Mar 11, 9:56am
"Thats total crap about the blockbuster/gamestation deal, gamestation were propping up blockbuster uk, they sold gamestation because it was the only way they could pay off their multi million pound debts... since the sale blockbuster has had no choice but to pull its socks up and start taking some money..."
Ahmen! Blockys been gettin shafted by all the online rental companies! When the blockys right next to me closed down, the staff there were on about how the company is in major trouble. Gamestation has expanded really well over the years and became a major threat to Game, thats why they snapped them up.
Sora
“Re: Blockbuster lies.”
Posted: Mar 11, 12:11pm
what a load of bull! i have traded in literally THOUSANDS of games and blockbuster is always the WORST for trade in's! i find game and gamestation are much the same and blockbuster and woolies a poor joint 3rd...they all con ya though at the end of the day! Best to sell it on ebay-get far more! As for this 'news'.....our local game and gamestation have been selling those games for those prices for MONTHS! i bought footy manager 2006 for 360 for 99p from Game a couple of months back!
“Pre-owned revolution”
Posted by: Big Ben - Mar 11, 6:53pm
Its coming in Summer 2008 - watch this space...!!! You're wallet is gonna love it!