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Can’t decide where to buy your games? We make it easier

It’s that time of year again – the hallowed few weeks in which gamers are literally flooded with a veritable tidal wave of new AAA releases. Although this may appear a gift from the heavens the sheer level choice has the tendency to weigh heavily on a gamers mind, and wallets.

So, to make things easier for you (and us), we have put together a comprehensive game pricing comparison which lists the majority of the most popular retailers and an ample compliment of games – old, new and unreleased, to shed some light on where to spend your hard earned cash.

The below table is based on online prices only and it is important to note that retailers may alter their in store prices.

It’s quite obvious that Zaps pulls ahead considerably in this study, proving cheapest for five of the eight games listed. We have listed their online prices, and their in-store prices are slightly higher. MyGaming forum users however may purchase games from Zaps at the online prices, even when buying the game from the store itself. To do so, find the official Zaps representative Moody in the MyGaming forums and secure your copy for collection.

Online retailer Take2 also performed well, proving cheapest for Dawn of War 2, recently released Bioware RPG sequel Mass Effect 2 and Valve’s zombie shooter Left 4 Dead.

What was surprising was BT Games’ seemingly inflated prices. The retailer has long been known as a friend to the local gaming community and is one of the largest independent gaming retailers in the country.

	Take 2	BT	Zaps	Kalahari	Look & Listen
Mass Effect 2 (PC)	R303	R325	R308	R304	R349
Dawn of War 2 (PC)	R130	TBA	R131	R137	R149
Borderlands (360)	R637	R649	R603	R638	R699
Bioshock 2 (360)	R604	R615	R603	R604	NA
Left 4 Dead 2 (360)	R489	R569	R539	R560	R599
Modern Warfare 2 (PS3)	R637	R649	R603	R638	R699
Uncharted 2 (PS3)	R624	R635	R591	R625	R699
Dante's Inferno (PS3)	R530	R569	R529	R530	R799

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Grimspoon

on 09/02/2010 10:24:56

Go Zaps! :)

Djinn

on 09/02/2010 10:25:12

Zaps is definitley the best for prices and service. BT Games is a joke now, no difference between them and look and listen etc etc. I guess that's what happens when you are succesful, you get greedy.

Sycogrim

on 09/02/2010 10:56:34

Zaps Dominating as usual :D

Moody

on 09/02/2010 11:25:05

Ah shucks thanks for the nice comments guys

Dont forget we are also offering free delivery for game pre-orders.

bob

on 09/02/2010 11:25:21

u realise that btgames runs physical stores (as does look and listen, who btgames is mostly chaper than)
and that the rest on online retailers
so they have higher overheads, hence the (marginally) more expensive prices

moody

on 09/02/2010 11:50:05

Bob - We also have a 180 square metre physical store and so smaller than LL's but probably on a par with most BT's

Djinn

on 09/02/2010 12:59:31

@ Bob: You know Zaps is a physical store as well right?

@moody

on 09/02/2010 13:25:51

I think most of the guys realise you have a store :D BT has 25 if I am not mistaken, that is 25 x the rent, 25 x the electricity, 25 x the wages excluding the managerial staff at a "head" office type thing.

Either way though, pricing looks good :D Just think you need to fix the images on your website, it makes it look amateurish :/

TPex

on 09/02/2010 17:00:51

Frankly just because BT games has to maintain physical stores is no excuse, its competitive market, and the winner deserves their congratulations, and the BT games store in Pavilion (Durban) is a Joke
On another note, for delivery stores (take2) you guys should take shipping costs into account