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Grab a SNES Mini to celebrate GameSeek’s 15th anniversary

UK retailer GameSeek is celebrating its 15th anniversary next week with a variety of special deals, the retailer has informed MCV, including discounts on Switch and the Classic Mini SNES. Between October 2nd and October 6th, visitors will be able to purchase the Switch for 258.50 – that’s 20 lower …

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GAME drops Switch price to £259 to celebrate National Video Games Day

By some strange decree, September 12th (today) has been named National Video Games Day, and to celebrate, retailer GAME has dropped the price of the Nintendo Switch to 259 for one day only, making it a great time to pick up the console if you haven’t already done so. That’s …

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Here are the Amazon Prime Day game deals

Amazon’s day of discounts exclusive to its Prime scheme is now underway. Amazon Prime Day sees products being discounted over the course of 24 hours, boasting better deals than Black Friday. To be eligible to take part in the discounts, you need to sign up to Amazon Prime, a scheme …

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60% of retailers have started sales already due to festive spending concerns

The public’s increasing propensity to leave their festive shopping late has sent retail into a pre-Christmas sale panic. That’s according to PricewaterhouseCoopers which, according to The Telegraph, says that six in ten High Street stores have already kicked off their post-Christmas sales. On average, these stores have cut a whopping …

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Discounting hits Aussie retailers

It is regarded by many as a phenomenon unique to the UK video games market, but savage price wars are now spreading further afield. The majority of video games sales in both Australia and New Zealand are through specialist retailers, including EB Games, and JB HiFi, but a price war …

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OPINION: What today’s 3DS launch says about retail

Today’s 3DS launch has been proceeded by one of the most strangely competitive retail battles we’ve ever seen. Who’s ever heard of such hardware price cuts before it launched? Nevertheless specialist and mainstream retailers alike have gone lower and lower. Morrisons went in with a bold 187 offer last week, …

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