Incomplete Gamer

In order to be of service to our readers we’re making the ultimate sacrifice and ordering games from a select few on-line Video Game retailers in the coming weeks.  If you read Part One of our Rating the On-line Retailers you’d know that already.  You’d also know how to get your hands on a cheap copy of Halo 3: ODST and free postage to boot.  Today we’re trawling another UK site, Zavvi.com, in search of a deal on up-coming Xbox360 exclusive, Alan Wake.  If a price of just over $70 Australian sounds good and the possibility that it will ship to your door before the Australian release date sounds even more enticing, then read on.

Here at the Incomplete Gamer we’ve pulled the trigger on our next Video Game purchase, a pre-order of the Collector’s edition version of upcoming action thriller, Alan Wake.  If you can find a better deal than Zavvi.com then we’d suggest you snap it up fast.  You see, Zavvi seems pretty unbeatable.  Thanks to the vagaries of regional release dates, Alan Wake hits the UK on the 14th of May, a full six days before Australia.  As both Australia and the UK are PAL territories you’ll have no problem playing the disc on your Aussie 360, and there’s a real chance we’ll receive our copy of the game before the 20th of May.  Sure, review code would be better (just in case any publishers happen to be reading) but we’ll take advantage of any way of obtaining our games early, as long as it’s legal.  Then there’s the matter of price.  Our own Aussie  Game are currently advertising a price of $109 for the Collector’s Edition version – a saving of $10.95 of the RRP in Australia.

Zavvi’s advertised price on the Collector’s Edition is 39.95 UK pounds.  Postage is a reasonable 2.35.  Converted into Aussie dollars the damage is only a smidgeon over $70 – $A70.48 to be exact.

Realistically, here in Australia, you won’t be able to pick up the standard game in store for anything less than $79 on the 20th of May. Seems like we’re on a winner. We’ll keep you posted on how we fare.   Have any experiences with Zavvi or any of the other reputable on-line gaming stores.  Let us know how you got on?

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