Charting the Bargain Bin: Going Gold
by Chris Arnone, posted on 18 January 2010 / 866 Views
After splitting the feature into NA and EU last week, I've decided to keep them together in one article from now on. Let's get to it.
North America:
Walmart
The single biggest deal around right now is at Walmart. Amazon has had one year of Xbox Live Gold for $34.99 for some time now, but Walmart is beating that by $5. Normally $49.99, you can grab a full year of Xbox Live Gold for $30. Not sure if this is in-store as well, the site just says "Prices In Store May Vary."
Toys R Us
The big toy store is running a 1/2 off sale on their clearance items. Though most of these are just matching other sites and stores online, one is beating them out.
Prince of Persia (Xbox 360) - $19.99
Newegg
My favorite online computer store is running a crappy-game-with-a-great-game-with-a-battery-pack-that-doesn't-match-any-of-your-controllers deal.
Xbox 360:
Crackdown, Dark Sector, very blue battery pack - $24.99
Perfect Dark Zero, Blue Dragon, very blue battery pack - $24.99
United Kingdom
Zavvi
This little sight is running some 'Mad' deals. Speaking of which,
Wii:
PS3:
X-Men Origins: Wolverine - £15.95
Buy Bioshock 2, get Bioshock for £9.95. This is for 360, PS3, or PC.
ShopTo
Is throwing up the Red Alert for bottom dollar and offering the best pre-orders on Dark Void.
Xbox 360:
Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 - £3.95
Dark Void (preorder with Gold Jetpack) - £28.85
PS3:
Dark Void (preorder with Gold Jetpack) - £28.85
Found some other deals? Let us and your fellow gamers know!
