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PRICE CHECK [PRE ORDERS] CoD: Modern Warfare 2 360, Activision Blizzard
Ghostbusters Wii, Atari
Disney’s A Christmas Carol DS, Disney
Rabbids Go Home Wii, Ubisoft
Dragon Age: Origins 360, EA
TOP 10 ASSASSIN’S CREED II
IN STORE: MANCHESTER
360 UBISOFT
£44.99
£34.99
£29.99
£34.99
£39.99
£44.99
£34.99
£29.99
£34.99
£39.99
2. ASSASSIN’S CREED II
£32.99
£29.71
£22.71
£29.71
£37.71
3. LEFT 4 DEAD 2
£44.99
£34.99
£29.99
£34.99
£39.99
4. GOD OF WAR III
PS3 ..................................................................UBISOFT 360 ..........................................................................EA PS3 ......................................................................SONY
5. MAG: MASSIVE ACTION
PS3 ......................................................................SONY
6. NEW SUPER MARIO BROS
ONLINE
WII ................................................................NINTENDO
£44.97
£39.19
£24.97
£29.97
£37.97
£44.95
£29.95
£24.97
£27.95
£37.95
£44.97
£29.97
£27.97
£34.97
£39.97
£42.99
£29.99
N/A
£29.99
£37.99
7. GRAN TURISMO 5
PS3 ......................................................................SONY
8. BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY 2
PS3 ..........................................................................EA
9. DRAGON AGE: ORIGINS
PS3 ..........................................................................EA
10. SPLINTER CELL: CONVICTION
360 ..................................................................UBISOFT Week ending Novemebr 13th Source: SHOPTO.COM
FROM THE FRONTLINE Nindie.com speaks to Console Connections’ Chris Bowman… What makes your store unique? We are well known in our area with over ten years in the trade. We have a large back catalogue of games for all platforms and offer good customer service and value for money. What has been performing well? The obvious non-performer at the moment is the DS – mainly due to the R4 cards. The Xbox 360 is our top performer but the PS3 has been catching up in the past few months.
“If we start giving gamers premium products for less, they will expect it all the time.”
What are the biggest challenges you face? I think the rise of downloads is inevitable in the future and will affect all games retailers sooner or later. But at the moment, the biggest problem is the unnecessary discounting of triple-A titles: the recent release of FIFA 10 being a prime example.
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TOP 10 ASSASSIN’S CREED II 360 UBISOFT 2. ASSASSIN’S CREED II
PS3 ..................................................................UBISOFT
3. F1 2009
WII ..........................................................CODEMASTERS
4. NEW SUPER MARIO BROS
WII ................................................................NINTENDO
5. LEFT 4 DEAD 2
360 ..........................................................................EA
6. PEPPA PIG: THE GAME
WII....................................................................UBISOFT
What is the one thing you would change about games retail? I think we need a retail pricing scheme similar to the French model. It would help against the devaluing of products because, once we start giving consumers premium products for less, they will expect it all the time. In the end, it sends us into a big downward spiral that is hard to stop.
7. THE SIMS 3: WORLD ADVENTURES
PC ............................................................................EA
8. WE SING
WII ..........................................................NORDIC GAMES
9. LITTLEBIGPLANET
PSP ......................................................................SONY
10. GRAN TURISMO 5
PS3 ......................................................................SONY Week ending Novemebr 13th Source: PLAY.CO.UK