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"Christmas Sales"

Bloomin' eck, they've started already.

That was my response when I saw the ads on my email for sales on Christmas eve. Soon we'll be having them in July.

And, probably due to my visting far too many games retail sites, many of the emails were about Games sales.

I was pleasantly surprised by the offers, too. Ok, so some of the games (Transformers and Spider-man 3 in particular) were on sale for good reason, it's the only way to shift them, but Assassin's Creed for £30? Nice. Plenty of other bargains to be had too.

Of course, I happen to have spent all my money I was due for Christmas on a 360 HD Drive, but I'm still tempted to delve into my emergency fund (which really exists to pay back what I already owe, so I shouldn't).

Anyone else managed to snag a bargain in the sales?

My best bargain buy was a Toshiba 1080p HD DVD Player for £149.99.

Trouble is, when I plugged it into my "1920 x 1080 Full HD Progressive Scan Toshiba TV" it told me that my TV is not 1080p compatible.

It's a long story. Toshiba are "considering the matter", and the retailer (RGB Direct) is er... unwilling to co-operate.

Silent Thunder wrote:
> Argoose have Viva Pinata for a tenner now so I'll probably pick
> up a copy and find out what it's like. Is there a bad reason why
> it's so cheap though?

Absolutely none. Viva Pinata is a complete joy, every moment. At a tenner you'd be mad not to.

yup it's a great game and at a tenner it's a steal

Damn, I bet Argos run out before I get back.

Looks like there are a few other good offers from them.

Amazon has Bioshock for £25, which isn't bad considering it's such a good game.

They have some sick Globes on Amazon for about £12.

pb wrote:
> Damn, I bet Argos run out before I get back.

Just checked and it's gone to £24.99 now. :( I knew I shouldn't have hesitated.

Silent Thunder wrote:

>Argoose have Viva Pinata for a tenner now so I'll probably pick up a copy and find out what it's like. Is there a bad reason why it's so cheap though?

PC Gamer Jan 2008 gave it 83% but annoying - I'll leave it up to you to decide but for a tenner, can't be bad...

Went and bought Worms: Open Warfare 2 and Sims Castaway today, 11 quid for Worms and 15 for Sims, bargains. Well worth the 5 minute look in the shop.

I went a bought a laptop.. some clothes from next as I got next vouchers for christmas off my dads side... and bought a couple of games... specifically the sims 2 addons anyone else like the sims? I'm addicted =) and the sims 3 is out next year... however I wont be buying unless its really good and convinces me =) because there is enough already on the sims 2.

Dragonlance wrote:
> PC Gamer Jan 2008 gave it 83% but annoying

Yeah probably not the best game to play if you're in a really bad mood.