The Bargain Thread

[Squee]

Yep, you’ll have to take a picture. That could be a pretty good coupon if it’s still valid next week, though. Best Buy’s going to be selling RA3 for $30 and Moria for $20. If the coupon works for everyone, that’d be nice.

[mouselock]

Yep, you’ll have to take a picture. That could be a pretty good coupon if it’s still valid next week, though. Best Buy’s going to be selling RA3 for $30 and Moria for $20. If the coupon works for everyone, that’d be nice.

Technically, the coupon is not supposed to work on sale prices.

That being said, the last time they did a coupon like this (GH III, GH Aerosmith, and Mercenaries 2) it did work on sale prices, and then, like now, there was a one-day overlap with coupon and sale dates for a great deal. It might be worth heading out Sunday to see if you can actually get RA3 for $10. I’m suspicious, though, because that’d also make Moria free which seems unlikely.

[MSUSteve]

Here is a picture of that Best Buy coupon. It’s good through January 4th, which is Sunday, so if they do honor it for that sale price on Red Alert 3, you should be able to do it on Sunday. The fine print does say the coupon cannot be used on sale prices, but there’s no reason not to give it a try.

[MSUSteve]

Amazon’s Deal of the Day is Rogue Galaxy (PS2) for $14.98. Amazon is also offering the 120GB 360 hard drive for $134.99 and the 60GB hard drive kit for $89.99.

[ColonelT]

Through Saturday Target has a number of newish releases on sale for $39.99, including Force Unleashed, Tomb Raider Underworld, Mirror’s Edge, and Call of Duty World at War. There were others, but my memory escapes me. Worth a trip to check it out.

[unbongwah]

I’m suspicious, though, because that’d also make Moria free which seems unlikely.

Note that the coupon says it’s good for the MoM Collector’s Edition only (which retails for $80), not the regular edition.

BTW, most Best Buys also have a bunch of games on clearance for $10 (in-store only). Most are crap, but some people have found obscure gems like Grim Grimoire, Makai Kingdom, and Mana Khemia among them. Very much YMMV, though, so you’ll just have to try your luck.

Through Saturday Target has a number of newish releases on sale for $39.99, including Force Unleashed, Tomb Raider Underworld, Mirror’s Edge, and Call of Duty World at War.

Also Shaun White Snowboarding: Road Trip, Midnight Club: Los Angeles, Smackdown vs. RAW 2009, Animal Crossing: City Folk, Madden NFL ’09, Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe, Saints Row 2, Fallout 3 (console), and Motor Storm: Pacific Rift.

[MSUSteve]

Amazon’s Deal of the Day is Sega Superstars Tennis (360) for $14.98 and $9.98 for the PS2 version.

[Alan_Dunkin]

If you live near a Half-Price Books, you may be able to get bulk unopened copies of Quake 4 and Quake Wars: Enemy Territory for $6.98, as well as Gary Grigsby’s World at War. Also have the Hearts of Iron 2 Platinum and EU3 for around the same (can’t remember the exact price, maybe $8).

— Alan

[Rock8man]

Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne for the PS2 is Amazon’s DotD at $30. They’ve had that game as DotD a couple of times this year, and it always sells out soon. Everything I’ve read here at Qt3 leads me to believe that it won’t be a game I’ll enjoy, but there’s always that niggling doubt in the back of my mind because of the few voices here that love the game, that always make me wonder if I’m missing out on a classic.

[Lorini]

If you hate random encounters, don’t buy the game because it’s full of them, and you can’t avoid them. Otherwise I don’t see a downside to Nocturne, really well done.

[Lizard_King]

Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne for the PS2 is Amazon’s DotD at $30. They’ve had that game as DotD a couple of times this year, and it always sells out soon. Everything I’ve read here at Qt3 leads me to believe that it won’t be a game I’ll enjoy, but there’s always that niggling doubt in the back of my mind because of the few voices here that love the game, that always make me wonder if I’m missing out on a classic.

If you do get it, and can’t obtain a strategy guide for it, don’t miss out on the heretic mansion database. It’s free, and it cuts down on a lot of paperwork.

[Moggraider]

If you hate random encounters, don’t buy the game because it’s full of them, and you can’t avoid them. Otherwise I don’t see a downside to Nocturne, really well done.

The story is sort of weak, but unique, and the game is too hard. It’s for the most dedicated only.

[Lorini]

The story is sort of weak, but unique, and the game is too hard. It’s for the most dedicated only.

The game didn’t seem hard to me but I had the guide so maybe that’s why. I wouldn’t call myself dedicated in that it’s the only SMT I ever played.

[Rock8man]

Crackdown for $11 shipped from Buy.com. Super game. If you don’t own it for your 360, buy it.

[Moggraider]

The game didn’t seem hard to me but I had the guide so maybe that’s why. I wouldn’t call myself dedicated in that it’s the only SMT I ever played.

Oh, I didn’t mean dedicated to the series, I meant dedicated to RPGs. I don’t know; I own most of the PS2’s RPGs and I found Nocturne too tough to bother with.

[JonRowe]

Crackdown for $11 shipped from Buy.com. Super game. If you don’t own it for your 360, buy it.

I got this when the had the deal last month.

It came really fast, and I was bunny hopping like a fool shortly after!

What a steal!

[Aki]

Target has Saints Row 2 on sale for $39.99. I went in this morning to pick it up at full price and was pleasantly surprised. The other surprise was when the clerk insisted on seeing my ID because it’s rated M. Even better than being carded at a bar.

[Marcin]

Not sure if this was mentioned before, but Amazon game deals can be found via Twitter now, apparently. There’s one for MP3s, too.

[Citiznmatt]

I just ordered Europa Universalis 3 Complete (w/ both expansion packs) for $10 from Best Buy - it’s out of stock on the website, but it was available for in-store pick-up at my neighborhood BB. YMMV.

[Cubit]

Hmm, it showed up as in stock for me, just backordered.

Mount & Blade is $9.99 also.